Perceptions matter, especially your own perception of what you are doing. This is why the CAT Preparation industry has gotten away with so much drivel over the years. Let me explain this better.
The Common Admission Test (CAT), the key to unlock the hallowed gates of the prestigious IIMs and various other stellar B – schools, is widely considered as one of the toughest exams to crack and is often greeted with intimidation and doubt by its aspirants. I had a very similar feeling on August 13, 2014, the day of inception of my preparation for CAT 2015. Today, after having gone through the entire preparation, the D – day, the GDPI's and the selection phase, I’m really excited to share my experience of this roller coaster ride with everyone. Well, here’s how everything unfolded:
Why did you decide not to join a CAT coaching class? How did your parents react since not joining coaching is unusual?
There is a famous declaration in Math that goes thus – “Any prime number greater than 5 can be written in the form 6k + 1″ . This is blather. Pure, unadulterated blather that is a unique product of our system of education. This is not wrong, mind you. It could have been banished easily if it had been. I have never hated something so much for being right.
Mihir Gupta has done his engineering in Electronics and Communications from GNDU, Amritsar. He is currently in his second year of Post Graduate studies at IIM Sirmaur. He gave CAT'14 and managed to score 98.65 percentile.Did your engineering background help you during test prep? Did it help you in subsequent rounds (WAT-GD-PI)?
What Is Reading Comprehension Really About?
Rahul Das has done his Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications. He is interested in theater and dramatics, likes to write plays and also act in them; he also has been an active member of our university dramatics club. He shares with us his experience of how he prepared for CAT’15 and aced it.
Nishant Shah has finished his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Surat and will soon join IIM Ahmedabad for PGP in Management. He has interned for two months at IIM Ahmedabad under Prof. Vijaya Sherry Chand, working for the Education Innovations Bank. He shares with us his experience of how he prepared for CAT'15 and aced it.
Perceptions matter, especially your own perception of what you are doing. This is why the CAT Preparation industry has gotten away with so much drivel over the years. Let me explain this better.
The Common Admission Test (CAT), the key to unlock the hallowed gates of the prestigious IIMs and various other stellar B – schools, is widely considered as one of the toughest exams to crack and is often greeted with intimidation and doubt by its aspirants. I had a very similar feeling on August 13, 2014, the day of inception of my preparation for CAT 2015. Today, after having gone through the entire preparation, the D – day, the GDPI's and the selection phase, I’m really excited to share my experience of this roller coaster ride with everyone. Well, here’s how everything unfolded:
Why did you decide not to join a CAT coaching class? How did your parents react since not joining coaching is unusual?
There is a famous declaration in Math that goes thus – “Any prime number greater than 5 can be written in the form 6k + 1″ . This is blather. Pure, unadulterated blather that is a unique product of our system of education. This is not wrong, mind you. It could have been banished easily if it had been. I have never hated something so much for being right.
Mihir Gupta has done his engineering in Electronics and Communications from GNDU, Amritsar. He is currently in his second year of Post Graduate studies at IIM Sirmaur. He gave CAT'14 and managed to score 98.65 percentile.Did your engineering background help you during test prep? Did it help you in subsequent rounds (WAT-GD-PI)?
What Is Reading Comprehension Really About?
Rahul Das has done his Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications. He is interested in theater and dramatics, likes to write plays and also act in them; he also has been an active member of our university dramatics club. He shares with us his experience of how he prepared for CAT’15 and aced it.
Nishant Shah has finished his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Surat and will soon join IIM Ahmedabad for PGP in Management. He has interned for two months at IIM Ahmedabad under Prof. Vijaya Sherry Chand, working for the Education Innovations Bank. He shares with us his experience of how he prepared for CAT'15 and aced it.
