[TinMan]

Originally Posted by bobbybond

With one month to go, ideally you should be having all shortcuts/formulae in QA at the tip of your fingers. Tackle every mock from now on as the real one. That means stopping prep an hour before exam, not sleeping late on the nite before the mock, etc. Trust me, if u follow this, the real one will look just like a routine. The pressure built on d-day will be plain horrible, that's the reason why many studs would fail to crack it when the need arises.

Krishna, i can't comment on ur scores unless i know by how far u r missing the cut-offs. I repeat, my strategy would be : keep your weakest section in the middle, the easiest one to the end. Unless u have an overwhelming reason to go beyond the time limit in one section, i suggest equal apportioning of time across all sections. Why do u say u wouldn't want to attempt it before DI? have u tried it out?

yup tried it lot number of times but everytime instead of my quant scores increasing my di scores are decreasing

this time i attempted VA first and Di and then QA and my scores are 21 in VA ,,17 in DI ,and horribly 3 in QA

ok if i do only QA prep from now on is there a way that i increase my QA performance
QA prep what are all the things that i should handle from now on

Thank u for ur suggestions
Krishna

[bobbybond]

i'll have to know the cutoffs to see how well/badly u r doing at each of the sections. I can't make any comments by just having a look at the scores.

[TinMan]

Originally Posted by bobbybond

i'll have to know the cutoffs to see how well/badly u r doing at each of the sections. I can't make any comments by just having a look at the scores.

cutoffs are generally 15 -17 for VA and 11-12 for Di and 8-9 for QA

[nikhilarora]

hiii,
i have one query...i refer to the book arun sharma,but lod 3 in it are very tough...though i can solve them but it takes a lot of effort and time(even 1 week for a single lod 3 for me)...but the ims brms have easy sums and more strategic...is it really necessary to solve arun sharma lod 3???(its given dese r da ones given in cat)...will the brms suffice???pls hlp!!!!!

[convivial]

hi
i've solved arun sharma book and i feel that lod3 questions r 2 verbose.....u can solve number systems LOD-3 probs but chapters like percentages and others r 2 lengthy.....i'll suggest u follow arun sharma just 2 brush up ur basics and solve questions posted in pg.....that will b of gr8 help.....rest ur wish

rock on...

cogito,ergo,sum................

[nikhilarora]

can u guies hlp on how to tackle rcs...lyk,da first class in ims was bout speed reading,but i cudnt follow it cos my eyes started paining,and i didnt practice it too...it has stayed at 200...after doin da grammer part in the tests,i can manage only 1 rc complete...pls hlp on wat strategy to follow for rcs and atlest be able to attempt 2 completely...!!!!thnx in advance

[loveekansal]

well one of the strategies that has helped me a lot for RCs is that read the questions before reading the passage.
this gives an idea about what to ACTUALLY look n absorb in passage.
the go thru the whole passage very fast like just scanning it, n underline any relevant words/phrase u find especially if related to Qs u read. now u can easily search for various answers in short time.
Don't try to answer all Qs of a single RC. Its often time-consuming n dangerous..
attempt only those which r easy n sure-shots.
instead try to attempt 2-3 passages adopting the above technique.

hope this helps.
ATB

[get_amazed]

Originally Posted by nikhilarora

hiii,
i have one query...i refer to the book arun sharma,but lod 3 in it are very tough...though i can solve them but it takes a lot of effort and time(even 1 week for a single lod 3 for me)...but the ims brms have easy sums and more strategic...is it really necessary to solve arun sharma lod 3???(its given dese r da ones given in cat)...will the brms suffice???pls hlp!!!!!

solve them not for the heck of solving them,
but to understand the principle involved. if on reading a question you know what to do. skip it. else do it. thats my principle. and usually level 2 questions come in cat and other papers. so chill if some question you cant do. and hey, thats why all the puys are here. shoot that question here.

[get_amazed]

Originally Posted by nikhilarora

can u guies hlp on how to tackle rcs...lyk,da first class in ims was bout speed reading,but i cudnt follow it cos my eyes started paining,and i didnt practice it too...it has stayed at 200...after doin da grammer part in the tests,i can manage only 1 rc complete...pls hlp on wat strategy to follow for rcs and atlest be able to attempt 2 completely...!!!!thnx in advance

read novels. they will increase your reading speed. read novels like speed reading. read one page then check time. for the next page try to beat that time. try it out.

[kejariwal.s]

Originally Posted by devilbemyguide

Hmmm.... had posted this on the time aimcat thread . Thought that by posting it here, will be helping the non Time juntha too... posting with some modifications.


Guys (and Gals).. My name is Puneet. I was a TIME student, then went on to become a TIME faculty for verbal & di, and presently doing my MBA from NITIE.

Thought I would give a few suggestions for ur cat prep....In case u r not taking the time test series, use the months range given in the brackets to prepare accordingly.

1. The first 6-8 mocks are for experimentation. Experiment. Try out new strategies.
dont bother much about ur percentiles and ranks.... my avg percentile during the first 6 mocks were 90-95. This usually happens in the months may to july. Enginners might be having their semester exams during this time. Dont bother prepping for cat too much during this time.

2. Mocks 8 - 12 (August) : access urself thoroughly. Find urself a preparation partner. this is very important. your preparation partner should be more or less at a similar level as u r or perhaps slightly higher. Benchmark urself against him.& both of u should motivate each other to up the level of performance. Start doing sectional tests also at this period of time.
My preparation partner was a guy called vinod(now in IIMB). His avg percentile during this mocks period was 99, mine 97.

3. Mocks 13-18. Takeoff time. Settle down on a strategy. Identify ur biggest strength. Also identify the section which u can do best under immense time pressure. In my case, i was very good at di, I also have a reading speed of around 850-900 words per minute. This reading speed ensured that I could finish all my RC's in about 12-13 minutes time & could devote more time to quant.

I used to start with DI(about 35 minutes, as it was a strong section), then went to quant, spent around 45- 50 minutes over there, then went to verbal for 30 minutes. Used up the remaining time to go back to any section i wanted to maximise else used to do some checking the omr for errors in marking( In th actual CAT, I spent the last 5 minutes checking the OMR for markings).

Also, the last 15 days b4 CAT, preferably take a leave from work/college & keep urself focussed on the job at hand. Motivate urself and ur preparation partner.

Vinod(my prep partner) got 99.34 percentile in CAT 2004.
He got calls from IIMb & IIMc. Converted & joined IIMB.

I got 99.23 percentile in CAT 2004. .DI - 89.09.( mild screw up in my strongest section.... what an irony...) Quant - 97.63... Verbal 99.01.
Got AIR 138 in JMET 2004

Calls from MDI,NITIE, SJMSOM IITB, DMS IITD and VGSOM IITKGP.

Converted SJMSOM IITB and NITIE. Joined NITIE.

Both Vonod & myself are freshers from R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore.

Hope this will be useful to all u CAT 2005 takers. Mail me or PM me for any clarifications.
Pagalguy rules.

Cheers

Puneet

this is soni, I wanted to kno how should i start to prepare for CAT. Cant afford TIME`s regular coaching though i have IMS study material and recently i bought book by Arun Sharma on QA. In the year 2006 i appearde for CAT out of fun and ended up with 75 percentile. Now i wanna seriously appear. Please suggest the strategy to study.
Regards