Aimcat - 0606

[sat]

hey my split is
q-17
di-14
va-20
total 51
can someone tell me what percentile and calls this score wud fetch??

[anubhav_kaul]

Harry Sir,
Nice to see you on PG .

Originally Posted by online.harpreet

arey kitna score marta hai re tu, main bahut jaldi I HATE ANUBHAV KAUL community shuru kar raha hoon

Dost, aisa mat kar. Mere chahne waalon ki pehle koi kami thode hi na hai

On a more serious note, how was ur first mock?

AnubhAv

[s.y.n.a.p.s.e]

i found this a little easier than the last mock but dint manage di well. should have focussed little more on LR, especially that cars one. and the envelope part also was pretty straightforward. wasted time in guessin in DI

VA - 43/28/15/23 - i need to work on accuracy in VA... high time i start
DI - 22/12/10/8.33 - this let me down drastically.. next time i shud start giving some time to LR.. could have easily scored arnd 8 in 10 min
QA - 23/17/6/15 - spent little extra time here... maybe thats y got screwed in DI.
tot - 88/57/31/46.66

Started with VA, did it for 50 min.... then QA for nearly 40 min.. and i had jus 25 min for DI...coz i started 5 min late. but stil could have managed a better score in DI had it not been for the wild guesses...

cutoff in Q and DI could be 10-12 and VA might well be around 18-20..

[itsrahul]

Originally Posted by sat

hey my split is
q-17
di-14
va-20
total 51
can someone tell me what percentile and calls this score wud fetch??

This score should get you 98+.
it wud have been much better if u cud have swapped ur DI and QA scores.

rahul

[neo_trinity]

AIMCAT0606 Analysis




AIMCAT 606 contained in it a problem of plenty. CAT 2004 may have changed the landscape of CAT papers. With 2 mark questions added last year, the number of questions saw a downward trend. Whether or not the same trend continues, remains to be seen. However, this AIMCAT 606 paper pattern reflected the CAT 1999 and CAT 2000 patterns. Hence, there was a problem of plenty in AIMCAT 606. When there were less number of questions, targeting the easy questions was easy, but what if CAT reverts to the normal pattern of 1 mark questions and gives as many as 55 questions in each section?

The strategy for any paper will remain the same. Identify easy questions and maximize marks. It is important to note here that the only way you will get more marks is by attempting more questions. Though it is a wrong strategy to focus only on the number of attempts, it is worthwhile to set a target for the number of attempts in each section.

With 55 questions in each section, there is an acute requirement to attempt a decent number of questions to be in the reckoning. In a paper of this kind, the problem is not about solving, but solving which of the easy questions so that you do relatively better than the next guy.

The number of attempts should have ideally gone up for each of the sections. However, students who have got used to the 2-mark and 1-mark pattern would not have found it easy to adapt to the change. Also, there was a chance that the cut-offs for each of the sections as well as the overall cut-off will be high. However, due to the changed pattern, students across the country would have faltered in one section or the other.

Section I - Quantitative Ability

With 55 questions, it is always a nightmare to select questions which will give you marks. But any paper should be divided into manageable parts and then attempted. A cursory glance at the first 9 pages (QA section) would reveal that there were a number of questions given in sets. In fact, there were a number of questions from functions and graphs and this is the first time this has been done in AIMCATs (another reflection of the CAT 1999 and CAT 2000 papers).

A quick analysis of the paper would reveal the following division of questions in each of the quantitative topics.

Geometry and Mensuration - 14 questions; Numbers - 10 questions; Time & Work/Time & Distance - 8 questions; Functions & Graphs - 6 questions; and so many other areas.

A student good in any of the above areas would cross cut-offs, provided he ensures that he gives at least 35 minutes to this section. Out of the 14 questions of Geometry, the following questions were easy - Q.Nos. 14, 31, 36, 39 and 49. Similarly, out of the questions on the Numbers and Time & Work, the following were easily doable - Q.Nos. 2, 3, 4, 8, 15, 32, 33, 40 and 50.

In addition, there were the other questions which - Q Nos. 9, 23, 27, 28, 46, 47, 48 and 55 could have been easily solved (in a relative short time) if one has a decent grounding in the basics and an alert mind.

As mentioned above, the problem with plenty is that you might end up doing fewer questions than you otherwise would have. A very good score in this section would be 20+.

Expected Cut off - 10+/-1

Section II - Data Interpretation, Reasoning and Data Sufficiency

Out of the three sections, for a change, this section was not as easy as it was in the previous two AIMCATs. However, a cursory glance reveals that there were 6 sets of DI, one set of 10 questions of DS and 4 sets of Reasoning.

