MBAUniverse.com is continuing with the special series on Live Expert Chat on CAT 2011 preparation. Now that it is hardly two months left for CAT 2011, the CAT aspirants are getting geared up for higher level of preparation and planning for the exam.
To guide the CAT 2011 aspirants at this critical juncture MBAUniverse.com held the Live Expert Chat on August 24, 2011 with CAT guru Arun Sharma on the topic ’60 days strategy for CAT 2011’. The chat witnessed questions ranging from preparation to planning and strategizing for taking the test.
Read the excerpts of the Live Expert Chat:
Q: Ravi: I can't clear the VA section. What should I do in next 60 days? What should be the strategies to be adopted so that I can do at least 10 questions correctly in VA and get a good sectional percentile?
A: In the new pattern of CAT the Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning belong to one section and this should give you enough chance to crack the English and LR section. For verbal each question type requires a special approach and you need to solve as many questions of each question type to discover and remove your sources of error.
Q: Ravi: I want to know whether the percentile in CAT depends on accuracy of candidate or marks obtained by him.
A: In the new pattern of CAT it is definitely more important to maintain your accuracy than solving more questions. It has been seen from countless examples that 13 all correct answers is better than 18 with three to four errors in a section (out of 20 questions).
Q: Suprateek: Please give me some tips in Quant and DI/DS for CAT 2011. These are my weak areas and I want to excel these in two months time.
A: Improve your knowledge and your ability to solve questions on each sub part of these areas. Remember the objective is to be able to reach a point in your prep for each area of Quant where you are able to say:" I will be able to solve the next five questions of this chapter- wherever I get them from.” Without reaching that point your prep is half baked. So solve and learn from as many questions on each chapter that you require to do- in order to reach that point.
Q: Arun Mohta: I am an executive in Infosys and cracked CAT in 2010 without any preparation with the percentile of 98 but I want it close to 99.9 this year. Please advice me how can I maintain my accuracy or any other specifics?
A: Dear Arun, Focus on removing the errors in your thinking so that you can eliminate the errors in your problem solving. The key in the online CAT is getting an all correct outcome.
Q: Rohit: Theoretically, I have completed all the subjects and some mocks also. But the mock has old pattern, what should be the next plan? Start revision or join coaching again for mock test?
A: Rohit, solve mocks on the new pattern and increase your focus on Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning.
Q: Bhavesh: Which day should I choose among the dates allotted for CAT 2011?
A: All days will be equally good or equally bad. It makes no difference.
Q: Suprateek: What according to you is the minimum CAT percentile that B-Schools like DMS-IITD and SJMSOM, IITB are going to accept?
A: According to me, it should be 98 percentile.
Q: Mohan: I have scored 71 percentile in CAT 2010. What is the way to improve that to 95+ percentile?
A: You need to get six to eight more questions correct. Remove four to six errors.
Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more Live Expert Chats on CAT 2011.
