[khanna_sumit]

appeal to all Cat takers from city Ludhiana......lets help each other out for the preparation of cat 2005......lets start to learn about working in teams............

[seshagiri]

hi sumit, i have got 99.16%ile in cat. tell me if there is any help that i can provide. i got 3 calls, namely iim a, c, l. have finally converted nitie. can definitely give the lessons that i learnt from my mistakes. well, am here till june. tell me if there is anything. all the best man, it's a good endeavor. hope this works out.

seshagiri

[sgmat]

Well dude plzz give us the picture as to how did you prepare for the cat and what books and material did you follow.throw some light why you cud not convert the calls..


thankyou.

[khanna_sumit]

Originally Posted by seshagiri

hi sumit, i have got 99.16%ile in cat. tell me if there is any help that i can provide. i got 3 calls, namely iim a, c, l. have finally converted nitie. can definitely give the lessons that i learnt from my mistakes. well, am here till june. tell me if there is anything. all the best man, it's a good endeavor. hope this works out.

seshagiri

hi Seshagiri,

first of all conrats on converting NITIE.......if u can please give us some tips for the preparation of CAT 2005........how did u prepare it????ur %ile was quite impressive......how important are the reading skills?.......there are lot more questions......i'll ask one or two at a time........waiting for ur reply..................

[cat_iim]

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[seshagiri]

Yar Mine Is An Exceptional Case. I See No Reason Why One Should Do What I Did.
I Appeared For Cat 2002, Got 88%ile. That Was My Final Year In Engineering. I Appeared Without Any Preparation. Now I Passed Out In 2003, And Joined My Job, Which Was Basically A Shop Floor Profile. I Got 94%ile This Time In Cat 2003. Then I Decided To Take The Plunge. I Left My Job And Started Preparing.i Went Into A More Involved Preparation. Reading Novels And Special Books For Increasing Speed. Quant Involves A Lot Of Out Of The Box Thinking. For This I Bought Books. I Was Mainly Concentrating On Quant All This While. I Did Many Books For This. I Was Associated With Career Launcher And Ims. Postal Course Of Ims And Regular Course Of C L. I Did Cl Material. And Some Ims Material. Ims Has Quite A Comprehensive Package. But It's Difficulty Level And Relevance Can Be Challenged. Anyhow, For More Details I Will Need More Questions.

Regards
Giri

[MR. INDIA]

hey sumit n giri wat role does vocab play in ur CAT prep???
Ive heard dat its share continues 2 decline wid each pasin year......

EVEN a diehard vocab fan XAT decided d other way dis year...
N if reqd then of wat level n which books wud u recommend???

[khanna_sumit]

Originally Posted by seshagiri

Yar Mine Is An Exceptional Case. I See No Reason Why One Should Do What I Did.
I Appeared For Cat 2002, Got 88%ile. That Was My Final Year In Engineering. I Appeared Without Any Preparation. Now I Passed Out In 2003, And Joined My Job, Which Was Basically A Shop Floor Profile. I Got 94%ile This Time In Cat 2003. Then I Decided To Take The Plunge. I Left My Job And Started Preparing.i Went Into A More Involved Preparation. Reading Novels And Special Books For Increasing Speed. Quant Involves A Lot Of Out Of The Box Thinking. For This I Bought Books. I Was Mainly Concentrating On Quant All This While. I Did Many Books For This. I Was Associated With Career Launcher And Ims. Postal Course Of Ims And Regular Course Of C L. I Did Cl Material. And Some Ims Material. Ims Has Quite A Comprehensive Package. But It's Difficulty Level And Relevance Can Be Challenged. Anyhow, For More Details I Will Need More Questions.

Regards
Giri

well Giri,

I disagree with u at this point....i too have done IMS material but didnt find it that good....we are not concerned with how comprehensive the material is but how well our fundamentals are once we go thro' the material.....i also found this that the simcats of IMS are too QUIXOTIC......CL or PT mocks are much more realistic and logical.....as we have seen that CAT is becoming more and more logical it is better to solve some logical papers......whereas IMS simcats are still stale and illogical.....I have problems with English.....mainly reading comprehension.......biggest problem is that i dont like it much....How to develop a liking for it????

[khanna_sumit]

Originally Posted by MR. INDIA

hey sumit n giri wat role does vocab play in ur CAT prep???
Ive heard dat its share continues 2 decline wid each pasin year......

EVEN a diehard vocab fan XAT decided d other way dis year...
N if reqd then of wat level n which books wud u recommend???

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....

[rajsher]

Books for vocab--

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

then move on to book - all about words..