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CAT Center, Date and Slot:
1) How many attempts you have made?
2) Your last mock score?
If you are there at repository thread, please provide the link here.
3) How was your experience of the test?
4) What was the surprise element for you?
5) Any tips to handle the computer based exam better?
6) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.
7) Any other query or something you would like to share.
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No posts yet?? :(
What happened guys ???...no one wrote CAT today ??...
CAT Center, Date and Slot:
1) How many attempts you have made? 21/25
2) Your last mock score? 97.xx
If you are there at repository thread, please provide the link here.
3) How was your experience of the test?
There was a construction going on . The intensity of the grilling noise was too much and it was very irritating . I was sitting by the window hearing all the honking and the grilling and honking . Asked prometric to do something abt it . but they ignored my and other window candidates requests. F**k Y*U promteric for choosing this centre and shitty arrangement . you just have jeopardized my all efforts .
😠😠
4) What was the surprise element for you? Promtric guyz r deaf
5) Any tips to handle the computer based exam better? I am computer engg, but still managed to screw it . So no tips .
6) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.
7) Any other query or something you would like to share.
PS : Please a request to everyone with all due respect to not put cheerful and optimistic comments in this post like I dont have to worry and with xx% accuracy i will get xx.xx percentile . Please save ur clairvoyance for ur exam .
CAT Center, Date and Slot: Bhagwan Mahavir Education Foundation,Surat(Morning Slot)
1) How many attempts you have made? Didn't count but i guess 20(Section 1)/23(Section 2)
2) Your last mock score? 98.5 in unproctored SIM. Have generally been on right side of 95.But you cannot compare CAT and Mocks since "CAT is a game of nerves,while mocks are test of your abilities."
3) How was your experience of the test?It was smooth.It was a long wait before the exam actually started.But apart from that,it was good.
4) What was the surprise element for you?Toughness of Quant and LR.I mean even the Quant questions which seemed to be easy,were not really easy.All topics were covered but there were lots of questions on functions and algebra and none of them was easy.A very tough 1st section-i must say.Coming to Section II,three LR Sets.All difficult,One was unattemptable in the time frame. I have never left any LR in any of the mocks.But here,I had to leave one LR set.God only knows what is going to save me in 2nd section.
5) Any tips to handle the computer based exam better? Nothing really.
6) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc. Overall a very tough CAT
7) Any other query or something you would like to share.
I just hope that God of normalization saves me.
CAT Center, Date and Slot:
1) How many attempts you have made? No idea. 15+ in both sections, I hope.
2) Your last mock score? Pl read my signature.
If you are there at repository thread, please provide the link here.
3) How was your experience of the test? Hit and a Miss.
4) What was the surprise element for you? RC was superbbb!
5) Any tips to handle the computer based exam better? Don't worry, it is not rocket science. Its just a computer showing questions on the topics you've been preparing.
6) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc. Tough, less of Geometry, a few Algebra questions.
7) Any other query or something you would like to share.
The RC section was MIND BLOWING!! 👏👏👏 Prepare well and hope for the best.
CAT Center, Date and Slot: JNTU HYD, 23rd Oct, morning
1) How many attempts you have made? 14-15+23-24
2) Your last mock score? 62.34 cat 2012
If you are there at repository thread, please provide the link here.
no
3) How was your experience of the test?
excellent
4) What was the surprise element for you?
none
5) Any tips to handle the computer based exam better?
no
6) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.
Quant - the questions are like easy-moderate and some from remote areas of very familiar topics, all u need is a small brush up of those concepts.One DI set is easy, in the another one 2 can be attempted out of 3 and in the last di set 1-2 ques can be done because it was too calculation intensive.Leave the DI if it is difficult(i.e. time consuming)you can attempt 2 ques in quant for every one such ques in those DI's.
LR sets were easy to moderate.LR is entirely doable in 25-30 mins. 1 RC is easy.the rest 2 were out of the world.instead went for the verbal ques as they were easy.
ATB to others.
CAT Center, Date and Slot: Spanning Tree Net Solutions, Kochi
1) How many attempts you have made? QA - 24/25 VA - 26
2) Your last mock score? 100 IN BYJU'S 13 (Even I had this 😲 but its some epic Glitch)
If you are there at repository thread, please provide the link here.
no
3) How was your experience of the test?
Good
4) What was the surprise element for you?
Calculations!
5) Any tips to handle the computer based exam better?
Write some mocks.. you shud get over it
6) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.
