XAT query: I graduated in June 2019 and have worked for 6 months(August19-January20). However I do not have the work experience certificate yet. Will uploading offer letter and last month pay slip work for now?
Help needed, 11 hrs to deadline
It will work 😂😂
Slot 1 guys, do any of you remember the answers to the last set in DILR? The minimum/maximum rating questions?
slot 2 students
does anyone remember that RC qstn where a peasant earns 4000$ a year while a pirate earns 400000$ a year. was the answer the ironic one?
When parents say that this was your 1113848474th attempt why you keep doing this shit... Le aspirants
Anyone on how to prepare for iift va section?What are the sources one can refer to?
Slot 3 LRDI what were the answers for 1) Number of trees with ABCD? Anyone who solved it ?
Slot 2 guys, What were the answers for Seminar (Prof-student-dept-timeslot) set and Car parking set.Please Comment down if you remember any(Questions/answers)
Have given 3 CAT (16,19,20) examinations, felt this was the toughest of the lot, can be attributed to pattern change. Thoughts?
How may questions did you attempt in the DILR section of CAT 2020?
- 14 to 16
- 0 to 4
- 8 to 10
- 11 to 13
- 5 to 7
- 17 to 19
- 20 or more. (Thank you. I will accept my 100%ile trophy now)
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Anyone with Slot 1 DILR who solved the 6 question "Companies Contract" and who remembers the answers?? Will be highly appreciated. Specifically wanted to know the answer for consecutive years where only 1 company was contracted.
When do TIME/IMS/CL release the XAT test series?
Please someone solve this...I can't understand the official solution😅
Slot 3 vaalo. IIM Indore pe maanhaani(defamation) ka case krde ?? Attempt to massacre ka bhi kr skte hai
- Yes let’s do that
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When will IIM Indore release the response forms?
- How does it matter ? Why can’t we be patient?
- Depends on when the Vaccine will be available for mass usage.
- Tuesday (1/12)
- Wednesday (2/12)
- This week (3/12 to 6/12)
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Attempting only 1 out of XAT and IIFT. Which one should it be?
- Neither is worthy, go for CAT’21
- XAT
- IIFT
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Slot 2 guys in dilr in that sales store set was one answer delhi and delhi?
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slot 2 guys in dilr that seminar set the very last question which combo was not possible? was it E & R?
#AIWTSAC I always wanted to write this. To share my struggling journey with a happy ending, which is the case with most people who post here. I wanted to be a part of this elite group who try and succeed. But before I start, this isn't a happy post. I didn't succeed. I tried. 4 times. And I lost. Cat 2017 Like all aspirants with an above average mind and a decent academic history till college, I began my journey, enrolling into CL with 14-15 months to go for Cat 17. I was a newbie. Doing decently in mocks. But definitely not giving a hundred percent. English came naturally to me. Always did well in the section and quants, was always treacherous and difficult. I got placed at PwC through my college in the second half of 2018 and was looking forward to either going to the top 5-6 B school, or taking up my half decent consulting job. Then came cat. 2nd slot. English was extremely easy and I thought I lost my advantage there. My strength was always doing better than everyone in moderate to difficult VARC and throughout the exam, I was thinking that I'm screwed because English was easy. 2017 Lrdi was a shocker. The toughest in the history of cat. I was used to scoring in 40s and 50s in mocks and when I wasn't able to solve more than 3 sets, and my computer malfunctioning, wasting 5 mins and adding a lot of anxiety, I admitted DEFEAT to myself before the last hour even began. Quants was easy, but I was extremely mechanical and ended up making a lot of silly mistakes. I took xat, ended up with a 97.xx but missed the quants sectional for BM. I knew I'll be scoring pretty badly. CAT -OA 94.5, VA 96, LR 94, Quants 87. Calls - SP (profile based), XL HR and Shillong Results - SP final wait-list 6, didn't go for the Shillong interview Cat 2018 I'd taken up my job and had shifted to Bangalore. A new city, new people and was enjoying the challenge of a real job. I initially didn't want to take Cat because I was pretty occupied with my newly started job and I wanted to get work ex points and then have a go. But I was convinced by people around me that I should study a little and attempt cat with a nothing to lose attitude. I ended up studying a lot for 6 months. But this year, Cat decided to test us on Quants which couldn't have been worse for an aspirant like me. Then came Xat, was an exam to forget with an 88.xx CAT - OA 95.5, VA 96, LR 92, Quants 88 Calls - SP, Shillong Results - SP: Got out after Round 1, sat for shillong without any prep, rejected. Cat 2019 So this year was important for me. I knew I'd be getting a few work ex points. I decided to relook my prep strategy and modified it to focus a lot on Quants since it was clearly my Achilles heel. So I went back to the drawing board. This time, I took quite a few leaves from work and was managing my preps. My brother(IIM K grad) had used his favorite quote "If you keep doing the same things, the result will be the same". I was determined to change this so I really put everything in Quants. I thought I was prepared with improvement across all sections in the 20 odd mocks I took. However, the night before the exam, I couldn't sleep till 4am. I was extremely anxious, was getting cold sweats and just