Hi Puys,

My attempts...

QA&DI; - 17

Anal. Reasoning - 12

VA - 29

Essay was a total crap....


Fingers Crossed .. Lets Hope for the best..

Cheers

:confused: MESSED UP PAPER
DI AND QUANT-15

CATch_IIM Says

my attempts: va: 14 lr : 17 quant:13 total: 44 i think anybody who has attempted more than 50 questions with decent accuracy and balanced sectionals stands a chance.with attempts below 50 one needs exceptional accuracy.whats your take?

stands a chance for WHAT??? im not even tryIng for XLRI ..atleast XIMB se toh call aye..b/w any institute coming up with partial answer keys..pple we have the question paper..so why not start poring the questions?

my centre was presentation convent and that teacher gave us 10 minutes less bcz she didnt knew wen to give paper,it was after 10 minutes we said again mam plzz give us paper..then she gave us paper after confirming from other exam hall where exam had already been started..so i suffered:(


my attempts
eng-18
maths-14(xpctng 100 percnt accuracy)
lr-12(90 percnt accuracy)

i think my taking mock XAT really pulled me down....
every1 was saying QA will be very difficult so i did it in the end and now i m realizing tat i was of avg difficulty and it was VA tat was tough.....


LR-21
VA-15
QA-12

Total-48

i hope i atleast get XIMB call,as i m under domicile

not even thought abt it....I took it as:
Imbalance in thoughts...
girls now occupying better places in business as well politics..
difficult to digest for the dominating sex...may lead to world war...not of actual bombs and guns...but at least the battle on mental basis....not sure what to say..

i took it as:
the sex ratio falls (in india)...
so we donthave enough girsl
so we go out to woe girls from other countries....
they would oppose
and may lead to war

cattie Says

does ny1 has any idea how could gender imbalance lead to "A Third World War" or was it meant to be in-a-way-of-saying kinda term? atleast that is what it looks like.

i want to ask everyone out there who has some idea about XAT -
1) does essay count in d first step of selection ?
2) wasnt d essay more like a question n werent we supposed 2 give our views regarding it - i mean cudnt we have disagred wid d statement -COZ I DID ! i said no its highly unlikely dat gender imbalance wud lead to WW-III.

i took it as:
the sex ratio falls (in india)...
so we donthave enough girsl
so we go out to woe girls from other countries....
they would oppose
and may lead to war

Do you really mean a "War" war?? Now, I dint see that coming.

I looked at it as a war for the whole world to fight it off....thus a 3rd world war

i took it as:
the sex ratio falls (in india)...
so we donthave enough girsl
so we go out to woe girls from other countries....
they would oppose
and may lead to war

My take

1. Assumed that imbalance in sex ratio = skewed against women
2. Less women = less balance in decision making = less sensitivity to others feelings = WAR
3. Examples : wherever women are out of decision making, In Iraq, Afgan etc.

I completely agree that, there are enough points to refute my points. :(

~krishor

Error in paper -At leasr two ques in Verbal had an option repeated !

I was targetting GMP (1 yr course of XLRI) - DIDN'T BOTHER ABOUT SEC CUTOFFS.

My attempts :
VA - 32
AR/DM - 10
Q/ DI - 5
TOTAL : 47

shashank_1441 Says

same prob.... not understanding whether its tough or easy...... and wat did u write 4 essay? how did u xplain gender imbalance as a cause of world war?

Indeed an abstract topic. But I tried to mention about how Racial Imbalance caused W.W 2 and how there is a possibilty that the gender imbalance can blow out of proportions.
Mentioned about India's skewed Sex ratio and incessant foeticides and infanticides.
Also mentioned about the "Suffragists Movement" which occured in USA in the early 1920s and how the movement got violent at times and caused sufficient turbuence in the Americal society.

But still after so much of blabbering couldn't be convincing on how a world war can be orchestrated because of female malcontention. At max a civil war is imaginable..world war....dunno:(

beyond83 Says

dat was actually funny..way to go!

funny or not....

thats what i did....

what did other puys wrote??????????

my attempts: va: 14 lr : 17 quant:13 total: 44 i think anybody who has attempted more than 50 questions with decent accuracy and balanced sectionals stands a chance.with attempts below 50 one needs exceptional accuracy.whats your take?

my attempts,

VA: 34
QA: 19
LR: 21

OA: 74

hope this one sticks thru........

