🐈 CAT Exam 2020-21 Preparation, Exam Dates, Results & Discussion – PaGaLGuY (Part 1)

should i go for cfa level 1 , i dont know much about it. what are the deadlines and how to get more info about the same ?

Is good work-life balance a myth ?

  • Yes
  • No

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The list of provisionally selected candidates for admissions to FMS MBA Full time Batch of 2020-22 is out.Ā 

You can check results on : http://fms.edu/?q=node/2115

Congratulations to all the converts on successfully making it to the "Red Building of Dreams". You'll be receiving communication from FMS Media Relations Cell soon.

Here are some of the communication channels where you can put your queries:

FMS FB page : https://www.facebook.com/FMSDelhi

Media Relations cell FB page : https://www.facebook.com/MarcusFMSDelhiĀ 

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To FMS,

I will open my pants. Lelo bhai jo lena h. Zindagi jhand kardi bhai CAT ne to.

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Sweet sweet rejection. Rejection ka darr nikal gaya, B-schools have made me a masochist now. Took 15 minutes to recover from FMS's slap, New PB.

Biggest BT of the season?

  • SPJIMR- 1st January fiasco
  • FMS - final result
  • Other - Mention in comments
  • XLRI- XAT: No/negative marking and answer keys

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For the general category converts and <=150 WL of FMS.

  • Joining FMS
  • Leaving FMS

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AIWTSAC coming soon.


On my way to FMS.

For the candidates who have decided Joining colleges in the range of NMIMS/IMT/XIMB/Baby IIMs.

Why did you decide to go for the college, considering the uncertainty of economy and predicted recession?

  • Bhai, already naukri chod diya. Ab kuch choice nahi
  • Recession might be possible. But by 2022, everything will cope up for sure.
  • Recession will not be there. Chill karo.
  • I’m rich. I don’t care.:unamused:
  • Cat 2020 nahi dena hai humko. Bahot hi exhausting hai

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~A repost from the FMS admissions group. Better discussion possible on this group.~ This is a post just highlighting a few repercussions this brazen decision by the FMS management could have on the 20-22 batch, their reputation, even the admission process. This directly or indirectly impacts the brand value. One more thing, I did not have an admission at stake and am myself an engineer, so this is not intended to bash the college for not admitting me, it's just a comment on the unfair policy of admission. 1) Reputation and Batch: The batch of 2020-22 would consist primarily of engineers, maybe even as high as 95%+, and regardless of how much PagalGuy thinks engineers are wronged by every B-school, please think from the perspective of recruiters, industry stakeholders, AND the fact that a B School is supposed to be an amalgamation of students from various backgrounds, that can contribute and exchange unique ideas. Moreover, there is a reason why interviews are conducted. Acing it on the "D-Day" is not an indicator that you're set for B-School or a good fit, it's a test of aptitude; not a test of personality. Go over the past year interview scores, and you'll realise that interviews acted as a balancing point to bring bright personalities and suitable students to the institute. If still not convinced, think if all the hiring across companies occurred directly through JUST an online test. 2) Admission Process: I might be overestimating this, but there could be a major possibility that out of the initial admitted lists released, majority would have gotten an admit from ABCL (general cutoff with good acads being around 99.85, approx). The wait list could also get exhausted, correct me if I'm wrong, but it COULD happen. 3) Brand Value: The delay in decision making, illogical final decision, saturation in the batch profile, and a high concentration of academic personalities: all of these have/ will impact the image of FMS, honestly doubt if it could be for the better. To all those who made it, a hearty congratulations, FMS depends on you all to shine through, even prove that admission policies such as these turn out well practically! To all those who didn't, don't get disheartened - there might be a better outcome out there waiting for you :)

MDI MDI ajao ab

Pls help me with this ques

Is there anybody else who's literally crying with tears rolling out and also, laughing at the same time,on ur luck as well as on the memes here? Idk I feel terrible,more terrible than I felt after getting rejected from A as I atleast got a chance to prove myself..Even a 99 percentiler with 90+ in X and XII doesn't deserve a seat just coz I'm a General category Male? 99 percentile and no converts from ALKI,FMS,SP. Maar hi daalo

Mica vs IIM Visakhapatnam?

