If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.
- Vince Lombardi
For 6 consecutive years, MBAGuru students have displayed their overwhelming superiority over competition. Their performance stands out majestically like a sky-scraper amidst low-rise single-storied dwellings.
From 2.1 lakhs in CAT-2007 to 2.8 lakhs in CAT-2008 - a whooping 33% increase - the numbers just keep growing. We are wondering if the CAT-aspirants market size is due for an occasional correction just like the sensex. The recession gaining momentum (ironical phrasing) across the globe surely did not reflect on the zeal of the CAT-takers across the nation. With the number of seats not really going up that drastically, the percentage success rate CAT took a major dip. An unfair reflection on the calibre of the students, which surely would have been as good as any other year.
So, around 4800 IIM calls for nearly 2.8 lakh candidates meant an average of 1.71 IIM Calls per hundred students. Compare this with the nearly 19.3 IIM calls per every 100 MBAGuru students at CAT-2008. This implies a success rate that is nearly 11.3 times higher than the average success rate at CAT. Just close your eyes and imagine a sky-scraper standing adjacent to a single story building!
A cumulative look at the CAT performance of MBAGuru-Rooters over the past few years makes things look even more impressive, and justifiably so. MBAGuru students continue to defy averages with nearly 38.6 IIM Calls per 100 enrolled students - which is nearly 22.5 times higher than the average success rate at CAT-2008. Another defining trait of MBAGuru students reflects in a healthy call conversion rate of nearly 43%. This against the typical call conversion of approximately 1 in 3 or 33%, is, mildly phrased, superlative. With odds against the selection of any individual growing by the day (with the increasing disparity in the aspirants and IIM-seats), this performance is primarily a reflection of quality of our students - their ability as well as their efforts, the personalized mentoring by IIT-IIM & Top B-School alumni and ofcourse the trademark YOUnique philosophy which lies at the heart of our delivery processes.
While IIM selections ofcourse set the benchmark, the diminishing seats to aspirants ratio makes it imperative to take a look beyond the IIMs (not in the IIPM way - pun intended J). Overall, nearly 23% MBAGuru students achieved calls from Top B-Schools - including FMS, MDI, SP Jain, XLRI, IIFT among a host of others. TeamMBAGuru began the ground-work on its YOUnique "A B-School for YOU" endeavour in line with its ingrained objective that MBAGuru our offerings have to become increasingly customised to ensure that each individual reached his/her best B-School. The number of Calls from Top B-Schools per 100 MBAGuru Students remained an impressive 83. Overall, MBAGuru students received admission calls from over 112 reputed B-Schools spanning the length and the breadth of the country.
CAT-2009 might bring in more aspirants and more surprises. It may change form too and go online. The odds against success may increase. The one thing we are rest assured of is that MBAGuru students will conquer all odds with their indomitable spirit and relentless effort!
It is not without reason that CAT is called the toughest entrance test in the world. And at CAT-2007, the toughest test only got tougher! But then the tough get going, when the going gets tougher.
Fast gaining recognition as the most successful MBA prep offering, MBAGuru faced a gigantic challenge - not only because of the erratic behaviour of CAT in terms of its unpredictability, but also because with the excellent growth in its student base and diversity thereof. So, how did the "tough" respond to the challenge?
Over 2.1 lakh candidates meant an increase of nearly 20% over the previous year's number of CAT takers, without a commensurate increase in the number of seats at the IIMs or other Top B-Schools. So, around 4500 IIM calls for nearly 2.1 lakh candidates meant an average of 2.1 IIM Calls per hundred students. Compare this with the nearly 32 IIM calls per every 100 MBAGuru students at CAT-2007. This meant a success rate that is nearly 16 times higher than the average success rate at CAT.
If you thought this was impressive, wait till you read the next bit! Seen cumulatively over the past few years, MBAGuru students continue to rule the roost with nearly 57 IIM Calls per 100 enrolled students - which is nearly 28 times higher than the average success rate at CAT. Maintaining such a superb success rate over a period of 5 years, and with an ever-increasing body of students seems quite IM-Possible - but not at MBAGuru, where the IM-Possible becomes IIM-Possible, year after year.
