CAT 2004 : Analysis, Experience, Discussions & More

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PLease share all your experiences during CAT.

How did u find the paper
No. of attempts
Expected cut offs
Level of toughness of each section.

Hope Most of you get through to the college of ur choices,

Wishing Luck

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[misha]

SURPRISE SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a paper with variable markings: 1,2,0.5
neither too tough or too easy
no.of attmpts: 50
easiest section quant

[chiclets]

hi
wnat an opinion
do u think it was a smnart move to attempt the 1 mark Qs and hardly any 2 marks Qs,,in hindsight it seems stupid.
I attempted only 80 marks wrth of paper.
opinions?

[smilingdevil]

Dont worry about hindsight.. You must have done in the paper what appeared as the best option DURING EXAM TIME... Its much easier to sit down now and say: Look you should have attempted with such and such strategy instead of what you have done.... I think 80 should be a decent attempt if you had a good accuracy...

[surekha]

omg...i attempted a lot many more questions...
in fact quant i thought was tougher..succumbed to thoda bohot tukka giri in quant...
guys where do we get to know the probable correct answers to this cat?

[PsymenSez]

Good grief, what was that?????

You know what, you can prepare and you can prepare, but you can never be prepared enough!

2 mark qs, 0.5 mark qs - i appreciate IIM's sensse of humor.

I though that while DI wass the only section that wass challenging, the difficulty in the paper was all based on how you go about choosing your questions. In short, i screwed up.... I spent half my time deciding which questions to do, should i attempt this 1 mark question, which is quick, and get only one mark out of it, or should i attempt this two mark question which is tough, will take more time, and i may end up not getting the answer while i've sacrificed a 1 mark sitter? AAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't intend to look at this paper for some time, until the dust has blown away. Even better, i'll just sit tight and wait. If IIM is crazy enough to call me, then so be it. If not, i'll continue to....um.....appreciate their sense of humor.

Simon

PS: By the way, am i the only one who got a different answer for that question - 2 circles against the wall, find radius of the smaller one, blah, blah, blah?

[micky]

80 marks worth of Questions? wooo
I attempted like 52 marks worth of Qs

Here is the marks wise attempt:

DI: 15
Quant: 11
Verbal : 25.5

im getting a feeling i messed up big time!

[G O V A R]

Originally Posted by surekha @ Sun Nov 21, 2004 1:52 pm

guys where do we get to know the probable correct answers to this cat?

Yeah, real surprise that CAT had q's with varied marks.

If you guys were allowed to take the q papers (as was last time), u can expect the solutions from IMS, TIME this evening. Take their solutions with a pinch of salt - some answers might vary.

ATB!

[shrikanthk]

Attempted for 91 marks.
Quant was a disaster.
Surely will end up with a sub-60 score.
Anyone joining me for CAT 2005 preps?

[rohit777]

Guys realize that even though it was a different sort of paper, it wud av been tough for everybody. So the cut-offs could be less and you dont need to loose hope even if you have a low score

Best of luck of to everybody