Result for CAT 2014 exam is out and for those who have registered for XAT 2015 another chance to improve their score and explore admission in 2015 in a good B school still remains by taking XAT 2015. Essay Writing in XAT 2015 will be an important part of second section of written examination going to be held on January 4, 2015 in a single session in paper pen mode. 30 minutes’ time will be awarded to the candidates to show their writing skill in XAT 2015.
XAT 2015 will be a paper pen based 3 hours duration test to be conducted by XLRI on January 4, 2015. The exam will provide admission opportunity in top B schools of India like XLRI, XIMB, SPJIMR, IMT, LIBA, TAPMI. More than 120 B schools are associated to XAT 2015 and will short list the candidates on the basis of XAT 2015 scores
Importance and weightage of Essay Writing Test in the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2015 cannot be undermined. While the score of Essay Writing Test will not be accounted for calculation of percentile which is based on MCQ testing part, in view of Prof S K Agarwal, Verbal Ability Expert and mentor on XAT preparation, Essay writing is going to play an important role in the final admission round where more number of questions will be based on the essay written by the candidate. It is therefore of utmost importance that Essay in XAT 2015 should be written very carefully and mistakes should be avoided in essay writing. An aspirant, if attends to the guidelines and follow specific don’ts during essay writing, he can be fairly sure of getting a good score in Essay Writing in XAT 2015.
Avoid Grammar, spelling, punctuation mistakes- These three are the foundation to your essay writing. Any mistake in their usage will not only change the meaning of your sentence but also have disastrous effect – look at the following sentences- i) My wife, who lives in New York, has just written me a letter. ( I have one devoted wife who has Sent me a letter)
ii) My wife who lives in New York has just written me a letter. ( The one lives in New York, what about others!). It is suggested to build strong fundamentals before writing any long piece of say, 200-300 words. Errors in use of articles, nouns, verbs, modifiers, conditionals make the paragraph clumsy while wrong use of vocabulary words, especially in confusing/similar sounding words like imminent in place of eminent, birth instead of berth etc. make your piece of writing a laughing stock. So be careful about it.
No Irrelevant use of vocabulary - Vocabulary which is not required must not be used. It might unnecessarily stretch your message and may reflect wrong impression on the reader who incidentally is your examiner. This, instead of elevating your ranking may affect otherwise.
No Repetition of ideas and sentences- How would you react If someone goes on saying or repeating the same idea in different sentences or in similar ones? A feeling of boredom and lack of interest would occur. Similarly, your reader will also not like such repetition. So avoid it since it conveys the message that you very less on the given/chosen topic.
Avoid cutting and cancellations- This is one of the most important aspects. You may be skilled in writing, you have good vocabulary and know how to use figurative, idiomatic language with quotations but the mistakes like–punctuation; grammar; spelling errors in it will call for more cuttings and cancellations. Please remember Essay writing is hand written test and is not computer based writing test. You have to avoid cuttings as they reflect poor state of mind and inability to write in a coherent manner. Next time when you write –go on minimising the cuttings. Gradually you will be equipped with fine writing skills with fewer mistakes or no mistakes.
Why explain too much- This is a big problem. Sometimes we go on explaining an idea, a point etc. to more than desired length. This happens in cases when the reader is not sure of his writing skills or ability to explain. So avoid this practice.
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