Well as I see it its a great opportunity to measure yourself against 15-20 k people on their territory (the CL open mock)
Since i gave SNAP last year and got calls from SIBM(converted) n SCMHRD (didnt appear for PI) I really think if you dont screw up royally on the SNAP day.. a fair amount of CAT prep will see you through easily..
but again thats my opinion.. you are the best judge
cheers!
As far as the motivation and demotivating thing goes.. its really upto you.. the 20-80 principle always holds true!! always!
I do not know if any of you have noticed, Not a single soul has cleared all cutoffs this time round(pls correct me if im wrong..just scanned).. so the paper was indeed hard so no reason to get demotivated