alqumbeela : SIR/MAM AS THE NO. OF QUES IN EACH SEC HAS GONE UPTO 50, SO SHOULD WE EXPECT 5 SETS ON DI LR AND 5 RC INSTEAD OF 3 EACH
rajeshsaraf : Those are pure speculation at this point of time. You should be mentally prepared for any eventuality

sree498 : WHAT IS THE STRATEGY I HAVE TO FOLLOW TO GET GOOD %LE IN THE NEW CAT EXAM PATTERN
asim : The basic approach remains the same, you ought to make sure you have conceptual clarity and follow up with loads of practice. The remaning AIMCATs will be in the same pattern as the one which will be revealed on 1 aug on CAT's website, make sure you work on all of them.

nigga : OUT OF TOPIC BUT I NEED HELP:
ramachandran : Please go ahead

thejoker01 : GOOD EVENING SIR/MADAM,IS TIME MANAGEMENT GOING TO BE THE AREA THAT WILL BE TESTED AS OF THE CAT 2014 PATTERN?
ramachandran : Yes, as always

hycc4x103 : ASIM SIR, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A TWO-MINUTE BREAK BETWEEN THE SECTIONS AND WE CAN WALK ACROSS BOTH THE SECTIONS(50 IN EACH SECTION) IN THE GIVEN 170 MINS. THE ONLY THING WHICH BOTHERS IS THE PATTERN - DI SETS, RC SETS, LR SETS AND ALL OTHERS WHICH WE ARE USED TO - IS THIS PATTERN CONTINUES OR ANY CLUE ON THE NEW PATTERN? PLEASE EXPLAIN! BR, VAMSHI
rajeshsaraf : Pls note that you need to work on the basic concepts, build your analytical abilities. Even if the number of questions changes, that should have the least impact on your strategy. I would suggest that in this regard, you meet the Time faculty one a one basis for general counselling

aspire14 : SIR PLEASE HELP US! WE DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO :(
rajeshsaraf : carry on the good work which you have being doing till now !! don't worry !! for any specific queries, we are here

nigga : HOW R NMAT AND IIFT WITH RESPECT TO IIMS AND FMS AND MDI? PLS HELP SIRS AND MAAMS
thomas : these colleges would be a level below iims and colleges like fms and will be ranked in the top 20 colleges in india.

aj : IF NO OF QUESTIONS GOES UP THEN WHETHER DIFFICULTY LEVEL WILL GO DOWN??
rajeshsaraf : That should not really matter. Even if difficulty level comes down, the cut off level will shoot up !!

aniks17 : WHAT CHANGES CAN WE EXPECT? I MEAN ANY NEW TOPICS?
vinnayraj : there is no prescribed syllabus for cat.but historically cat has tested students in the area of qa,lr,di and va.dont see a change there..

mba : SIR/MAM WHAT IS THE WEIGHTAGE OF EACH TOPIC IN THE NEW PATTERN OF ACT 14
ramnath : We have to wait and see if any info on this will be given before CAT, or if it will be a surprise the way it was during the paper&pencil days

elsi : WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THE CONFIRMATION ON THE PATTERN?
ramachandran : In about a week's time, perhaps

srikar : SINCE THERE IS A DECREASE IN TIME FOR EACH QUESTION, WILL THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF QUESTIONS BE REDUCED?
rajeshsaraf : That should not really matter. Decreased or increased LoD is a pure speculation. Even if the LoD decreases, it will be a decrease for everyone, so the overall cut off will amplify

abhijeetb : WILL WE SEE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE STANDARD OF QUESTIONS OF THE NUMBER HAS BEEN INCREASED?
ramachandran : The best way is perhaps to go with an open mind

rohit : CAN WE EXPECT THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY TO BE REDUCED AS QUESTION/TIME RATIO HAS INCREASED?
asim : Cannot be sure, make sure you work with entire T.I.M.E. material, i am sure you will be prepared to handle any kind of difficulty level

mot : IS THE NEW PATTERN OF CAT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED??
ramnath : While the news papers published info about the pattern, the notification and IIM authorites (to those who called) are not talking anything about the pattern yet. So...officially yet to be confirmed.

dee : WILL THERE BE ANY SECTIONAL CUT OFF
thomas : most likely there will be section cutoffs.wait for a couple more days for confirmation.

bhawika : IS THERE ANY ADVANTAGE IN THE NEW PATTERN OF CAT 2014?
ramnath : Yes..More Qs means a lot more questions to choose from. More time means you will also be able to answer those extra easy Qs you spot

venky : HI, AFTER ANSWERING ALL THE MOCK TESTS, CAN WE BE SURE OF THE SAME PATTERN BEING FOLLOWED BY CAT OR THERE MIGHT BE SOME SURPRISE AS TO THE NO. OF QUESTIONS OF DI, OR LR OR RC ETC?
ramachandran : The best way is, as always, to go with an open mind

aks : SIR NOW THAT THE TIME PER QUESTION HAS GONE DOWN WHAT CAN BE THE LENGTH OF THE RC PASSASGES ?
ashishtiwari : can't say for sure. But it is possible that passages may be little bit lengthy

nutty : THE NEW PATTERN SEEMS TO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AND LESS TIME. SO HOW TO IMPROVE SPEED AND ACCURACY?
rajeshsaraf : The speed and accuracy should not depend on the number of questions/or level of difficulty. It should be a function of one's innate abilities. Focus on your self, try to harness your inner potential and build your skills.

abc : CAN WE EXPECT QUESTIONS FROM THE TOPICS THAT WERE LESS RELEVANT ?
asim : Make sure you prepare for all the areas, so that you do not get surprised on the day of CAT.