JMET: rank 2290

cheers,
TGS

aashish.gupta Says

Second one is not surprize dude....India can do anything when it comes to do worse...don't think I am not an Indian cricket supporter..

india lost bcoz of steve bucknor. :2gunfire:
xat is always tough

Hi ,

Felt that the VA section was a bit tough ..... Ambiguous choices ..... Would never term any section as easy ... If DI was supposed to be relatively easy , it was lengthy as well.... Makes up for the easiness factor I guess ... On the whole a typical XAT paper ..... except for the part that they gave the papers back ...

My attempts (My personal Opinions):
DI - 14 (Lengthy .... not as easy as the CAT DI.....)
QA - 14 (Not as tough as the CAT QA)
VA -14 (No comments !!!)

That they have given the paper back ..... Another 20 days of unending speculations ????

Cheers ,
Prabakar.

hmm.. first feeling is boy.. was it tough!!
and to top it.. progressive harsh negative marking as expected.. and still worse i now feel i attepmted too much.. anyways here's my experience..

lr/dm: 21 attempts
most of my attempts came from lr, though did try a caselet..a first for me.. coz i'v never solved cases not once in the mocks.. what a blunder in strategy now i think.. its gone well as far as i feel..but cant be too sure..ever :-)

qa/di: 17 attempts..
dont know how to react to this.. knowing xat, with a decent accuracy i feel this would be enough.. in contrast to the mocks i felt here quant was easier.. at least 5-6 questions.. and di as usual very very calculation intensive but easy.. but very low yield.. though did spot an easy set of three questions (unless i goofed it up big time).. the line graph on sales and profits.. all three questions were takeaways.. drop out one , venn diagram one were both too tough i felt..

eu/la: 27 attempts
i feel i crossed the limit here shading ovals hope accuracy doesnt get too bad.. either ways this section is going to decide my prospects i'm sure.. vocab questions were nice, karma passage also seemed easy..5 of the 7 questions seemed straightforward (hope the keys agree).. also had to take most of the caselets with two questions..coz no other passages seemed even readable, leave alone solving..

so thts 65 attempts overall.. praying for accuracy now ;-)

- i seriously cant understand the purpose behind such harsh negative marking.. -1/4 with 5 options itself is harsh and to top it -1/2 after 6 incorrect.. tht makes verbal section a real nightmare..

buddy it was softer than earlie...
it used to be 1/3 for first 5 and then 0.5

so extra question at lower neg...
and lower neg.....

mine total 55 attempts.
maths : 20
eng : 15
lr : 20

i took it as:
the sex ratio falls (in india)...
so we donthave enough girsl
so we go out to woe girls from other countries....
they would oppose
and may lead to war

dat was actually funny..way to go!

OA - 48 attempts

VA - 17 (Good knows)
LR - 17 (Average)
QA - 17 (Unexpectedly Avg to Difficult)

dude- if im doin d math right ( which is very rare) den ur overl attempts r
17+17+17 = 51.
n what balance man ! gin gin ke attempt kiye the kya ! wow !:grin:

Threads merged.

Any coaching institutes come out with cut-offs yet?
Oh and when is the result due?

results are on 31st jan!!!!!!!!!!

