Plethora of Options..!!

One of the first decisions that one has to make after he/she decides to appear in CAT is the choice of a good coaching Institute. With over hyped B- school placement figures and the current recession scenario, it seems like almost every eligible person in this country wants to go for an MBA. One segment that makes merry of this kind of climate is the Education Service Providers (more wanna be’s >> More training required >> More Training = More Profit). Millions of coaching centers have sprung up for Management Entrance Exams right in front of my eyes in the past 5-6 years. The marketing strategies and Success Ratio figures that are advertised would surely put the executives of many well known blue chip companies to shame.

Well for me the choice was always between TIME, Career Launcher and IMS, i.e. the Big Three of Management Education Service Providers. I have always been biased towards TIME frankly because it has the best Mock Test series in India. The questions asked in Time’s AIMCATs are shockingly close in difficulty level to the real CAT(Opinions may vary on this..!!) . Having said that, the past track record of both IMS and Career Launcher is as good as that of TIME or any other Management Entrance Training Provider in this country.

I am not in the mood for classroom programs because of the obvious reasons of scarcity of time (moi being a working entity). Hence, I’ve opted for Career Launcher’s Study material and a couple of other modules (Test Gym and CAT Scan…. which translates to numerous Topic Wise Tests and Previous years CAT papers and strategies respectively). This is an added bonus since I already have the study material from TIME (being an ex time student... a year and a half back ….Final year of College). The test series does not start for another month so I have decided to push that to the back of my mind for the time being…. Although I have a nagging suspicion past experience has already influenced my grey cells on a decision.