Worried About Poor AIMCAT Scores? Relax, You Can Still Crack CAT

By Jyotisman Sharma

Disclaimer: This article is intended for Students who consider themselves to be an average student and are trying to believe in themselves. For others , this is just another article on CAT preparation :)

Last summer I was under the same dilemma whether to go for CAT 2016 or start preparing for CAT 2017. The continuous poor AIMCAT scores were demotivating when you check in Pagalguy and see people posting and boasting of marks double of yours and still being sad for scoring only 99.45 percentile.

Low mock scores should never be a reason to give up. I didn't and so i cracked it.

Testname	Percentile
AIMCAT1725	87.54
AIMCAT1724	85.67
AIMCAT1723	91.31
AIMCAT1722	83.02
AIMCAT1721	82.2
AIMCAT1720	89.2
AIMCAT1719	79.31
AIMCAT1718	88.01
AIMCAT1717	90.19
AIMCAT1716	89.16
AIMCAT1715	76.82
AIMCAT1714	95.16
AIMCAT1713	84.34
AIMCAT1712	92.98
AIMCAT1711	85.2
AIMCAT1710	67.72
AIMCAT1709	90.17
AIMCAT1708	64.14
AIMCAT1707	80.07
AIMCAT1706	69.79
AIMCAT1705	74.16
AIMCAT1704	90.27
AIMCAT1703	NA
AIMCAT1702	82.49
AIMCAT1701	86.08

Result: I scored 97.46 percentile ( VA- 94.94, DI-98.29,QA-90.54) in CAT. Though it is not enough to get a call from BLACKI , considering it was the first time I attempted CAT and I still converted IIM Shillong and other new IIM's.

What went right ?

I utilized the AIMCATs to identify the areas where I was struggling and constantly scoring less marks despite the question being easy or average. AIMCATs give you exposure to different types of questions and also the solutions might show you a whole different and efficient way to solve these problems.Being a working professional I used to give atleast 90 min daily for preparation. For VA taking sectional test is a must . Its always better to have exposure to different types of RC with time constrain. While writing CAT, I never had a predetermined score in my mind. The secret was I never tried to answer all the questions and played it to my strength. .

Suggestion: Mock helps you to find your strong and weak areas and to check your level of preparedness. Don't take them as an indicator of your CAT result. Analyze the solutions thoroughly and improve everytime.