Is not CAT the wrong way to evaluate?

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CAT has questions that a person who has “trained” himself to solve, solves. The candidate tries to link the logic of the CAT question with the questions he has already solved. Most of the time the same type of questions come, and they solve. …

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CAT has questions that a person who has "trained" himself to solve, solves. The candidate tries to link the logic of the CAT question with the questions he has already solved. Most of the time the same type of questions come, and they solve.

The candidate prepares like a machine who memorises a few thousand commong approaches/logic and applies it.

But, in corporate life, all the problems are new every day. The employee has to decide freshly. There are no question banks he/she can refer.

So, the candidate has to have the skill of solving a problem without any previously trained logics.

So, why is this form of WRONG evaluation done for MBA CAT?
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Boss.. we can only give the CAT... as it is...

we can study... n ACE it.. wot more management ka stuff we can do before getting admission in management institutes..
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As you said, We are doing it, because that is the only thing we can do. But why are so many of us, crores of us being forced to "learn the algorithms". Why is no body creating a better system?


Or do people here really believe this test really tests any ability other than "memorizing question types"?
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As you said, We are doing it, because that is the only thing we can do. But why are so many of us, crores of us being forced to "learn the algorithms". Why is no body creating a better system?


Or do people here really believe this test really tests any ability other than "memorizing question types"?
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CAT is only a test of candidate's aptitude.

GD and PI's post this are the a test of the candidate's attitude where any "rattafication of approaches" doesn't help.
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@livelife said: CAT has questions that a person who has "trained" himself to solve, solves. The candidate tries to link the logic of the CAT question with the questions he has already solved. Most of the time the same type of questions come, and they solve.The candidate prepares like a machine who memorises a few thousand commong approaches/logic and applies it.But, in corporate life, all the problems are new every day. The employee has to decide freshly. There are no question banks he/she can refer.So, the candidate has to have the skill of solving a problem without any previously trained logics.So, why is this form of WRONG evaluation done for MBA CAT?
Trust me - Even after memorising all logics ; An aspirant is far from completing the entire syllabus

p.s - On D-Day, only those who are poise & can manage their time well will sail through

p.p.s - Besides, isn't this the case for all other entrances aswell ? why only CAT ?
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@deepu saar - Plz close this thread
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@pratskool Thanks. Yes, I do agree the loving numbers does help.
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@gs4890 Ignored!
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@gs4890 said:
Trust me - Even after memorising all logics ; An aspirant is far from completing the entire syllabus
p.s - On D-Day, only those who are poise & can manage their time well will sail through
p.p.s - Besides, isn't this the case for all other entrances aswell ? why only CAT ?
You asked why CAT? If I had included everything... MAT etc, etc the post only gets longer. It will need more time to read, and wont help in clarifying my doubt any better.
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Wishing all the best. I do agree we dont have a lot of options now. All I wanted to point out is this is far from the best way to evaluate.

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Please correct the title of this forum:

Is CAT not the wrong way to evaluate?

well it's still wrong...coz the next ques comes

evaluate 'who'?

So it should be

Is CAT not the wrong way to evaluate the MBA aspirants?

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@visionIIM-ACL @raghav507 Do we need this thread ?
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@vishal.das said: @visionIIM-ACL @raghav507 Do we need this thread ?
Let it die on its own ! 😃

Shall close then! :mg: