"So it begins..."
- Théoden, King of Rohan - Right before Battle of Helm's Deep
As many of you might have noticed, I have added two new sidebars.
1. Countdown 2 CAT.
2. Scipio's Fiction.
The second sidebar is a permalink to the pathetic attempt by moi at short story writing, but that is not what this post is about. This post is mainly about the first one.
For those of you who are only familiar with "CAT" as the commonly used name for the species Felis catus...
Welcome to the world of Indian MBAs.
Ask any MBA aspirant in India what CAT means and pat will be the reply... Common Admission Test. The three magic words which is simultaneously every aspirant's greatest nightmare that can in turn lead to their greatest dream...
In India, CAT is big. CAT is PRETTY big.
Considered one of the most competitive exams in the country, it is the prerequisite test for post graduate studies in the top Management Schools in India (which by the way, to me can only means the IIMs). It is said that only the top 0.5 percentile of those who make it to the next level of selection. Sure, cracking CAT is not the only criterion for admission into these colleges but it definitely is a must for entry into various colleges.
Last year alone around 170,000 competed for around the 1200 seats in the IIMs of which yours' truly was one. My friends say that my performance was not that bad, but hey! It wasn't good enough to get me there.
Alright, enough with the stats already, so let me go back to the sidebar. The clock is a countdown to this year's CAT which falls on November 26th. It is a reminder for me about the upcoming exams.
As you can see, the clock is ticking.
As far as preparations go, do I have a strategy in place?
Nope. Non. Nien. None whatsoever.
At the moment my only strategy is to start preparing start building on the strategy as it happens. OK, I have cribbed enough for the day. Me really has to start preparing now.
PS: The CAT Counter is in JavaScript. Your browser shouldn't have any issues displaying it. If you don't see a countdown timer, do leave a comment.
PS Again: Sorry about the corniness of using the LOTR dailogue on the top of this post. I just love the movie, especially the battle of Helm's Deep :P
4 comments:
Hehhe... The clock ticks again :)
This better be the last time.
I havent even been thinking abt the CAT for quite some time now. Good that u reminded me abt it.
Now check this article @ rediff http://in.rediff.com/getahead/2006/may/19cat.htm
dude...
the article was my inspiration for the post. But of course I haven't read the article yet. Need to read it...
Getting inspired wont take u any long...
Working will :)
not that i'm a good "doer" but a good "sayer" ;)
BTW, isn't the number of days wrong? CAT is expected to happen on November 19th this year.
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