With less than two months  to go for the CAT exams, two of the biggest authors in the CAT space,  Arun Sharma, author of How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for CAT and Sidharth Balakrishna who has written Introduction to CAT: Tips from an IIM Alumnus, share their ten most valuable tips for CAT applicants.

Looks like the catiim.in site is now safe for browsing.  Google has removed the malware advisory on the website. For all the people who don’t use antivirus software, this might be a good time to think about getting something to protect their machines.

Early this morning, the CAT website ‘CATIIM.IN’ was hacked and infected with malware, making most web-browsers and anti-virus softwares block the site. Prometric claims that the infection has been cleared and that none of the candidates’ personal data was compromised in the process.

Monday was a mixed bag of events for CAT aspirants. While many banks sported slow computers and long queues, others had to be content with just a handful of aspirants. Some banks in Chennai handed over extra forms to aspirants, asking for personal information,  some  handed over a rose to every person in the queue to lighten the atmosphere.

The most awaited CAT 2010 registration has finally begun. Not wanting to be a mere spectator to everybody’s comments, I decided to try my hand at the process myself. More so this year, because I wanted to experience the preparedness of Prometric and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) for this year’s test.

Narsee Monjee’s NMAT exam, which turned computer based last year, will allow test-takers three attempts and use the best score of three for its admissions. Further, there will be no negative marking in the test this year.