[abhi_g1]

i dont know whether this question is being asked before or not.if this is being repeated then mods please close this thread.i am working and preparing for cat.but i needd to ask is dropping for CAT justified.can a person justify in interview.what i feel is that we should try to get into job as low profile it may seem.because droppping especially for CAt adds to pressure.if we not get a good %ile then what? so bro to all those souls i may appear a bit -ve but this is what i feel what u say guys.

[Digital_Saint]

Originally Posted by abhi_g1

i needd to ask is dropping for CAT justified.can a person justify in interview.

There is no rule for that. There are people who have dropped an year, blasted CAT, FMS big time. After 2 years they are better than a person who did those ' low profile jobs' and couldnt concentrate well on his preparations because of his job.

And, there are people who have done both the things simultaneously as well.

Originally Posted by abhi_g1

if we not get a good %ile then what?

Then take up some job and get set for CAT next year.

[LongShot]

The answer to your question lies in that annoyingly familliar and oft-repeated line that I use quite a lot "It Depends."

If you feel you can justify the one year drop. And I don't mean in the PI. You first have to crack the entrance to get a call and then you get to the PI. So justify the drop first by working your ass off to crack that entrance, (Hey I can tell you that's NOT what I did , otherwise "I could have been somebody." and then Brando turned in his grave )

On the other hand, there are people who as Digital_Saint has mentioned juggled both things quite well and came out on top with good work ex and that elusive dream most of us know as an IIM call.

Its you who have to decide based on your personal strengths and weaknesses & your job (profile, satisfaction, experience, learning - cumulative score of all these )

Don't know how much this will help but even so...

[sameer_dce]

I think it depends a lot on the person and how badly he wants to crack.

i have a lot of friends who left their jobs when they realised it ws hindering their preperation.

:grab:

Originally Posted by abhi_g1

i dont know whether this question is being asked before or not.if this is being repeated then mods please close this thread.i am working and preparing for cat.but i needd to ask is dropping for CAT justified.can a person justify in interview.what i feel is that we should try to get into job as low profile it may seem.because droppping especially for CAt adds to pressure.if we not get a good %ile then what? so bro to all those souls i may appear a bit -ve but this is what i feel what u say guys.

[prem_ravi]

Originally Posted by sameer_dce

I think it depends a lot on the person and how badly he wants to crack.

i have a lot of friends who left their jobs when they realised it ws hindering their preperation.

:grab:

It also depends on one more major factor...Financial Backup....Also when u quit your job, your are pressurising yourself too much..let me put it in a simpler way..Preparing for 4 hours a day is sufficient enough) as CAT is not like our board exams, swallowing & vommitting..CAT is all about how you use your brain under pressure..If you are working, you get diversion from your CAT preps, sort a respite for one to assimilate things..Instead if you quit your Job, first thing is your a loosing your income + your Work Ex & No 2 is that nobody can prepare for 12 hours a day ie at the max you will prepare for 6 - 7 hours..Obviously you will pressurised & all the negative things comes in mind..I have quit my Job is a very hard feeling..So think before you decide, because quiting a Job is an extra pressure than anything else...

[Asif]

Only two words it isn't.


---Asif

[akhil_agrawal]

it all depends on person 2 person

usually with engg. students,they get a placement after the engg.

so they can carry on workin and simultaneously write CAT..

but other students like B.Com,B.A,B.Sc,BBA,etc usually dont get a campus placement...so they prefer droppin a year n they just prepare a whole year only 4 CAT..

i did d same..

now again comes d question..why 2 drop??

i would suggest..people who can seriously devote time 4 cat prep should drop 1 year..otherwise 1 year would b waste...

[ans_bhai]

No, there is no such hard and fast rule, but yes it does add to the pressure in a way. In my opinion (its a personal opinion, and not a rule!) work experience adds to the value of an mba candidate, and hence i do not think that dropping a year for preparation is the right way forward, apart from having to justify it in the interviews. And I also think that no matter what kind of job one has, one can always prepare for CAT along with that. I used to work in the night shift as part of on-site support team and did prepare for CAT on the side. Yes, I'm not in an IIM today, but I did get into one of my targeted institutes, and am very happy with my position now. Of course, even I know of cases wherein the person has dropped a year and managed to crack CAT in style, but then that person has lost out on some very valuable experience in the corporate world, which is also unreplaceable.

[abhi_g1]

i agree with ans_bhai that job helps a lot as the work ex is helpful.but %ile is also damn importanat if u get 99+ hollaaaaaaaaa rock it man.so bro written is also crucial if u r not working thebn work hard and samrt and get that elusive 99 or if u r working manage u r time acordingly it is tough though but an IIm admit doesnt come easy probably that is why it is cherished

[Phooka]

Although it is a highly personal decision...but still will add 2 cents. I took a drop after my engg .....because i wanted to concentrate wholly and solely on CAT. And wanted to make sure i get through in one attempt as i did not want to wait for one more year to give CAT. I was also reasonably confident that will get rhough one of the top insits. Which i Did .

See as Ans-bhai pointed out it does not take more than 3 hours a day to prepare for CAT. And i totally agree with him . But you can spend the rest of your time learning something else....soemthing useful.....i learnt German . But again this is my opinion and will not be shared by most of the Junta. And yes, they do ask this in the interview, but u have a satisfctory ans ready then it is not a problem