This was a very balanced section which would have given an equal opportunity to score for both a person strong in DI as well as a person strong in Reasoning.

Though it is not necessary to touch both these areas to get the cut-offs, it is advisable to give a certain amount of time to each of the areas so that the easy sets in each area are cracked.

The reasoning sets on the whole were quite easy and hence students who started with these questions would have got a boost of confidence. In the DS area too, for a change there were 3 to 5 easy questions.

The ideal time division for this section would be - 18 minutes for DI, 6 minutes for DS and 11 minutes for Reasoning. This will ensure that you do at least 4 sets of DI (Q No 71 to 75 were easy), and 2 sets of Reasoning. The ideal attempts would be about 22-25 with about 90% accuracy.

Expected Cut off - 10+/-1

Section III - Verbal Ability and Reading comprehension

There were 6 R.C. passages with 40 questions and 25 verbal questions. This section would have looked unusually lengthy to students. The ideal time division would have been about 15 minutes for Verbal and 25 - 30 minutes for RC.

The paragraph forming questions were easier than the cloze passage questions. Some of the Fill-in the-blank questions were moderately difficult.

The first passage was seemingly difficult, but had some easy questions. A good student would have attempted around 20 questions in Verbal and about 20+ questions (3 passages) in RC.

A good score in this section would be around 23+.

Expected Cut off - 15+/-1

Overall Cut-offs for One IIM Call: 45+
Overall Cut-offs for 3-4 IIM Calls: 53+
Overall Cut-off for 5-6 IIM Calls: 58+

BEST OF LUCK FOR THE NEXT AIMCAT - on August 28th 2005

[Zakhmi_sher]

Originally Posted by neo_trinity

AIMCAT0606 Analysis




AIMCAT 606 contained in it a problem of plenty. CAT 2004 may have changed the landscape of CAT papers. With 2 mark questions added last year, the number of questions saw a downward trend. Whether or not the same trend continues, remains to be seen. However, this AIMCAT 606 paper pattern reflected the CAT 1999 and CAT 2000 patterns. Hence, there was a problem of plenty in AIMCAT 606. When there were less number of questions, targeting the easy questions was easy, but what if CAT reverts to the normal pattern of 1 mark questions and gives as many as 55 questions in each section?

The strategy for any paper will remain the same. Identify easy questions and maximize marks. It is important to note here that the only way you will get more marks is by attempting more questions. Though it is a wrong strategy to focus only on the number of attempts, it is worthwhile to set a target for the number of attempts in each section.

With 55 questions in each section, there is an acute requirement to attempt a decent number of questions to be in the reckoning. In a paper of this kind, the problem is not about solving, but solving which of the easy questions so that you do relatively better than the next guy.

The number of attempts should have ideally gone up for each of the sections. However, students who have got used to the 2-mark and 1-mark pattern would not have found it easy to adapt to the change. Also, there was a chance that the cut-offs for each of the sections as well as the overall cut-off will be high. However, due to the changed pattern, students across the country would have faltered in one section or the other.

Section I - Quantitative Ability

With 55 questions, it is always a nightmare to select questions which will give you marks. But any paper should be divided into manageable parts and then attempted. A cursory glance at the first 9 pages (QA section) would reveal that there were a number of questions given in sets. In fact, there were a number of questions from functions and graphs and this is the first time this has been done in AIMCATs (another reflection of the CAT 1999 and CAT 2000 papers).

A quick analysis of the paper would reveal the following division of questions in each of the quantitative topics.

Geometry and Mensuration - 14 questions; Numbers - 10 questions; Time & Work/Time & Distance - 8 questions; Functions & Graphs - 6 questions; and so many other areas.

A student good in any of the above areas would cross cut-offs, provided he ensures that he gives at least 35 minutes to this section. Out of the 14 questions of Geometry, the following questions were easy - Q.Nos. 14, 31, 36, 39 and 49. Similarly, out of the questions on the Numbers and Time & Work, the following were easily doable - Q.Nos. 2, 3, 4, 8, 15, 32, 33, 40 and 50.

In addition, there were the other questions which - Q Nos. 9, 23, 27, 28, 46, 47, 48 and 55 could have been easily solved (in a relative short time) if one has a decent grounding in the basics and an alert mind.

As mentioned above, the problem with plenty is that you might end up doing fewer questions than you otherwise would have. A very good score in this section would be 20+.

