[MR. INDIA]

Originally Posted by khanna_sumit

Mr. India( Please do tell us ur real name and a brief introduction if possible)

when u are learning something then you should look for the actual value addition...Vocab may not seem to be that important from exam point of view but it helps a lot in reading comprehension.......good vocab is also a platform of improving communication skills....presenting the idea more crisply and clearly becomes easy if u posses a good vocab treasure....nothing goes waste.....yes it is very important...and again this is my poit of view....others may differ.....its upon u to analyse and find what are ur views about it and decide accordingly....

Me also an aspirant like u n currently pursuing my engg. frm Delhi. But belong to LDH..

[sood_gemini]

hi everyone !!!
i am also from Ludhiana but appeared for CAT 04 ..but still nice to seee a thread of ludhiana people ........

[khanna_sumit]

Originally Posted by sood_gemini

hi everyone !!!
i am also from Ludhiana but appeared for CAT 04 ..but still nice to seee a thread of ludhiana people ........

welcome to the Ludhiana CAT-TAKER'S thread.....so enlighten us by ur experiance......and please tell if something can be done about improving Verbal skills.......im too bad at it.....

[seshagiri]

Originally Posted by rajsher

Books for vocab--

to start with --norman lewis-word power made easy.

then move on to book - all about words..

i second that with all my heart. these are two good books. at the same time, i must underscore the importance of vocabulary. you must be aware that you have to have a good reading habbit, in order to be comfortable with the idea of MBA. not just CAT, but when you convert it, for GD/PI too. and trust me. you won't be able to sustain a good reading habit unless you are familiar with the most frequently used words. two approaches can be followed here. read, and whn you get a new word, look for its meaning. i suggest a more object oriented approach. do word lists and read a lot. this way, you will not only get the words which are being used most often, but also the words which you are supposed to know.
start norman lewis. it will help develop an attitude towards words. afterwards, start off with some good word lists. I suggest IMS word list. or try barrons if you find that more reasonable. read good literature. i suggest, don't read novels at this time. you will get gripped by them. and you should never let a piece of text grip you. read a good newspaper. i recommend The Hindu. For a general magazine, you can subscribe The Week. and for business news, The Economic Times and BW. For specific news regarding preparation for MBA, and to have a good idea of how things work, subscribe a magazine of one of the coaching instis.

that was my take on vocab. but then, as you have raised the question of direct vocab questions. well, you can never zero in on a trend. can you? go best prepared. don't give inordinate time to vocab. don't compromise other streams for this. but be prepared. don't try to save that effort. it is that extra mile that counts. be that exception.
good luck

[rajsher]

me thinking of opening a CAT coaching center.......

in ludhiana......................?

[Eccentric]

Though I regret saying that now I haven't been to Ldh for quite some time but I have spent better part of my childhood at that place. Never seen a school like KVM after that! Hope that city has been improving in last 10 yrs.

Moving on to more serious matters (But please note that these are just my viewpoints, and opions vary from person to person drastically! For me quants was never a problem and DI was okayish, I just prepared for VA and still managed only 92.9X and still converted all my calls including A, but my overall was 99.7X)

1. Vocab has its importance but not as much as you start preparimg only for vocab. Do get a book for vocab (norman lewis is excellent) and keep time for that maybe 20min - 1/2 hr - 3/4 hr day. But total VA is section is much beyond vocab, If you can somehow improve grammer (sentense preparation also) that will help you beyond your imaginations. I think decent reading speed would do. This year all RC passage were simple you could have picked any one of those and attempted. On all these counts grammer/fill in blnks/ sentense correction / jumbled up / RC regular reading helps a lot. Get any Okaish type newspaper/magzine etc and read that "putiing your effort" (you understand the passage when you read) don't lose interest midway. A better practice would be trying to recall after reading (Experts advise to try writing after 10min of reading, what ever you have read. they say helps you on all count and is a time and people tested method).

2. Decent quants should do you the job. Just keep your fundamentals good. If you know some short-cut be sure to know how it exist (funda behind it). Basically that doesn't land you up in a trap of applying it in situation where it is not applicabel and also helps your visualization to grasp that and mould that as the situation demands. But I feel if you have good fundaments there is always a basic way to attack CAT quants question which will get you an answer easily. So practicing will help you on this count.

3. DI: always read the question properly. Last year there was not even a single tricty question which involved calculations. Just applying your mind in the right direction. Do not know what is to be done for that !

[seshagiri]

Originally Posted by rajsher

me thinking of opening a CAT coaching center.......

in ludhiana......................?

hi man, after having been associated with pg for ar while, i am sure that any expert pagal can really make good business here. i mean, it does make sense. all the best to you. and am sure the students here will benefit. why does not pg start it's own classes? i bet there will be more students in this than any other institute.

wot se u?

[khanna_sumit]

Originally Posted by Eccentric

Though I regret saying that now I haven't been to Ldh for quite some time but I have spent better part of my childhood at that place. Never seen a school like KVM after that! Hope that city has been improving in last 10 yrs.

Moving on to more serious matters (But please note that these are just my viewpoints, and opions vary from person to person drastically! For me quants was never a problem and DI was okayish, I just prepared for VA and still managed only 92.9X and still converted all my calls including A, but my overall was 99.7X)

1. Vocab has its importance but not as much as you start preparimg only for vocab. Do get a book for vocab (norman lewis is excellent) and keep time for that maybe 20min - 1/2 hr - 3/4 hr day. But total VA is section is much beyond vocab, If you can somehow improve grammer (sentense preparation also) that will help you beyond your imaginations. I think decent reading speed would do. This year all RC passage were simple you could have picked any one of those and attempted. On all these counts grammer/fill in blnks/ sentense correction / jumbled up / RC regular reading helps a lot. Get any Okaish type newspaper/magzine etc and read that "putiing your effort" (you understand the passage when you read) don't lose interest midway. A better practice would be trying to recall after reading (Experts advise to try writing after 10min of reading, what ever you have read. they say helps you on all count and is a time and people tested method).

2. Decent quants should do you the job. Just keep your fundamentals good. If you know some short-cut be sure to know how it exist (funda behind it). Basically that doesn't land you up in a trap of applying it in situation where it is not applicabel and also helps your visualization to grasp that and mould that as the situation demands. But I feel if you have good fundaments there is always a basic way to attack CAT quants question which will get you an answer easily. So practicing will help you on this count.

3. DI: always read the question properly. Last year there was not even a single tricty question which involved calculations. Just applying your mind in the right direction. Do not know what is to be done for that !

hi eccentric,

good to know that u have spent a good time in ludhiana......I live near KVM though dint study there but i know its really a good school.....so i found another quant forru in LUdhiana....enjoy in IIM-A....see u there as a senior....

BBYE

[rajsher]

Originally Posted by seshagiri

hi man, after having been associated with pg for ar while, i am sure that any expert pagal can really make good business here. i mean, it does make sense. all the best to you. and am sure the students here will benefit. why does not pg start it's own classes? i bet there will be more students in this than any other institute.

wot se u?

very good suggestion, i think v can do it...with the best of us available on PG.......
and the record fan following is another luring factor.........

cheeeers for PG........
rajsher

[sood_gemini]

hi all!!
wanted to share with u a piece of info ....
i came across an advertisement in the TOI today regarding an event being organised by TCY ludhiana on 7th may(saturday) at 10a.m. regarding 'HOW TO CRACK CAT' ...i think it would be quite useful to all of u taking CAT in 2005 and the best part is guys it is FREE OF COST