Overall, nearly 26% MBAGuru students achieved calls from Top B-Schools - including FMS, MDI, SP Jain, XLRI and IIFT. Initially focused upon a program for those who were aiming only for the IIMs, TeamMBAGuru realised that not even the best can be certain about their success at CAT with an increasing number of students vying for virtually the same number of seats each year. And that prompted TeamMBAGuru to work towards the objective that MBAGuru offerings became increasingly customised to ensure that each individual reached his/her best - whether that was an IIM, SPJain or an IMT. This bore tangible fruit as the number of Calls from Top B-Schools per 100 MBAGuru Students rose to a phenomenal 90. This means every 10 MBAGuru students had around 9 B-School calls on an average among them. In addition, MBAGuru students expanded the gamut of B-Schools conquered by them and received calls from over a 100 B-Schools, thereby opening up multiple options to choose from.
We are confident, without being complacent or arrogant, that our 2008 results will show once again that we know what goes into making champions at CAT - and knowing our students, we know they are champions in the making!
What are the odds of a CAT aspirant making it through the first stage of selection? In simple mathematical terms, when nearly 1.8 lakh students end up receiving around 4400 IIM Calls, it means about 2.4 IIM Calls per every 100 aspirants. What MBAGuru students achieved at CAT-2006 was an extraordinary 2 IIM Calls per every 3 MBAGuru-ites – which translates into results that are nearly 27 times better than the average success rate at CAT. How’s that for IIM-Possible? And these figures DO NOT include those people who appeared for a free Test or joined a free workshop.
It is not easy to live upto a legacy that is as intimidatingly impressive as that of MBAGuru students from the earlier years’ batches. But hats-off to MBAGuru-ites-06 for not just living upto it but also building upon it. Some highlights of the CAT-2006 results for MBAGuru-ites have been as follows:
No doubts then that it is a superlative performance even without the surprises specific to this CAT… and the credit deservedly goes to our students – the highly talented and motivated bunch of MBAGuru-ites. We, at TeamMBAGuru can only be proud of the fantastic achievements of these winners.
We expect the tally to rise even higher as the results of the remaining MBAGuru-ites continue to trickle in.
No wonder that no one else’s anywhere near. We are working hard to ensure that CAT-07 is no different!
If the skeptics thought CAT-2004 was the limit; they had not factored in the ability and determination of MBAGuru-ites-3 and the break-through advancements in the delivery processes and the offerings at MBAGuru.
With a phenomenal 87 IIM calls per every 100 enrolled students, MBAGuru-ites-3 proved yet again that the only competition they are up against is themselves. In the process of entirely decimating the competition, MBAGuru-ites-3 also achieved the impossible at CAT-2005, as they raised the monumental standards set by their senior-MBAGuru-ites at CAT-2003 and CAT-2004.
Few of the highlights of the performance of MBAGuru-ites at CAT-2005 are :
More than just the amazing success that MBAGuru-ites keep on achieving at CAT year-after-year, it is the entire experience of MBAGuru, the classroom preparation program at Roots, which leaves them completely delighted. Their feedback not only helps us pursue our endeavor of continuous improvement, but inspires us to innovate and retain our leadership in terms of superior delivery through individualized mentoring and development.
The skeptics wrote off the performance of MBAGuru-ites in CAT-2003 as everything from "one-off" and "just a flash-in-the-pan" to "oh, the sample is too small" and "impossible and fishy". Only to be proved WRONG by MBAGuru-ites at CAT-2004!
Even with a much larger base of students, MBAGuru, through its personalized tutoring and development, helped MBAGuru-ites-2 pull off a remarkable feat and relegate competition to nothingness as more than 1 in every 3 MBAGuru-ites achieved IIM Calls and each Rooter received an average of 1.1 calls from the IIMs/FMS/XLRI! A success rate that was nearly 25 times better than that of the competition.
Our flagship MBA prep program, MBA Guru, is a personalized mentoring program that is tailored to individual needs, and has helped hundreds of MBAGuru-ites in accomplishing their goals through its scientific multi-tier approach that incorporates the Mantras for Success.
This approach yielded its first dividends when it helped MBAGuru-ites achieve phenomenal feats in CAT-2003. More than 1 out of every 3 students at Roots received calls from the IIMs! A performance that is more than 20 times better than that of the competition. With an average of 1.4 IIM calls per enrolled student, MBAGuru-ites displayed a success rate that was thought impossible by any stretch of imagination.
My expectations from MBAGuru were completely fulfilled and exceeded, both in terms of attention and enthusiasm. The classes are intensive and rigorous, along with a very relevant series of tests.
