The Last Few Days To CAT | What To Do And What Not To?

Don’t stress too much on that tough nut topic

Let me make it clear, CAT does not want you to excel in all the topics in all the subjects. Take a look at the following table.

Subject	No of questions asked in CAT	No of correct questions required for 99%ile	Percentage of the questions
VARC	34	25	73.5%
DILR	32	16	50%
QA	34	19	55%

The table clearly shows that you have to get only half the questions correct in DILR and Quant.

What does it mean for DILR and Quant?

Just leave that last difficult topic. You can prepare 90% of the portion and still score well in the exam. For me, it was "probability". Could not do then, cannot do now. I just had to skip the probability questions in the main exam and focus more on the other topics which I could do well. After doing all the problems, I came back to the probability questions and did the simple ones. And the bell rung! You don’t have the time to cover all the questions, then why cover all the topics in the first place. This doesn’t mean that you should leave the whole Arithmetic. Try to complete 90% of the portion.

 

And the last but most important – CHILL!!!

I have friends who scored well in the mocks, were prepped with all the topics, but they did just one thing wrong. They either freaked out during the exam or took the exam too damn seriously. Please bear this in mind, this is not the last CAT, nor this is the last MBA entrance exam that you are giving.

What’s the worst that could happen? 

You will score horribly. So what? You can use the same portion to study for XAT, SNAP, State CETs.

Only want IIMS? Guess what – 60% of top CEOs in India do not have an MBA degree.

So, MBA and CAT is not the last thing in your life. Just chill out. Give the exam as if you are giving another mock - cool, calm and confident. I think this is the most important mantra as compared to the first two.

 

To summarize and add a few more points

1.      Give as many full mocks as possible

2.      Analyze mocks and improvise in the next one.

3.      Don’t stress yourself on difficult topics. Covering 85-90% of the portion is still good.

4.      Creating a cheat-sheet for Quant helps in remembering everything quickly.

5.      Just CHILLAX! November 24th is not the end of the world. Be Cool, Calm & Confident

 

All the best guys!!