The CAT exam is on Sunday and undoubtedly the brightest student will make it to the top management schools in the country. But what with Lehman brothers not there to hire anymore and with placements coming down to 40 per cent in financial companies? There are 2.68 lakh students slogging it out for the CAT exam - a qualifying test to get into the country's top B-schools - this Sunday. It is the highest number of MBA aspirants in three decades.