Keep Calm And Ace The CAT Exam – CAT Preparation Experience
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Anna Shajee is a student at IIM Indore. She secured 99.93 percentile in CAT 2017. Here are some of the tips that she has for the candidates appearing for CAT.
Well, November is here and it’s that time of the year when a 20-something is frantically taking one mock after another, fretting about bad scores in VA-RC and sincerely hoping to survive through the ghost ordeal named DI-LR. The pathway to premier B-schools, the CAT is back! A mighty test for fighters and adventure seekers, CAT has been unforgiving yet rewarding. It’s a test for the brave hearts! This story includes exam-taking strategies for CAT 2019, section-wise strategies, and tips on what you should do in the last 7-10 days of CAT 2019.
"I am terrible at quant and it's going to be the most difficult section this time", "My verbal isn't that great", "What if LRDI is more difficult than I anticipated?", or "What if I just perform miserably on the CAT day?", thoughts like these can be overwhelming and can keep you from giving your best in the last few days. The key to cracking CAT finally comes down to your approach and attitude in the last few days to CAT and thereby on the CAT Day. In this newsletter, we include 6 stress-free ways to ace CAT 2019, things you need to do before you appear for CAT 2019, and more tips. How many of these tips are you following to be at your best in these last few days to CAT 2019?
While business school interview processes revolve primarily around WAT-PIs and Group Discussions, one component of the process that is often neglected by MBA aspirants is the Statement of Purpose (SOP). The SOP, which is a requirement for many b-school interview processes, is essentially a summary of yourself and your decisions that lets the admissions team know you better. So what is the right way to structure an impressive Statement of Purpose? What are some major dos and don'ts in SOP writing? In this article, an IIM alumna explains what it takes to create the perfect Statement of Purpose!
You can maximise scores in few days! Whatever may be the scores and percentiles you have been getting in the Mocks, the last two weeks are going to be crucial to maximizing your scores. It is natural for many students to find their percentiles going down in the Mocks. The real reason could be that the number of students writing the Mocks has reduced and hence the scores that fetched a percentile of 90, now fetches just a percentile of 75!
Only aptitude is not enough to crack CAT 2019. The right attitude is as important as working on your aptitude to crack CAT 2019. And only a winning attitude can help you crack CAT 2019! In this newsletter, we present to you one of our popular stories on developing a winning attitude, not taking CAT too seriously, and some other thoughts!
They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of worry. This holds especially true for CAT exam 2019 (Common Admission Test) test-takers. By now you are already well-versed with the CAT format and pattern. It is a computer-based aptitude test that is an entry gate to some of the top B-schools of the country. As candidates, it is expected that you get thoroughly acquainted with the exam rules and regulations before applying for it. CAT exam is a few weeks away and you are probably going crazy with preparations. You are also probably keeping all the worries related to D-Day for the last minute. To minimize your search work and make your life a little bit easier, we compiled this article, answering some of your common CAT related FAQs. It holds some crucial info that as CAT aspirants you must know before entering the exam hall. Make sure to brush up on these a couple of days before D-Day! Lots of luck!