The Admit Cards are out. CAT is clawing at your doorstep. For some, there is anticipation. For some, there is fear and pressure while for some others, it is just another examination. Judging by my experience in CAT 2017 and CAT 2018, I would advise you to go for the latter approach and enjoy the examination's preparation because MBA life is going to be a big roller-coaster ride. The CAT is just the stepping stone.
With less than a month to go, every CAT aspirant will be on their toes. I remember that in the last month, I was in a quandary that should I learn more words like quandary or practice more probability problems, which was like kryptonite to my superman, or focus on solving the dreadful DILR problems. And apart from the subject-specific preparation, there was newspaper reading, full mock tests, my job, and whatnot. I was overwhelmed with so much to do in such a tiny amount of time. Looking back in hindsight, I think I took the correct steps and scored well finally (99.63%ile). Let me share what I did and what you can do in the last few days.
The journey of a thousand miles always begins with a single step! One rainy Sunday evening in 2015, when I was randomly reading up about the various b-schools in India, I accidentally came across TISS, not even knowing that I would land up there four years later. While my fellow TISSians have thrown enough light on the lovely green campus and the diverse culture of TISS, let me take you through my journey of making it to the M.A. HRM & LR program in TISS.
Lakhs of students across the country gear up for B-School entrance examinations every year hoping to hone their managerial skills and gain advancement in their careers. After the entrance exams and the succeeding interview rounds are finally over, it is time for the aspirants to join their respective MBA programmes. This is when the journey of growth starts.
The only thing that makes CAT appear to be tough is your perception of how you see it. With only 30 days left for the exam, it is time to let go of the books. More than preparation, it is the time for self-introspection. Not to scare you peeps, but life ahead is much tougher than what this exam might feel like to you. Just believe in yourself, now you are done with your preparations. What is left is to step back into reality, and actually knowing what your string points and your weak points are. And this is not middle school, where you have to work on your weak areas. It is just the opposite, now is the time to identify them and letting go of them. Know the strong areas, hold on to them, grind them even further.
It’s that time of the year. Every MBA aspirant is revising formulas of the quant section, taking and analysing as many mocks they can. Some are pondering why their marks in the verbal section are not improving, some are enquiring in Iquanta who all are there in the same slot as of them on the D-Day. Believe me – we all have gone through the same set of ordeals. After one month or so, you’ll all appear for CAT/XAT/IIFT/SNAP, for some examinations will be good, for some they will be bad. You’ll start matching answers from TIME, IMS, CL and if you don’t, no worries. You’ll find it out soon in the first or second week of January. But the question is will a good CAT/XAT/IIFT/SNAP score only be enough to secure admission in a premier B-school of the country?
Summer placements can be quite stressful for students like you. Once the placement interviews begin, the environment suddenly becomes tense. How do you crack your interviews? What do you do during the GD round? How can you get a good summer placement? Everyone wants to get accepted into a top company, and everyone wants to know what it takes to get into one. The stress doesn’t end there. Once inside, how do you manage to bag a Pre Placement Offer (PPO), or a Pre Placement Interview (PPI)? Get tips on cracking your summer internship interviews in this video featuring Nimish Puri, IIM K student who bagged a PPI from Flipkart.
28 days is all it takes to form a habit. Or break a bad habit. But what's habit got to do with last 28 days to CAT? Everything. You can turn the odds in your favour. You can crack CAT. All you need to do is form the right habits. The habit of practising for your weak areas. The habit to make your strengths stronger. The habit of giving mocks. The habit of analysing your mocks. The habit of appearing for mocks in the same time slot of your CAT exam. And if you form the right habits, there would be no stopping you. You can achieve your dream of getting into a b-school; all you need to do is try. And to help you achieve your dreams, we have the right dose of motivation, strategy, and tips that you need to read today.
The Admit Cards are out. CAT is clawing at your doorstep. For some, there is anticipation. For some, there is fear and pressure while for some others, it is just another examination. Judging by my experience in CAT 2017 and CAT 2018, I would advise you to go for the latter approach and enjoy the examination's preparation because MBA life is going to be a big roller-coaster ride. The CAT is just the stepping stone.
With less than a month to go, every CAT aspirant will be on their toes. I remember that in the last month, I was in a quandary that should I learn more words like quandary or practice more probability problems, which was like kryptonite to my superman, or focus on solving the dreadful DILR problems. And apart from the subject-specific preparation, there was newspaper reading, full mock tests, my job, and whatnot. I was overwhelmed with so much to do in such a tiny amount of time. Looking back in hindsight, I think I took the correct steps and scored well finally (99.63%ile). Let me share what I did and what you can do in the last few days.
The journey of a thousand miles always begins with a single step! One rainy Sunday evening in 2015, when I was randomly reading up about the various b-schools in India, I accidentally came across TISS, not even knowing that I would land up there four years later. While my fellow TISSians have thrown enough light on the lovely green campus and the diverse culture of TISS, let me take you through my journey of making it to the M.A. HRM & LR program in TISS.
Lakhs of students across the country gear up for B-School entrance examinations every year hoping to hone their managerial skills and gain advancement in their careers. After the entrance exams and the succeeding interview rounds are finally over, it is time for the aspirants to join their respective MBA programmes. This is when the journey of growth starts.
The only thing that makes CAT appear to be tough is your perception of how you see it. With only 30 days left for the exam, it is time to let go of the books. More than preparation, it is the time for self-introspection. Not to scare you peeps, but life ahead is much tougher than what this exam might feel like to you. Just believe in yourself, now you are done with your preparations. What is left is to step back into reality, and actually knowing what your string points and your weak points are. And this is not middle school, where you have to work on your weak areas. It is just the opposite, now is the time to identify them and letting go of them. Know the strong areas, hold on to them, grind them even further.
It’s that time of the year. Every MBA aspirant is revising formulas of the quant section, taking and analysing as many mocks they can. Some are pondering why their marks in the verbal section are not improving, some are enquiring in Iquanta who all are there in the same slot as of them on the D-Day. Believe me – we all have gone through the same set of ordeals. After one month or so, you’ll all appear for CAT/XAT/IIFT/SNAP, for some examinations will be good, for some they will be bad. You’ll start matching answers from TIME, IMS, CL and if you don’t, no worries. You’ll find it out soon in the first or second week of January. But the question is will a good CAT/XAT/IIFT/SNAP score only be enough to secure admission in a premier B-school of the country?
Summer placements can be quite stressful for students like you. Once the placement interviews begin, the environment suddenly becomes tense. How do you crack your interviews? What do you do during the GD round? How can you get a good summer placement? Everyone wants to get accepted into a top company, and everyone wants to know what it takes to get into one. The stress doesn’t end there. Once inside, how do you manage to bag a Pre Placement Offer (PPO), or a Pre Placement Interview (PPI)? Get tips on cracking your summer internship interviews in this video featuring Nimish Puri, IIM K student who bagged a PPI from Flipkart.
28 days is all it takes to form a habit. Or break a bad habit. But what's habit got to do with last 28 days to CAT? Everything. You can turn the odds in your favour. You can crack CAT. All you need to do is form the right habits. The habit of practising for your weak areas. The habit to make your strengths stronger. The habit of giving mocks. The habit of analysing your mocks. The habit of appearing for mocks in the same time slot of your CAT exam. And if you form the right habits, there would be no stopping you. You can achieve your dream of getting into a b-school; all you need to do is try. And to help you achieve your dreams, we have the right dose of motivation, strategy, and tips that you need to read today.
