Strategy To Be Followed On The D-Day - Tips By An IIM Student

Managing the time is paramount to scoring well in the CAT Exam. CAT has three sections with a sectional time limit of 1 hour. Though this set up reduces the burden on aspirants to manage time between the sections, managing the time while taking a section remains an issue. Every section has its idiosyncrasies and hence there is a method in the madness to ensure good scores in each section. In this webinar, Jeetesh Varshney, an IIM Udaipur student, will talk to you guys about the same, i.e. how to strategize and manage time in CAT exam to maximise your score. Join at 7 pm. If you are unable to view the webinar here, please click here.

Team InsideIIM19 Nov 2018

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How To Work On Your Weak Section In The Last Week - Tips By An IIM Indore Student

One of the quick and effective ways to prepare better for CAT is to know the approach of the students who gave CAT in the previous year. Thus we reached out to students themselves who have gone through the test of CAT and passed with flying colours. In the first article under #ExperiencesFromLastYear'sCatCrackers we reached out to Aashi Batra, who is currently a first-year student at IIM Indore to share her experiences of CAT prep and exam. We asked her to share her strategy for the last few days and an effective plan to strengthen one's weakest section. Here are a few from her own CAT exam experiences that led her to prestigious IIM Indore.

Kabir Jain19 Nov 2018

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What Should Be Your Priority In The Week Leading Upto CAT - Tips By An IIM Indore Student

In continuation under our series #ExperiencesFromLastYear'sCATCrackers, this time we reached out to Gaurav. Here is a different perspective for the CATPrep journey from a talented and hard working IIT Roorkee engineer. About Guest Author: Gaurav Pareek is currently a first year PGP student at IIM Indore.

Kabir Jain19 Nov 2018

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Key Points To Remember While Appearing For CAT

Have you ever wondered as to why many CAT aspirants seem to fail to score well in the exam even after spending a good amount of their time mugging up the formulas and practising? Mostly it’s because many students attempt the mocks as well as the real CAT itself without a proper plan.

Jeetesh Varshney18 Nov 2018

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The Dreaded Reading Comprehension Section And What To Do About It

Reading Comprehension, or the RC parts in the Verbal Ability section is a dreaded lot. On one hand RC passages are unpredictable, and on the other, they hold a lot of weightage in the paper, specially since 2015.  One cannot simply skip these questions, and they hold the key to make or break your score in the verbal section. So love them or hate them, they are around, and we have to look for ways to ace them.

Aastha Sneha Pathak17 Nov 2018

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Take Each Mock As The Actual Exam And CAT As Just Another Mock

Practice tests, or mocks, are on the must-do list of every serious CAT aspirant and would feature on every topper’s tips. So, we have so far come to understand that taking mock tests is of the utmost importance. To summarise,

Aastha Sneha Pathak17 Nov 2018

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If You Are Appearing For CAT, You Should Consider This

CAT 2018 is just a week away. It's time to take the preparations a notch higher. Which also means, you need to think about what you need to do after CAT. CAT is just a means to an end and not an end in itself. The end goal is your career. And getting into the b-school that can help you build the career of your dreams.

Team InsideIIM16 Nov 2018

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Scoring 99%ile+ In VA Is Different From Scoring 99%ile+ In The Other Two Sections

Scoring 99+ in VA is different from scoring 99+ in the other two sections, which is why we see a lot of people struggle in VA despite scoring well in the other sections. It is a section where even coaching classes haven’t found a clear-cut formula for. A major part of scoring well in VA is getting a good command over the language itself, which takes time. But that in itself isn’t enough; when I took the first few mocks I was surprised to see I was struggling in the VA section because, being an avid reader, that was one section I wasn’t worried about. With time I realized the trickiness of this section because understanding the context of the question is very important. It is very easy to misinterpret the question and is also probably why people get a lot of negatives in VA because people actually think their answer is right, which is unlike QA or DILR where you definitely know when you’re wrong.