cat : SIR WHAT WILL BE THE CHANGES IN AIMCAT SERIES. WHAT WILL BE THE NEW SCHEDULE AND HOW MANY TESTS WILL BE THERE?
asim : ALl the remaining AIMCATs will be on the lines of the new pattern.

vzca4d023 : CAN I CRACK CAT ONLY ON THE BASIS OF LR IN SECTION2
thomas : it will depend on the number of qns in lr.as of now we can only speculate about the number of qns in lr.it is better to attempt a few qns in va also.

nikunj : I WANT TO KNOW THE CHANGES WHICH WILL BE DONE IN THE TEST SEREIS ACCORDING TO THE NEW CAT PATTERN?
ramachandran : Please await the new Tests

keerthi : WITH 40 QUESTNS INCRSD AND THE TIME PER QUESTION DECREASED,HOW DO THEY CALL IT ASPIRANT FRIENDLY?
ramachandran : It might be better to approach the exam in a dispassionate manner

albanj : SIR WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE THE NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS REQUIRED FOR 95+ PERCENTILE?
rajeshsaraf : Well, it depends on the difficulty level. Typically, in CAt if you can get 50% correct, well, its an astounding score

neel : HI SIR, WHAT CAN BE EXPECTED FOR TOTAL CUTOFF AND SECTIONAL CUTOFFS AS NUMBER OF QUESTIONS INCREASE?
rajeshsaraf : The increase of decrease in the number of qs will not necessarily impact the cut-off. As the cut-off will be decided by the top 10% or top 5% as the case might be for individual school. Your sole focus should be to maximize ur correct number of attempts

deepawal : CAN WE EXPECT THE LEVEL OF THE PAPER TO GO DOWN CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE TIME PER QUESTION HAS BEEN REDUCED?
vinnayraj : very important thing to be noted in this regard is ,you are not expected to solve all the questions to be successful.even though the overall time increase may not have gone up proportional to the number of questions(this is still speculative),the difficulty may not come down.approach the test with an open mind lest you are completely shocked with what actually comes..

mohit : WILL DIFFICULTY LEVEL COME DOWN IN NEW CAT PAPER
asim : No one can be sure, make sure you be prepared for all kinds of questions. The T.I.M.E. material ensurs that you will be ready for it

hycb40337 : SIR IS CMAT SCORE WILL BE ACCEPTED BY ALL BUSINESS SCHOOLS?
ramnath : By many schools...Those in the top 40/50 consider CAT/XAT/MHCET/SNAP etc in general.

hahaha : SO WHAT WOULD BE THE WEIGTAGE OF LR IN NEW FORMAT
ramnath : We have to wait for any official info on this. Till then it is only speculation.

archana : QUESTION PATTERN WL B CHANGED??
ramachandran : It is pure speculation. It might be advisable to continue to prepare with focus

vkm : AS IN THE EARLIER PATTERN THERE WAS CLARITY ON THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FROM DI & LR. WILL A SIMILAR CLARITY BE GIVEN BY IIMS FOR CAT 2014?
asim : It will become clear on 1 AUG when CAT 14 website gets uploaded.

archana : OUT OF 50 HW MANY QUES WL B ASKED FRM QA??
thomas : just wait for confirmation about the number of qns in each section. qa would be around 60-70 percent of the qns in the section.

rajat99 : ACCURACY VS NO OF ATTEMPTS. WHICH HAS MORE IMPORTANCE NOW ? AS THE NO OF SLOTS HAVE REDUCED, HENCE NORMALIZATION WILL BE REDUCED AS WELL.. HENCE ACCURACY OR NO OF ATTEMPTS ?
ramachandran : Why worry about these? Why not keep the focus "on" and continue to prepare sincerely?

riki : HOW MANY LR AND DI SETS CAN WE EXPECT IN THE NEW CAT PATTERN?
ramachandran : It might be advisable not to indulge in speculation

ze08 : IS THE NEW PATTERN AN ADVANTAGE OR NOT? THERE ARE 40 EXTRA QUESTIONS AND ONLY 30 MORE MINUTES. DOES THIS MAKE THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS WE ATTEMPT LESS THAN EARLIER?
rajeshsaraf : Well, it's just a perception shift. Majority view this as student friendly. Because there is no time constraint on individual section

miloni : IN SPITE OF THE EASE TO TRAVEL BETWEEN SECTIONS DO YOU RECOMMEND TO KEEP AN ALLOTMENT OF TIME TO PARTICULAR SECTIONS OR GO AS PER A PARTICULAR TIME PER QUESTION?
rajeshsaraf : Your approach should be in ROUNDS. Attempt easy first (Ist round), then moderate(2nd round) and then difficult.

subrato : HOW STUDENT FRIENDLY WILL BE THE NEW PATTERN ACCORDING TO YOU SIR?
asim : TIll now what ever has been officially revealed by the IIMs, it seems to be extremely student friendly.

shobit10r : HOW MANY DI QUESTIONS NOW WE CAN EXPECT?
rajeshsaraf : Be prepared for any possibility. May be 20 or 15 or any other number. Let's wait !!

ajin : GOOD EVENING, SIR .
ramachandran : Good evening

archana : WAT IZ D ROLE OF ESSAY IN CAT 2014?
asim : WAT could be part of post CAT selection process of some of the IIMs.

