Chat Transcript

dob2086: hi any body there??
Ajay Arora: yeswe are here. please ask your questions

mona: hi how was it i think it was really tough
Ajay Arora: the paper seems to be easy at first glance. but when you look at in detail there you will notice that it is was reasonably challenging. the quant is much more difficult as compared to last year. the vebal is also tough but answer option are not ambigous as compared to last year. the di is similar to last year

deep: What is the expected cutoff's .. and when wil TIME post the keys .!!.. how m,uch do u expect the indivijual and aggre cutoff's
Ajay Arora: qa 20 va and rc 20 di 28 keys . partial key will be put by 6:30 pm today. complete key by 10:00 pm today evening

sumitwadhwa: arora sir can u tell where to check answers?
Ajay Arora: key should be out by 6:30 pm today evening. we are working on the same right. while we know answers to all questions by now, we are just rechecking the same . do not want to create confusion among students

kali: kali- sir the PT people seem to be ahead of us in the CAT Analysis.they have already come up with the answers.
Ajay Arora: it is better not to act in haste. we do not want to be too quick at the cost of being absilutely certain. relax the key will be out shortly

dob2086: do i stand any chance with just 16 (4*4) marks in quant considering a minimum attempt of 25% as mandatory??
Ajay Arora: 25% is mandatory only for IIM A. At first glance 16 seems to be low but let us wait and watch. tabulate your score once we are out with the key

coolrahine: hi , i would like to know the expected cut off for 5 calls
Ajay Arora: 105+

shiva: i think it was easy attempts q-10 di-12 va-11 wat do u think abt this?
Ajay Arora: the no of attemots you are mentioning is possible. but it will boil down to your accuracy

abhi: Sir: can you almost say this with a degree of finality that the sectional cut off's that you are quoting.. will not exceed it ??
Ajay Arora: the cut off's given right now are first impressions. we are doing discussions with students. they may change slightly by the end of the day

xtremedexter: Sir,I wonder if any AIMCATs or for tht matter, any other Institutes mocks gave the kind of questions that came in CAT 2007 Quants, do you agree?
Ajay Arora: i think you are being unfair. there were enough and more questions in the mocks which represent the type of questions which came today. if you tend to think that you will get exactly the same type of questions, then i must say you are engaging in wishful thinking.

AJ: HOW MANY QUESTIONS WERE DOABLE IN QUANT
Ajay Arora: about 9 to 10

86neeraj: when ll the cutoffs be known to us..??
Ajay Arora: first impression on cut offs VA 20 DI 28 QA 20

shreya: hello whats the percentile can l expect if i get 95 marks
Ajay Arora: 98.7+

shreedhar: how many questions which should definetely attemt in quant section
Shwetank: About 6-7 questions should give you adequate peace of mind for one iim call.

purav: 99 percentile at what marks sir ???
Ajay Arora: 100+

sandy: i'm expecting 30-40 in verbal & qa & >50 in di...will i b able 2 make it?
Ajay Arora: GOOD PERFORMANCE. I THINK you should have a chance. lets hope for the best

shikha: hello sir.. Wot cut offs can v expect this tym around...considering the fact dat maths ws tuff??
Shwetank: well! about 90 marks overall and 20 in quant, 28 in di and 20 in varc

allan: IT IS 3.30 AND THE KEYS ARE STILL NOT AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITES!!!!!!!!!
Ajay Arora: have patience. we are checking thoroughly. do not want to put up something in a haste and create confusion among students

jay: what will the cut-offs be like
Shwetank: cutoffs mentioned to shikha in the prev question - same as those. might get revised by a slight marging by the evening.

Jacob: Sir, there was a Qn set in quant regarding 'aircraft in 2 diff time zones'. Among the assumptions given it was not mentioned that "the planes travelled in straight lines". Should I have assumed it or is the answers "Cannot be determined" ???
Ajay Arora: plane will move is a straight line is a fair assumption to make. this answer was best done by using answer choices

prakhar: for how much marks we can expect 95 percentile
Ajay Arora: around 82-87

diya: sir how many question which should have been attempted in DI.
Ajay Arora: aound 12

vicky: whats the expected score for 80%tile
Ajay Arora: 77-80

neo: Hi Sir,I feel I ll get 20 in Quants,47 in DI and I have attempted 16 questions in VA-RC .Can I expect a call from the IIMs?
Ajay Arora: quant is on the border line. di marks are good. verbal attempts are good. hope for the best

prakhar: I went through some other CAT sites and they are expecting 120+ to be expected cuttoff and you are saying that it will be around 70+ so why there is this much vast difference.
Ajay Arora: the cuts offs according to us as of now again for all of you VA 20 QA 20 DI 28

giri: im expecting around 24 in di wat r the chances?
Ajay Arora: WE ARE PREDICATING A CUT OFF OF 28 FOR DI, SO TO MEET THE CUT OFF FOR CALLS FROM IIM's seemd diffciult. keep your fingers crossed for the other institutes

Onkar: sir, what do u think about the answers in VA this time? r they as ambiguous as CAT06?
Ajay Arora: we feel that the ambiguity is lesser this year. however the paper was longer as the number of questions per passage were much lower

pratik: hello sir , i have got 9 quant, 8 right 1 wrong, 13 d.i. 2 wrong 11 correct and 15 verbal attempts. do i have a chance???
Ajay Arora: yes. your attemas are in line with we have been predicating for calls so you definatley have a chance

mkdureja: Do SPJ, MDI and IMT take sectional cut-offs into account?
Ajay Arora: spjain and mdi to the best of my knowedge do. not too sure about imt

