What Is The Difference Btw. 100 Percentiles And Mere Mortals ??

[wudan]

I think its just that the 100%er has got a few more brain cells running faster somewhere or some part of his cerebrum is larger by 15% that apart..not much of a difference.....its so queer tht man appreciates certain abnormalities and denounces the rest...

[tdubey]

Originally Posted by wudan @ Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:44 pm

I think its just that the 100%er has got a few more brain cells running faster somewhere or some part of his cerebrum is larger by 15% that apart..not much of a difference.....its so queer tht man appreciates certain abnormalities and denounces the rest...

This was a really good one.

[t2s]

Originally Posted by wudan @ Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:44 pm

I think its just that the 100%er has got a few more brain cells running faster somewhere or some part of his cerebrum is larger by 15% that apart..not much of a difference.....its so queer tht man appreciates certain abnormalities and denounces the rest...

IT is just that a more queer one didnot choose to take up CAT ...he had 'queerer' things to attend to... *

[van]

Originally Posted by MavericK @ Sat Nov 27, 2004 9:56 pm

The 100%iler wont ask such absurd Questions.

Sorry to say Maverick bhai.. But why do u always sound so Rude.

To justify the Time management point i made earlier. The thing is the Genius will always know how to use the time. and those wh are not genius and Still know Time management skills Will use those 24 HOURS to become GENIUS.. According to me at the end of the day what counts is the amount of WOrK DONE by the BODY to Displace the matter from the books and study material to his grey matter. BE it a GENIUS or a Dumb fellow who is STRUGGLING to be a genius.

Bye

[t2s]

Originally Posted by shrikanthk @ Sat Nov 27, 2004 1:26 pm

The Difference between 100th %ilers and 98th %ilers is ATTENTION DEFICIT.
On my way to the college today,I dreamily stamped my foot on cow-dung.Surely
this wouldn't have happened to a 100th %iler as he wouldn't have been dreaming,
instead he would be looking at what lies ahead of him on the road!

Hey Shrik, it seems life is taking u too seriously! Just wait for the results... *


PS : I personally know of many dreamy genius ones...don't know about their CAT percetiles, though they cracked 2300 in GRE for sure (long back)


also, try some meditation... I am a great fan of www.srcm.org - seriously, no fun or pun intended...does help the EQ if not the IQ..

[MurTuzA]

They had a better 2 hrs than others on the D-Day.....
Every serious aspirant puts in almost the same amt of effort.

[tp]

mr mod maverick u mayb at a very high post here at the forum but it doesnt give u rights to say anythg bout everybody. the person who started this topic asked a ques in all its seriousness so no need to sound so rude and senseless. if u thk u know a lot keep quiet rather than brgin down morals of the people. even if u r a mod doesnt give u rights o say anythg u wish to.

no if u wana gimme me -ve karma for this ive no probs but dun repeat this thg

[MavericK]

Originally Posted by tp @ Sun 28 Nov, 12:02 am

no if u wana gimme me -ve karma for this ive no probs *but dun repeat this thg

Take a coupla +ve karmas

[hanoz]

This thread caught my attention as quite peculiar. Here are my views on it.

I agree that it is not a really simple task to score a 100%ile in any section or an overall 100% but the issue has been blown out of proportion.

CAT scores are merely indicative of an aptitude in time, knowledge & data management. Coz if it was merely based on intelligence, you'd expect the same fellows to top the IIMs. This is not always the case.

Also, I believe that the CAT, notwithstanding the 'surprises' (not really, coz you have half an hour to read the instructions) is a system. And wherever there is a system, there is a means to crack it. That does not mean that it would be easy, but there is a technique to crack any rule-based system, which is what the CAT is.

The person who'd optimize his technique to match that of the system would get a 100%. This does not ensure that the person would be the best manager at so-and-so place from so-and-so IIM. It just means that he knows how to crack it.

Regarding whether it is based on intelligence... Partially. Partially, it is a function of luck (very small part though) and partially on your upbringing. 1/3 of the paper is based on the english language and solving other sections too requires a reasonably good knowledge of english. those of us who are comfortable with it dont mind it, but those of us who are not have trouble even trying to figure out what's given. That doesn't mean they are not intelligent.

A true test of intelligence shud be non-language based, something like a chess tournament, a set of rules and a goal. Stick to the rules and achieve the goal. Or some picture based stuff. That determines intelligence, not picking out the grammatically incorrect sentence, that's just a test of your linguistic ability. But linguistic ability is necessary (u need to be glib, if nothing else) for management, and hence the section is appropriate, but let's not mistake it as a test of intelligence only.

Just an ending remark, I know a chap with 1600/1600 in GRE. One of the most brilliant fellows i have ever known. He is barely scraping through his engineering examinations.

the Moral: Excellence at cracking a particular system is no promise of similar performance in the ensuing education that uses that system for evaluation. You get a 100%, Salaam, but in case you don't, take it easy, you might be great at the stuff which really matters

[tp]

now that was out of the blue monsieur maverick. i dint expect it anyways thx for it

my take on 100%tilers well they dun take anythg kying down. they reason everythg they ask ques doubtanythg until its clear to them. those r the persons very sure of themselves. no airy fairy but calm composed and down to earth. i thk thass were they r diff from rest. also they r never tired, always willin to give 500% and ready to learn