frcc4x009 : WHAT WOULD B A GOOD ATTEMPT CONSIDERED FOR 99%ILE?
rajeshsaraf : It depends on the number of questions attempted, accuracy rate, and the overall difficulty level. Assuming the difficulty level at the same level as of earlier years., if you can do 50 (with 100% accuracy),, well nothing like it. A sure shot more than 98 percentile. But let's wait for more details

santosh28 : HOW CAN I PREPARE TO NEW CAT PATTERN
thomas : we will be giving online tests and aimcats on the basis of the new pattern. so you will have enough tests to get used to it.

hycb40337 : IN IIFT EXAM APLICATION FORM THERE IS A OPTION TO PREFER DELHI OR CALCUTTA CAMPUS ,WHICH CAMPUS IS GOOD, IF WE CHOOSE ONE WE HAVE NO OPTION TO GO FOR ANOTHER CAMPUS AT THE TIME OF INTERVIEW AND GD SECTION
subhankar : Campus preference will come into picture once you convert your call. Generally people give 1st preference to Delhi and 2nd to Kolkata.

raga : HELLO SIR,WHAT SHOULD BE THE MINIMUM NO.OF QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED IN SECTION WISE TO SCORE 95+ILE?
asim : Cannot be predicted as it depends on the diff level of your slot. I suggest you try to maximize the number of attempts without compromising on the accuracy.

chav : WHAT SHOULD BE OUR STRATEGY OF ATTEMPTING THE VERBAL SECTION AS NOW WE CAN SWITCH BETWEEN SECTIONS, IS IT ADVISABLE TO DO RC QUES FIRST, AS I TAKE LOT OF TYM DOING IT, BUT THE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT WITH 90% ACCURACY
ramachandran : Why not experiment and see what works best for YOU?

aspire14 : SIR THE FLEXIBILITY OF SWITCHING WITHIN SECTIONS WILL BE ADVANTAGEOUS? IF YES HOW DO WE DEAL WITH IT?
ramnath : Yes...as you can allocate more time to your strong areas. But you also have to be careful not to neglect the areas from the other section to prevent a skewed percentile, as sectional cutoffs are also to be met. However, sectional cutoffs is relevant only for the top 30-40 schools.

koyal : DO I NEED TO REFER TO OTHER BOOKS ALSO THAN THE TIME MATERIAL ?
thomas : you need not refer any other material.

jaydeep : CAN WE EXPECT DIFFRENET QUESTION TYPES FOR VA SECTION IN THE NWE PATTERN?
vinnayraj : all probable question types have anyway been covered in the classes..

arushi : WHAT WILL BE THE CUTOFF FOR THIS NEW PATTERN OF CAT
asim : DO you mean percentile, if yes, then that is not dependent on the pattern.

gowripathi : HELLO SIR
thomas : hello. what is ur question?

shubhi : AND WHAT ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL
ramachandran : Rather than speculate, it might be advisable to continue to prepare with focus.

hersh : SIR, SINCE WE ARE NOW ALLOWED TO SWITCH BETWEEN THE 2 SECTIONS. CAN YOU SUGGEST WHAT IS THE BEST WAY OF STRATEGISING FOR THIS? SHOULD WE NOT CONCENTRATE ON THE VA SECTION IF WE ARE BETTER IN QA?
rajeshsaraf : Concentrate on easy questions (those may be from any area -DI/quants/VA/RC).. remember, you will have to clear the sectional cut offs also

kavitha : IS CAT PREPARATION ENOUGH FOR IIFT?
ramnath : Yes...GA is the additional area you need to work on

: WILL THERE BE INDIVIDUAL SECTIONAL CUT OFF NOW ALSO?
ramnath : Yes...But this will be looked at only by the top 30-40 schools

kunika : HOW MANY ATTEMPTS WITH HOW MUCH ACCURACY CAN BE CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT FOR SCORING 95 ABOVE PERCENTILE?
ashishtiwari : It is very tough to say at this point. assuming level of difficulty will go down I can say around 60-65

achi1701 : HELLO SIR,
subhankar : Hello.

shubhangi : WHAT NUMBER DI QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED IN DI
rajeshsaraf : any number !!

kxcc4w751 : SIR WHAT IS THE RAW SCORE THAT WE SHOULD BE TARGETING FOR A 96+ PERCENTILE ?
rajeshsaraf : It depends on difficulty level. Typically, you should target for more than 50% for a high percentile

ravi : HI SIR 🙋 ... WHAT COULD BE THE MOTIVE BEHIND THIS CHANGE IN PATTERN?
subhankar : Can't say properly but may be the IIMs want to remove the issues related to normalization across so many slots

akdy : IF WE CAN SWITCH BETWEEN SECTIONS, HOW SHOULD WE GO ABOUT TO SKIM AND SCAN THE PAPER WITH 100 QUESTIONS ALL TOGETHER, LIKE WE PREVIOUSLY DID ?
vinnayraj : to clear the sectional cutoffs ,you need to spend a good amount time in both the sections.that still doesnt change with whatever changes that we could see in this years cat..

anzz : I HAVE JUST STARTED PREPARING. CAN I SCORE A GOOD PERCENTILE
subhankar : Yes you can provided you prepare well.

gowripathi : HELLO SIR
asim : Hello

elsi : WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THE NEW AIMCAT TO START?
asim : Soon,We will sending you information.

yeswanth : WITH NUMBER OF QUESTION INCREASED AND TIME DECREASED, WHAT WOULD THE STRATEGY IN TIME MANAGEMENT?
rajeshsaraf : Do easy first !! scanning skills will be tested to the core !!

