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Common Mistakes to Avoid when Preparing for MBA Entrances

If you are trying to crack the MBA entrance exams, avoid making these 4 mistakes.

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Updated on : July 7, 2025

 

Updated on 12th April 2023, 4:53 pm

 

Common Mistakes to Avoid when Preparing for MBA Entrances

 

Preparing for an MBA entrance can be stressful as this leads to students making common mistakes. While it is not an easy task to crack the MBA entrance exams, especially if your goal is to get admission to top B-schools, including IIMs. Nevertheless, there are many smart techniques you can religiously follow throughout your MBA entrance exam preparation journey.

 

So, to make things easier for your preparation, here are some of the blunders that every MBA aspirant should dodge to crack any MBA entrance exam.

 

Lack of good conceptual clarity: Many MBA candidates believe that memorization can be used to grasp MBA subjects. However, this is not true as it is important to gain conceptual clarity by first understanding the subjects and not just memorizing them.

 

Not checking the entire syllabus: Going through the entire syllabus is the most basic thing and also the most vital part of the preparation for every MBA aspirant. Yet quite a handful of the students have just a blurry grasp of the topics that ought to be covered. To put it, students must know all the topics which fall under various areas such as Quantitative Aptitude, Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning, and Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension.

 

Insufficient time dedicated to each topic: It is a serious concern if students are not able to dedicate enough time to each topic. An incomplete course can lead to students performing poorly on the entrance exam.

 

Taking only a few MBA mocks: The sole notion behind the introduction of MBA mocks or MBA exam series is to deliver a clear approach to the MBA aspirant. Hence, mocks give the students a better view of how entrance exams are and enable them to understand better.

 

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