Clearing Cutoffs vs cracking sections

[Aarav]

Originally Posted by tdubey @ Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:42 am

Again ... sectional cutoffs are likely to be different for different IIM's. Do the mock cats give the upper limit cutoffs or the lower limits ?

i think they give the lower cut-offs.
they have to maintain the hope in their students. TIME always tries to squeeze in top 5-6% students for atleast 1 IIM call.

strange can be the ways of IIMs. last year a 99.97 guy didn't get call from IIM A, perhaps b'coz of poor acads, he had fair distribution of scores.

[Evanescence]

Originally Posted by mnbvc @ Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:48 am

i think they give the lower cut-offs.
they have to maintain the hope in their students. TIME always tries to squeeze in top 5-6% students for atleast 1 IIM call.

strange can be the ways of IIMs. last year a 99.97 guy didn't get call from IIM A, perhaps b'coz of poor acads, he had fair distribution of scores.

r u saying one's acads come into play even b4 gd? strange...

[quickgunmuruggan]

A little OT but A and acads were mentioned so here goes:

Has A always valued previous acads (say last n years), or is it a recent phenomenon ? Can we expect a sudden shift in the trend this year (wishful thinking) ?

QGM

[starsunil]

like the cliche goes....crack verbal and DI and clear the cutoff in quant..........cracking verbal is a real must for the net to go up higher...

sunil

[tdubey]

Originally Posted by starsunil @ Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:23 pm

like the cliche goes....crack verbal and DI and clear the cutoff in quant..........cracking verbal is a real must for the net to go up higher...

sunil

That is not always correct ... you have to crack your strong point.
In fact , if you crack quant, you can get a much bigger lead over the others.

By different cutoffs for diff IIM's , i meant that some IIM might give more weightage to Verbal, some more to Quant ... etc.

[Hocus Pocus]

In some mocks it has happened that i have done very well in quant and di ... but badly in english.
Result is my overall percentile has been 99.9 + , but i have missed the english cutoff by a whisker.
Do i stand any chance of getting a call in that case ?

Dude having known the way you perform and having known you for the past few days...

I have once solid confession to make!!!


You are Mr.Modesty Man.

Pg and mods do consider this fellow for the Mr.modesty award when the Annnual PG awars come up this year.

Cheers,

Vicky.

[Yanky]

Prepare ur strategies for all sections awa sub-sections.....identify ur strong awa weak areas......try to score mox in strong areas.....just go with a kool mind.....don't panic and create un necessary pressure......everything will be fine....all d best....
cheers

[ashishyahoo]

hey...

sure was goin by the belief that crack verbal and DI and clear quant cut-off...until i answered FCT 1 from IMS today...real beautiful (dont know what 'gaali' to give) Verbal/RC section...if such a thing happens in CAT....the tables will be turned...

so guys be flexible in ur choice of sections...

Ashish

[Psychodementia]

Originally Posted by tdubey @ Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:42 am

Arun .
In some mocks *it has happened that i have done very well in quant and di ... but badly in english.
Result is my overall percentile has been 99.9 + , but i have missed the english cutoff by a whisker.
Do i stand any chance of getting a call in that case ?

Again ... sectional cutoffs are likely to be different for different IIM's. Do the mock cats give the upper limit cutoffs or the lower limits ?

Dubeyji,

Aapka reputation kaafi zabardast hai forum mein .... agar mein kuch advice dunga toh chotti muh baddi baat ho jaayegi

Jokes apart, I would advice you not to let the verbal %ile slip below the 95%ile mark. I would just give you the example of Chandoo for the umpteenth time :

DI - 99.16
QA - 99.87 (ham dukhijano ka maaibaap tha quant mein )
VA - 90.01
overall - 99.56

Through CAT, he got calls from IIM B, I and K. Finally made it to I.

So be sure to get atleast 93%ile (95%ile+ would put you in the "safe" range) in Verbal is what I can say.

The cutoffs given by the instis are just to give you a ball-park range, make sure you getting above it and don't worry too much even if you don't make it once in a while.

Jai Matadi,

Arun

[starsunil]

Originally Posted by tdubey @ Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:18 pm

That is not always correct ... you have to crack your strong point.
In fact , if you crack quant, you can get a much bigger lead over the others.

By different cutoffs for diff IIM's , i meant that some IIM might give more weightage to Verbal, some more to Quant ... etc.

dubey i was trying to tell wat the best way to do is.....obviously if u are strong in quant u would crack it right....iam talking in terms of really pulling up ur net score.....for tat cracking verbal is imperative.......
last year
99 in verbal is 30-32
99 in quant is 20......tats wat i meant.......

ofcourse pl would want to maximise on their strengths......but i was just telling them some figures

sunil