debe : SIR , WHICH SECTION DO YOU THINK WOULD BE BETTER TO DO FIRST QADI OR VALR ?
ramachandran : Please experiment and discover what works best for YOU

deepak : WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THE PICTURE TO BE CLEAR AND FINAL?
ramnath : Hopefully by tomorrow when the iimcat website is up

gur : HOW ARE WE ADVICED TO DIVIDE THE TIME BETWEEN TWO SECTIONS SINCE WE CAN SCROLL BETWEEN SECTIONS??
ramachandran : Yes, if it helps the candidate

nikunj : WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE FOR FMS?
asim : Usually it is CAT+ GD+EXTEMPORE+PI

r_s : WHY DO YOU THINK THE PATTERN HAS BEEN CHANGED, SIR?
ramnath : CAT was famous till 2008 for its changing colours (patterns). It has only gone back to its base may be :)

sankar : SIR/MAM SHOULD WE BE USING THE SAME STRATEGY AS BEFORE WITH RESPECT TO EACH SECTION FOR NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED OR SHOULD WE TRY TO CHANGE IT SO AS TO ANSWER MORE QUESTIOMS IN GIVEN TIME
rajeshsaraf : The overall strategy doesnot necessarily change !! the tactics might undergo some cosmetic changes !!

dlca4cc06 : SIR WILL SECTIONAL CUT OFFS STILL BE THERE? ANY NOTIFICATION ABOUT THAT?
ramnath : Yes...while there is no official notification on this, it is not expected to change. The entailing time management which is required due to sectional cutoffs is what differentiates the achievers in CAT from the others

pri123 : WILL THERE BE A FEW QUESTIONS ON CRITICAL REASONING NOW THAT THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS HAS INCREASED?
rajeshsaraf : may be !!

dhruv_b : SIR WHAT IS THE RAW SCORE THAT WE SHOULD BE TARGETING FOR A 99+ PERCENTILE ?
asim : Cannot be predicted as it depends on diff level of your slot.

ps : WILL THE LEVEL OF QUESTIONS REMAIN THE SAME?
thomas : do not expect any significant change in the level of qns.

ankur : IS 20RC QUEHIS TIME AS PER THE GUIDELINES GIVENSTIONS A BIG CHANGE T
ramnath : Where did you come to know about 20 RC Qs? The pattern/area distribution is not official yet

bhcb4q022 : SIR, WHAT ABOUT THE NORMALISATION PROCESS THIS TIME ? AS I HAVE READ IN SOME ARTICLES ,MOSTLY IT WONT BE THERE BUT STILL UNSURE SO HOW MUCH WILL ACCURACY AND NORMALISATION GO HAND IN HAND THIS TIME ??
rajeshsaraf : with just four slots, Normalisation related errors now gone with the wind !! So, don't worry about it !!

srikar : WILL THE NEW PATTERN CONSISTS OF QA-DI AND VA-LR QUESTIONS MIXED?
ramnath : It looks like it as of now...wait till tomorrow when things will be clearer hopefully

nick : CAN YOU PLEASE SUGGEST YOUR WAY OF APPRACH IN THE LATEST CHANGES WHICH HAS BEEN DONE IN CAT
rajeshsaraf : Basic strategy will not change. You need to do the easy qs first. Your flexibility to get into any RC question and quickly come out of it and move to DI and then move to quants and shift the gears to verbal. Well, you got to work on this skill set

subrato : SIR/ MADAM, HOW MANY QUESTIONS SHOULD WE ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A SCORE OF 90 PERCENTILE MINIMUM?
ramachandran : It is always better to try only what we can . Also, ALL that we can

ashwini : SIR, COULD YOU KINDLY SEND AN OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION EXPLAINING EVERYTHING AFTER THINGS ARE CONFIRMED?
ramnath : We will do that for sure

ks12 : IS ACCURACY EXPECTED TO PLAY A MAJOR ROLE THIS TIME ALSO LIKE PREVIOUS CATS?
ramachandran : Yes.

gowripathi : WHAT IS THE PATTERN OF THE MATHS PAPAER
ramachandran : Nothing known

preet : SIR, HOW IS IIFT? SHOULD A SERIOUS CAT ASPIRANT FILL IIFT? I AM HOPING TO DO MBA FROM IIM AND WORKING HARD BUT AS A BACKUP SHOULD I FILL IIFT?
thomas : iift is a very good college. i would suggest u to write the exam.

miloni : PREVIOUSLY GETTING A GOOD 30/60 QUESTIONS CORRECT WITH BARELY A FEW OTHER WRONG WAS A GOOD ATTEMPT.... WHAT SHOULD BE THE IDEAL TARGET NOW?
ashishtiwari : aim for 70+ questions if you are hoping to get 98-99%ile

raj : HW TO SCORE A GOOD PERCENTILE ?? BY SKIPPING THE SECTIONS IN THE GIVEN TIME OR TO GET WORK ONLY ON ONE SECTION FOR A PARTICULAR TIME
asim : Make sure you prepare for all the areas, do not skip any.

radha : DOES THE NEW PATTERN MEAN THAT STUDENTS SHOULD NOW CONCENTRATE ON EACH AND EVERY TOPIC WITHOUT LEAVING SOME AND IMPROVE THE SPEED
vinnayraj : that was anyway the case even before this announcement was made..probably more so now.dont leave any topic in your preparation..

anu : SIR WITH THIS MUCH TIME LEFT HOW TO IMPROVE VA SECTION
asim : Make sure you work with the basic study material, online sectional tests and the AIMCATs.

student : SIR NOW IS THERE ANY ISSUE REGARDING INDIVIDUAL TO CLEAR CUTOFF
subhankar : Be clear about the question. If you are asking for sectional cut off then it will be there.

