This is my story and it is a story of hope.... "Every event has a purpose and every setback its lesson. I have realized that failure, whether of the personal, professional or even spiritual kind, is essential to personal expansion. It brings inner growth and a whole host of psychic rewards. Never regret your past. Rather, embrace it as the teacher that it is." ― Robin S. Sharma
It is that time of the year again. The MBA exam frenzy has started to kick in. Be it students juggling their final year or working professionals their jobs, this preparation is a test of your time management and mental strength as it is a strength of Verbal, Quant and Analytical skills. It is also the time when one has to mound his preparation according to the exam at hand as CAT isn't generally the only exam aspirants focus on. There are other exams also like NMAT, XAT, TISS, SNAP, IIFT, CMAT and also GMAT in some cases. Each exam has something different and unique to be focused on for it. So as an aspirant, how do I encounter this headache of preparing for each exam but also not derailing from my main focus and preparation of the CAT.
I have xx% in my Tenth, only yy% in Twelfth and zz% in UnderGrad... Do you think I even have a shot at IIMs??" / "2.1 Lakhs students appeared for CAT last year... Should I even attempt CAT??" / If these thoughts run through your mind, then your confidence level is shaky. As these self doubts creep into your mind, your brain, which is supposed to "Crack CAT", is busy answering these questions instead of focusing on preparation and crunching those valuable numbers. So, here are five tips from IIM-B students to help you increase your confidence, keep cool and give the CAT a run.
Every self-respecting CAT aspirant is well versed with the classic pitfalls in their path to glory - trick questions, stress interviews, sure shot topics, CAT 2006-like disasters etc. Students on their lunch break from coaching and candidates waiting outside test centers have small talked about these a hundred times already. Coaching institute teachers gleefully tell each successive batch about their IIM-A bound genius protégé from five years ago who made that one critical mistake and no one ever saw him again.
We are in the last 40 days before CAT and serious aspirants will be applying different test taking strategies to find out which one is the most productive for them.
How was your experience of CAT, since the pattern changed, calculator was introduced?
The IIMs have finally come up with the CAT 2016 Mock Test and have put that up on their CAT website (iimcat.ac.in).
Should I do only Mock CATs now that we have only 40 days? Should I leave some of the topics that I am weak in? My scores in two sections are good, but I am not scoring well in one section! My scores are very erratic; I am losing confidence with each passing day! What do I do? How can I improve at least 50 marks in the next 40 days? How do I prepare for GK for IIFT and other exams while CAT prep is still on? There are too many concerns the students are saddled with. But, the answer to almost all questions is the same.
This is my story and it is a story of hope.... "Every event has a purpose and every setback its lesson. I have realized that failure, whether of the personal, professional or even spiritual kind, is essential to personal expansion. It brings inner growth and a whole host of psychic rewards. Never regret your past. Rather, embrace it as the teacher that it is." ― Robin S. Sharma
It is that time of the year again. The MBA exam frenzy has started to kick in. Be it students juggling their final year or working professionals their jobs, this preparation is a test of your time management and mental strength as it is a strength of Verbal, Quant and Analytical skills. It is also the time when one has to mound his preparation according to the exam at hand as CAT isn't generally the only exam aspirants focus on. There are other exams also like NMAT, XAT, TISS, SNAP, IIFT, CMAT and also GMAT in some cases. Each exam has something different and unique to be focused on for it. So as an aspirant, how do I encounter this headache of preparing for each exam but also not derailing from my main focus and preparation of the CAT.
I have xx% in my Tenth, only yy% in Twelfth and zz% in UnderGrad... Do you think I even have a shot at IIMs??" / "2.1 Lakhs students appeared for CAT last year... Should I even attempt CAT??" / If these thoughts run through your mind, then your confidence level is shaky. As these self doubts creep into your mind, your brain, which is supposed to "Crack CAT", is busy answering these questions instead of focusing on preparation and crunching those valuable numbers. So, here are five tips from IIM-B students to help you increase your confidence, keep cool and give the CAT a run.
Every self-respecting CAT aspirant is well versed with the classic pitfalls in their path to glory - trick questions, stress interviews, sure shot topics, CAT 2006-like disasters etc. Students on their lunch break from coaching and candidates waiting outside test centers have small talked about these a hundred times already. Coaching institute teachers gleefully tell each successive batch about their IIM-A bound genius protégé from five years ago who made that one critical mistake and no one ever saw him again.
We are in the last 40 days before CAT and serious aspirants will be applying different test taking strategies to find out which one is the most productive for them.
How was your experience of CAT, since the pattern changed, calculator was introduced?
The IIMs have finally come up with the CAT 2016 Mock Test and have put that up on their CAT website (iimcat.ac.in).
Should I do only Mock CATs now that we have only 40 days? Should I leave some of the topics that I am weak in? My scores in two sections are good, but I am not scoring well in one section! My scores are very erratic; I am losing confidence with each passing day! What do I do? How can I improve at least 50 marks in the next 40 days? How do I prepare for GK for IIFT and other exams while CAT prep is still on? There are too many concerns the students are saddled with. But, the answer to almost all questions is the same.