Expected Cut off - 10+/-1

Section II - Data Interpretation, Reasoning and Data Sufficiency

Out of the three sections, for a change, this section was not as easy as it was in the previous two AIMCATs. However, a cursory glance reveals that there were 6 sets of DI, one set of 10 questions of DS and 4 sets of Reasoning.

This was a very balanced section which would have given an equal opportunity to score for both a person strong in DI as well as a person strong in Reasoning.

Though it is not necessary to touch both these areas to get the cut-offs, it is advisable to give a certain amount of time to each of the areas so that the easy sets in each area are cracked.

The reasoning sets on the whole were quite easy and hence students who started with these questions would have got a boost of confidence. In the DS area too, for a change there were 3 to 5 easy questions.

The ideal time division for this section would be - 18 minutes for DI, 6 minutes for DS and 11 minutes for Reasoning. This will ensure that you do at least 4 sets of DI (Q No 71 to 75 were easy), and 2 sets of Reasoning. The ideal attempts would be about 22-25 with about 90% accuracy.

Expected Cut off - 10+/-1

Section III - Verbal Ability and Reading comprehension

There were 6 R.C. passages with 40 questions and 25 verbal questions. This section would have looked unusually lengthy to students. The ideal time division would have been about 15 minutes for Verbal and 25 - 30 minutes for RC.

The paragraph forming questions were easier than the cloze passage questions. Some of the Fill-in the-blank questions were moderately difficult.

The first passage was seemingly difficult, but had some easy questions. A good student would have attempted around 20 questions in Verbal and about 20+ questions (3 passages) in RC.

A good score in this section would be around 23+.

Expected Cut off - 15+/-1

Overall Cut-offs for One IIM Call: 45+
Overall Cut-offs for 3-4 IIM Calls: 53+
Overall Cut-off for 5-6 IIM Calls: 58+

BEST OF LUCK FOR THE NEXT AIMCAT - on August 28th 2005

So i m not clearing QA n DI cutoffs....good

[Ninja]

Originally Posted by neo_trinity

AIMCAT0606 Analysis

Well, thanks for trying to help out but There is no need to put up this "cut-paste"analysis in its totality in the forum. The analysis will invariably be seen by the Mock CAT takers at the TIME site. Cut paste stuff if u have something to comment on. Why burden the PG database even more?

Just a thought. Plz don't get into a .

In fact this AIMCAT did bring ppl back to the old pattern. No more targeting the 2 mark questions and getting higher scores!! My scores r going to be pathertically low. Moreover, I had tried to experiment with the paper. Attempted the Quant part in two shots. Result was that i messed it all up. It seems the normal start to finish appraoch for the sections is better for me. I am weak in Quant and so the experiment, but since it has not given good results I will revert to "my" conventional pattern....VA/DS/LA/DI/RC/QA.

Lets c how that works nest time!!
All the best for next AIMCAT.
Take care.

[TheVishy]

My scores ,

Section : Attempted , Wrong
QA : 2/1
DI : 17/3
VA : 31/9

I thought DI was tough , number crunching , and the logical stuff was a bit indirect thought not difficult. I devoted my QA time on DI to get a just a +4 .Even the last sateliite prob didnt make much sense though , later I found it was okaish.

VA was not bad , but definitely cud have been better . It was an almost CAT level VA/RC but didnt have some regular questions .

QA : Still clueless

Overall I feel the 60+ scores are prolly in the right direction , just need to maintain the momentum . 50+ shud be striving to get into 60+ bracket . Re-Strategize to suit ur skills . 40+ ... good enuf but not for IIM's . 35-40 - modest but definitely no time to relax . -35 have faith , coz there is nothing called "Impossible"


Good luck till next AIMCAT

Cheers
NV

[akhil_agrawal]

gud work TIME....the sudden change from 123 to 165 questions and the removal of 2markers must have taken all students by surprise..

the DI part was a bit tough takin into consideration the calculations which needs 2 b done..the LR part was easy though...

n as usual i found the VA n RC section tough for me....was amazed to see people gettin more than 25 marks in this section....n me minuscule 9...oh god....

one more thing i would like 2 tell is how 2 manage time if one is takin 2-3 mock cats of diff. coaching????

[morrison]

my splits as follows:

QA : 11.67 (time and again this proves to be a weak point... someone HELP)
DI : 19.67
VA : 27.33

Net : 58.67

On hindsight i always feel that quant was pretty doable.

bhaiya koi to kuch batao quant crack kaise kara jaata hai.

i feel that anything over 60 in this paper will be a very very good score.

--------------
Rajat Hooda
--------------