kanika : SIR A SCORE OF 100/300 AS PER NEW PATTERN WUD FETCH HOW MCH PERCENTILE?
ramachandran : Difficult to say

raj : WHAT ARE THE TIPS TO CRACK THE NEW PATTERN
ramachandran : Hard work. Focus. As always

anzz : CAN YOU PLEASE GUIDE ME BROEFLY HOW TO PREPARE WELL AS I HAVE JUST STARTED TO SCORE 90+ IN CAT
rajeshsaraf : carry on with this good work !! broad base your horizon of topics. DON'T LEAVE ANY CHAPTER !!

shubhi : SIR IF I PREPARFE FOR QUANT AND DI ND LR ALSO ND DON'T PREPARE FOR ENGLISH.SHOULD I CRACK THE CAT
rajeshsaraf : There are no ifs and buts at this stage. You have plenty of time. You can't take the risk of leaving out any area !!

raga : HELLO SIR, AS WE HAVE ONLY 4 SLOTS TO BOOK CAT WHICH SLOT DO YOU SUGGEST TO GO FOR? 16TH OR 22ND ?
vinnayraj : you apparently don't have a choice in that as the allocation of slots seems to be randomly done..

ab : SIR, WHETHER THERE WILL BE SECTIONAL CUT-OFF ? AS THE COMMUNICATION FROM IIM DOES NOT MENTION ANYTHING REGARDING THIS ?
asim : The official admission criteria docs will be released by the IIMs in another few weeks.

abc : GOOD EVENING SIR
subhankar : Evening, any queries ?

harshcat91 : RAGA I DONT THINK U CAN SELECT THE DAY.
subhankar : Yes, you will be allotted the day by the IIMs/TCS.

bijal : WHAT WILL BE THE SECTIONAL CUT OFF NOW ?
subhankar : That will depend on college as previous CATs.

ingenious23 : SIR WHAT TIPS WOULD YOU GIVE TO CAT ASPIRANTS WITH REGARD TO THE NEW CHANGES?
rajeshsaraf : Your preparation strategy should be such that it should be least affected by any changes !!

ingenious23 : SIR WHAT TIPS WOULD YOU GIVE TO CAT ASPIRANTS WITH REGARD TO THE NEW CHANGES?
rajeshsaraf : Your preparation strategy should be such that it should be least affected by any changes !!

rohit : HELLO SIR
asim : Hello

hycb40337 : SO BY CMAT SCORE WE WILL GET GOOD COLLEGES, IT IS BETTER TO WRITE CMAT EXAM
ramnath : Writing CMAT will improve your chances of doing MBA as the list of schools accepting CMAT score is huge. However, if you target the top 50 colleges, you need to look at CAT

komal : WITH INCREASE IN NO OF QUES.HOW MUCH WEIGHT AGE WILL BE THERE APPROX FOR DATA INTERPRETATION
asim : Cannot be predicted, though i suggest prepare well for it.

raks : WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF QUESTIONS EXPECTED IF THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS CHANGES TO 100 FROM 60
rajeshsaraf : The level of questions may not be ULTRA difficult. But, then it would be a folly to enter the exam hall with any prejudices, because the very fundamental essence of this exam is to clear off your mind against any biases

rashmi : HELLO.. WITH 3 ROUGHLY 3 MNTHS LEFT, WHAT SHLD BE OUR APPROACH TO STUDY CONSIDERING THE NEW PATTERN?
ramachandran : Nothing has changed. Please continue to study. With focus. And with a never-say-die attitude

tanmay : SIR WHAT SHOULD BE THE RELEVENT TIME ALLOTMENT TO EACH SECTION?
asim : The complete pattern will be revealed on 1 aug when the cat website gets uploaded, then get in touch through chat sessions.

dev : HOW IS NARSEE MONJEE BENGALURU AND HYD CAMPUS, WHAT AVG SALARY ONE CAN EXPECT?
ramnath : About 7.5-8 lpa

prakhar225 : ISNT THIS NEW PATTERN WILL GIVE MORE ADVANTAGE TO THOSE WHO HAVE A STRONG HOLD ON A PARTICULAR SECTION SAY VERBAL.
ramnath : Not a strong advantage, but an edge yes. One can now allocate more time on his/her area of strength. But mind the sectional cutoffs too.

raj : WHAT ARE THE EXPECTED NO.OF QUESTIONS FOR EACH SECTION ?? LET ME KNOW
subhankar : Wait for the registration site to be open for detailed information. According to TOI it's 50 in each section.

nick6 : SIR HOW MUCH SHOULD I SCORE IN SECTION 1 SECTION 2 TO GET A PERCENTILE ABPVE 95 IN THE NEW PATTERN?
thomas : please wait for confirmation of the new pattern.the score will depend on the difficulty level

karan : HELLO SIR, HOW MANY PASSAGES(RC) CAN WE EXPECT? CAN WE BE SURE ABOUT IT?
asim : We cannot be sure, i suggest you take all the AIMCATs and practice with them, be prepared for any number of passages.

santosh28 : HOW CAN I PREPARE TO NEW CAT PATTERN CAN WE EXPECT THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL WILL BE REDUCED? HELLO SIR
rajeshsaraf : May or may not be. Pls understand that CAT works on the pattern of elimination and NOT on the method of direct selection. You are selected into IIMs, bcoz somebody else is rejected. You just have to ensure that you just do a little bit extra to beat competition

nikunj : SIR WHAT ABOUT THE TEST WHICH IS GOING TO HELD ON 1 AUG?
ramachandran : It will reflect the new pattern

avi : HELLO EVERYONE,
ramachandran : Hello

hahaha : WHAT USE DOES NAVIGATION BETWEEN SECTIONS HAVE IF THERE ARE SECTIONAL CUTOFFS
viveknair : This typically helps those who are exceptionally good at some areas. They can afford to clear cutoffs in that section quickly and devote more time to their weak areas.

