CAT 2015 Experiences, Slot 2

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Share you CAT 2015 experiences, reviews and analysis in the following format :

CAT Center:

1) How many questions did you attempt(section wise)?

2) Range of mock scores?

3) How was your experience of the test?

4) What was the surprise element for you?

5) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.

6) Any other query or something you would like to share.

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VA - 34 attempts

DILR - 28 attempts

QA - 28 attempts

OA - 90 attempts.

Accuracy: God knows.



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Well let me start:

CAT Center: IIMT, Meerut

1) How many questions did you attempt(section wise)?

VA 33

DI/LR 24

QA 22(serious, total 27)

OA 79( 84 including nonsense TITA's)

2) Range of mock scores?

95-99.9 percentile (CAT 14 98.45)

3) How was your experience of the test?

Bleh. 

4) What was the surprise element for you?

The fucking systems. So small! And the seating arrangement _/\_ so goddamn cramped.

The pre-exam instruction said DI/LR sets will be of 2/4 and RC sets of 4 questions. But it followed the sample mock's pattern.

5) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.

DI-LR Medium Tough

VA/RC Medium

QA Easy Medium

6) Any other query or something you would like to share.

Bezti naa ho bas, last time se zyada aa jaayein.

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Guys i want a genuine feedback... m expecting to score 50+ in QA,40+ in VA,around 20 in DILR...scores almost similar to SIMCAT 15...got 89%ile in dat...how much can i expect in CAT?

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CAT Center:

Center was good. Friend's college. Comp Lab was decent. No problems there. (Bangalore Dayanand Sagar College)

1) How many questions did you attempt(section wise)?

VA - 34 attempts

DILR - 23 attempts

QA - 28 attempts

OA - 85 attempts.

Accuracy: God knows.

2) Range of mock scores?

varied. Have my MSR link in my profile.

3) How was your experience of the test?

Good

4) What was the surprise element for you?

Nothing that I hadn't faced in a mock before.

5) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.

VA was deliberately tricky. 

DILR was make or break section.

QA was either easy or difficult sections. Not many moderate questions.

6) Any other query or something you would like to share.

I hope they atleast tell us the scores after the exam ends. Something like BITSAT for those who have given the exam. It helps a person plan better 

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1) How many questions did you attempt(section wise)?

Don't remember the exact figure, this is a rough estimate

VA: ~30

DILR~16

Quant:~25-28

2) Range of mock scores?

None attempted

3) How was your experience of the test?

VA is pretty easy, DILR is mod-tough. Quant is easy too , i just picked the less time consuming ones.If given more time in quant a serious contender can attempt all the questions

4) What was the surprise element for you?

No surprises

5) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.

Even during practice my weak spot was DILR , so while writing exam i felt it was difficult especially to me

6) Any other query or something you would like to share.

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Number Of Questions Attempted:

VA - 26 DILR: 12 QA - 24

Range Of Mock Test Scores(AIMCAT only):

Lowest: 97.5 Highest: 99.7 Average: 99.xx

Experience: Good 

Surprise Element: DILR was ridiculously tough (I felt), wasn't prepared for such a difficult DILR section.

Overall, the exam was on the tougher side, mostly because of DILR though. VA was easy and QA was reasonable

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va ...attempted 34.... 28-34 correct 

dilr ...attempted 15.... 13-15 correct

qa ...attempted 29...26-29 correct

total 67- 78 ...... expected score  190 to 230 .............slot 1

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CAT Centre: Pillai Institute of Technology - Navi Mumbai

1) How many questions did you attempt(section wise)?

VARC - 29

DILR - 18

QA - 22

Total - 69

Accuracy - God Knows. 

2) Range of mock scores?

Mostly in the range of 97-99

3) How was your experience of the test?

Cramped place, 100+ students in a single lab. could hear the other person reading his RC, again irritating ... Not enough place to properly keep my A4 sheet. 

4) What was the surprise element for you?

No surprises as such but yeah DI-LR was a bit difficult, lot more non-MCQ's than expected. 

5) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.

Medium - Tough

6) Any other query or something you would like to share.

NO, thats it ...  thank you !! 

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CAT Center: Edusurge Institute, Guwahati

1) How many questions did you attempt(section wise)?

VARC- 34

DILR- 18

QA- 20

OA-72

2) Range of mock scores?

90-97

3) How was your experience of the test?

Very disturbing. Lights went off at the center thrice for 2-3 minutes. Although the test wasn't interrupted.

4) What was the surprise element for you?

Godlevel DILR. __/\__

5) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.

Medium difficulty level. Definitely tougher than CAT'14.

