I am 24 and have done PG in Commerce and holding ICWAI qualification, currently pursuing CS exam.I am working for a PSU currently. My basic problem is time. I get home by 8.00 pm on most days. I have tried CAT in 2001 when I was doing my degree, but to vail. I am keen on trying it again in 2005. I just can't score in reading Comphrehensionbut am comfortable in Maths, Logics to some extend ok, Do u have any suggestions, any one. My e-mail: jpthachil@yahoo.com Ok
NB:-Any one are wellcome to share their feelings with me.
yaar every time i read a column there r atleast 20 to 30 words i dont know the meaning of this scares to death. i don't know wat m i gonna do in CAT. i m scared of english. help me out frds
Hi CAT aspirants, Me too preparing for CAT. News just in from the IMS sources, approx: 1.4 lacs people will be giving CAT this yr. So gear up all for the D-Day which is less then 40 days from now.. With best wishes
Relying on just one exam to select students is a bad way to go about. In b-schools it is the overall personality that matters. Hope the IIMs change their admission policy sooner or later, else the products that come out of IIMs will remain just quant jocks, without adding much value to businesses.
RE:Not a good indicator
by m.sundar on Oct 25, 2004 08:12 PM
you are 100 percentile right in your analysis. for me, cat seems funny than serious. its not the way you guage a leader-taxing him with vocabulary, logic and math. cat is more like a game than a test for real stuff. - m.sundar, madras
RE:Not a good indicator
by Ananya on Oct 12, 2004 01:20 AM
IIM's don't just rely on the CAT..there's the GD and the PI too....incase u forgot......so...i guess....its not just a test...!!!
sir I am a student who has recently passed 12th board I am willing to sit in CAT to check my capability I know that thereis cut throat competition in this exam But nothing is impossible in this world I studying hard for it I have a generous suggestion to the committe of CAT examiners to propogate the study material so that no candidate is in chaos about the material Special modal papers should be issued by them for the benifit of students. I think only guess work of certain association is not enough the career of youth rely on it & few more institutes like IIM should be opened by Govt. to overcome this competition.
hope my suggestion would be read waiting for reply thanking you yours sincerely Harpreet
RE:Suggestions regarding CAT
by anu on Oct 03, 2004 11:23 PM
i thought this forum was for discussing how to crack cat.. the question of whether cat is the best method of selection is irrelevant.. the iims are not going to change the policy which has worked well for them just because some aspirant is not comfortable with cat(remember the mmj episode?)..one of the reasons why cat is still kept as a selection method is the efficiency with which it eliminates people who wud not be able to survive in an iim.. all said and done, cat is an elimination process and it ensures that a person who's not in the 98 percentile(atleast) does not get thru to an iim( i'm sure that this is a reasonable percentile considering the number of seats available and the number of aspirants).. ur personality and EQ would/should definitely come into play once u are thru to the nxt stage..i don't think it's too much to ask a person to be proficient in 10th std math and english before going to a bschool..
RE:Suggestions regarding CAT
by preeti on Jul 25, 2005 09:04 AM
hi,
i am harpreet. i am too preparing 4 cat. well.i just want to know that how r u preparing 4 cat n is there ne prescribed routine of study to follow 4 cat. bye waiting 4 ur reply
RE:Suggestions regarding CAT
by Sumit on Oct 04, 2004 01:40 AM
My Dear Friend, Who told u that it is only the CAT score that matters for getting into an IIM ? Request u to go to any good coaching center near ur residence (if there are any )and check the facts . There are people with 99.7 and more percentile in CAT who eventualy fail to make it to an IIM.And once u r in, IIMs are not just about quant and number crunching but about lateral thinking and applying the theoretical knowledge in subjects as diverse as international geo-politics and indian social structure to practical world. so Mr . Jai, please get ur facts right before writing something just for the sake of it.At the same time, I also request Rediff.com to properly scrutinise messages for their content so that the aspiring students who already seem to see CAT as some kind of a monster(as it apperas from the message board), are not misguided further and the people who might not have even seen an IIM properly may be refrained from making such useless comments. Sorry for being rude .
The most difficult aspect of CAT is that it is an exam which can block ur way from getting into any of the IIMs, unlike GMAT, where a score is just one of the many things that a B-School looks at. Even a 97+ percentile with a good academics might not be enough for a person to make it into the IIMs, even though he/she might have a knack for management just because while he/she was coming for the CAT, the auto wallah decided to crash into a scooter and he/she had to see a brawl which upset him a little, just so that he/she could not attempt 2 questions, which he/she could have and thus ended up at 97 percentile. It all boils down to those two hours. Whatever u have done in your whole life is not taken into account.
I believe, like GMAT, the score should be just one of the things and the students should get an option of applying to the B-schools rather than getting calls from them based on the CAT scores.
RE:CAT: Who are you in those two hours...
by Harsh Bagla on Oct 19, 2004 12:41 PM
My dear friend the argument that you have put up is relevant. But that's the way it goes. The faculty or the ones who are given the job to select are not there for selection but for elimination. Their's is a tough job too. Out of 1.5 Lakh Students they have to select just 1200. So thats the way. You have to take up the challenge to be in the best.
FOR THE ONES WHO ARE APPEARING FOR CAT FOR THE FIRST TIME.Well i fully agree with all the sayings of hardwork and practices coz i think hard work always pay.but for one thing i am very sure of is that CAT is not just about getting a call from an institute.converting a call plays is more important role. you will ask here "how can one convert a call untill one has cleared CAT with a good percentile score and got a call?"for both the things solution is only one i.e. ATTITUDE.more than 60% of people who appear for CAT know how to solve any mathematical problem,know the basic norms of DI and DS and are good at english but only FEW of them have an attitude for cat.CAT is all about attitude.the more positive u think,the more positive ur exam will be.last year`s cancelation of paper was boom for many,i`m one of them.the paper held in nov. was easier one but i didn`t perform well as compared to the one held in feb.attitude made a difference.when in appeared for cat in nov. it was my first appear in any competitive exam,so i was afraid,i was cramming formulae and what not but in feb i already had an experience,i was as cold as ice.there was nothing to worry.ATTITUDE PAID. so be positive.
