I appeared for CAT 2017 when I was in my final year of graduation at IIT. I had prepared diligently for the whole year. I had taken numerous mock tests, analysed them and felt prepared when the D-Day came. When I came out of the test centre, I told my father I would be getting a percentile which will have more than 3 9s in it.
Shashin Singh is currently pursuing her MBA from IIM Lucknow. Having secured 99+ %ile in the VARC section in CAT 2016 and CAT 2017, she wants to share some of her learnings with you in this article below. Read on!
A year ago, I was one among the numerous aspirants of Common Admission Test - CAT as we popularly know it. Now, I have final admits from IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, and IIM Calcutta for their PGP class of 2017-2019. This has been a great journey for me, filled with many ups and downs. It's an experience that I would like to share with my fellow aspirants. I'd be extremely satisfied to know if the strategies that had worked for me, work for you as well.
Rishi Mittal, CAT 2019 100 percentiler with 98.76 percentile in VARC, 100 percentile in DILR and 99.99 percentile in QA, has scored the perfect score to receive calls from everyone’s dream b-schools IIM A, B, C, L, K, I, S, CAP and FMS Delhi. A GEM from NIT Surat, his academic profile is as follows-:
“A good way to attempt the VARC section would be to start with two RCs and then move to questions without negative marking and then two more RCs. This can help Build your reading speed and concentration. Personally speaking, I used to do three RCs on one go and leave one to be done after para jumbles.” – says CAT VA-RC 100 percentiler Vishakha about what strategy might work for you while attempting VARC questions.
CAT 2019 was testament to the fact that regardless of how fluent you may be in the English language and regardless of how many mock tests you may take, there is no saying what level of difficulty the paper will throw at you - the section was significantly tougher than what has been seen in the recent years, which stumped lakhs of test takers. So how does one prepare for such eventualities? If you were to begin your preparation for the VA-RC section of CAT 2020, how would you do it and what would your preparation strategy be to score a 99th percentile score? This article covers the end-to-end preparation strategy to crack the VA-RC section of CAT 2020.
In this story, 99.95 percentiler and FMS Delhi student, Moinack Shaikh shares various tips for cracking the VARC section for all CAT 2019 aspirants. He first analysis the trend in the reading comprehension section through CAT 2017 and CAT 2018 and then focuses on tangible tips that you can adopt in the last few days!
Just a scant few days to go before CAT is upon you. It’s normal to have doubts and queries. More significantly, you may also be suffering from self-doubt. That’s okay. Because those who came before you suffered from CAT trauma too! Having said that, how do you strategise and plan if you have one weaker section as compared to the others? Quite a few students, irrespective of their backgrounds, find quant to be tough. Others struggle with LRDI. Many feel that the VARC section is a challenge. So how do you prepare when one section could be your Achilles Heel? In this article, we share some strategies used by students when one section is found to be weaker. Find out how you can win over your weaknesses in this article.
I appeared for CAT 2017 when I was in my final year of graduation at IIT. I had prepared diligently for the whole year. I had taken numerous mock tests, analysed them and felt prepared when the D-Day came. When I came out of the test centre, I told my father I would be getting a percentile which will have more than 3 9s in it.
Shashin Singh is currently pursuing her MBA from IIM Lucknow. Having secured 99+ %ile in the VARC section in CAT 2016 and CAT 2017, she wants to share some of her learnings with you in this article below. Read on!
A year ago, I was one among the numerous aspirants of Common Admission Test - CAT as we popularly know it. Now, I have final admits from IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, and IIM Calcutta for their PGP class of 2017-2019. This has been a great journey for me, filled with many ups and downs. It's an experience that I would like to share with my fellow aspirants. I'd be extremely satisfied to know if the strategies that had worked for me, work for you as well.
Rishi Mittal, CAT 2019 100 percentiler with 98.76 percentile in VARC, 100 percentile in DILR and 99.99 percentile in QA, has scored the perfect score to receive calls from everyone’s dream b-schools IIM A, B, C, L, K, I, S, CAP and FMS Delhi. A GEM from NIT Surat, his academic profile is as follows-:
“A good way to attempt the VARC section would be to start with two RCs and then move to questions without negative marking and then two more RCs. This can help Build your reading speed and concentration. Personally speaking, I used to do three RCs on one go and leave one to be done after para jumbles.” – says CAT VA-RC 100 percentiler Vishakha about what strategy might work for you while attempting VARC questions.
CAT 2019 was testament to the fact that regardless of how fluent you may be in the English language and regardless of how many mock tests you may take, there is no saying what level of difficulty the paper will throw at you - the section was significantly tougher than what has been seen in the recent years, which stumped lakhs of test takers. So how does one prepare for such eventualities? If you were to begin your preparation for the VA-RC section of CAT 2020, how would you do it and what would your preparation strategy be to score a 99th percentile score? This article covers the end-to-end preparation strategy to crack the VA-RC section of CAT 2020.
In this story, 99.95 percentiler and FMS Delhi student, Moinack Shaikh shares various tips for cracking the VARC section for all CAT 2019 aspirants. He first analysis the trend in the reading comprehension section through CAT 2017 and CAT 2018 and then focuses on tangible tips that you can adopt in the last few days!
Just a scant few days to go before CAT is upon you. It’s normal to have doubts and queries. More significantly, you may also be suffering from self-doubt. That’s okay. Because those who came before you suffered from CAT trauma too! Having said that, how do you strategise and plan if you have one weaker section as compared to the others? Quite a few students, irrespective of their backgrounds, find quant to be tough. Others struggle with LRDI. Many feel that the VARC section is a challenge. So how do you prepare when one section could be your Achilles Heel? In this article, we share some strategies used by students when one section is found to be weaker. Find out how you can win over your weaknesses in this article.
