CAT with a fingerprint scanner to catch cheaters (In CUSAT CAT)
| February 7, 2012 | Posted by studyfreak under MBA entrance exams |
In a initiative targetting impersonation and cheating, the CUSAT university has invited bids from companies to implement the biometric student identification for CAT for this institute. The move comes in the wake of increasing number of imposters appearing for CAT in its previous editions.
A device with a fingerprint scanner, camera and barcode reader will check malpractice and proxy attendance for the first time in the nation-wide Common Admission Test (CAT) to be conducted by the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) on May 5 and 6.
In this way if any other person comes to give exam of some one else.He will be caught immidiately.It will surely trouble the appearents who have been plannning to spend their money to spend someone else to face the exam.
Officials involved in the process told The Hindu that biometric student identification is expected to curb impersonations in nearly 85 centres in the State and outside this time.
Fingerprint data will be collected from all the candidates appearing for CAT. The university had earlier considered a proposal to limit the verification process to candidates writing the exam in centres outside the State, but later dropped it fearing that it would invite criticism from various quarters.
Volunteers will take the small device to each candidate half-an-hour before the commencement of the examination at a centre. They will capture the left and right ring finger prints as well as take a photograph of each candidate. There will be one machine each for 40 students in a classroom.
The device will have time stamps for every authentication action and the data will be stored in a high-security data centre. The expected cost per candidate for the biometric identification process is about Rs.60, sources said.
The captured data will be stored for verification and authentication of candidates at subsequent stages of the admission process. Officials pointed out that the data would be re-checked only after the completion of the seat allotment process, as the chances of the impersonator himself appearing for the counselling were high.
About 33,000 students had appeared for CAT last year. In 2010, the number was 30,000. Cusat has a high number of students from outside the State for their B.Tech courses.
Be Ready for CAT Group Discussions
| January 14, 2012 | Posted by studyfreak under MBA Colleges, MBA entrance exams |
Common Admission Test (CAT) results have been declared,I guess you all are waiting for — GD-PI.Colleges are also waiting for you to attend their GD and PI..
Are you ready for GD – PI ? Are you happy with your CAT scores? Are you planning for next attempt(1 year drop)..
There are many colleges apart from IIMs which can be your preferred choice for MBA.I would say if you get 1 of below colleges then its fine rather waiting 1 more year for IIM.
You have to show your talent in field during job after completing this degree (MBA).Getting degree from a big college not make you successful but your field work would make you successful.
Here is a list of GD PI dates for few of good colleges.
S P Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR),Mumbai GD PI DATE first week of February.
Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, GD PI would be conducted in Third week of March and the second week of April
The National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE),GD PI would be conducted in second and third week of March
Shailesh J Mehta School of Management (SJMSoM), IIT Mumbai, GD PI would be conducted in February 10 with the process scheduled between 2 to 5 March.
Institute of Management Technology (IMT) has decided to accept CMAT scores for their Nagpur and Hydrabad campuses for 2012. However, admission to the Ghaziabad campus will still be taken on the basis of CAT scores.GD-PI for the Ghaziabad campus is scheduled for February 1.
Department of Management Studies (DMS), Indian Institute of Technology,GD PI would be conducted on March 23-26, while the final results will be announced a month later on April 25. The application registration date of the institute started on January 13 and will continue till the 27th,
TA Pai Management Institute, application registration dates from January 15 to February 15 (as XAT results will be announced by the end of this month), TAPMI Manipal. The GD-PI round will commence after February 25 and will be completed by the end of March, The institute will not be accepting CMAT
Mudra Institute of Communication (MICA) in Ahmedabad first week of April. The application submission deadline for the institute is January 30. MICA that also holds its own admission test, the Mudra Institute of Communication Admission Test (MICAT), scheduled to take place either in the last week of February or the first week of March this year, will not accept CMAT scores this year.
School of Management (VGSoM), IIT, Kharagpur, ranked 25th, started accepting applications from December 27, 2011. The final date for accepting applications by the institute is January 27. Their GD-PI sessions are scheduled in four places. In Mumbai, they will take place from March 9 to 12, in Kolkata from 20 to 22 March, in Delhi from 27 to 30 March and in Bangalore from April 3 to 6. The institute will not be accepting CMAT scores this year.
IIT Kanpur’s Industrial and Management Engineering (IME probably schedule interview round in the last week of March.The institute has extended the last date for application submission from January 27 to February 3 due to some problem in its website.
All dates are tentative and subject to change.Notices for the exact GDPI dates can be found on college sites.Information have been collected from the Public information available on internet.Studyfreak is not responsible for any date change.
