[hantan]

hi friends.. recently my va scores ve started to take a plunge. i ve never prepared for va till date and it has been one of my bankable sections. but of the late i am unable to even cross 90%iles.. accuracy in +3 -1 papers have been just 50%.. wondering how to go about tackling this new scare just few days before cat..any help from verbal gods Kaustubh and hari and others is welcome.. attempts havent been a problem till date. its only accuracy.. i dont wanna lose this time cos of va..

[kaustubhnsit248]

Originally Posted by hari_87

Talking of applications, what are the institutes/exams that Chennaites are taking? Just to get an idea..
I am mainly targeting CAT, XAT and FMS, and writing IIFT and JMET too..under CAT i am thinking of applying to NITIE..will take a call after my exam is done with..

I'll be taking CAT, XAT,FMS, IIFT and JMET.Under CAT I'm applying to MDI,NITIE,IMT(G).Probably SPJAIN as well.confused about the program to be applied for
Might appear for SNAP and NMAT as well.Not decided yet.

[iamnutty]

I am gonna be writing a whole plethora of exams....

CAT , XAT , SNAP , JMET , IIFT , FMS

Applying to MDI ,IMT, SPJAIN , NITIE, XIMB

As you can see, this post reeks of desperation ....

but seeing kaustubs post .....it doesnt seem that bad.... when a consistant guy like him is applying for all that ... i better apply .....

[hari_87]

Originally Posted by hantan

hi friends.. recently my va scores ve started to take a plunge. i ve never prepared for va till date and it has been one of my bankable sections. but of the late i am unable to even cross 90%iles.. accuracy in +3 -1 papers have been just 50%.. wondering how to go about tackling this new scare just few days before cat..any help from verbal gods Kaustubh and hari and others is welcome.. attempts havent been a problem till date. its only accuracy.. i dont wanna lose this time cos of va..

I am no god, but I will give my opinion..
First, continue to back yourself as u have all these days..don't let a few bad mocks dent ur confidence..As you have not had problems with VA before this hiccup,just go back and see wat worked then which is not working now..
And finally, 50% accuracy is not bad, tho it isn't good enough..get it past 60% and u will see the percentiles start to look up..
It probably is just a temporary low..be happy it's happening just b4 cat and not on cat day

Originally Posted by iamnutty

I am gonna be writing a whole plethora of exams....
you can see, this post reeks of desperation ....

Why do u call it desperation? As they say, u first have to create choices to have a choice

[balash]

Hi ppl,

I have a question abt xlri admission. But knew it would make sense to post here rather than the xat thread.

For Xlri, we ned to send the graduation certifacte/marksheets. does this mean we need to send both? I've completed my graduation. But our Anna university graduation certificate does not have the details about the marks. And sending all the 8 sem marksheets in the envelope given by the institute is out of question.

There would be many of u who have applied already. Throw some light on what you ppl did.

TIA,
Bala.C.N

Happy prep

[naga25french]

Originally Posted by balash

Hi ppl,

I have a question abt xlri admission. But knew it would make sense to post here rather than the xat thread.

For Xlri, we ned to send the graduation certifacte/marksheets. does this mean we need to send both? I've completed my graduation. But our Anna university graduation certificate does not have the details about the marks. And sending all the 8 sem marksheets in the envelope given by the institute is out of question.

There would be many of u who have applied already. Throw some light on what you ppl did.

TIA,
Bala.C.N

Happy prep

i sent all the 8 sem marksheets.. that isnt a big deal

ps: u posted the same in xat thread..

[balash]

Originally Posted by naga25french

i sent all the 8 sem marksheets.. that isnt a big deal

ps: u posted the same in xat thread..

Sent all 8 sem mark sheets, 10th and 12th in that small cover?? I'll try too then.

PS: this 7 days cap made me post it in both the threads. want to send it tomo.

[kaustubhnsit248]

Originally Posted by iamnutty

I am gonna be writing a whole plethora of exams....

CAT , XAT , SNAP , JMET , IIFT , FMS

Applying to MDI ,IMT, SPJAIN , NITIE, XIMB

As you can see, this post reeks of desperation ....

but seeing kaustubs post .....it doesnt seem that bad.... when a consistant guy like him is applying for all that ... i better apply .....

Arey Yaar My case is different. i think you are much younger and ready to take on world.so you can take risks by applying to ivy league b-schools.
My time has come to enjoy the "sansarik sukh"(worldly pleasures)(as posted on PG DT Group by vipul/bmr).I cant keep appearing for CAT every year otherwise when I'll have kids somebody will write on his hand "Mera baap CAT REPEATER hai"(I'm not going to translate this figure it out on your own)

[iamnutty]

Originally Posted by kaustubhnsit248

Arey Yaar My case is different. i think you are much younger and ready to take on world.so you can take risks by applying to ivy league b-schools.
My time has come to enjoy the "sansarik sukh"(worldly pleasures)(as posted on PG DT Group by vipul/bmr).I cant keep appearing for CAT every year otherwise when I'll have kids somebody will write on his hand "Mera baap CAT REPEATER hai"(I'm not going to translate this figure it out on your own)

Point taken bhai ..... its just that when i see the number of institutes i am applying to, it reminds me of 5 yrs ago when i did the same for engineering colleges . I am sure everyone will agree that it was not a pleasant experience....

But I was speaking with tortured yesterday .... and did some minimal math ::

less student + more new seats = lower percentile cutoffs

(it works try it out, the percentile cutoffs for IIMs will be definitely lower this time)

This is the only bit of math that gives me hope and drives me on to CAT

[hantan]

Originally Posted by iamnutty

Point taken bhai ..... its just that when i see the number of institutes i am applying to, it reminds me of 5 yrs ago when i did the same for engineering colleges . I am sure everyone will agree that it was not a pleasant experience....

But I was speaking with tortured yesterday .... and did some minimal math ::

less student + more new seats = lower percentile cutoffs

(it works try it out, the percentile cutoffs for IIMs will be definitely lower this time)

This is the only bit of math that gives me hope and drives me on to CAT

i dont feel that there ll be that remarkable a change in the cutoffs. the number of students giving cat will still be greater than 2 lakh.. the cut offs ll go down by jst a percentile or two(might help border cases like me)