New Delhi: Who doesn’t wants to get into the cream institutes of India? Who would not want to grab the top-notch jobs, the plum placements offered by the finest B-schools of our country?
Appear for the CAT exam this year with a clear mindset that you are going to get the best. Instilling a positive attitude gives you the determination to settle for nothing but the best. Director of Career Launcher, Arindam Lahiri tells you how to Bell the CAT.
I know its necessary to clear sectional cut-offs in CAT for IIMs. Does the same hold true for other institutes, like the S P Jain Institute in Mumbai, which make use of CAT score card?
Most of the non-IIM institutes under CAT do not have sectional cut-offs. However, an extremely poor score in one of the section does expose your weakness area.
What are the useful books to build up the basics of mathematics?
Consult NCERT text books for classes 9th and 10th. Solve as many questions as you can to develop speed.
What are the things that could be done in the last ten days to boost one's performance in the reading comprehension section?
Keep reading newspaper editorial, articles in magazines - check if you have understood the same. Concentrate while reading. Make sure you are not regressing.
Is it good to go for MBA with a work experience of less than 1 year? What are the possible implications of this on the future placements scenario?
It is not too late for you to concentrate on your studies during your MBA course. For placements, you will be considered equivalent to fresher - most likely you will not get any weightage for this experience. But this little experience may help you learn management concepts better than a fresher.
I am able to clear Quant and DI (Data Interpretation) comfortably in my mock cats. What should I do in the next 10 days so that I can clear the verbal section too?
Identify what are your strength areas within verbal section and attempt questions from that area. There is nothing fundamentally different that you can do to salvage the situation. However, your objective will be to perform at your full capability level on the day of the exam.
I gave CAT exam last year and got 90 percentile score. However to get into the IIMs I needed little more than this. I thought this year I would try for IIM's. But not even in single mock have I got above 90 percentile score. My score is decreasing with every mock. In the last two mock I got less than 70 percentile score. My confidence has shattered and I am finding myself in depression even before giving CAT.
Look at the positive side of this. You have probably hit the bottom of your performance now. You can only go up. So forget all about the past events - concentrate and start looking at the positive side. Meditate regularly for at least two times a day. Visualize that you are entering one of the IIMs and develop a positive frame of mind. You have the ability; you just need to do it.
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