CAT/MBA Related

Even though, Roots is relatively new in the field of MBA coaching, our track record of results produced in the last 4 years have been outstanding with an average of 81 IIM calls per every 100 students, which is 27 times better than the industry standard. We have transparency of Results and students can find the name, email id, contact number and the calls received by our students in the last 2 years on our notice board. One of the main reasons for the success of Rooters is the personalized attention that they get by virtue of small batch strength.

At Roots we use a scientific method of teaching based on 'Test methodology'. Students can take advantage of our Personalized (UNLIMITED) sectional tests dedicated to improve key skill areas. Students have the access to the best faculty that includes IIT / IIM Alumni, language and behavioral experts who not only help in CAT preparation but also act as your mentors for life by providing valuable insights to understanding yourself and improving your overall personality.

On an average Rooters have received 81 IIM calls per every 100 students enrolled. This is 27 times better than the average industry results because more than 2 Lakh students appear for the exam and only about 4500 calls are sent out collectively by all the IIMs.

We have series of full length tests called 'Guru Gyan Tests'. The tests are prepared by IIM/ ISB alumni. The test is structured to prepare the student's strategy to different levels, skills, concepts that can likely be tested in the coming year. This includes 10 CAT papers, 1 each of XAT, SNAP, FMS, JMET, and IIFT. Apart from this the students also get the previous years' papers and MOCK test papers. If a student is sufficiently prepared from a CAT perspective then understanding MAT is relatively easy. We have test bank question papers for MAT that the students can attempt.

At Roots the structure and approach is based on scientifically proven 'test methodology', which builds on the conceptual understanding rather than on the rules and formulas. From our classroom session which gives a topic wise skill development to our personalized 'Guru Mantra Test' sectional tests followed by the full length 'Guru Gyan Test', this methodology is applied effectively for the student to understand and remain in the test taking mode.

Please speak to the center manager at your nearest center for our fees structure.

The fee charged at Roots is sometimes marginally higher than others are. The reason for the same is the personalized service provided and the faculty used for teaching. We are committed to the quality service and expect student's commitment to learn, develop, and exceed their potential.

We conduct regular workshops, doubt clearing sessions to enhance classroom teaching. Besides the regular vocabulary usage classes as part of your verbal ability skill, we also provide the students an additional component of Audio-visual vocabulary workshops to learn and remember words better.

Yes. For all the sub-skills tested in the key skill areas, we assist the students to learn different methods of approaching the questions by way of 'Guru fundae sheets' and' 'Approach building exercises'.

Depending on the requirements / level of understanding of the batch, the doubt clearing sessions are conducted from time to time. If there is any individual doubt that needs clarification, then the student can also approach the concerned faculty on a one-to-one basis.

The GD/PI sessions are done from day one. The frequency of these sessions is limited up till the written exam, as the emphasis is to help you grow / improve gradually over the time. After the written exams, these sessions are conducted regularly.

Students can refer back to the concerned faculty at the end of the class or take an appointment and discuss the same in person or write an email / post a query on the student forum and the same will be addressed by the concerned member of faculty.

Since the batch strength is limited to a maximum of 30 students, you will get to clear your doubts during the session. If you do have specific doubts then the faculty is usually available after the class for you to discuss with them. You can also take an appointment if necessary. Keeping in view that many students have problems, workshops for Math and English are conducted apart from specific sessions dedicated for doubt clearing.

Ideally, any batch offered across different centers, the batch size is kept small to ensure individual attention and better faculty-student interaction. The batch size does not exceed 30.

Usually the batch starts from December up to August for the tests happening between subsequent November to January

The batches start all through the year for different courses. The students have the choice to select from weekday or weekend batches that start at different centers. For details, please contact the centre manager at the nearest location.

The core faculty at Roots consists of IITD and IIM Alumni, who are also the Directors of the company. They are involved directly in teaching and training, and indirectly in test - development, analysis and feedback. During the Be-The-Guru program they are actively involved in enhancing your personality and knowledge for clearing the GD/PI. Faculty also consists of professional language and behavioral trainers, who will guide you throughout your association with Roots.

A personalized test, Guru Mantra Test, is a sectional test with pre-assigned levels. Depending on the student's performance in the class and combined skill test, the student is individually assigned a level for each of the skills. Depending on the performance in the assigned test, the student's level of test is increased or decreased to help understand one's strong and weak areas and work on these. We call it as the 'absolute benchmarking' as you will be competing with yourself in order to improve your key skill areas and identify your weakness and work on the same.

There are two levels of benchmarking - Absolute and Relative. An absolute benchmarking helps you in understanding where you are in terms of - understanding key skill areas, accuracy and speed in comparison to your own previous performance. This is an important guide for assessing your improvements within each sub-section / sections.

A relative benchmarking on the other hand helps you to identify where you stand amongst all others attempting the test. This is an important tool to assess your overall strategy development.

For example: Through absolute benchmarking, you might have identified your key skills (strengths and weaknesses) but relative benchmarking will help you to see if you have actually used this understanding in choosing the right questions and whether you have managed to time your paper across sections to maximize your scores.

MTAS is the 'MBAGuru Test Analysis System'. This is online analysis system that tells you your performance across combined skill tests, GMTs and GGTs. The analysis break up gives you different parameters of your performance in terms of levels (Easy, intermediate, difficult questions) across all the individual sections and your speed and accuracy in each of these skills and levels of questions attempted.

No. This is myth. Vowing to the background of our Directors (IITD Alumnus), it is perceived that way. We have had several Rooters in the past who are Non-engineers and have made it to the top B-schools including the IIMs. Roots do attract lots of students from the best colleges (IIT, NSIT, DCE, and SRCC) every year. This by itself is a proof of our quality as these are some of brightest students looking for the best quality mentoring.

CAT or any entrance exam is not about learning everything; it is about learning the strategy to attempt the best possible questions in a limited time. So, at Roots we concentrate on the concept building and our reference materials, assignments, tests are updated and in-depth in their content. However, depending on the individual student needs, one can refer to any additional readings.

At the time of registration, the students are provided with reference books 'Guru Fundae Books'. Apart from the reference books, the students get an assessment sheet every class that is helpful in developing topic wise skill development. There are assignments for every section that are given to students from time to time as the course progress for additional practice.

No. we do not provide any demonstration session, as we believe that a small demonstration should not be the parameter to assess the quality. However, the students can come and speak to the individual faculty members by taking an appointment to familiarize and understand the teaching style, or clarify their doubts.

We believe that vocabulary is an important understanding tool to improve the overall understanding of English language in general and Reading Comprehension and Verbal Ability from test perspective. Also, there are many exams that test 'vocabulary' through 'Analogy' questions and also it is important to be prepared for the unexpected as one can never be sure as to what CAT tests you on.

90% of the syllabus covered in MBAGuru will the same for most entrance exams. There are few other exams that tests students on General & Business awareness that is not a part of CAT. For this purpose, we provide students with specific strategy sessions for all the popular exams, mock full length tests, and general awareness tests and free subscription to Business World magazine. Our online students forum also consists of 500+ articles that students can access.