  • Mica
  • IIM Visakhapatnam

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Hey guys So I’ve been noticing a very disturbing trend after the FMS results . Now all of a sudden certain people are saying that 95% of their batch will be engineers and that there is no diversity and that this will greatly effect the reputation of the college. So there are people here feeling bad about why FMS didn’t give points for work ex etc and you guys are here feeling bad because FMS ,unlike others colleges ,didn’t give you free marks for being a non engineer ?!!! You keep shouting just superficial Diversity , Different views , Exchange of Ideas and find that as a justification for being considered more eligible for a B school . See there are many engineers (like me ) with 99+ who had calls from FMS (but didn’t make the list ) and even we wanted an Online PI to have a chance at admission and I personally feel it’s wrong on the part of the college to suddenly release results without prior notice or without any prior information on selection procedure .We also would have wanted to FMS to take into consideration Work Ex etc. In this issue they have made a blunder But don’t go around saying that the college’s reputation will go down because they didn’t give freebies to non engineers in the name of diversity!! That’s the most whack s**t I’ve ever heard !! Atleast be angry for the right reasons

which one

  • MDI
  • SPJIMR

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So some think FMS 20-22 batch will struggle due to lack of diversity. Isn't it the same case with K this year? Just saying

Can someone share PDFs of Arun Sharma's DILR books? TIA!


This is not my All I Wanted To Say About CAT, well not just about CAT, it's about how CAT affected me and changed me on a molecular (JK), on a level that I don't have words to express it(Yes my vocab is that weak)

I might go into flashbacks in between please bear with me! when I write I tend to let my emotions take the wheel and whatever I am thinking is copied on that piece of paper


I was a normal guy with bad acads in college, well I had some good friends and we did a lot of mischiefs and pranks together, but the only ones that can harm us and no one else


Here comes the first flashback XD

We used to cheat in internals and it's a method you guys might've never heard of, It's popularly known as one for all and all for one method.

One guy goes in before time and as soon as he gets the paper he clicks a photo and sends it to me, The questions paper had 5 questions out of which 4 were supposed to be attempted. We saw the paper looked for the answers, sent him whatever we found, and jotted down whatever we had in our short term memory. Went in 10-15 mins late, said sorry and pasted whatever knowledge we had acquired in that time

That guy was a pro so he never got caught but we were noobs and scared, so we used this method to pass internal without even studying for a single day. Started this in 4th sem


@madscorer You remember the days, don't you?


My story of going through with CAT is a little weird and maybe even bullshit, as I never had any plans to do an MBA in the first place. I was preparing for GATE in my final year as most of us engineers are I didn't put much effort into it, I had a casual attitude and a ton of overconfidence, which with time made me understand where I lacked the most. I was aiming for the PSUs first but the mock scores(40ish) in September told me that it was not going to happen, I thought I will do M.tech in the IITs and that's when I heard about NITIE, it was love at first sight, That first sight lasted 2 long hours though


I started preparing for GATE but also filled CAT just because some friends were filling it and my parents said "Ha bharde,bharne me kya h, MCQ aate h tukke lag Jayenge".I still laugh at it.

It was a chilly day in November but I had the 2nd slot, so I didn't have to struggle with my sleep either. I went to the center and wrote the exam. I came out and called a friend "Bhai I felt that the English(yes not VARC) was easy"

"It just looks easy, result aane pe pata chalega"

"Dekhte h " and I forgot even If I took the CAT or not

That was the first year when the keys were released and I didn't even check that, because who cares?. I didn't prepare for it and the result didn't matter to me.

I had my engineering services exam on the first Sunday of January and the result was also released.

I thought that I'd get back home and then see what was the result. I was on my way back home when my college WA group exploded, the results were out and some of my friends had scored great.

Ashish got 98.48 and was really happy with the result, we get to know how things change in the next couple of months and it wasn't enough

A friend got 99.89 and made it to FMS, he's a legend XD

I entered my roll number and my DOB, for the first time my hands trembled after I saw the result

CAT17

VARC-98.99%ile

DILR-84.99

QA-85.76

OA-94.64

I was so happy after the results, but the happiness didn’t last and the only calls I got were IMT and IMI. That too because I paid for their forms, I was rejected from both of them

Why?

0 prep and 200 confidence!

GATE results also came in March and as I knew it, I didn’t make it, a 6000 rank in Mechanical won’t get me anywhere!