couldn't stop my brain from thinking when I closed my eyes. I wasn't thinking about the exam. I was just concerned that if I don't get adequate sleep (had morning slot and a center which was 40kms away), I'll not be able to give my best. So with 2 hours of sleep, I started the exam while I was yawning and trying to concentrate. English was difficult than usual but I was fine with it. Did what I could and started LR. I somehow missed the easiest hexagonal DI while I was deciding upon the sets to attempt and fumbled with the strategy. I found it after 30 mins and then managed to complete it within the stipulated time. I ended up attempting 4 sets with pretty high confidence. I thought that this was it. The year I finally triumph. Quants began but I found it very very lengthy. However, I stuck to my strategy of focussing on accuracy but that compromised my attempts. I had attempted 15 questions (a lot of them were TITA) and when I heard the number of attempts of my peers, I thought that it wasn't meant to be. AGAIN. I got the biggest shock when the response sheet was released. While I was tabulating my marks, i checked English first. Was relieved to get a score of 52. Then I checked Quants and was very happy to get all 15 attempts correct. I was happily going through my LR answers and got the biggest shock. I had attempted 16 questions and got 7 incorrect. Score - 95.7, VA 97.xx, LR 79.Xx, QA 96 Calls - SP, MDI, Shillong Results - Waitlisted at all 3, 0 converts. I was shattered. I finally managed to get the most out of myself in Quants and I somehow miscalculated my way into ruining a section in which I was relatively comfortable throughout all my attempts and mocks. I was extremely disappointed and didn't know what to do as I had compromised my work for this attempt. Three years, three different difficult sections, three different screw ups. I didn't quit but had really stopped bothering about it which was evident to my managers. Then came covid and life suddenly turned upside down. Suddenly, the race was a lot closer and somehow I started believing that destiny wanted this for me. To not get into my dream b school just to take my experience/placement/internship away from me because of covid. I started believing again and immersed myself into preps for cat 2020, All the time believing that this was finally my year. Cat 2020 I transferred back to Calcutta thinking that an attempt from home would be easier and more comfortable. I was studying. I've never been the student to put a lot of continuous hours but I was putting the right amount of quality all the time. I thought I'll take up a data centric approach this time. Keeping a track of my mock scores and progress. Bought CL and Time mocks. Starting with a couple of 150+ scores in CL mocks and 96+ in the slightly tougher Time mocks. I was content. Happy with myself and my preparation. There was a period of slump in my scores after which I decided to get back to basics again. Went through all sorts of materials - CL, time, cat100percentile, TotalGadha, Takzshila to focus on basics and good questions. Then the pattern change announcement took place and I was pretty calm, thinking that this was also probably designed But on October 14th I fell fell sick. All symptoms of Covid. Despite not leaving my house for any other purpose apart from cycling for fitness, I was infected. The only one in the house. My covid journey is a different story, irrelevant here but I ended up wasting a good three weeks. I recovered but it was still difficult and didn't feel a 100% for another 2 weeks after recovery. I started my preps again. Realigned my Quants startegy to focus on accuracy. And was confident with the last few mocks going pretty well. We all know what happened on 29th November. This is one experience I don't need to describe. But in short, my paper was super super average. I struggled a lot in English. Have very little hope, more like a distant dream that my strongest section will give me a fighting chance somehow. Lrdi was decent. Not sure of my accuracy, but even if I manage 80-90% (with 14 serious attempts), my total would not be enough because Quants was also extremely average with 13 attempts and 80% expected accuracy and answers by the PG DT20. And I once again am probably going to find myself in the no man's land of 96 percentile (Would be grateful to score even that much TBH). I have no words. No plan of action. I'm a very optimistic person usually and right now, I have absolutely no hope left. I feel defeated. I tried. But lost. Each time. The belief that all this was a cosmic plan where I would triumph at the end of 2020, is now shattered. I bet none of you have come across a guy, always doing better than 95% of the youth of that year, not going on to achieve what's he's capable of, Everytime by a few inches. What's there in this world for a guy like me? Being good enough for tier 1 but not reaching it. A college peer had once quoted, "Mayank, you're the kind of person who always sees the finishing line, but you're somehow unable to cross it". This statement had stung at the time, but now, seems apt. Cosmic fairytales ? As fictional as the word sounds. The "endgame" ended but I was just a side piece, a part of the infantry which often gets trampled. I have a few exams left. I'll try and gather my thoughts and try my best to do well in those. But that flame of hope is now drawing to a close. I'm resigning to my fate. Note - I thought I won't post it because it's really depressing but it's been more than 24 hours and I don't feel okay and I suppose, people here might be more understanding than others in my life. * An ---above average--- Average guy with a dream unfulfilled.