subject: Everything Of An Mba Course Answered By Mba Experts On Mbauniverse.com [print this page] Dear Naresh, a lot of students with backgrounds similar to yours are going towards MBA course with time for preparation being the most prominent roadblock in their progress. However, there is no solution for the same you will need to make time for better preparation. I hope you understand that it is important to pursue your MBA course from one the best MBA college if you want it to influence your career. Getting into the top B-Schools for an MBA course is a demanding task and would require you to put in a lot of efforts. For candidates with work experience, we suggest them to normally either look for the normal 2 year full time MBA course abroad or look at an 1 year full time executive MBA course within India. The IIMs, ISB, SP Jain etc. are some of the top B-Schools in India that offer the 1 year MBA degree program. Best method to choose an MBA course , college or even the test to take, is to decide what you want in your future .This may include money, work profile, company you want to work with, work location etc. Once this is clear, we can always figure out the path you need to take to achieve the same. It is like this: if you know your destination, the route you take will not matter, but if you do not know your destination, any route you take will not help. All the best!! (Answered by Mr Gejo Srinivasan, MBA Product Head, IMS Learning Center)
Dear sir, I am currently preparing for my C.A final exam ,after which I would like to go for an MBA course. I am also doing an internship now. Would taking CAT 2010 be ideal for me? I would also like to know if self study is sufficient or if I should take up some classes? Thanks (Shoba , Chennai)
If you want to go in for an MBA course immediately after taking your CA Final exams (and you are confident of clearing them), then you should ideally aim for CAT 2010. Whether self-study is sufficient or whether you need to attend classroom coaching depends purely on your capabilities, vis--vis CAT. If you are fundamentally weak in some area or the other, then it definitely makes sense to go in for classroom coaching. Preparing in a group with other students who are working towards a similar goal is also an advantage of classroom coaching. However, even if you are planning to go for self-study, I would advise you to get hold of correspondence material and mock test-series from a reputed coaching institute so that your preparation for CAT is focused. (Answered by Mr Rishiraj Dasgupta, Career Launcher)
Dear Sir, please tell me how I can get into Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) for an MBA course. What are the important things required for it. Thanks) (Kanhu Kuldip , Orissa)
For a seat in IIMs for an MBA course, one needs to write the All India entrance examination named CAT. If one clears the requirements as demanded by the individual IIMs in the written exam and along with other factors like work experience (if any) and academic performance in Xth, XIIth and Graduation, one is called for GD and interview by the respective IIMs separately for which one has qualified. Then depending upon the performances in GD/PI one is finally selected for IIMs for persuing an MBA degree. Last year around 1.8 lac people appeared in the CAT written test out of which approx 2700 students got calls for GD/PI by the IIMs. You have to take holistic preparation for the CAT examination because that is the biggest hurdle. You need to score 99 percentile or above to ensure a call from IIMs with equally good performance in all the three sections of CAT for making into MBA course. (Answered by Mr Rishiraj Dasgupta, Career Launcher)
