AIMCAT517....15 down, 3 to go!!

[i]

hi
some crazy talk about 55 being a nothing score and di being a cakewalk
please come down to the level of us lower mortals and think
va was dicey
rc was moderate
qa was tough but also arbit (ppl cud have got quite high scores if they cracked 2 caselets)
di was definitely above cat standard
if one adds the cat pressure to this cauldron on nov 21, 55 wud prob be 99%ile, last cat 58.3 was 99.11

a score of 55 wud definitely get one in the top 150
last year 600 time mock students got iim calls
this year if anything the sample set has become better
its just this mindset ppl have got abt scores they cant accept that if everyone in time,pg is getting low scores then why shud everyone all india get high scores

qa-38min-16/3/12
va-45min-45/9/33
di-35min-26/3/22
total-67

[IntellectualFart]

I think this was a real good paper very very CAT like.
Except for the fact there was no poem and that 'one word multiple use' question which came in both the cats last year. As a matter of fact TIME has ignored these types all thruout the 16 AIMCATS.

My cutoffs would be

All six 3-4 IIMs at least 1 (high accuracy needed)
VA/RC- 26 23 22
MAths- 17 15 13
DI 22 20 18

net 65 about
with high accuracy
I would also say that undoubtedly there is progressive negative marking
as well as separate negative markings for different options In the main cCAT (an aspect all the coaching classes choose to ignore!!)

Any comments......
Am kinda new so dont know if this negative marking been discussed in some other thread.

My personal
VA/RC - 30/6/28
Maths - 13/7/10.66
Di - 15/8/12.33

Net -51

[i]

last year checked out more then 30 scorecards
highest -
qa-33
va-47.33
di-37.33
cumulative-119.66
80%ile-
qa-8.66
va-15.66
di-13(approximated)

negative marking definitely 0.33 no doubt about it

[pabby]

Hi junta..

my break up of scores this mockcat (read as attempts/correct/net score)-

VA/RC-35/22/17.67

QA-23/14/11

DI-27/21/19

NET-65/57/48.33

Well in quant got 4 sitters wrong...couldn't belive how could i make such careless mistakes....

[pmstar_044]

Originally Posted by IntellectualFart @ Mon Nov 01, 2004 12:24 pm

I think this was a real good paper very very CAT like.
Except for the fact there was no poem and that 'one word multiple use' question which came in both the cats last year. As a matter of fact TIME has ignored these types all thruout the 16 AIMCATS.

My cutoffs would be

All six * *3-4 IIMs * at least 1 (high accuracy needed)
VA/RC- *26 23 * * * * 22
MAths- *17 15 * * * * 13
DI * * * *22 20 * * * * 18

net 65 about
with high accuracy
I would also say that undoubtedly there is progressive negative marking
as well as separate negative markings for different options In the main cCAT (an aspect all the coaching classes choose to ignore!!)

Any comments......
Am kinda new so dont know if this negative marking been discussed in some other thread.

My personal
VA/RC - 30/6/28
Maths - 13/7/10.66
Di - * *15/8/12.33

Net -51

Hey buddy,

U have told a new thing. I am equally ignorant,dont know if this has been discussed b4 but badly want to know more about it. In case u can pls elaborate on it. Wot is progressive -ve marking etc?//

Priya

[pmstar_044]

hi friends,

Anyone can explain me a bit more on that question on grazing groung. It goes off my head...Even in DI section the question involving data processing and printers...

Priya

[Intangible]

Hi ,

My scores in this mock

Section/Attempts/Right/Wrong/Score
VA RC/24/20/4/18.67
QA /10/10/0/10
DI DS/16/15/1/14.67
Total /50/45/5/43.33

Need to improve my speed.

Guys n gals any suggestion on improving speed

[Panglossian]

1st time.....posting..on PG.....


my score...

Va/Rc: 43/27/16/21.67
qa: 21/19/2/18.33
di: 21/16/5/14.33

total: 85/62/23/54.33

hoping to improve upon Va/Rc...

[why]

I wonder why TIME takes such a long time to post scores. SOmetimes the suspense gets too much. Especially after my horrendous performance in CL mocks, time is a kind of relief.

[IntellectualFart]

hey priya
Ok here goes progressive -ve marking is like they will deduct -.25 for the first five wrong -.33 for the next five -.5 for the next and so on.
This is just an example but you get the idea
So the more you do wrong the double you pay.
this negative marking could also be -.1 or -.2 and so on and so forth.
As for the different options kaa funda i say that from, experience
In the FEb 15th CAt i had got some 10 wrong in Di rerally screwed up but my percentile read 92
while i got some 7 wrong in maths (out of 22 attempts) and my percentile read 82


the bottomline was that i had panicked in the maths section and in the last three minutes marked some answers which i was only fifty percent sure of (and got all those wrong)
And hence the idea that different options carry different negative nmarks of course this is all speculation
the classes claim that thats the way it is but the negative marking is so low initially that -0.33 or -.25 tends to even out the case and hence is justified.
I would vote for -.33 being closer to the whole idea than -.25.
Nevertheless its not that way thats for sure.

Cheers!!