What are we achieving during the preparation for CAT

[cat_cracker1]

It’s proven that pursuing an MBA degree from a good B-School makes the individual mentally strong,pragmatic,toughens him up,on the whole makes him a complete person.
But guys don’t u think that preparing for CAT itself is making us mentally tough.
Going over all these hard mocks changing our strategies according to a particular mock,solving those hard problems.
In short as we are preparing for CAT we have to know everything to solve problems,to
Unfold the mysteries of those arcane passages,tracking down those long and tedious graphs inDI,going for those dubious Vas,everything require flexibility and adaptability.
What say guys,don’t u think preparation itself is a learning process.

[ExpandingHorizon]

No doubt about it.
But I dont really understand the point behind this thread. Well, whatever...me going back to my preps for now...

[ashishyahoo]

hey...

definitely we are improvin a lot...in Vocab, readin speed, and various attributes of a manager...also analytical ability and nuber crunching....only thing is i dont really think a person can gain a lot in aptitude by choosing the answer from the aternatives ...he can surely crack CAT...but those who r real geniuses remain geniuses...

but we do definitely improve...dats why crackin CAT is called crossing the fire..


Ashish

[denim_me]

exactly a question asked to me in one of the interviews..so frame ur answers well.....and for someone without work ex or someone who has dropped an yr for CAT ,this question becomes more pertinent...though i didnt fall in ne of these categories

[myhideout]

Originally Posted by denim_me @ Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:30 pm

exactly a question asked to me in one of the interviews..so frame ur answers well.....and for someone without work ex or someone who has dropped an yr for CAT ,this question becomes more pertinent...though i didnt fall in ne of these categories

hi denim
what was ur answer to the question?

[anandmbm]

ya denim! wht ws it?

[Psychodementia]

I think this is something you rather ask yourself than denim. I mean your response should be "This has been MY experience, Denim what was YOURS". It seems as if junta are just interested to know what is a cookie cutter solution/answer for that question is.

For me CAT has taught 4 lessons in life which I carry across to my workplace and in everything else I do. Infact I am planning to write another article on that

(1) Know thyself. I have always fought the "battle" against the test. For the first time I fought it against myself. This sentence would make little sense to anyone who has not taken CAT. But for those who are preping, Im sure they know what I mean by it. (esp when you are struggling to get those extra 2marks in QA :P)

(2) Passion. There is this energy that I have hardly felt for anything else in life. As the day approaches, you are consumed by this intangible force which governs each move you make. From the time you wake up to till you close your eyes, its the only thing that really matters.

(3) Friends. Some of the best friends I have made have been thru cat2k2 and pg forum. Its amazing how I meet someone from the forum for the first time and *immediately* we hit off as if there is some volatile chemistry between us.

(4) Soft-skills. Right from managing one of the first yahoogroups on CAT (cat2k2) as a moderator to writing on these forums, I have come a long way. Not just dealing with different types of people, but also making sure what I write and I what I mean actually map.

HTH, <----- old sign back

Arun

[zango]

Originally Posted by Psychodementia @ Tue 02 Nov, 2004 6:43 pm

HTH, <----- old sign back
Arun

Will comment on the main question later - but
Jai Matadi! (for that )

[abhimax]

one thing is really improved due to cat prep is my reading skills............though my quant was always good but now i tackle it very aggressively


abhi

[warman]

I feel this kind experience is inevitable given the kind of preparation one has to do. Formidible the challange, the better you become.
Ask the same thing to a person who has given and cleared JEE. It just exhilirating even to prepare become fully prepared