Monday morning is usually about getting ready for another week of work. But for many who took the Common Admission Test on Sunday it may be time for some rest.
The pattern of the exams has changed this year and so have the expectations of the B-Schools.
After the anxiety if the exams for nearly 2 lakh students who appeared for CAT on Sunday it's time for some analysis.
Experts say this year's paper marks a clear change of what IIMs are looking for in their students.
Unlike previous years where cracking CAT was all about speed and accuracy this year's CAT was all about reasoning and logical thinking.
"The paper has become more reasoning based and it requires the student to think a lot more and not direct application," CAT expert Amit Deshmukh says.
Also marking a change from previous years, experts say the maths paper in this year's CAT was relatively easy but English was tough.
"Possibly the IIMs want students to have more language skills. Possibly they believe that language skills are a more important attribute to become a manager," another CAT expert Manish Salian says.
Most coaching institutes predict that students will have to score around 100 marks to get an interview call from IIMs. They predict a score of 25-30 in verbal ability, 30-35 in data interpretation and 40-45 in quantitative aptitude for clearing the sectional cut-offs.
The results will only be out in first week of December and till then students can breathe easy.
Source: CNN IBN
The pattern of the exams has changed this year and so have the expectations of the B-Schools.
After the anxiety if the exams for nearly 2 lakh students who appeared for CAT on Sunday it's time for some analysis.
Experts say this year's paper marks a clear change of what IIMs are looking for in their students.
Unlike previous years where cracking CAT was all about speed and accuracy this year's CAT was all about reasoning and logical thinking.
"The paper has become more reasoning based and it requires the student to think a lot more and not direct application," CAT expert Amit Deshmukh says.
Also marking a change from previous years, experts say the maths paper in this year's CAT was relatively easy but English was tough.
"Possibly the IIMs want students to have more language skills. Possibly they believe that language skills are a more important attribute to become a manager," another CAT expert Manish Salian says.
Most coaching institutes predict that students will have to score around 100 marks to get an interview call from IIMs. They predict a score of 25-30 in verbal ability, 30-35 in data interpretation and 40-45 in quantitative aptitude for clearing the sectional cut-offs.
The results will only be out in first week of December and till then students can breathe easy.
Source: CNN IBN
