English tough for many of the IIM Aspirants

Chennai: As they walked under the overcast sky on Sunday after the nationwide common admission test for prestigious management institutes, students, cursed in the same breath: “English did us in.” More than the questions, it was the answers that gave them a hard time.”

After a year’s preparation, a tough verbal ability was hardly on their minds. Their disappointment could not be washed away even by the quantitative analysis paper that was a tad easier.

“QA and DI (data interpretation) were easy, but English did me in,: said Dileep, who works for a software firm here. His friend Deepthi, who attended the test, echoed his words.

English tough for many of the IIM Aspirants