Things that are going wrong in mock cats …

[RahulSharma]

The problem is concentration that we can not sustain for full 2 hours. A point in case, my last mock where I attempted 54 in first hour and 27 in the next.
A break or 2 minute nap may help.

[sphinx]

oye,,,
i dunno how far this helps,,,but i think filling circles after marking 5-10 rite answers one after the other in q paper...does help me keep the tempo and the link going.

and if anyone else has similar hints plzz help,,,,,

[THUSSU]

thank you bhars. i usually start with VA as this is my strongest and i can save a bit of time for the QA and DI. i dont want to do QA last as I'm worried that i wont make the cut-off!

i'll try your strategy this time around and if it works...all credit to you!

another strategy i had picked up from a pgite (neha i think)...give 30 min to each sec. and come back to the one's screwed up in; leave your good ones alone...somebody willing to try that one out for size....?

[jayaprathap_psg]

Originally Posted by Ghulam

Poor reading speed, and I get tired soon.
Could attempt just 2 RCs in 20 minutes, and got 5/10 wrong there.

Boss, I think the best way would be read the questions first and try to hunt for answers for the questions in the RC. There are some questions which have ans in one line and one need not read thru the whole passage to answer them. Try to pick those kind of questions across RCs and answer them. Would appreciate your views on them.

[super6]

hey all
i'm finding quant tough...i know i need to put in lotz of effort to get atleast 20 questions...
RC is very time consuming...its somethin i need to practice...

cheers

[RahulSharma]

Originally Posted by jayaprathap_psg

Boss, I think the best way would be read the questions first and try to hunt for answers for the questions in the RC. There are some questions which have ans in one line and one need not read thru the whole passage to answer them. Try to pick those kind of questions across RCs and answer them. Would appreciate your views on them.

Quite agree with you.

[snehitkumar]

Hi Friends

Let me intro myself.

Me, Snehit from pune, 4 yers workex in SCM , Exports etc.
Planning on taking CAT 2004.

My strenghts are VA, RC, DI and Quant in that order.

My problem

While practising at home the solutions for problems come to me. but under time pressure during the mocks my main area of concern is that even basic formulae escape me and i end up not attempting as many as i can, which is anyway a handful.

A solution i thought of was to read all 50 questions circle22 - 25 problems that you are confident of and then attempt them calmly and surely. It takes a trifle more time but i hope that i may clear the cuttofs at least.

If any of you guys good at QUANT have any better ideas they would be most welcome.

Thanks
Snehit

[vahgar]

shd one mark the easy q's in the 1st 20 mins or so and then proceed to ans them only...?

[THUSSU]

Originally Posted by vahgar

shd one mark the easy q's in the 1st 20 mins or so and then proceed to ans them only...?

twenty min is loads of time! every sec. counts in the cat; besides what might seem easy to you at first glance may turn out to be not-so-easy ! This strategy is good but noty worth 20 min. also, DI probs are difficult to assess.

i use this for my QA otherwie i miss sitters. for VA, i dont. i do as many as i can from the beginning. in DI i try the graphs and tables first, DS and then LR.

to each his own. evolve your own strategy as you do more mocks!

[Manpreet]

I am real bad in question selection... missed out on 4-5 sitters in yes'days AIMCAT.... could had got atleast 10 marks more....