Joining an institute definitely gives a competitive environment.Their time to time evaluation keeps us aware of our level of preparedness..We may do it at home but classroom environment is always better for those who can completely devote their time to studies.
ashanair18 SaysJoining an institute definitely gives a competitive environment.Their time to time evaluation keeps us aware of our level of preparedness..We may do it at home but classroom environment is always better for those who can completely devote their time to studies.
From my personal experience and from what I had heard from my friends, I would say that the location of the coaching institute also matters a lot. The competitive spirit is higher in Cochin when compared to other places in Kerala. Also coaching will help you cover only 20% of the distance to your goal while rest 80% is your own hard work.
Yes it is good to go for coaching for atleast once so that you will fall into the right track...... ATB!! 😃
I agree with you.:)The location matters a lot.
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After a lot of thought , i got myself enroled for the CL and Testfunda test series.... University exams strtin next weeek , so will b less active on PG til May 25th..:biggrin:
@joe do give the feedback of the testfunda test series
hi frnds.
yesterday i joined TIME for CAT 13, super long term course....
can anyone give me the CAT Syllabus..? little confused with it..!
Which Time centre btw?
And one more Information I got to share..CAT Guru Mr.Arun Sharma is conducting online coaching classes on mbauniverse.com.So those who wanna save travelling time and are working presently can avail these classes.
iimlover Says@joe do give the feedback of the testfunda test series
ya daaa... wil do
@ashanair18
Ravipuram, Ernakulam..
Need to refresh my maths..lost my touch (Doing BA English)
can anybody give me CAT Syllabus. 😃
@ashanair18
Ravipuram, Ernakulam..
Need to refresh my maths..lost my touch (Doing BA English)
can anybody give me CAT Syllabus. :)
Hi, from my experience there isnt a fixed syllabus.
If you collect question papers over the years upto 2008 you will get a hang of it.
And to be frank a syllabus based approach isnt the clincher in cat. if you're good at everything, quant,lr,di n va then nothing like it, but unfortunately most of us arent!
So its all about being steady in ur weak section/area and super good in your strength.and its all about luck too these days, so distribute your risk wisely and write tiss,xat,mhcet,nmims etc.
this isnt the 'vedavakyam' just my experience from the last couple of years.
and get a standard study material if you arent joining coaching.that way all the topics will be covered.cat is no longer the billi it was upto 2008, easier to bell now but that makes it even more easier for the cream of applicant pool
so all those who arent the cream the paper isnt iit jee anymore so you have your chances.
all those who are the cream, the paper still aint iit jee so others have equally good a chance!
arun sharma,sarvesh kumar verma,mock papers,time,cl,tf...lots of choices so stick to a few.
and build your profile, seriously if you're still in college be mad at that. organise anything, never miss out on a certificate, learn smthing extra and follow the newspapers by later forming your own opinions.
i'm done with the easy part, the advice.
I am Aftab...Civil Engineer working in Zamil Steel Cochin...NIT Calicut 2011 passout..the initiative here is very nice..appreciate the creators and people who are keeping this thread really active...
I am a CAT 2011 taker with 97.1 percentile...gt calls from the new iims and also cleared XAT...wrote nothing else...XLRI waitlisted at 101 which i dont have much hopes on..and not interested in the new IIMs...
Anyways from my experience...a syllabus oriented approach wont do the trick..basically its just 10th Std Maths(screwed up in every way possible 😃 ) coupled with English...
QA - can be outdone with practice...agreed...
VA - i dont think da above approach will help..
reason is that for QA one can atleast the remember the approach (oh yea question no 4 in arun sharma-eg) and catch on a problem...bt for VA u cant really approach a question like dat...ambiguity plays the spoilsport there..so one has to read loads to gt a grip...switching to e-papers helped me with RCs last yr...
Also keep in mind the unpredicatability factor associated with CAT...and while taking mock cats... always SCORE HIGH IN MARKS than percentiles because they never normalise the scores...so it will b foolish to rely on aimcat percentiles too much...
Never ignore exams like SNAP IIFT NMAT...they r gateways to very gud colgs..and unlike the iims past sins wont be decisive...
6 months of time left...which is huge enough for anyone to give a crack..all the best to everyone 😃
The coaching centres like TIME dont update their study material.Its better to rely on books like Arun Sharma.But the faculty at TIME Trivandrum is pretty good.But I cant relocate.So whats the best in Kottayam?Can someone suggest pls?
ashanair18 SaysThe coaching centres like TIME dont update their study material.Its better to rely on books like Arun Sharma.But the faculty at TIME Trivandrum is pretty good.But I cant relocate.So whats the best in Kottayam?Can someone suggest pls?
I had some friends who used to come for Sunday classes of T.I.M.E. Cochin...... So if you could travel up and down on Sundays that would be a good option..... I do not know about any coaching centers in Kottayam though......
ashanair18 SaysThe coaching centres like TIME dont update their study material.Its better to rely on books like Arun Sharma.But the faculty at TIME Trivandrum is pretty good.But I cant relocate.So whats the best in Kottayam?Can someone suggest pls?
TIME Cochin Faculty is very good , i was a TIME student last year. I guess you should consider the option of transferring class frm Kottayam to Cochin .. It will cost you some 100rs or sthing.. You should b able to manage it pretty well..
