CAT 2014 New pattern: No tutorial before the start of exam; No reasons explained

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MBAUniverse.com News Desk |
October 18, 2014
The short tutorial in earlier years just before the CAT test started not only pacified the anxiety but also reassured aspirants on their level of preparation.
"Tutorial to understand the format of the examination will not be available before the start of the examination" CAT 2014 conducting IIM Indore
Remember the good old days in CAT 2013, CAT 2012 and even earlier when the CAT aspirants were made comfortable with the guidance of 15 minutes duration pre exam tutorial, a brief mock test, just before the main examination started. This short tutorial in the testing room not only pacified the anxiety of CAT aspirants who had come to the examination centre after a long travel and had to go through a rigorous verification process before getting entry to the testing room, but also reassured them on their level of preparation for CAT.
 
The short 15 minutes tutorial before the start of the exam will be absent in CAT 2014. IIMs after changing the testing agency from Prometric to TCS have also removed the pre test tutorial. Clarifying it, CAT 2014 conducting IIM Indore says “Tutorial to understand the format of the examination will not be available before the start of the examination. Candidates are advised to do the tutorials, from the website well in advance.”
 

Practice in advance

 

It was stated by CAT 2014 conducting IIM that practice test to understand the exam pattern and the type of questions would be available from mid October 2014 but October 2014 has entered the third week and the practice test is not available till date. However, CAT 2014 aspirants have no clue when the same will be available for practice purpose.

It is not even a month left for the CAT 2014 examination day which will be conducted on November 16 and 22, 2014. There are many angles on which CAT aspirants have to work upon before their actual CAT exam. Besides with the availability of practice test they focus on right strategy of preparation. All the practice exercises, mocks are based on such published exam pattern and practice test on CAT site. This process begins many months before the CAT examination. This year neither the practice test is made available till date nor the tutorial to reassure the aspirants in testing room will be available.

 

No reasons explained

 

CAT 2014 new pattern of exam is expected to have number of firsts and different type of presentation of questions in both the sections comprising Quant & DI and Verbal Ability & LR. New pattern of CAT 2014 will have 100 as compared to 60 questions as appeared in past CAT years. Despite adding 20 questions more per section, CAT 2014 conducting IIM or the testing agency has done away with the pre exam tutorial before the start of the test. No reason for this has been shared either in FAQs, Press release, CAT 2014 advertisement or on the website.

 

With all the aspirant friendly features introduced in CAT 2014 like removal of time restrictions to move between the sections, facilitating the registration fee payment after completing the application form, allowing candidates with 2 years UGC recognised bachelor’s degree to appear in CAT 2014, IIMs have not shared the reasons for taking away the practice tutorial before the start of CAT 2014 examination.

 

Need for the tutorial is more in CAT 2014

 

There are perceptible changes in CAT 2014 exam pattern. CAT 2014 aspirants are already worried about the pattern and type of questions in the exam. Number of questions, time duration, everything stands changed. On the top of it average time to solve a question has been reduced by more than half a minute in CAT 2014 as compared to CAT 2013.

 

In such a situation the need to have as much practice material to get familiarised about the test pattern, level of difficulty of questions, the way of their presentation and above all, more practice on the prescribed pattern is very much required. The tutorial before the start of CAT which was earlier provided to the candidates always was of great help to them. For CAT 2014 aspirants are still running hither and thither trying to take clues from all the available sources except from the most authenticated one i.e. the CAT 2014 website as the same is not available there till date for more practice nor it will be available just before the start of examination.

 

Are the CAT 2014 aspirants being heard?

 

Number of CAT 2014 aspirants have approached and requested MBAUniverse.com to convey their prayer to the CAT 2014 conducting IIM Indore and to the convener Dr Rohit Kapoor to consider their request and restore the facility of making short tutorial available before the start of CAT 2014 exam in the testing room. It also doesn’t appear to be of any harm and on behalf of thousands of CAT aspirants who have approached us, we hope that the request of the CAT 2014 aspirants will be acceded to.

 

Prof S K Agarwal, CAT preparation expert on Verbal Ability shares that the expected type of questions in CAT 2014 new exam pattern in Verbal Ability section could be of different types since the it would be the endeavour of IIMs to enhance the value of CAT 2014.Surprises and tricky presentation of questions in CAT 2014 new pattern cannot be ruled out.

 

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