pri123 : I'M MORE COMFORTABLE WITH VA THAN I AM WITH DI. SO WILL IT AFFECT MY PERCENTILE IF I FOCUS MORE ON VA THAN ON DI?
ramnath : This has to be checked out by givu=ing AIMCATs regularly. See if your scores are inline with your expectation. If you find out that DI is suffering too much, you may need to let go of VA a bit and re-focus on DI

jay : HELLO SIR
subhankar : Hi, what's the query ?

nandini98 : HOW MANY ATTEMPTS VL GIVE ME 98PERCENTILE IN THE NEW PATTERN?
ramachandran : Please try ALL the questions that you are more than reasonably sure about. You can maximize the percentile thus

hycb40337 : SIR I AM PREPARING DAILY SIR BUT I AM NOT IMPROVING MY AIMCATS
rajeshsaraf : Don't worry !! Scores obtained in AIMCATs, at this point of time, should not be a major concern. If you are not doing the analysis, that should be a concern !!

anonymous : HI,
subhankar : Hi, what's the query ?

achi1701 : SIR, I MADE A MISTAKE BY SELECTING KOLKATA AS CAMPUS PREFERENCE FOR IIFT, PLEASE TELL ME HOW IS IIFT KOLKATA COMPARED TO IIFT DELHI, OR SHOULD I CONTACT HELPDESK TO GET MY CAMPUS PREFERENCE CHANGED ?
viveknair : If it is a mistake, get it changed. The placement process for both colleges are the same. IIFT Delhi is the older college of the two.

rohit : PREVIOUSLY....IN QUANT SECTION........THE FOCUS WOULD BE ON NUMBERS, FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS, PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION, GEOMETRY AND MENSURATION......SO NOW WILL THE FOCUS SHIFT TO ANY OTHER TOPIC......BECAUSE IF IT WILL......MY PREPARATION WILL NEED CHANGES !!!!!.......I'M NOT SAYING THAT I WON'T DO OTHER TOPICS.....IT'S JUST THAT I WANT TO BE SURE THAT I DON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON TOPICS LIKE TRIGONOMETRY AND OTHER SIMILAR TOPICS LIKE NUMBER SYSTEMS
rajeshsaraf : Well, now it becomes all the more very important to broadbase your range of topics and do as much as you can !! The best strategy is NOT to leave out any chapter !!

aarushi : GOOD EVENING SIR/MAM, AS NOW QUESTIONS ARE INCREASED TO 50 FROM 30, SO HOW WE CAN DIVIDE THE SECTIONS ON THE BASIS OF QUESTIONS
ramachandran : The question is not clear. Can you please paraphrase it?

santosh28 : CAN WE LOOK OUTSIDE THE CAT MATERIAL?
thomas : no need. we will be covering all the topics that can come.

tm : I AM NOT ABLE TO CREATE A BALANCE BETWEEN TOPICS. I KEEPS FLUCTUATING IN MARKS AND ACCURACY.
ramachandran : Please do not worry. This happens to the best

aspire95 : WITH NUMBER OF QUESTIONS INCREASED, WILL THERE BE CHANCES THAT QUESTIONS GONNA COVER MORE OF QA/VA THAN DI/LR SIR?
rajeshsaraf : answered

kanika : SIR MY AIMCAT PERCENTIES ARE VARYING BW 73 - 90..WHAT ARE MY CHANCES IN ACTUAL CAT?
ramachandran : Very good, with renewed focus and determined hard work

komal : WITH 98-99 PERCENTILE FOR IIM ,HOW MANY QUESTIONS SHOULD I AIM ATTEMPTING ACCURATELY.
ramachandran : Please try ALL the questions that you are more than reasonably sure about. And not one question based on guess-work. This will take care of your percentile

suhail : HI SIR. WILL WE GET A NEW SCHEDULE FOR AIMCATS UNDER NEW PATTERN?
ramnath : Yes...Very soon

jay : HELLO SIR I FALL IN OBC CATAGORY . HOW MUCH PERCENTILE SHOULD I SCORE TO GET A CALL FROM IIM ? HOW MUCH QUESTIONS DO I NEED TO ATTEMPT FOR THAT ??
ramachandran : Please attempt every question that you are more than reasonably sure about. And not one question based on guess-work. This will take care of your percentile

bhcb4k251 : WHAT IS THE NEW PATTERN FOR CAT14
subhankar : As per the information till date, 2 sections(QA+DI & VA+LR) will be there having 50 questions each.

dhruvin123 : WHAT DO U THINK ARE CHANCES OF CRACKING NAMT AFTER THOROUGH CAT PREPARATION?
ramachandran : Very good, as always , for a person who has prepared sincerely

ashishc : WHAT NUMBER SHOULD BE A GOOD ATTEMPT OUT OF 100? EARLIER THEY USED TO CONSIDER 40 CORRECT OUT OF 60 AS A GOOD ENOUGH DEAL.
ramachandran : As always, please try ALL the questions that you are more than reasonably sure about. And not one question based on guess-work. This will take care of your percentile

anu : SIR COULD U PLEASE SUGGEST HOW TO PLAN MY STUDY FROM NOW ONWARDS. TILL NOW I HAD WORKED ON MY VA AND LR BASICS AND SOLVED SOME PAPERS BUT STILL DID NOT SCORED ANY GOOD PERCENTILE HIGHEST TILL DATE IS 65.
ramachandran : Please prepare all the areas and the chapters in a balanced and optimal manner. And please remain confident and optimistic

wazza : HELLO SIR, IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT CAT STICKS TO ITS PREVIOUS PATTERN AND ALL THESE NEWS REGARDING CHANGE OF PATTERN ARE JUST SPECULATIONS?
rajeshsaraf : It's already announced that the number of qs has gone up from 60 to 100. So, this stands unchanged.

