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Dear Student, St. Xavier is the famous college for B.Com (Hons.). ICA is not a college for B.Com. Some branches from ICA, may offer coaching for admissions in to B.Com course. You can also do various courses like IDA and IDA + from ICA after B.Com to update your knowledge and skills in accounting software, income tax, investment portfolio management and accounts.
I had done IDA+ from ICA and also, you may get placed in different companies after completion of this course.
St.Xaviers college commerce department is very famous with the experienced and highly educated faculty, especially if you want to do B.Com in honors, then it should be the college that you are looking for.
There are couple of criteria, which you need to meet to get into admission for B.Com (hons.) in Xavier, Kolkata.
You should pass with at least 60% of aggregate marks in your secondary higher education (plus two) and in subjects like Maths and English, you should at least get 45 % and in other subjects minimum 40%.
Mathematics in plus two will be the background for all of the students who joined. But, the standards of mathematics and statastics are not that much high, considering all kinds of students getting admission into course. But, if your basics are good, then you can go for it. All the best.

Common Management Admission Test is more commonly known as the CMAT. You can go a long way to top B-School, so scoring good marks is really important. Here are few general mistake to be done by student during preparation or in exam which can be minimized to score good marks:
1. It is not only necessary to learn and know all the concepts and tricks, but it is also essential to be confident and quick in using them. This means doing quick calculations in the quant section.
2. A big mistake is to focus only on one weakness. Since, general knowledge can also be forgotten easily and quickly, keep revising it. A good method can be to set a certain base level of mock questions in each category to do on each day.
3. One of the major problems is that most candidates do not recognize, that they are falling behind until it's too late. It is hard to compensate wisely in this situation, meaning, that takers are forced to take rapid and wild guesses. A simple tool to avoid this scenario is to set and stick to certain milestones.
4. Never forget to practice mock test papers. The good thing about mocks is, it helps you too face all types of questions, & makes you familiarized which the surrounding & also with the stress you have with time management.
All the Best.

CMA certification is a great career move, especially when you aspire to make it big in the field of management accounting. Doing this degree will open a lot of opportunities for you in the domestic as well as the global market. It will help you to enhance your financial, accounting and management skills, that will expand your career potential and which will help you to stand out from the rest. Some of the job roles that you expect after completing CMA are:
1. Finance Manager
2. Financial Analyst
3. Financial Risk Manager
4. Financial Controller
5. Cost Accountant
6. Chief Financial Officer
7. Cost Manager
8. Relationship Manager
Like every other certification and field, the salary of CMAs too increases with the increase in the years of experience. If you have just started out, you might not be able to draw a big amount, but after completing a couple of years one can get a decent salary.
Best Wishes.

Certified Internal auditor is an internationally recognized professional course. The certificate holder could escalate the value of the organization. The scope for internal audit in India is vast, with over 75,000 vacancies globally. In India, ever since the New Companies Act came into force in 2013, the industry expects a quantum jump in the requirement for professionals in the field of compliance and internal audit. There is a huge demand for Certified Internal Auditors (CIA), both, in large consulting firms as well as in corporates across India, which have their own internal audit departments.
An individual is more likely to have higher salary being a specialized professional in the field of auditing. The focus throughout the journey is on managing the internal audit project and concluding the concepts related to internal risk, control, governance, and technology.
Salary as a certified internal auditor will depend on your level of experience. Typically, there is a wide range of salaries between junior auditors, senior auditors and audit managers.
The average salary for a CIA is approximately $64,000.

CAT is one of the entry level exams for Master of business administration. The Best B-schools like majority of Indian Institute of Management will look for students with high percentile in CAT. Majority fail in CAT. Only 10 percent, who write the exam will qualify for GD and PI. Here, I suggest you some strategies to avoid mistakes in CAT exam preparation.
Planning is very important to crack MAT in 6 months. So, my suggestions are:
MAT is easy as compared to CAT. I was also a student who prepared for CAT immediately after my graduation. The important things which you should look into while preparing for this exam are as follows:
1. Select one of the best coaching centers which offer quality education- TIME is one of the famous coaching centers for CAT and MAT.
2. Dedication- Be focused on the aim which you need to achieve.
3. Try to read Hindu newspaper editorial. Most of the passages which appear in CAT are from Hindu editorial.
4. Try to do a maximum number of online mock tests. You will definitely clear CAT by doing the above.
5. Try to read as much as you can and make note of points.
6. Revision of each week's topic is very important.
7. Mathematical ability questions will be little-twisted, try to do as fast as you can.
8. Be dedicated to it and be regular to the classes.
These are my tips for you to crack CAT.