6) Any other query or something you would like to share.

Accuracy sambhal jaye bas.

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CAT Centre: Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering, Bangalore

1) How many questions did you attempt(section wise)? VARC - 30 DILR - 20 QA - 24(around 20 genuine) Total - 74

Accuracy - Worried about this.

2) Range of mock scores? Varied like crazy...

3) How was your experience of the test? It was good, although centre was far away from the city.

4) What was the surprise element for you? No surprises as such but yeah DI-LR was quite difficult..

5) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc. Moderately tough questions(overall) but a testing exam for sure..

6) Any other query or something you would like to share. What should I do today onwards?

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CAT Center: Cambridge Institute, Bangalore

1) How many questions did you attempt(section wise)?

VARC- 31

DILR- 19

QA- 25 

OA-75 

2) Range of mock scores?

90-99.5

3) How was your experience of the test? 

   O_o 

I feel my head could burst, too exhausted, it was an almost 12 hour long ordeal today.

4) What was the surprise element for you?

I was kind of surprised they did put so many RCs. 

5) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.

VA- moderate/tricky 

DI,LR - moderate- tough

QA- easy/moderate 

6) Any other query or something you would like to share.

Were the two slots almost similar?

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CAT Center: Mitra Marathadas Institute of Technology, Pune

1) How many questions did you attempt(section wise)?VA 29 LRDI 12 QA 23

2) Range of mock scores? 90-99 %ile 

3) How was your experience of the test? No glitches in the centre

4) What was the surprise element for you? LRDI literally made me cry...took toll on QA too

5) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc. Above moderate (LRDI extremely tough)

6) Any other query or something you would like to share. Mind is numb...

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CAT Center:

MLRIT,Hyderabad..slot2

1) How many questions did you attempt(section wise)?

VA/RC-29

DI/LR-16

QA-22

OA- 67

Accuracy- expecting >85

2) Range of mock scores?

80-90

3) How was your experience of the test?

Pretty good.Wish paper could have been easier 😛

4) What was the surprise element for you?

DI/LR-Tougher than what I have been through in my mocks

VA/RC-Should admit it is pretty easy.29 attempts....even I am shocked

5) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.

DI/LR is moderate-tough while both QA and VA are easy-moderate

I felt there were too many non-MCQs in QA

6) Any other query or something you would like to share.

DI/LR seems to be deciding factor..Those who score good in this section may come out on top.

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CAT Center: GCE, Gurgaon. Slot 2.

1) How many questions did you attempt(section wise)?

VARC - 25

DILR - 12 (+4 TITA flukes)

QA - 23 (+2 TITA flukes)

OA - 60 (+6 TITA flukes :P)

2) Range of mock scores? 

Mostly between 93-98%ile.

3) How was your experience of the test?

Not very good. The place to sit was very cramped up. And only 1 rough sheet was being given at a time.

4) What was the surprise element for you?

Insanely tough DILR.

5) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.

Found QA a bit tougher than last year. The Qs in RCs were somewhat straightforward. And DILR toh _/\_

6) Any other query or something you would like to share.

Could have attempted 4-5 Qs more in QA, had DILR not been so bad.

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Centre: Eshwar college coimbatore.

Attempts: 32 in VA

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CAT Center: kolkata

1) How many questions did you attempt(section wise)?

VA-31, di/lr-21, qa- 17

2) Range of mock scores?

67 percentile to 96 😁 ... lately it ended in around 85-90

3) How was your experience of the test?

RC was easy for me, va was medium difficulty. DI was easier compared to LR. Tried to squeeze in as many answers as i could. QA- always been weak in this, so dont know.. tried to maintain accuracy.. rest god knows.

4) What was the surprise element for you?

LR toughness

5) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.

Far difficult than last year

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Centre :Eshwar college coimbatore

Attempts:32 in VA. 

                20 IN DI

                19 in QA.

DI was really difficult. And the worst part was it took toll on QA as well.QA was realtively easy. Felt I could have done 5 more in QA. Not sure about VA accuracy.

I used to score more than 95 percentile in IMS and TIME mocks.

130-140 seems like the possible score.Disappointing . But yeah lets hope for the best. 

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CAT Center:Delhi

1) How many questions did you attempt(section wise)?

VARC - 23

DILR -   20

QA   -   28

OA :      71

2) Range of mock scores?

96 to 99.8  

3) How was your experience of the test?

QA Easy . VARC had close options thus avoided "tukka stuff" in that. DILR was challenging . Took chances in Tita in DILR . 

4) What was the surprise element for you?

LRDI toughness

5) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.

Difficult than last year