The first section was a moderate-tought one. 0 q's on race-time, 0 on work-time, 0 from mock TIME and In the end I was out of Time! 😠 Lots of calculations.. the ones u see genrally to powers of 7 or 8! 😠. 3 Questions were ambiguous OR i was stupid Thrice during the exam🍻. DI was doable.. If i was still in the exam hall writing the exam.
Coming to VA. LR's were immaculate so was my mind. Did some 10 iterations and guessed most of the answers. 1 set LR was easy. PJ, Errors in usage and Para Completion were all on the diffclt side. My strength was RC. There were two 4 Q's RC passages on philosophy and a 2 q's RC on happiness.. which left me quite unhappy. RC's on philosophy went hand in glove.. that i answered 2 q's from an RC based on my reading of previous RC!!!😠😠
All in all. Its 👼 CAT 2013. Thanks a lot Puys ( Soon they will block Pagalguy.com in my office). and all the Best for all who wrote and are yet to write.
7) Any other query or something you would like to share.
Get Hermione to turn the clock by 12 
CAT Center, Date and Slot: Bharat Ratna Sardar Vallabbhai Patel Bhavan, JanakPuri, New Delhi, 23rd Oct, 10:00 AM Slot
1) How many attempts you have made: 20 & 19 respectively.
2) Your last mock score?: 98.93 (AIMCAT)
If you are there at repository thread, please provide the link here.
3) How was your experience of the test? : Good
4) What was the surprise element for you? : One LR caselet was a bit tricky. In begiining, it appeared as if some conditions were missing.
5) Any tips to handle the computer based exam better?: Attempt any question only if u feel that you have 90% probability of getting it done within 3-4 mins. Look for the answer choices while solving a quant question. If u can put the answers to solve the problem, apply it. Never look for answer choices first while solving any verbal question. Don't take any question on your ego. If you have wasted 5 mins on a question and the answer is far, don't waste other 5 mins. Let it go. Candidates who have given a lot of mocks will understand this. Others, I believe, will understand this only after giving the exam and failing miserably in one of the sections.
6) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc. :
No New Topics Introduced this time.
Quant 19-20 Questions & DI 9-10 (3 Caselets).
Quant questions were basically from 2d-3d geometry, algebra, log, coordinate geometry, equations, speed/distance, allegations, find the remainder, etc. Fewer questions from number theory!
DI Caselets were basically interpretation of data (no., avg. & %) written tabular columns and one bar graph. Quite easy DI I would say in my set.
As usual Verbal Questions were appearing quite easy 7 tempting but I knew they were tricky and mostly asked from exceptions. So I avoided attempting it unnecessarily as this is my weak area. For those who are expert in this area will surely enjoy the exam. I mainly solved RCs. RC Questions: one tone question, one question: what ques you ll ask the author after reading the passage, 2 main theme questions. Few Data Base Questions directly from passage. Few What- Questions : to be answered from passage. Out of Context Questions also came this time. I attempt 2 of them. The rest same as usual: Grammar 2-3, Last Line Question 2, Para Jumble 2.
7) Any other query or something you would like to share. :
Depending upon your strength, weakness you can always decide your stategy and plan. For those who have none, you can apply this. In Quant first solve 2-3 liners or the small DI caselets. Choose first 10 questions so that you can solve them perfectly. To select these 10 questions even if u reach quesn no 30 from 1 its ok. When you solve 10 quesn correctly it will give you a moral boost. Then go for second round and if u are able to get 5-6 more, you are done. Avoid Solving Long RCs, DI/LR Caselets in last 5-10 mins of each section. Starting Part B with 1-2 passage is a good idea as u were solving quant from past 70 minutes, 2 RCs will give you 20 mins break. then immediately jump to the LRs. If u are able to select 2 easy RCs or DI/LR caselet its ok. Don't waste time if u can't solve the third caselets.
All the best 😃
CAT Center, Date and Slot:
ISBR Bangalore
1) How many attempts you have made?
22-23 in quant,17-18 in verbal
2) Your last mock score?
96+ in AIMCATs
If you are there at repository thread, please provide the link here.
3) How was your experience of the test?
Horrible. Power went off twice before the exam at 10. Exam got delayed for 90 minutes. As I did not have proper breakfast,
it was not smooth.
4) What was the surprise element for you?
No surprises as such..Lots of questiong from algebra and a few from logaithms .
5) Any tips to handle the computer based exam better?
6) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.
Quant (21 +9) was moderate. Questions were from almost all area except TSD,TW,Si/Ci.
2-3 2-3 sitters were there. Qustions from geometry(4) were moderate. questions from PnC,series, and height and distance were also doable.
easy.Spent lot of time fo algebra questions. Whole DI was easy and did not take more than 15 mins.
Section 2:Difficult(my weak area) (10RC +11 verbal +9 LR)2 LR sets were petty easy and 1 was moderate with tricky options.
Verbal section was with 3 RCs. 1 was easy- mod,1 was mod and 1 was tough. Verbal part was moderate, but still did not attempt much.
7) Any other query or something you would like to share.
Have enough food before exam. If exam gets delayed, it might trouble you.
CAT Center, Date and Slot: RCM,Bhubaneswar,23rd october,1st slot
1) How many attempts you have made? QA/DI-17 VA-20
2) Your last mock score? 93 in simcat
If you are there at repository thread, please provide the link here.
3) How was your experience of the test?
Gave CAT for the first time(fresher). It was a nice experience.(It felt quite cold inside the test center.If anyone has Bhubaneswar as his/her center, better come with full sleeve shirts 😁 )
4) What was the surprise element for you?
The section-II was quite tough.Generally, I could solve all the LR in SIMCATs. Here I found some questions a bit difficult. Got stuck in one. 😠😠
5) Any tips to handle the computer based exam better?
The guys who don't give mock tests and are appearing for the first time,go through the tutorials.
6) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.
QA was easy(my perception). You need proper time management. Geometry still dominated the QA section.If you remember only the formulas.you can get 3-4 correct 😃. there were questions from every part though-log,number,arithmetic,algebra. DI was very much solvable.
English seemed pretty tough 😟 I couldn't even attempt questions after reading the RCs 😠 Seems as if I need to prepare a lot for IIFT/XAT. LR-one was a sitter.Other two were difficult. (Manage your time)
7) Any other query or something you would like to share.
All the Best Puys. 
Sleep well before your exam. Don't drink much water before the exam
Questions are good and not that difficult.Manage your time 😃
all the best for 2morrow🍻........phod dena exam...👍
can anyone give me the link to download admit card for CAT??
i am not able to see any login link on cat2013.iimidr.ac.in
Hi All,
Took the test today! 😃 Experience of entering the test center and feelings remain the same as they were in 2009 when i last took CAT!
CAT Center, Date and Slot: Kormanagala Bangalore, 23 October, 10 AM Slot
How many attempts you have made? - 27 in Section 1 and 29 in Section 2
Detailed Experience posted here:
Varun Saxena, part of CareerAnna Team and an alumnus of NITIE, Mumbai (2010-12 Batch) took CAT 2013 on October 23, 2013 in the morning slot (10 AM). Let us have a look at the first person account of CAT 2013 Day 6 Slot 1 Experience.
CAT Center, Date and Slot: Kacheripady , Cochin.
1) How many attempts you have made?
Quant 20 VA 24.
2) Your last mock score?
95 in aimcat.
If you are there at repository thread, please provide the link here.
3) How was your experience of the test?
Was almost fine.. though i got the seat right underneath the AC,it was ok as i was wearing a full sleeve shirt and a jean... but the thorn in the room was a prometric staff.. he seemed like he had come to hall after quarrelling with his wife or something... he was having a go at some students for too small a thing... even threatened to take off the admit card and cancel the exam of the girl who was sitting near to me for no reason whatsoever i could see..as i left the hall,i couldnt refrain myself from talkin to that staff.. jz wanted to tell him dat he is being mean 😠..
4) What was the surprise element for you?
Tough RC.. but i kinda expected it as LRs were easy to moderate(solved LR first)...
another surprise was that i could stay calm throughout the exam🍻
5) Any tips to handle the computer based exam better?
Jz look at the computer more than at the beautiful girl opposite...😁
6) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.
Exam was easier than expected for me... as all were saying that quant is pretty tough this time,i expected it to b very hard.. but it was okayish... i havent prepared that deep and still i could manage to pull off a lot of questions... if u r good with ur concepts,u can easily get to 20 questions i guess...
Quant - moderate DI - one set was tough and the other two were moderate...
Verbal - moderate..
LR - easy...
RC - 2 sets were tough and 1 was moderate...
7) Any other query or something you would like to share.