JAGS: HI ALL I AM IN..
Ajay Arora: VA 20 QA 20 DI 28

bombay: sir,me a desperate seeker wud like to know the possible cutoffs in all the sections.how many q's were really answerable today for u.
Ajay Arora: VA 20 QA 20 DI 28

Sandy: Sir, I have done 18 que in DI, I thibnk most of them are correct, have done 18 in verbal and 14 in quant....with good accuracy in quant but cann't say about verbal....ur take on this..?
Ajay Arora: PREETY GOOD PERFORMANCE. WAIT FOR THE KEYS AND CALCULATE FINAL SCORES

Jacob: Ajay sir, I agree with your answer to the "Aircraft problem"... but looking from the question setters point of view, he could have easily removed this confusion if he mentioned an asuumption saying that "flights travel in strght lines" or else he could have removed the "Cannot be determned" answer from the choices!!... may be its just that I thought too much in the wrong direction!!;)...wat do you say??
Ajay Arora: i agree. sometimes thinking too much is bad. anyway hope you make up for the mistake elsewhere. all the best

abhi: could DI cut off come down a bit.. say 24-26 ?
Ajay Arora: possible. we are talking to toppers to find out about their performance. hope for the best

Anmol: wht wud be th prcentile at 110 sir?
Ajay Arora: 99+ hopefully

chinnu: sir, pls reply to question how much percentile would i get...i will get around 75 marks
Ajay Arora: around 80

fading_blues: how can the cutoff in VA n QA be 20 when IIM's say that cutoffs in any section wud not go below 25% ????????
Ajay Arora: That condition is only by IIM A , not true for the other 5 IIM's

selva: plz let us know at wat time we can get keys?
Ajay Arora: 6:30 pm guys. have patience. we are trying to be accurate and complete.

varun: sir from where i can get anssheet
Ajay Arora: keys will be by 6:30 pm

MERCURY: Sir, I have attempted 17 questions in DI, 8 in Quant and 18 in VA... What are my chances of IIM call?
Ajay Arora: will depend on the accuracy. check your answers with keys once they are out. compare your scores with guidelines we have been giving on this chat session

vikas: my report card speaking 30 mark in verbal 16 mark in quant and 16 mark in di also. now let me yr comment in terms of percentile please..
Ajay Arora: around 65-70

drish_me: sir i m getting 47in di,45-55 in qa(3 questions need to be checked so not sure of actual marks), but in english i attempted only 12.shud i xpext calls atleast from iimc?
Ajay Arora: we are expecting va cut off's to be around 18. if you can score that much in va your chances are good. to predict whther you will iimc or no is really difficult

vicky: sir im xpecting 27-30 in qa,40 in di and 20 in va,do i stand a chance
Ajay Arora: yes. you va ia a bit on the borderline. the total score maybe a concern too. but i guess you do stand a small chance for the iim's

kaustubh: sir i will get around 55-60 marks.. so hw much percentile i may get ??
Ajay Arora: around 50 percentile

bgc7m065: I thought the RCs today were similar to the ones asked last time. Whats your opinion?
Ajay Arora: the passages were difficult to comprehend as like last year. but answer choices were less ambigous

bgc7k622: i am sure of getting 28 in quant and 48 in DI. Have attempted 60 marks in verbal ........ assume i get 30. so total of 106 .... any chances?? coz some institutes pegging the quant cut offs at 35 :(
Ajay Arora: you can be optimistic. as per us you should be getting a call from a few IIM's

vivek: hello. i attempted only 8 questions in DI. what will happen?
Ajay Arora: you need to get all right if you are hoping for calls from iim's. otherwise you are looking at getting calls from the other institutes

parulkapri: sir..i jst want to know how much one should score to get a call from IIM-A?
Ajay Arora: 100+

abhi: Are there a different set of cut -off's from PGDCM ( IIM Cal. ) vis-a-vis the PGDM programs
Ajay Arora: not to the best of my knowledge

mkdureja: Can I get a call from MDI at a score of approx. DI: 60 QA: 60 VA: 05 total:125
Ajay Arora: you may loose out becasue of your verbal scores. mdi does look at sectional cut offs

diya: sir to be on safer side how many questions should have been attempted in this paper
Ajay Arora: about 17-20 in verbal 9-10 in qaunt 12-14 in di

jaggu: what will be the cut off in di section and what calls can we expect for a scorof 80 for inst. other than iimS
Ajay Arora: di cut off around 32 at 80 you could get calls from some a and b+ institutes

Yazz: What will be the Cut Off for SP Jain and IMT with 16 months of work exp ???
Ajay Arora: cut for sp jain is usually arounf 96 percentile. they also give profile based calls imt cut off s aare around 92-93 percentile for ghaziabad campus

Tanay: was verbal tough enough to have a cut off of 20???
Ajay Arora: the rc's were difficult to comprehend. some of the grammar and jumbled paras had very close answer options

sakshigoyal: how many questions must be attempted in maths
Ajay Arora: about 9-10 questions were doable in maths