CAT Performance

Today, after many days i thought to write a post about my performance on CAT. I have been writing this blog since almost 8-9 months and the same is my prep stint. So anyways, CAT this year was too good for me in two of the sections. However, DI screwed me up badly that none of the IIMs gonna call me.
I started with 30-30-30 and 20-20-20 min strategy that had given me good results in past. I kick started with QA section for a change and able to sovle mere 5 question in 35 mins. Then moved to DI section and did 6 question and man, i was damn sure that i have these 11 question correct. After more 30 mins and DI section, i moved to VA and apportioned 50 mins straight away. I found VA exteremly easy and was able to solve only 22 question. Yes, even after i said easy section. I then alloted 20 mins to DI section again and i landed up with only 9 attempts in DI. And then more 15 mins to QA and i did 6 question!! :). So overall my attempts were 11 in QA, 9 in DI and 22 in VA.
After checking the keys, following are my would be scores:
QA: 34 (9 R and 2 W) awesome accuracy man
DI: 16 (5 R and 4 W) My worste performance in DI ever
VA: 78 (20 R and 2 W) again awesome accuracy
Overall: 128 Marks
But looking at my DI scores, i know i have screwed up big time and the coveted bricked corridors are now out of the picture..Well, JMET is the next target..Hope i do well this time and do not disappoint myself and all you readers.

Regards,
Ameya

JMET 2009 to be held on 14th Dec; Major Pattern changes observed

The structure of the JMET exam will undergo changes this year, according to IIT Kanpur. This year this written management entrance exam will be conducted by IIT Kanpur.
According to IIT Kanpur, JMET 2009 will be of 3 hours duration. The test will consist of 120 questions including objective & multiple choice type in Verbal Communication, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation areas.
Earlier the test was two hours long with 150 questions where the sections were same.
The test will be held in 37 test centres in 8 cities include Bangalore, Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Roorkee and Madras.

Last lap to the feline

CAT - the feline is just couple of days away. Lots of people are giving gyan like do this, dont do this and loads of stuff. Anyways, i am posting this post just for some quick updates. Took CL Mock 11 yesterday. DI section was lil tough. QA had some sitters and VA was doable. I am not posting the entire analysis now, as time is not suitable for it. Anyways, thanks to my preps and my god, i cleared the cutoffs again with flying colors.
QA: 34 (cut off being 28)
DI: 23 (lots of contoversies are there for this section. People are saying three sets were wrong so i sat with my facutly and indeed, almost 8 Qs were wrong. So i assume i have cleared this cut off. The offical cut off being 38 with erronious question.)

Va: 57 (cut off being 37)

OA: 109
%ile: 98 +

Ameya

AIMCATs Journey ends with the rocking mock!

Finally, yet another season of AIMCATs and the saga ends. Actually, i want to write a long post about my experience of this journey, ups, downs, and god knows what not. This season might have been very good for some and might be a path full of thorns. Anyways, i am not posting this crap now, as i am saving this for my aideu speach after the IIMs reaults.

I have been working on the strategy to solve the paper since quite a long. However, it is the recent times when i discovered the one that suits me perfectly, that makes me confortable while soving the mock. Thank you to Sinchan aka Rik_12 on Pagalguy, who guided me to go with the strategy and boy, it worked, it clicked, i found what i was searching for. I took 3 mocks with this strategy and i must say i have rocked them totally including AIMCAT901.
The strategy is, to apportion eualy time slot of 30 mins to each section in the first half of the paper. The means, i allocated 30 mins to QA, 30 to DI and 30 to VA. Now with this you have already gone through the entire paper once and must have solved at least 5-6 questions in this this 30 sprint. So when you see 5-6 Qs ovalled in each section, it boosts your confidence to hights. Now, in the second half of 20-20-20 mins, when you return to sections, your conversion rate the around 95%. So in 60 odd minutes you will end up scoring big time. This worled for me big time and still is working. If you guys are still struggling with the strategy, go try this one out.
AIMCAT901:
As i said, i started the paper with QA (i had never started with QA in last 18 mocks) and given around 40 mins instead of 30 and solved 4-5 Qs. As quant was inclined towards the tougher side, i was not stiated with my attempts in 30 mins, but i was sure that all these 4-5 Qs are correct. I left QA and moved to DI. Initially i was struggling to find a set to solve but then i got hold of the 1st set in the paper and solved 4/5 and got all correct. Moved to DS and solved all of them got 2/3 correct. By this time, the 30 mis sprint was over so i moved to VA so that i could get some good number questions there and increase my score. I decided to alloted the 20 more mins to VA section after 30 mins. I returned to QA and solved 3-4 questions there and then to DI and solved 3-4 questions. With this, the time was up and i was done with the last AIMCAT of the series.
I stepped out of the exam hall and started to check the answers and found that i have solved 2 Qs wrongly in QA. I said to myself, oh boy i again messed it up. I didnt bother to check the scores, however, when i checked the scores, i ended up with the following score:

QA: 8 R 2 W -->30
DI: 8 R 1 W --> 31
VA: oh boy, i am back to my best 16 R 2 W --> 62

Over All: 123 !!! I never imagined myself scoring this much, but man..i am there..i am there in the game..it feels great to score after you worked so hard. Anyways, enough og gyan..let me conclude the post here..

Ameya

Last 14 days to CAT 2008

The timer is running out of time..The fire has been fuled up. The clashes of desires and reality must have removed the veil of mirage from everyone's heart. Last 14 days for CAT. The last leap. I am not going to post something very serious or something that makes you serious because it is of no use now. The time has passed and one should concentrate upon consolidating the strategies, ideas and tricks.

Many of you who are preparing for CAT will solve around 5-6 mocks more..But, i am not talking about the mocks either. It is gonna be about the state of mind one should have while attempting the CAT. Enough of preparation phase, i am going to try to consolidate myself, my state of mind and concentration level now. I remember one of my friend from IIMs told me, if you have control on your senses, the D-day is yours..But this is often easier said than done. I am facing this big time now. Although many people continually suggests me to keep faith, keep your cool, keep the spirits up..Sometime this does not happens. I think this is what exactly IIMs wanna test. Are you able to handle the situation calmly? Are you able to make decisions properly when time is running off? Are you the one who drops the guntlet at the tough and tensed momemts? If my answer to all these question is big "YES" then you are made for IIMs. No matter what my mock scores are, no matter how many people are there in the race, no matter what people think about me.. say it to yourself - I AM GONNA WIN !!!

Isn't it charge up your attitute? isn't it runs through your blood? come on..

Take some time out and talk to yourself. Have i prepared properly? Am i ready for the fight?

However, these words are not meant to make you a charged unstable particle, but to let you think, to let you consolidate the thought process. Forget the mock scores, forget the peopel..Be it yourself..Relax..This is what i have been telling to myself since many days. Yes, this 16th November 2008 is gonna be my day..I am gonna win..Let anything happens, let anything comes in bet..i am gonna make it this time...Are you saying the same to yourself?

BTW, i am gonna watch all part of Rocky (silvestor wala)..

Ameya