Just dont waste your time at a single question.. make sure that you read through all the questions in quant... a 2 round methodoly might work fine.. there were 4 or 5 sitters which shouldnt b missed... jz keep in ur mind that u dnt need to do all 30 questions... dont get stuck in DI... as puys here were saying that quant is very tough,my strategy was to attempt DI first and maximise my score in it.. but it certainly backfired coz 1 DI set was very tough... i spend a chunk of time on it without much of a result... could have utilised that time to write another 2 or 3 questions in quant which i felt was doable if time permitted... questions were there from set theory PnC log geometry function algebra SI/CI etc...
In VA section , LR was easy.. that obviously meant RC would b out of the worlds and it was... made some guesses in RC which i hope is correct... verbal was moderate... PJ and sentence correction was a bit on the tougher side.. para completion and FIBs were moderate...
My tip is to use a 2 round methodology for QA and to refrain from guessing in VA... jz remember that if LR is tough,RC will b on the greener side and viceversa... so dont lose hope during the test... keep in mind that there r easier questions coming up...
All the best puys🍻...
CAT Center, Date and Slot: 3:15 PM, Jaipuria School of Management, Sector 62 Noida
1) How many attempts you have made? 19 - QADI, 20 - VALR
2) Your last mock score? 86 - SimCAT 10
If you are there at repository thread, please provide the link here.
3) How was your experience of the test?
4) What was the surprise element for you? Tough LR and easy VA.
5) Any tips to handle the computer based exam better? Highlight feature in RCs can be quite useful.
6) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc., LR was so tough that some questions were unattemptable in the time frame. Parajumbles, Grammar question and Fill in the blank was easy. RC questions were moderate
1 DI was tough, 2 were moderate while along with 5-6 sitters QADI section was moderately tough.
7) Any other query or something you would like to share. If you'll see some bizarre algebra questions, leave them ASAP if you think you are not exceptional in Algebra. 😁
CAT Center, Date and Slot
:EIILM KOLKATA, 3.15
1) How many attempts you have made?
QA-12(95-100%ACCURACY) VA-22
2) Your last mock score?
SIMCATS-80-90%TILE
If you are there at repository thread, please provide the link here.
3) How was your experience of the test?
Nice... 😃 they got us into the computer labs around 1.5hrs before the xam so for that long we needed sit ideal felt very cold in tht duration.. but as xam started the sense organs failed to feel any cold any longer,,.. 😁
4) What was the surprise element for you?
none..
5) Any tips to handle the computer based exam better?
dont panic
ATB🍻
6) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.
Quants easyy to moderate.. on cautious note 15-20 wud be good attempt..!!
VA was essy,, RC's 1 eassy, 1 moderate, 1 easy but too lengthy.. VR doable.. LR- the catch was in LR 1 was tough(left it after trying for 10mints 😠😠😠), 1moderate, 1 eassy, on an avg tougher than SimCats..!!
7) Any other query or something you would like to share.
with a raw score of say 55-65 wht percentile cud be expected??(as im new no idea abt it)..👏 😁
Guys has any slot seen Games And TOurnaments LR or DI?
CAT Center, Date and Slot:
Swami Vivekananda college, Kolkata - 23.10.2013 - 3:15 pm
1) How many attempts you have made?
QADI - 21 (1 calculated guess, pretty sure of the rest)
VALR - 18 (Messed up big time..probably my IIM Dream is over) 😠😠😠
2) Your last mock score?
97.xx in AIMCAT 1401
99.46 in Proc mock 10
3) How was your experience of the test?
Good
4) What was the surprise element for you?
Tough LR. All the RC's had difficult question (entirely my opinion) like tone of the author, question you would ask the author.
5) Any tips to handle the computer based exam better?
Not the right person to comment on this.
6) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.
QADI - Moderate to tough. 1 DI set was tricky...Figured out the logic after submitting Section 1 and thereby ruined my mood before starting Section-2...QA had good no. of tough questions.
VALR - One LR set was difficult (conditions were no less than a RC)....wasted 15 min. on that and still could not solve...Panicked big time and did badly in English as well....😟😟😠😠
7) Any other query or something you would like to share.
By now all of you must have come to know this....CAT 2013 is difficult.
P.S: I think my below average attempt in VA has more or less ended my dream of studying in an IIM...But still, i would like to thank every member of the Pagalguy Dream team 2013 and UDT 2013. Your performances in various mocks have inspired me all the time to work harder and better my scores...I don't know anyone of u personally but i wish each one of u make it to your dream B school 😃