radha : SIR, UNTIL WE GET THE CONFIRMATION, CAN I FOCUS ON WORKING THE TIME BASIC STUDY MATERIALS RATHER THAN TAKING THE TESTS ATLEAST FOR THE NEXT 1 MONTH?
ramachandran : No need to avoid Tests

elsi : NOW THAT CAN SWTICH BETWEEN THE THE TWO SECTIONS, CAN YOU PLEASE SUGGEST WITH WHICH SECTION SHOULD WE START FIRST?
ramachandran : Please experiment. And see what works best for YOU

muca4a667 : SIR AS TIME PER QUESTION IS REDUCED SO WHETHER STANDARD OF QUESTIONS WILL BE REDUCED?
viveknair : Be prepared for any eventuality

alisha : SIR,WHAT STRATEGY WE HAVE TO FOLLOW FOR THIS NEW PATTERN??
asim : A similar query has already been answered, please check the chat transcript.

wild : WHAT WILL BE THE QUESTIONS SPLIT UP? QUANTS ,DI ,LR ,AND ENGLISH?
rajeshsaraf : That should not really matter !! if this question is there in your mind, most likely your preparation strategy need to be revised !! Because a good preparation strategy should take care of all possibilities

bijal : WHAT CAN BE THE SECTIONAL CUT OFF FOR TOP 10 INSTITUTES ON AN AVERAGE?
ramachandran : Not known

student : SIR WILL THEY DECREASE THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL BY INCREASING QUESTIONS
ramachandran : It is pure speculation. It might be advisable to continue to prepare with diligence

biggi : SIR/MADAM, WHAT IS OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF CAT 2014?
viveknair : http://www.iimcat.ac.in/

goku : HOW MANY QUESTIONS SHOULD I ATTEMP WITH AN ACCURRACY OF 85% TO ACHIEVE 99 PERCENTILE?
ramachandran : Please try ALL the questions that you are more than reasonably sure about. And not one question based on guess-work. This will take care of your percentile

goku : HOW MANY QUESTIONS SHOULD I ATTEMP WITH AN ACCURRACY OF 85% TO ACHIEVE 99 PERCENTILE?
ramachandran : Please try ALL the questions that you are more than reasonably sure about. And not one question based on guess-work. This will take care of your percentile

raghav : HI SIR, I AM NOT ABLE TO SCORE GOOD IN VA AND RC SECTION. NOW JUST 3 MONTHS ARE LEFT. HOW SHOULD I GO ABOUT IT?
ramachandran : Please read. Our Study Material will help. Please cover all areas. And please remain confident and optimistic

raghav : HI SIR, I AM NOT ABLE TO SCORE GOOD IN VA AND RC SECTION. NOW JUST 3 MONTHS ARE LEFT. HOW SHOULD I GO ABOUT IT?
ramachandran : Please read. Our Study Material will help. Please cover all areas. And please remain confident and optimistic

aks : HELLO, SIR..
ramachandran : HEllo

aks : HELLO, SIR..
ramachandran : HEllo

rajan : HELLO SIR,WHAT CAN BE DIVISION OF QUESTIONS NOW IN EACH SECTION?
ramachandran : Not known. Please continue to prepare

rajan : HELLO SIR,WHAT CAN BE DIVISION OF QUESTIONS NOW IN EACH SECTION?
ramachandran : Not known. Please continue to prepare

apj : HI SIR, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 3 MONTHS TO STUDY.. WHAT WILL BE THE MIN NO OF HOURS WE WILL HAVE TO STUDY? I HAVE SCORED 36 IN MY PREVIOUS AIMCAT. HOW SHOULD I PROCEED WITH MY PREPARATION?
ramachandran : Put in your maximum that you can. It can even be upto 16 to 18 hours a day

apj : HI SIR, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 3 MONTHS TO STUDY.. WHAT WILL BE THE MIN NO OF HOURS WE WILL HAVE TO STUDY? I HAVE SCORED 36 IN MY PREVIOUS AIMCAT. HOW SHOULD I PROCEED WITH MY PREPARATION?
ramachandran : Put in your maximum that you can. It can even be upto 16 to 18 hours a day

deep : WHAT WILL BE EXPECTED OF DIFFICULTY OF CAT THIS YEAR COMPARING TO LAST YEAR SINCE THE AVG TIME PER QUESTION IS NOW REDUCED?
ramachandran : The information pertaining to this has not been made available till now, we will know of this once the CAT website becomes operational from 1 AUG onwards

deep : WHAT WILL BE EXPECTED OF DIFFICULTY OF CAT THIS YEAR COMPARING TO LAST YEAR SINCE THE AVG TIME PER QUESTION IS NOW REDUCED?
ramachandran : The information pertaining to this has not been made available till now, we will know of this once the CAT website becomes operational from 1 AUG onwards

dlca4c756 : SIR IF QUANTS IS MY STRENGTH AND I DO FAIRLY WELL IN LR AND DI IS IT ADVISABLE TO LEAVE RC AND USED THE TIME I WOULD HAVE USED IN IT IN DOING QUANTS INSTEAD.
ramachandran : Please see if this works