I seriously messed up the essay........nyways my attempts.....QA:17..............LR: 17..............VA: 20..............OA: 54.............all depends on accuracy...........

cattie Says

does ny1 has any idea how could gender imbalance lead to "A Third World War" or was it meant to be in-a-way-of-saying kinda term? atleast that is what it looks like.

i took it as:
the sex ratio falls (in india)...
so we donthave enough girsl
so we go out to woe girls from other countries....
they would oppose
and may lead to war

hmm.. first feeling is boy.. was it tough!!
and to top it.. progressive harsh negative marking as expected.. and still worse i now feel i attepmted too much.. anyways here's my experience..

lr/dm: 21 attempts
most of my attempts came from lr, though did try a caselet..a first for me.. coz i'v never solved cases not once in the mocks.. what a blunder in strategy now i think.. its gone well as far as i feel..but cant be too sure..ever :-)

qa/di: 17 attempts..
dont know how to react to this.. knowing xat, with a decent accuracy i feel this would be enough.. in contrast to the mocks i felt here quant was easier.. at least 5-6 questions.. and di as usual very very calculation intensive but easy.. but very low yield.. though did spot an easy set of three questions (unless i goofed it up big time).. the line graph on sales and profits.. all three questions were takeaways.. drop out one , venn diagram one were both too tough i felt..

eu/la: 27 attempts
i feel i crossed the limit here shading ovals hope accuracy doesnt get too bad.. either ways this section is going to decide my prospects i'm sure.. vocab questions were nice, karma passage also seemed easy..5 of the 7 questions seemed straightforward (hope the keys agree).. also had to take most of the caselets with two questions..coz no other passages seemed even readable, leave alone solving..

so thts 65 attempts overall.. praying for accuracy now ;-)

- i seriously cant understand the purpose behind such harsh negative marking.. -1/4 with 5 options itself is harsh and to top it -1/2 after 6 incorrect.. tht makes verbal section a real nightmare..

wrath_angel Says

holy shit u scared the shit outta me..i thot 120 are ur attempts...woooh

I can understand

as for my attempts:
va: 21
lr: 13
qa: 13
oa: 47

anywaz my attempts...

QA :13
eng : 18
LR : 19

OA: 50

dont know if it was a tough or of a moderate difficulty level paper...but wasnt easy..m sure

in a fix to say rit now.......even a single q's in XAT makes a big difference,so rather then attemption i m worried abt accuracy.....so finger crossed till first answer sheet of any insti r out.......

I feel, the paper was well balanced in terms of toughness in all the three sections.

LR - 38
QA/DI - 44
VA - 38
Total - 120

1/4th negative for the first 6 wrong ans in each sec
and 1/2 for subsequent wrong ans....

am not too sure of if my attempts were sufficient esp in the LR sec (Analytical Reasoning). attempted just 13 :(

holy shit u scared the shit outta me..i thot 120 are ur attempts...woooh

dude no offences
but my sectionals r even worse:
quant:12
lr:16
english:8

i c..........dats y i cudnt say anythin bout u .....as i didnt know ur sectionals.so i guess even ur out of d sensible ppl category ! lol

n no ques of offence man - its ok.......m jus highly excited rt now....
good u took it in d right spirit.

anyways dere will b many like us wid dangerously low attempts in 1 section...d ones who manage above 12-15 in each section wid decent accuracy might stand a chance ....but we're still in as long as d results r not out.
HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL IN THE HUMAN HEART - TENNYSON !!:grin:

mah takes on cutoff
englsh:12+
quant:8+
lr:10+
overall:35+

total attempts around 37.
'expecting' 100% accuracy in qa, di....
umm.. va.. god knows..

well how was it?!? mine..im not sure...my attempts:

QA: 11
DI: 17
EU: 18
total: 46 :(

how do u think this performance is puys?

MODS PLEASE CLOSE THIS THREAD AS THERE IS A PARALLEL THREAD ON !!!

well i'll tell u 2 reasons y dis atempt is pathetic
1) only 9 in math - sectional balance gone 4 a toss
2) more attempts in other sections- no surety of ans. so more negative marking !! dats y dis is pathetic...
n ur 36 wud b good if balanced....u didnt mention ur sectional attempts....
lot of diff. bet me n other sensible ppl !!

dude no offences
but my sectionals r even worse:
quant:12
lr:16
english:8

Not needed

well a twist in the tale it is

n here i am adding one more to disaster

quant was damn easy came to realise this in last 15 minutes..:(

Qa-9
lr-9
va-22
oa-40 ..:(
my hopes r all gone..

all u key searchers - as soon as 1 is out .......pls post d link here.
thanks in advance ! cant wait.:confused:

My attempts:
Verbal ability - 20
analytical reasoning - 13
Quant - 15...

