CAT (Common Aptitude Test) on its way !

So here comes another opportunity for all the MBA aspirants to grab the seat in their favourite business schools. CAT- the common entrance test is about to knock the doors of the students again. Students need to do great hard work to crack the entrance examination of CAT. It is the highest rated and most renowned test for MBA not only in India, but across the globe. Students from all over the world have this ambition of taking admission in one of the IIMs. This time, CAT is scheduled from October 27 and November 23. During this 20 day period, different batches of students will be taking the most preferred MBA entrance test. The students are given the privilege of choosing the date and the centre from this 20 day schedule, according to their convenience and the place, which suits them the best.

In fact this time, the students need to be more prepared and practised, as like the last year, this time also the tests are online based and the students are required to be more concentrated and efficient in their problem solving skills. According to experts, it really gets tough for the students to take their examination over net, because, the students are not used to taking exam on computer. The calculation part of the problems is really tough to be evaluated on the computer. Constant reading and analysing of the questions on computer system is not an easy thing to do. Therefore the students, other than practising sample tests on the paper, are also suggested to do a thorough practise of the sample papers on net. There are many e- papers, which can be downloaded from net and students can polish their analysing and problem solving skills by practising the papers online.

Knowledge, practise and confidence, are the key factors, which if the students have, then he can surely move ahead towards clearing the CAT and securing their seat in one of the most renowned MBA colleges of the country.

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Bell The CAT [Common Aptitude Test]

For a student who aspires to pursue MBA from a reputed college clearing CAT exam can be a real nightmare, it sure isn’t a cake walk in order to land up in a reputed college in India or abroad for your management degree scoring well in CAT is important as most of the universities take CAT score into account, but one should not fear it its not a monster, hence here are a few tips that can help you crack you CAT exam:

1. First of all don’t let it hover your brain so much, don’t think of it as an impossible task lots of students do it every year so can you, ease yourself of the psychological pressure.
2. Don’t take it lightly, give it proper dedication and effort, set aside study time for it, just attending coaching classes wont help you have to set up personal study time daily.
3. It is very essential to be careful of the strike rate, as a right answer is plus 1-2 marks, and a wrong answer is minus 1 mark. Hence an 85% accuracy rate is to be kept.
4. It is practically impossible to attempt all the questions in your exam paper hence a wiser way would be to categorize questions on the basis of time and easiness, attempt those first which you know immediate answer for and are less time consuming.
5. CAT is not just the test of your knowledge but also your ability to perform under pressure, it assesses your management skills hence choose well choose wisely.
6. Do not be under the impression that you can clear CAT by studying for just a week or 10 days period, it needs a dedicated study approximately ranging from six months to a year for scoring a decent percentile.
7. Choose a good coaching center to help you prepare for CAT, its not an easy job for everyone to prepare on their own, besides these coaching centers will provide you with the latest study material, mock tests, test papers, discussions, skilled tutorials, mock interviews and GDPs etc which will polish and prepare you well.

Hence, follow these points, study hard give in your 100% and you shall see CAT will be very easy to crack. Preparing for CAT doesn’t mean that all you need to do is study through out the year, strike a balance enjoy other activities but set aside a focused study hour as well. Good luck!

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