Hi Rajendra,

Language Skills

One of the main reasons why B-Schools test language skills in their entrance exams is because one has to be very clear in their written, speaking skills in B-Schools as well as in the corporates. One must know how to articulate properly one’s thoughts so that there is no ambiguous communication flowing around. One can improve this ability by reading newspapers, magazines and even get into a habit of writing his own thoughts for that matter.

A dictionary is an aspirant’s best friend when it comes to improving in vocabulary and grammatical usage. One can also watch how TV anchors perform on the television to get the blood flow right for their body language. This also will improve one’s listening ability. Quantitative Skills

Undoubtedly one of the favourite subjects of engineering students is mathematics. Though Engineers have an advantage in this section, other stream students are not far behind in this nowadays. Also, the pattern and differential weightage of sections has reduced this advantage considerably in certain entrance exams. However, one must have a strong math background to gain some good marks in this section. Others who lack or haven’t been in touch with such mathematics background, have to prepare hard and close in their gaps if any. The following points can help them do so,

• Take part in solving puzzles, riddles and quiz competitions
• Solve enough number of problems from standard entrance exam books. Take good amount of online quizzes and make them as a habit
• Do not consider any type of question as unimportant while practicing. Doing well in only one section won't help you clear the cut-offs and won't get you to good colleges.
• Give good number of mocks and review your results
• Find out your weak areas and dedicate efforts to improve upon them
• Get enough guidance from your friends who have been preparing for these entrance exams or those who have already been under such a hammer and have joined B-Schools
• Always remember that MBA entrance exams do not look for your knowledge of any particular subject but they evaluate you on your overall ability. So pay attention on your basic abilities such as, language, logical reasoning etc
• One can also join a coaching institute to help oneself better with understanding, and know where he stands in the competition

Now, these were the generics that one must be clear with before writing any entrance exam. There are many exams for which you have to change your strategy from other entrance exams. For example, CAT is a highly unprintable exam and one must be clear in his mind what strategy works for him to get a good score. It is not necessary that two persons strategy has to be the same. One must work on his or her strategy to excel in the exam. This he can build by giving different mock exams and analysing their results. I suggest if a mock exam is for a 3-hour duration, one must dedicate double efforts to understand where he went wrong or which area is his strongpoint. Personally, I feel that for any exam, it’s the planning that matters the most and ideally 60% of the time should be spent on that. Keep this mantra in your mind, “Plan your work and work your plan” and you shall sail through.

My advice-don't be worried or be over-confident. Talent is of course required, but serious and focused preparation is a must for every-one.  ‘Working Hard’ has become an old adage in today's world, ‘Working Smart’ is the new thing. So, keep working smart and have trust in yourself. Even the tallest mountains are been conquered by humans and this is just one another exam.

All the very best!!

After the basic preparation, you have to start taking mock tests on a regular basis. With each mock test, you will be clear about your strengths and weaknesses. Initially, you need to take the mock tests once or twice a week and later on, you can increase the frequency of the mock tests to thrice or four times a week.
There are amazing web courses available like iQuanta, at a fraction of the price of the classroom courses. The best strategy for an aspirant would be to take two mock series from renowned institutes, one booklet series, and then make use of any one web course. You may also enrol for test series of popular coaching institutes and get them analysed by the institute experts. You can take the test series from T.I.M.E. and Career Launcher at the end.

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