Kaustubh Andhorikar15 Nov 2018

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Strategy To Be Followed On The D-Day - Tips By An IIM Student

Managing the time is paramount to scoring well in the CAT Exam. CAT has three sections with a sectional time limit of 1 hour. Though this set up reduces the burden on aspirants to manage time between the sections, managing the time while taking a section remains an issue. Every section has its idiosyncrasies and hence there is a method in the madness to ensure good scores in each section. In this webinar, Jeetesh Varshney, an IIM Udaipur student, will talk to you guys about the same, i.e. how to strategize and manage time in CAT exam to maximise your score. Join at 7 pm. If you are unable to view the webinar here, please click here.

Team InsideIIM19 Nov 2018

Read More

How To Work On Your Weak Section In The Last Week - Tips By An IIM Indore Student

One of the quick and effective ways to prepare better for CAT is to know the approach of the students who gave CAT in the previous year. Thus we reached out to students themselves who have gone through the test of CAT and passed with flying colours. In the first article under #ExperiencesFromLastYear'sCatCrackers we reached out to Aashi Batra, who is currently a first-year student at IIM Indore to share her experiences of CAT prep and exam. We asked her to share her strategy for the last few days and an effective plan to strengthen one's weakest section. Here are a few from her own CAT exam experiences that led her to prestigious IIM Indore.

Kabir Jain19 Nov 2018

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What Should Be Your Priority In The Week Leading Upto CAT - Tips By An IIM Indore Student

In continuation under our series #ExperiencesFromLastYear'sCATCrackers, this time we reached out to Gaurav. Here is a different perspective for the CATPrep journey from a talented and hard working IIT Roorkee engineer. About Guest Author: Gaurav Pareek is currently a first year PGP student at IIM Indore.

Kabir Jain19 Nov 2018

Read More

Key Points To Remember While Appearing For CAT

Have you ever wondered as to why many CAT aspirants seem to fail to score well in the exam even after spending a good amount of their time mugging up the formulas and practising? Mostly it’s because many students attempt the mocks as well as the real CAT itself without a proper plan.

Jeetesh Varshney18 Nov 2018

Read More

The Dreaded Reading Comprehension Section And What To Do About It

Reading Comprehension, or the RC parts in the Verbal Ability section is a dreaded lot. On one hand RC passages are unpredictable, and on the other, they hold a lot of weightage in the paper, specially since 2015.  One cannot simply skip these questions, and they hold the key to make or break your score in the verbal section. So love them or hate them, they are around, and we have to look for ways to ace them.

Aastha Sneha Pathak17 Nov 2018

Read More

Take Each Mock As The Actual Exam And CAT As Just Another Mock

Practice tests, or mocks, are on the must-do list of every serious CAT aspirant and would feature on every topper’s tips. So, we have so far come to understand that taking mock tests is of the utmost importance. To summarise,

Aastha Sneha Pathak17 Nov 2018

Read More

If You Are Appearing For CAT, You Should Consider This

CAT 2018 is just a week away. It's time to take the preparations a notch higher. Which also means, you need to think about what you need to do after CAT. CAT is just a means to an end and not an end in itself. The end goal is your career. And getting into the b-school that can help you build the career of your dreams.

Team InsideIIM16 Nov 2018

Read More

Scoring 99%ile+ In VA Is Different From Scoring 99%ile+ In The Other Two Sections

Scoring 99+ in VA is different from scoring 99+ in the other two sections, which is why we see a lot of people struggle in VA despite scoring well in the other sections. It is a section where even coaching classes haven’t found a clear-cut formula for. A major part of scoring well in VA is getting a good command over the language itself, which takes time. But that in itself isn’t enough; when I took the first few mocks I was surprised to see I was struggling in the VA section because, being an avid reader, that was one section I wasn’t worried about. With time I realized the trickiness of this section because understanding the context of the question is very important. It is very easy to misinterpret the question and is also probably why people get a lot of negatives in VA because people actually think their answer is right, which is unlike QA or DILR where you definitely know when you’re wrong.

Kaustubh Andhorikar15 Nov 2018

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