AIEEE registration starting from december 31st
| November 23, 2011 | Posted by studyfreak under Engineering colleges, Engineering entrance exams |
CBSE is going to conduct AIEEE offline version on 29th April 2012 and AIEEE online version for admission to BE/BTech is going to be conducted from May 7 to 26 2012.
The online AIEEE going to be held in 22 cities including Delhi, Chandigarh, Allahabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Kolkata and Bangalore.
The last date for registration for AIEEE online is December 31. This year, CBSE will provide mock tests for the candidates appearing online on its website from the last week of December.
A single engineering entrance examination for the entire country.
| November 16, 2011 | Posted by studyfreak under Engineering colleges, Engineering entrance exams |
CAT is still popular
| October 7, 2011 | Posted by studyfreak under MBA entrance exams |
The number of CAT registration was falling for the last few years, but this seems to have changed this time.Last year due to recession many CAT aspirants changed their plans.
The CAT 2011 registration window closed on October 4th with approximately 2.05 lakh registered CAT aspirants.The number of applicants for the Common Admission Test (CAT), the entrance exam for the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), has finally risen after a steady drop in the past two years.
Last year, 2.04 lakh had registered to the take the computer-based test. In 2009, about 2.42 lakh had registered. Apart from the IIMs, CAT is the entrance criterion for 150 other management institutes in the country. Good placements last year have encouraged more people to apply.
With 3,000 seats on offer and 2.05 lakh candidates, approximately one in 80 candidates will make it to the 13 IIMs this year.
Those who are ready to spend Rs.13 lakh for an MBA course will definitely look for a better return through a better job.After the economic slowdown and poor job scenario in 2008 and 2009, many gave a rethink to management courses and only serious candidates opt for it now
New GMAT from JUNE 2012
| October 5, 2011 | Posted by studyfreak under GMAT |
Most probably starting from June 2012, the GMAT pattern will change
1. Length of GMAT test would be same. The total time of the test will remain same which is 3 ½ hours, so the total time it takes to sit the GMAT will remain constant. No worries for banging your head on screen for more time.
2. Section for verbal and Quantitative would be same. Those sections will contain the same content and be scored exactly as they are now. The total score will be the same, so older preparation materials for GMAT will still be applicable.
3. New section of integrated reasoning will not be adaptive. The Verbal and Quantitative will remain adaptive, but this new section will not adjust difficulty level based on your ability. You will still need to answer all of the questions, and take each question one at a time. You won’t be able to skip around within this section.
4. New types of questions included. There will be 4 new types of questions as Table Analysis, Graphics Interpretation, Multi-Source Reasoning, and Two-Part Analysis. While there isn’t a lot of information yet available on these new questions, you can see examples here: http://www.mba.com/the-gmat/nex-gen/new-questions.aspx
5. Number of essays will decrease by one. The new Integrated Reasoning section will replace one of the AWA essays, so you will only have to write 1 essay instead of 2. The essay will take 30 minutes instead of 1 hour, and the Integrated Reasoning will take 30 minutes.
All this would happen if world doesn’t end before June 2012 
GMAT vs GRE
| September 22, 2011 | Posted by studyfreak under GMAT |
In the past, many students who were applying to master of business administration (MBA) degree programs had to take the Graduate Management Admission Test, or GMAT, in order to be accepted.A majority of top business schools in the United States now allow applicants to submit GRE scores as an alternative to the GMAT, a survey found.
A majority of the schools have accepted the GRE, which traditionally has been used only for admission to non-MBA graduate programs.
The motivation behind business schools accepting the GRE, generally, is to broaden the playing field of who’s applying to programs.
it’s a common pattern for students who don’t consider business school during their undergraduate years to end up there a few years later. For someone who is thinking of pursuing a master’s degree but who isn’t sure about his or her particular course of study, the GRE now is a more flexible option.
Everyone who applies to UF’s traditional full-time MBA program still must submit a GMAT score.
Applicants to the part-time working professional MBA program could submit a GRE score instead of a GMAT score only if they have completed a medical doctor degree, a doctor of pharmacy degree, a doctorate degree or a master’s degree for which the applicant took the GRE in the last five years. This option has been in effect for the last two admission cycles.
A recent survey by Kaplan Test Prep, which has been tracking the pattern starting from 2009, found that this has been changed. This year, 52% of top business schools say they accept GRE scores instead of GMAT results, according to a press release. About 34% of these institutions said they believe other schools will most likely begin to accept GRE scores by the 2012-2013 academic year.
Australian MBAs
| September 8, 2011 | Posted by studyfreak under GMAT, International Colleges, International MBA |
Now almost every university — and many private colleges — offers an MBA in one way or another. Even the Australian Catholic University has one.
There are online MBAs, executive MBAs and MBAs done in conjunction with a juris doctor. There are MBAs that specialize in technology, although Third Degree wonders how these can be classed as MBAs. Isn’t an MBA supposed to be a generalist management degree?
MBAs also bring in money. They range in price from $27,000 at the Australian Catholic University to $64,000 at the Melbourne Business School.
There is no guarantee for quality in most of the courses.
If you read about MBAs offered in this country, you’ll find that some are marketed as ‘‘short’’. The ACU MBA can be done in one year. Students study in ‘‘intensive’’ mode, meaning that each of the 12 units is taught over two weekends. That’s two days for each subject over 24 weekends.
The Melbourne Business School’s MBA requires that students do 20 subjects over 16 to 20 months.
Some MBAs — such as those at Southern Cross and Deakin universities — can be done online. Yet doing an MBA over the internet doesn’t make sense, given that a large component of the course is supposed to get students to network.
Most Australian MBAs do not require students to do the GMAT.
Then there is the question of accreditation. The Association of MBAs, a US professional association, accredits MBA programs in almost 70 countries. Three Australian universities have the accreditation for their MBAs – Monash, Curtin and Queensland University of Technology.
Most Australian MBAs do not require students to do the GMAT.
Business schools also have different work requirements for prospective students. Some require that students have at least two years’ work experience and good marks in their undergraduate degree.
Some MBAs, however, are geared to new graduates, who have ‘‘limited work experience’’. That’s why RMIT divides its MBA into standard and executive options.
English requirements for international students also vary. Monash University’s new MBA requires a minimum score of 7 in the International English Language Testing System. At other universities, such as Victoria and New England, it is 6.5.
Third Degree has previously pointed out that the IELTS guide suggests that a score of 7.5 is acceptable for a linguistically demanding academic course. Surely an MBA falls into this category.
SNAP 2011 Registration begins
| August 27, 2011 | Posted by studyfreak under MBA entrance exams |
SNAP 2011 scheduled on December 18
Exam Date:Dec18
Form Availability:Aug 25 – Nov 23
Website:www.symbiosis.ac.in
Forms Available At:Selected branches of Axis Bank
Application Fee:Rs. 1550/-
Application Process:
1- Log in to www.snaptest.org to register for SNAP Test.
2- Payment through cash : After online SNAP 2011 registration print ‘Axis Bank Challan’ from SNAP
website, this is in 3 parts. Pay Rs. 1550/- in cash only at any Axis Bank branch in your city.
Sign and stamped ‘Symbiosis copy’ of the ‘Axis Bank Challan’ is required to be sent to “Symbiosis Test Secretariat”.
3- Payment through demand draft:
Get a demand draft for Rs. 1550/- from any Nationalized Bank in favour of “Symbiosis Test Secretariat” payable at Pune.
Take a print out and sign the ‘Payment Advice’ form to send along with the DD to the “Symbiosis Test Secretariat” only at address mentioned in Contact info field.
4- Online payment through credit card:
The candidate may pay directly through either Master or Visa card online and follow the instructions on the SNAP website.
5- Online payment through net banking :
The candidate may transfer SNAP test fee to Symbiosis Test Secretariat account using Net Banking option too.
Eligibility:
The applicant should have graduation degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks (45% for SC/ST) in aggregate.
Contact Info:
SYMBIOSIS TEST SECRETARIAT,
Symbiosis International University
Gram: Lavale, Tal: Mulshi,
Dist: Pune – 412115
Phone: 020-39116226 / 27
Telefax: 020-39116228
CAT registration will open from August 17
| August 8, 2011 | Posted by studyfreak under MBA Colleges, MBA entrance exams |
This year the test will be conducted at 36 cities in the country. The results will be available on the website on January 11, 2012. Candidates must retain the printout of their score cards, which are valid only until December 31, 2012. Subsequent to that date, no queries related to issuance of CAT 2011 score cards would be entertained.
CAT 2011 will be held from October 22 to November 18 during a 20-day testing window period. For details, visit www.catiim.in or contact the IVRS number at 1800-103-7833.
The registration for the Common Admission Test 2011, which holds the key to 13 IIMs and other B-schools, starts on August 17 and will end on September 28. Candidates can register by logging on to www.catiim.in. CAT 2011 vouchers can be obtained from branches of Axis Bank and their associated outlets from August 17 to September 26, for `1,600 for the general category and `800 for SC/ST candidates.