Tamil Nadu common entrance test is for under graduate students, who are waiting to join on the post graduate courses in huge numbers. This entrance exam was conducted by the Anna University Chennai. For this, more number of concentrations and preparation is required to score more marks.
1. Arihant Publication MBA: - Good book and the best thing is, it cover all the parts.
2. R.S Agarwal: - There is nothing in India for reasoning better then R.S Agarwal
3. NCERT Books: - You will get to know many things for the paper, if you prepare from NCERT books.
4. Tata McGraw Hills: - Good books which give lot of information.
5. Magazine: - Go for Pratiyogita Darpan and India Today.
6. Journals: - Refer some good online Journals like Time etc. (Online)
7. TANCET MBA (Anna University)
8. The Pearson Guide to MBA Entrance Examinations by
Edgar Thorpe,Showick Thorpe.
These book really help to go through these boom for TANCET preparation and make sure you score better.
All the Best.

Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) will be conducted by XLRI. As an MBA aspirant, one needs to put in a lot of hard work to crack this prestigious management entrance exam. For this, preparation should be good with best books.
1. Target XAT Simplified by Disha Experts
2. Jabbing the XAT with solved papers by R.K. Jha
3. XAT XLRI MBA Entrance exam A/4 by Chandresh Agarwal
4. Concepts of number for XAT and other quantitative exams by Gajendra Kumar
5. Target new XAT Past papers and five mock papers
6. XAT entrance test for MBA examination by Gautam Puri
7. XAT Xavier Aptitude Test solved sample papers by Gautam Puri
8. Quantitative aptitude for XAT by Arun Sharma
9. ata Interpretation by Arun Sharma
10. Verbal ability for XAT by Ajay Singh
11. General Knowledge by Manohar Panday
12. The hand on guide to analytical reasoning and logical reasoning : A must have resource for the aspirants of XAT by Peeyush Bhardwaj
These book really help to crack this exam, if you study well.
All the Best.

The cohort at IIMs and NUS is very different in terms of diversity and experience. IIMs have almost half of their cohorts fresh out of college whereas NUS has most of the participants who have reasonable work experience. Singapore being a finance hub attracts an extraordinary exposure in term of learning which IIMs and most top B-Schools in India cannot. Also, the median CTC that is offered at NUS is way higher than that at IIMs. If we see the course fee, the MBA from NUS costs around 40-50L INR whereas the fee for the full-time MBA from IIM A, B and C costs between Rs 17 to Rs 22 lakhs. The student pedigree at IIMs A/B/C and NUS is equally impressive. CAT percentile of 99 and above and GMAT scores of 720 and above ensure only the top minds enter.
The global MBA experience, in my opinion, is what makes NUS slightly better but if someone wants to pursue MBA without much experience, IIMs are an excellent option.

Making once in lifetime career choices require careful research. Having done that you need to be sure about your area of interest, reasons to pursue MBA, academic credentials. Prin. L.N.Welingkar or WeSchool is ranked as one of the best B-Schools not only in Mumbai/Bangalore but all over India. The PGDM program at Weschool is uniquely designed to give students a slice of global exposure. As per your area of interest, you get a number of options to select from, to pursue your PGDM it could be core (Finance, marketing, HR, operations), or specialized ones such as business analytics, rural Management, retail, healthcare, media entertainment, business design. Placement at Welingkar has been really good and consistent. The curriculum for every branch is updated and Welingkar Institue offers you some of the best faculty who have rich industry experience.The Global Citizen Leadership program (GCL) which every PGDM student undertakes at Weschool helps them gain a global perspective and also gives them a chance to work with industry experts even before summer internships begin. Also, the campus is fully equipped with library, IT lab, Red Ex design lab, gym and canteen facilities. Hostel accommodation provided by the college is good. There is a balance of study and extracurricular activities in Welingkar Institute. Every college has a different value proposition to offer depending on your requirement you could take your call.