Life goes on and I forgot about everything, started working, and just left things as they were. I planned another CAT attempt around mid-august. Took TIME test series and gave my first mock

I got a humongous ā€œ58ā€, still how overconfident I was, I didn’t let it affect me( Read, make me work harder)

So for the next 3 months I scored anywhere from 70 to 120, around 70%ile to a max of 97ish in one mock, which was the only thing needed for my confidence to shoot up the roof. I never did much analysis, only solved some QA and maybe some DILR, VARC was all on instinct and all luck.

Saw single-digit scores in all the sections, not together but yeah, single-digit scores!

I gave NMAT and got 210 with LS cutoff below the cutoff, but I was hopeful because one guy who got in FMS with a 99.89 in CAT was from my class and he got 209 in NMAT, I got a 210!

The D-day

I had the 2nd slot and I overheard

Ab to sach bol de….

Okay, I googled, I asked my friends and I came to know that QA was hard

Why don’t I just walk back home, right?

The only thing I was confident about was QA.

I got stressed and I lost my composure, my confidence, and my chances

I didn't tell anyone that I had destroyed my dreams, with my own hands!, how could I?

Well the bad time wasn't supposed to end this early

The answer keys came and I didn't check them

Or I checked them at the worst possible time

I was getting ready for IIFT and I had some time to spare, I uploaded my response sheet on cracku and I got a 112!

I almost cried!

I made them disappear before they fell

No one should see them for the story they tell

And so I destroyed IIFT, oops sorry, my chances at IIFT

Met Ashish on my way backĀ 

He told he was getting around 170

I lied to him and said I didn't count but was expecting around 145-150

"Arrey Sahi h,99 ban jayegi"

"I hope"

Result?

VARC-88%ile(well done)

DILR-87.65

QA-94.28

OA-93.12

IIFT-67%ile

SNAP-96.7(No calls)

XAT-97.7(XL BM and HR)

I did everything I could to Convert XL BM/HR but in the end, I couldn't

BM-long WL then Reject

HR-Straight Reject

Converts-IMT and IIT Kanpur

I went to IITK on 31st March for my PI, that was the day I decided if I don't get XL, CAT19 it will be

I realized what I had missed in my 4 years of engineering and I didn't want to settle for anything below my potential!

I started preparing for CAT 19 In Mid April and Saw tons of ups and downs in the mocks till August, took a 20 days break there and came back after practicing Everything I lacked

Result?

SIM8-2 digit Rank(For the first time)

SIM9-AIR 15

This is where my confidence returned and this time I used it to my advantage

I gave NMAT in the first window and Got 231,2 weeks before CAT, a tremendous morale booster

Well SIM14 did bring me down with a 56%ile DILR but it didn't last long

Pre CAT was just cherry on top

My first 170!

I was ready to kill Everything CAT threw at me

SIM15-96%ile, well now I was immune to such things, I had the confidence that I always wanted to have

The shackles of mediocrity were about to be broken

The bird that slept was ready to awaken

It looked at the sky and made its flight

It sparkled as it reflected the sun's first light

Again 2nd slotĀ 

The center was as bad as it could get, computers were covered with some polyethylene sheets, I asked to remove them

They denied

I said I will just tear them, there's nothing in my admit card that stops me from doing so, the sheet is obstructing my view

"Okay, then remove it"

THANKS

Like 40+ people at my center also removed it XD

Leadership skills-It's over 9000!

Well it went good, I was feeling great after the exam

The scores were out on 29th of Nov and this time I did count them XD

IIFT was never my cup of tea, spoiled it again

Results?

VARC-92.52

DILR-99.7

QA-99.53

OA-99.60%ile

XAT-98.7(no calls, DM)

SNAP-99.86

IIFT- really?(90s me tha,I don't even remember)(btw GK score 1 XD)

Well the hard work did pay off and I made half of the journey, the other half was difficult and unprecedented

Why I wrote this?

Because I wanted toĀ 

Why I wanted to?

Even I don't know

I met a ton of people during my journey

I will meet more aheadĀ 

I just have to wait and see

Which Path I have to dread

The roads don't lie

They have seen many goodbyes

The travelers come for something they want

Most of them end up getting something they like

But those who do follow the roadĀ 

Find that one truth, that was never told

You can go anywhere from heaven to hell

The one who decides that is you, yourself

Like a coin has two sidesĀ 

Some things will go wrong and some right

You just need to follow the path you chose

Walk up to your destination up close

Look at it, something you'll never forget

It was all worth it, I have no regrets

Every time a GEM will fall, these words will be resound as a symbol of hope... @IIM_Groot Respect šŸ™šŸ™