Cant judge my performance at all......
Will wait for the answer keys to pour out..........

I don't know why people are so so concerned about the essay.. Try to get a call first!!

Second one is not surprize dude....India can do anything when it comes to do worse...don't think I am not an Indian cricket supporter..

Two surprises:

1. XAT gave the question paper:wow:
2. India lost d test match:wow:

lr 18
va 18
qa 16


overall 56

does ny1 has any idea how could gender imbalance lead to "A Third World War" or was it meant to be in-a-way-of-saying kinda term? atleast that is what it looks like.

XAT was horrible !!

PS: Steve Bucknor Sucks !!

64 attempts total. Let's see what happens

Can the mods please merge this thread and "XAT 2008: the spills, the thrills, the slips"...With the same discussions going on both, makes sense, right?!

if u sayin 56 to be pathetic attempts
den wat abt us @36

well i'll tell u 2 reasons y dis atempt is pathetic
1) only 9 in math - sectional balance gone 4 a toss
2) more attempts in other sections- no surety of ans. so more negative marking !! dats y dis is pathetic...
n ur 36 wud b good if balanced....u didnt mention ur sectional attempts....
lot of diff. bet me n other sensible ppl !!

My attempt were around 45...

Man y do they ve to b different and do progressive negative and an essay..

GOD essay was a disaster.. Can somebody tell me what exactly was expected in the essay??

Please post the expected cut offs as soon as possible..

Overall Okay!

OA - 48 attempts

VA - 17 (Good knows)
LR - 17 (Average)
QA - 17 (Unexpectedly Avg to Difficult)

Well i think it was kinda avg. difficult paper. More or Less like CAT only

My Attempts:

LR: 21 Avg. difficulty
QA: 18 Difficult but DI was avg.
VA: 19 Avg. Difficulty

Overall: 58 attempts

Best of Luck to all

this exam was like a nightmare at least for me...just 42 attempts...never realised time was running so fast...

VA: 13 (not sure how many will be correct)
LR: 21 (I hope more than 90% accuracy)
QA : 8 (With 90% accuracy.)

Total : 42 attempts.....no chance...bbye XL....

a lengthy tough slightly easy paper
most of the questions were solvable only problem was to manage time for it....

the discount in negative marking came as the only suprise and a pleasent one.....

i did just ablut ok...
oa attempts 49

va:20
lr:17
qa:12


i guess just about 5 questions short from being in a comfortable situation

Two surprises:

1. XAT gave the question paper:wow:
2. India lost d test match:wow:

sorry....
became double post due to merging of threads!!!!!!

moi attempts:
english:8
quant:12
di:16
total:36

after a disastrous paper then india loosing the test match ... i just wish sun sets down early today

well how was it?!? mine..im not sure...my attempts:

QA: 11
DI: 17
EU: 18
total: 46 :(

how do u think this performance is puys?

I feel, the paper was well balanced in terms of toughness in all the three sections.

LR - 38
QA/DI - 44
VA - 38
Total - 120

1/4th negative for the first 6 wrong ans in each sec
and 1/2 for subsequent wrong ans....

am not too sure of if my attempts were sufficient esp in the LR sec (Analytical Reasoning). attempted just 13

well i guess not too good...attempts r pathetic....only 56 - very low in quant - only 9:(.....m so slow...... n sumthin tells me d cutoffs r gonna go high dis yr....wasnt dat difficult if handled carefully i guess. though it was brain-racking n very lengthy. i know ive messed up dis 1 too ..dat makes 2 disasters countin CAT ... n essay was absurd.. gender imbalance n WW-III:sleepy:
1have only 1 line 4 dis paper.... M GLAD ITS OVER !!:grin:

if u sayin 56 to be pathetic attempts
den wat abt us @36

and there comes twist in the tail.

XAT giving out test paper , This forces institutes to solve XAT paper too ..
And I believe this is a good step, making the test more transperent, competing with CAT...

My attempts
VA - 16
QA n DI - 15
LA - 18

~krishor