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Originally Posted by DesiGuru
And i believe careful thought has not gone into the CAT design...
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Buddy, some careful thought is warranted on your part before you put your foot in your mouth like that. I wont get into any of the details of your arguments, simply because I'm here to give the CAT and not analyse its objectives and effectiveness, which in my opinion is a fruitless exercise unless I have any say in the matter.
And trust me, the IIMs have given a lot more thought into the exam than you imagine

Hey DesiGuru
Please dont post such things atleast in this thread
We are here to crack CAT, thats the only job at hand for most of us
Hey Expandinghorizon u r 200% correct man
DesiGuru u can post all the CAT-critic stuff in other threads
Srikanth
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Driven By Need

CATREPID WROTE--Guys,

I confess I have not read all 37 pages of posts (actually only the first 17) before making this post- so if there were some related discussions earlier, I apologize for not carrying on from that point.

I have written 5 major entrance tests- CAT, JMET, IIFT, XAT and FMS. All I have to say is that I am mighty impressed with the way CAT was conducted (never mind the fact that I was screwed) and extremely disappointed by the often callous way in which the other exams were conducted.

The difference between CAT and the rest can be attributed to one basic principle- TRANSPARENCY. The IIMs have gone out of their way to make the entire CAT process as transparent as possible. On the contrary, XAT-2005 and its scoring system is a perfect example of deliberate obfuscation. They have played with the numbers so that they can call whoever it is they wish to call without any regard for fairness. XLRI's definition of "percentile" is mind-numbing. What the hell is the relevance of that statistic?? Was it so difficult to reveal the actual "percentiles" in the true sense of the word??

I am also extremely anguished hearing that at some centres, the candidates got as many as 30 minutes extra. This is incredible and throws fairness to the wind! Imagine the hue and cry this would have provoked had this happened in CAT.

My personal view is that these business schools do not really care whether they are actually inducting THE very best. For example, an institute with say 200 seats is happy if it manages to induct any 200 of the top 500. They know they will still have a good crop of people. They really don't care a great deal about fairness. Which makes fools out of all of us.

CATrepid
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hi everyone,

Good point CATRTEPID. I just cant understand the xat percentile system.Why there are only few ppl in the 90-100 range.I doubt this scoring systems fairness.Hoping for some gyan.ATB for call getters.
please post ur comments(Mods included),
Cheers,
srikanth
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A poor, uneducated man created billion dollar Reliance industry.
Two business graduates from Stanford and Wharton Business School, are busy breaking it up.
That's education.

Cmon frnds lets get a bit serious Plz send all those funny recipes
you tried out when u were in ur hostel Ill get one tomorrow sure!!


Cheers
Srikanth
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A poor, uneducated man created billion dollar Reliance industry.
Two business graduates from Stanford and Wharton Business School, are busy breaking it up.
That's education.

Good analysis 666evil!! By the way is anyone going to prepare for UPSC after doing MBA frm IIM's say IIM-A


Cheers
Srikanth
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A poor, uneducated man created billion dollar Reliance industry.
Two business graduates from Stanford and Wharton Business School, are busy breaking it up.
That's education. :x

hi junta,

i feel that IAS is for ppl who want to do SERVICE.they need to sacrifice their time and energy for the sake of welfare(IAS,IPS).And its the most respected
job guys.And someone was talking of POWER. See POLITICIAN may be on IAS fellow's head for 4/5 yrs but it is he who weilds power long after his exit!!! Its basically the SPIRIT & PASSION these guys have. Yes they have the power to REFORM


MBA--Its the same thing SPIRIT & PASSION but work isnt that much
I guess vis-a-vis IAS

i ll go for MBA I cant handle that much stress!!!

Comments appreciated
Srikanth
Enjoy!!

Tickets problem revisited


i feel that there was ambiguity in the problem Does anyone think like
that apart from myself Aarav and Supernaut this is not about whether the ans was 21 or 42.But the paper setters need to be more clear in their Q's .Replies soon

ATB for FMS


cheers
srikanth
Driven by Need

hi guys/gals

in our class our invigilator gave the essay papers she did not say even a single thing LIKE 'YOU MAy START NOW' nor there was any bell .these XL guys real s***ers Only after looking others
I started answering



cheers
Srikanth
Driven by need!!!

Aarav wrote:::Depends how the paper setter sees this.
what exactly is the significance of the word one-way?
42 makes it 2 way.

I still go for 21.

Even I support you Aarav !!!!

Hi guys,

I like to tell you about bodybuildin.See just like preparing for CAT all we need is consistency and dedication.Thats all.Here is what I know.


For all the lean ones(even I was earlier)

--->Eat well 3 times a day(protein-soya almonds chicken and eggs 1 juice) full stomach.


---->Sleep for atleast 7hrs


----->Be regular to gym and remember dont waste time(45mins-1hour is enough ).Increase the weight
YOU WILL.Do as if each rep is the last ones in your life and you
wont have another chance to get off the lean image of yours!!!

Remember it is a PASSION guys.

That's it
Thanks
Enjoy