[Phoenix12]

Hi maxpadhaku and other seniors,

I have some queries regarding FMS:-

1) Yesterday i went through the previous year FMS exam, i felt that the Verbal was on tougher side. Please guide us how to prepare for the verbal section, i have already covered Barons Word List but i was still not able to answer a lot of questions. Please suggest which books i should read in order to improve in verbal section.

2) What should be the strategy one should follow while attempting RC section.

3) What were your no. of attempted questions last year.

Looking forward to some useful insights.........

[ramaan]

HI Max and other Seniors

This is my second attempt of FMS..Last time i think i did well..but didnt get the call...

As with all other Puys over here i too have the same doubt..How many Qns u guys attempted..whats the mark u got atleast approximately...

And if 50% ile minimun in every section is sufficient shall i concentrate on my strongest section and go for full carnage....

And from whr v van et the qns or words like
1.CICCERONE : SIGHTSEER

53. Which one is not a synonym of ‘devil’?
(1) Mephisto (2) Velavu
(3) Lucifer (4) Beelzebub
154. Calligraphy is to cartooning as gouache is to...
(1) baguette (2) chevron
(3) scumbling (4) beading

These are all the Words i have never come across before cming to FMS 2008 paper..Are we guys missing some materials ..?..I know the Same qns wnt repeat but Please give the Idea of where can v get this type of qns..I know its too difficult to read all the novels in the Next 20 days to get accoustmed with this type of word...

And ABove All the Most important thing we want to know

(Am repeating Again):..=Is 50 %ile in each section k...?
And whats the Score of some of u guys...?
I know they revealed only percentiles..but u might have calculated on your own..please send that info...

[hi.shivani]

Originally Posted by killerkart19

to all

I am 1 fms old.. this is my second attempt.. well to give the first timers an idea of how the paper was at that time.
the paper was a lengthy one 175 questions to be attempted in 120 mins with a +4/-1 scheme..


Sections Area No. of questions Attempts

I

85 - 100
i fine split of questions with logical reasoning on the easy side and VA on the tougher side .. there was little higher maths with easy questions on limits and derivatives( so puys u can simply glance through the formulas of higher maths). vocab was intensive with some idiom based questions.. DI/DS was absent..

overall i would say try to work strength by strength with a motive to score maximum..

Regards

1) What was the OA cut off last year?
2) Idiom based questions..hmm.. how to practice for them in such a short span of time..I dont even have any grammar book..
3) Which topic is very frequent in Quant?
4) In extempore.. do topics are current affair based?

TIA

[sushantgupta]

Extempore topics can be anything...
last year mine was....
IN THE MIDDLE OF PACIFIC OCEAN.............
for a second i was shocked ..how can they give it like that....
but still managed to relate it somehow...
later on i got to know tht my name SUSHANT----means SU-SHANT...which translates to someone who is always calm...and PACIFIC also means the same...

so guys...FMS profs are a master at that..donot go wid any fixed strategy..they are smarter than us all..

[maxPadaku]

Originally Posted by quantumOfsolace

Hi Nitesh,
Awesome score!!

You have rightly pointed the need to move ahead of CAT.
Please share your attempts in the paper...approximate cut-offs...number of vocab questions in VA section,level of LR questions.

Thanks.

1. I attempted around 140 questions. out of that i think I had around 115 correct. From my friends, here in FMS, i believe that people who did 70-75 questions (all correct), got call from FMS last year.
2. The kind of vocab that came last year, was very difficult. Even if you have all Barons (GRE book) words on your tips, you will find yourself clueless.

[maxPadaku]

Originally Posted by chottaDON

my vocab is nt also dat good :(
wht shud be my strategy in last few days to cross 50% mark in va section of fms :(
pls help me

VOCAB THING
From last year experience, i feel that vocab cramming does not help. (However VA @ FMS has been Vocab paper till year before that). But it is really tough ...Consider following questions:
Which is notsynonym of 'devil' ? Mephisto Velavu Beelzebub...
I simply do not understand how one can prepare for all this. I believe, at this point of preparation, more time should be devoted to strengthing other sections that vocab..One would easily find questions to get 50 percentile in VA...

[maxPadaku]

Originally Posted by hi.shivani

1) What was the OA cut off last year?
2) Idiom based questions..hmm.. how to practice for them in such a short span of time..I dont even have any grammar book..
3) Which topic is very frequent in Quant?
4) In extempore.. do topics are current affair based?

TIA

1. QA cut off....no one can predict. However if you solve less than 30-35 questions in QA in FMS...your chances are remote....QA is a place to maximize score.
2. No short cut for this....you have to go through idioms....You don't have Grammar book..Buy it.
3. Let me see if i can spot a pattern...will get back on this in some time..
4. It can be anything...absolutely anything....

[hi.shivani]

Originally Posted by maxPadaku

1. QA cut off....no one can predict. However if you solve less than 30-35 questions in QA in FMS...your chances are remote....QA is a place to maximize score.
2. No short cut for this....you have to go through idioms....You don't have Grammar book..Buy it.
3. Let me see if i can spot a pattern...will get back on this in some time..
4. It can be anything...absolutely anything....

Thanks for the info about QA cut off, but I was asking about overall cut off. Can you please throw some light on this too.

[luckyu]

Originally Posted by luckyu

My vocab is not up to the mark. Can I cover it up with other type qs in same qs.How will it hamper my chances in FMS. Any tips to improve by answering capability(i know vocab cant be improved jst lyk dat) in vocab qs in the 3 weeks left. Some1 who managed to scrape thru te test with an avg vocab pls share some thoughts.

.Pls reply

[raghav507]

Originally Posted by sushantgupta

Extempore topics can be anything...
last year mine was....
IN THE MIDDLE OF PACIFIC OCEAN.............
for a second i was shocked ..how can they give it like that....
but still managed to relate it somehow...
later on i got to know tht my name SUSHANT----means SU-SHANT...which translates to someone who is always calm...and PACIFIC also means the same...

so guys...FMS profs are a master at that..donot go wid any fixed strategy..they are smarter than us all..

ya buddy,
i agree with you at this point...
one of my friends in the 2006 season was given the topic A TOOTHPICK...
it left him quite amazed and a bit bewildered too...