I am Aftab...Civil Engineer working in Zamil Steel Cochin...NIT Calicut 2011 passout..the initiative here is very nice..appreciate the creators and people who are keeping this thread really active...
I am a CAT 2011 taker with 97.1 percentile...gt calls from the new iims and also cleared XAT...wrote nothing else...XLRI waitlisted at 101 which i dont have much hopes on..and not interested in the new IIMs...
Anyways from my experience...a syllabus oriented approach wont do the trick..basically its just 10th Std Maths(screwed up in every way possible 😃 ) coupled with English...
QA - can be outdone with practice...agreed...
VA - i dont think da above approach will help..
reason is that for QA one can atleast the remember the approach (oh yea question no 4 in arun sharma-eg) and catch on a problem...bt for VA u cant really approach a question like dat...ambiguity plays the spoilsport there..so one has to read loads to gt a grip...switching to e-papers helped me with RCs last yr...
Also keep in mind the unpredicatability factor associated with CAT...and while taking mock cats... always SCORE HIGH IN MARKS than percentiles because they never normalise the scores...so it will b foolish to rely on aimcat percentiles too much...
Never ignore exams like SNAP IIFT NMAT...they r gateways to very gud colgs..and unlike the iims past sins wont be decisive...
6 months of time left...which is huge enough for anyone to give a crack..all the best to everyone :)
Nice to see that this thread is slowly picking up .. Welcum Aftab!!
So what plans for CAT 12? Taking test series?
Hi, from my experience there isnt a fixed syllabus.
If you collect question papers over the years upto 2008 you will get a hang of it.
And to be frank a syllabus based approach isnt the clincher in cat. if you're good at everything, quant,lr,di n va then nothing like it, but unfortunately most of us arent!
So its all about being steady in ur weak section/area and super good in your strength.and its all about luck too these days, so distribute your risk wisely and write tiss,xat,mhcet,nmims etc.
this isnt the 'vedavakyam' just my experience from the last couple of years.
and get a standard study material if you arent joining coaching.that way all the topics will be covered.cat is no longer the billi it was upto 2008, easier to bell now but that makes it even more easier for the cream of applicant pool
so all those who arent the cream the paper isnt iit jee anymore so you have your chances.
all those who are the cream, the paper still aint iit jee so others have equally good a chance!
arun sharma,sarvesh kumar verma,mock papers,time,cl,tf...lots of choices so stick to a few.
and build your profile, seriously if you're still in college be mad at that. organise anything, never miss out on a certificate, learn smthing extra and follow the newspapers by later forming your own opinions.
i'm done with the easy part, the advice.
Well written bro!! btw can you plz share your experiences of this seasons' gdpi? how dd u fare?
@joe
GDPIs were a mix this time. Ranging from carbon credit mathematics to nrega to minor forest produce PI was interesting if not downright tough. There were instances they just asked acads though I have some workex.
GD depends on your group, there was a fishmarket where I just said one point and later was asked to rate myself n others when they interviewd me.
Looking through the gdpi threads of good bschools gives u a lot of insight..its a must do.
colleges like iitm had a surprise writen component so be ready for nything, and its fun if you go for sibm p, they have real group tasks..so its about having a basic knowledge of whats happening around,improvising, n hoping your luck runs that day!
there were instis which allowed the discussion in hindi, so if you dont understand hindi you have to tell that, and though english is universal, no one in north really feels 100% ok if you ask'em to switch to english, so know some hindi it helps
it is also 'rumoured' that a top 5 college with 'heavy' ROI located around 'capital region' is a bit biased if you look a typical southy so, ........ just take note
and you get a lot of brownie points for individuality, bcos panels are FED UP with coached answers from time and cl. so attend time/cl gdpi sessions,gather vital skills/data but let it not define you, be yourselves.
a panel told me that i'm less boring as i'm not toeing the line!
i have had a disappointing season, though i have a few converts..still waiting for a few so will update later.
maximise your written score, build your profile, forget your past,and if possible get a psu job which allows you atleast a flexible weekend and unquestioned leave/holidays later when you have to shuttle for gdpi from city to city.
Aju sir of TIME cochin told me this once. Rahul Mammen, grad of sacred heart thevra, made it to iim-a. and he was 20turning21 when he did that.supposedly the youngest iima grad , what he did different was he atteneded the gdpis in the respective instis as such. he travelled to ahmedabad,indore,lucknow,calcutta etc....and when panel asked why he took the trouble when bangalore was available as a centre he said "I just wanted to be here, always wanted to be, atleast i can feel the ambience and talk to the seniors,its my dream college"....
even iim-a fell for it!
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Nice to see that this thread is slowly picking up .. Welcum Aftab!!
So what plans for CAT 12? Taking test series?
There is no new plan for CAT 12...unless the pattern changes...since m working i wont be taking classses...bt planning to enrol TIME and CL mocks..
Did any of you guys write AIMCAT 1301 of TIME???
I took it on sunday 😛 ,first one after CAT2011 AND the rustiness showed
sec 1 - qadi-28 (10c 2w)
sec 2 - valr-30 (14c 12w)
oa- 58
yeh i too took it today
sec 1- 31
sec 2- 30
could hav done much better cut off for dis test should be above 100..
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