[visionIIM-ACL]

@ Tortured , Anchun

Thanks for sharing your feelings and telling how you all have been working to achieve your dream.... i am saying this because it is very easy to share your experience when you do good, but it is very tough to come up and speak about your tough times.... and friends if you were able to do it here..... i am assured of one thing, that you will never face any difficulty anytime in putting up your views before others...

Anyways , it is great to see that all the puys are coming together and supporting each other to crack cat ... and i know we will continue contributing .......

@ seniors : looking forward for seniors to come and share their GYAAN with us....

Hopefully , all the puys will reach one or the other top b-schools.... because we have got the ATTITUDE to bell the cat with mouse!!!

All the best!!!

[IIM_Killer]

I find this thread extremely helpful as I am also feeling low these days due to my recent mock scores.. I got 99.96 percentile (AIR 9) in one of the TIME mock and 93 percentile in the latest one.. I was shattered when I saw my result and thought of giving up.. but I would like to say one thing to all you puys preparing hard for CAT'09.. Mocks are only for your practice and in fact its necessary to get low scores so that you realize that working hard is important.. ATB to you all..

[catgotmytongue]

Originally Posted by visionIIM-ACL

Hii dude....

@ QA: i will suggest you also to first go for a self review...identify where you are lagging.... whether its basics or applications..... for former, go through the study material of any reputed coaching institute and for latter, first go for sectional tests (both offline and offline) provided by coaching institutes..... make good hold on Algebra, Numbers and Geometry...you will be well above the cut offs... you still have ample time to crack QA...

thanks a lot for those words..but you know whaT?
i think in some areas its applying the concepts and in some areas it is basics itself..like if you ask me,i have done geometry as intensively as i possibly can and YET i don't seem to get the questions pertaining to geometry right..So its like this cycle wherein i don't get the problems right and so i keep avoiding it. In effect i stand status quo with respect to quant..
but sectional tests is a nice idea..don't know why i dint think of it
I really hope i improve..really hope so..
Thanks a LOT again for this thread...feels good to let off some steam..
and like some people above have mentioned..we keep thinking DI will happen to us when we want it to and ignoring it (atleast i have been doing that) and that also affects our percentile a LOT.
What would happen if we have a DI heavy paper..better buck up right?
Well,this is also to everyone else who may not be posting but are nodding in agreement at the shunning of DI(err..sorry..i coudn't think of a better word )
Sorry for the long post but i hope someone else,apart from me gains from it..
Good Luck good people

[Love_CAT]

Just one thing. Don't take your mock score too seriously..But analyse the papers religiously..
In the previous year,
In AIMCATs' QA I crossed 85%tile for 4 times and 90%tile for 1 time I got 98.5%tile in CAT and I crossed 85% tile for thrice in DI and neva reached to 90%tile for once..But scored 96.XX%tile in DI..

Though for VA my score remained the same..Never cleared 85%tile for once..

atb!!

[hari_87]

Originally Posted by catgotmytongue

thanks a lot for those words..but you know whaT?
i think in some areas its applying the concepts and in some areas it is basics itself..like if you ask me,i have done geometry as intensively as i possibly can and YET i don't seem to get the questions pertaining to geometry right..So its like this cycle wherein i don't get the problems right and so i keep avoiding it. In effect i stand status quo with respect to quant..

Geometry is like that for most..you certainly aren't alone there..there are only a few people who are not stumped consistently by questions on geometry..so never mind..as you have learnt it well, you would be able to crack easy questions on geometry, if thr are any..but thr are topics other than geometry you can score from, in quants..
I certainly am no authority on quants, but i can tell you a thing or two that could work..as you say you don't cross even 60%le much, try attempting only the sitters, the simple ones..and be uncompromising on accuracy..you might only attempt 5 questions, but make sure they are all right..that would help lift your spirits, and then you can gradually increase attempts too, without sacrificing accuracy..
but the most important thing is, IMHO, to stay calm..so remove your fear of quants, first..don't let the situation develop into a vicious circle..
Cheers, and ATB..!

[Anchun]

Originally Posted by hari_87

try attempting only the sitters, the simple ones..and be uncompromising on accuracy..you might only attempt 5 questions, but make sure they are all right..that would help lift your spirits, and then you can gradually increase attempts too, without sacrificing accuracy..
but the most important thing is, IMHO, to stay calm..so remove your fear of quants, first..don't let the situation develop into a vicious circle..
Cheers, and ATB..!

friends i am following the same approach from the last two mocks
and can see my accuracy almost 90%..
In AIMCAT 1015 i attempted 6 and 5 are correct(actually this paper quant was said to be a bit tough,but since i focussed only on sitters i didn't feel it)(i know attempts are very less but considering my previous scores of 2,1,4..10 it is a big confidence booster)
InAIMCAT 1014 i attempted 7 and 6 are correct

implement it and u can start seeing the results ,now i am more confident in facing the quant paper than before.its as if i overcame a mental block .

so all the best to all puys...face what ever comes with confidence

[visionIIM-ACL]

@ Geometry

In addition to what Hari and Anchun have mentioned, ,

i will just like to add that since the format of paper being online, in case of sitter qustions of geometry, try to avoid making the diagram again in rough sheet....

Doing sitters without using pen/pencil will enhance your confidence in geometry ( it has done the same for me ) .... and you will find less apprehensive while attempting a question with moderate difficulty ( i am not saying difficult questions because its better to leave them , if you can identify them).... and will score more marks...

In geometry, apart from basic formulae, your visualization of the figure and ability to connect it with properties you know, will enable to solve the questions much faster and with high accuracy too( without even picking the pen/pencil). In every paper, you will find 1-2 questions in geometry which can be solved by this method.....

Give it a try... it has worked for me... . might be it works for you....

PS: Do not apply this at the cost of accuracy in sitters. Though practising this way at home, will get you the accuracy and you can apply this in mocks diligently and confidently.

All the best puys!!!

[visionIIM-ACL]

Sorry for spamming the thread friends....

but since now the notifications have started coming out....

just wanted to wish everyone out here .....all the very best!!!

Whatever come in the way ( low scores,work pressure, stress or anything else)....we will make sure that we reach our dream institutes....

90 Days are more than enough for us to turn the tides in our favour!!!

Cheers!!!

[sarwan1987]

hi friends

i am also in the same boat as many of u

got 92 odd in 07

got 98 odd in 08 with absolutely zero prep...got a score in QA

I have been working on QA ....but my efforts are yet to show up....

but when i see here ppl with many more difficulties still trying to keep up it is inspiring me

hope we rock as a whole this year this exam season

[aravindbond]

hello every body...great thread...

my problem is a bit different to that of urs.I gave cat 08 and got90.XXle and in the same year i got placed in wipro.As any other youngster i was looking forward to join the company after engineering, but off late i got news that my appointment has been delayed till jan 2010(tentative).After hearing this news i thought ok ...lets give a serious attempt for cat this year,till now story is ok....but after the mock season started, my performance started getting degraded...first 2 mocks -90s and 80s then 70 now latest 69%le...i sat to analyse wat was happening to me..my problem is every now and then i get a thought "if i cant crack cat this year and if wipro gets delayed by another few months (or an year) wat should i do?" this thought is killing me.....although iam doin some part time job its not enough.I feel completely dejected ..not knowing what to do..should i search for another job or ......what to do??.puys help me