dlca4c756 : SIR IF QUANTS IS MY STRENGTH AND I DO FAIRLY WELL IN LR AND DI IS IT ADVISABLE TO LEAVE RC AND USED THE TIME I WOULD HAVE USED IN IT IN DOING QUANTS INSTEAD.
ramachandran : Please see if this works

yay : CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE AN APPROX INDICATION OF THE PERCENTILE ONE SHOULD CONSISTENTLY SCORE IN THE AIMCATS, THAT WOULD TRANSLATE TO A 99+ PERCENTILE IN THE MAIN CAT?
ramachandran : Consistently above 95 percentile might help

yay : CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE AN APPROX INDICATION OF THE PERCENTILE ONE SHOULD CONSISTENTLY SCORE IN THE AIMCATS, THAT WOULD TRANSLATE TO A 99+ PERCENTILE IN THE MAIN CAT?
ramachandran : Consistently above 95 percentile might help

raj : SIR I HEARD THAT THE SLOT FOR THE EXAM WILL BE ALLOTTED BASED ON OUR ACADEMICS . IS IT TRUE WT I HEARD ??
ramachandran : Not true

raj : SIR I HEARD THAT THE SLOT FOR THE EXAM WILL BE ALLOTTED BASED ON OUR ACADEMICS . IS IT TRUE WT I HEARD ??
ramachandran : Not true

ankit : WILL ALL THE QUESTIONS BE OF SAME MARKS OR WILL THEY BE OF DIFFERENT MARKS
ramachandran : The information pertaining to this has not been made available till now, we will know of this once the CAT website becomes operational from 1 AUG onwards

ankit : WILL ALL THE QUESTIONS BE OF SAME MARKS OR WILL THEY BE OF DIFFERENT MARKS
ramachandran : The information pertaining to this has not been made available till now, we will know of this once the CAT website becomes operational from 1 AUG onwards

iimc : SIR, HOW TO PREPARE THE GK SECTION OF CMAT? I SCORED 98 PERCENTILE IN LAST CMAT BUT I SCORED JUST 5 MARKS IN GK, I AM REALLY POOR AT IT. WHAT SHOULD I DO FOR IT? ALSO I AM SLOW AT SOLVING PROLEMS. WHAT ALL CAN I DO TO INCREASE MY SPEED IN MATHS, LR, DI, ENG, ALL?
ramachandran : Please read newspapers and magazines. Also Manorama Year Book

iimc : SIR, HOW TO PREPARE THE GK SECTION OF CMAT? I SCORED 98 PERCENTILE IN LAST CMAT BUT I SCORED JUST 5 MARKS IN GK, I AM REALLY POOR AT IT. WHAT SHOULD I DO FOR IT? ALSO I AM SLOW AT SOLVING PROLEMS. WHAT ALL CAN I DO TO INCREASE MY SPEED IN MATHS, LR, DI, ENG, ALL?
ramachandran : Please read newspapers and magazines. Also Manorama Year Book

harshcat91 : I AM FOCUSSING LOW ON GRAMMAR. I DID SCORE FINE IN VA LAST TIME. BUT DUE TO INCREASE IN NO OF QUESTIONS DO I NEED TO FOCUS ON GRAMMAR NOW.
ramachandran : Yes. Good grammar will always be useful. Will help you write well

harshcat91 : I AM FOCUSSING LOW ON GRAMMAR. I DID SCORE FINE IN VA LAST TIME. BUT DUE TO INCREASE IN NO OF QUESTIONS DO I NEED TO FOCUS ON GRAMMAR NOW.
ramachandran : Yes. Good grammar will always be useful. Will help you write well

np : SIR,WHAT WILL BE THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT B ASKED IN QUANT,DI, LR, VA
ramachandran : The information pertaining to this has not been made available till now, we will know of this once the CAT website becomes operational from 1 AUG onwards.

np : SIR,WHAT WILL BE THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT B ASKED IN QUANT,DI, LR, VA
ramachandran : The information pertaining to this has not been made available till now, we will know of this once the CAT website becomes operational from 1 AUG onwards.

aarushi : HOW TO INCREASE PERCENTILE?
ramachandran : Please continue to study. With focus. And with a never-say-die attitude.

aarushi : HOW TO INCREASE PERCENTILE?
ramachandran : Please continue to study. With focus. And with a never-say-die attitude.

as12 : WILL THE CUT OFF CRITERIA REMAIN SAME FOR EACH SECTION? IF SO WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS TO ANSWER(100 PERCENT ACCURACY) ?
ramachandran : Please try ALL the questions that you are more than reasonably sure about. And not one question based on guess-work. This will take care of your percentile. Also, cut-offs are never known BEFORE the exams

as12 : WILL THE CUT OFF CRITERIA REMAIN SAME FOR EACH SECTION? IF SO WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS TO ANSWER(100 PERCENT ACCURACY) ?
ramachandran : Please try ALL the questions that you are more than reasonably sure about. And not one question based on guess-work. This will take care of your percentile. Also, cut-offs are never known BEFORE the exams

yeshu : I HAVE NC-OBC RESERVATION AND WRK EX OF AROUND 3+ YEARS IN SOFTWARE FIELD....WHAT TYPE OF A SAFE GAME SHOULD I PLAY SO THAT I CRACK THE MINIMUM CUTOFF'S OF TOP 20 COLLEGES??
ramachandran : Please try ALL the questions that you are more than reasonably sure about. And not one question based on guess-work. This will take care of your percentile and will help you get into a dream B School

raviprakshvijay : IS THERE SECTIONAL CUTOFF
ramachandran : Yes

vvkped : HOW IS THE NORMALIZATION PROCESS GONNA WORK THIS TIME??
rajeshsaraf : Normalization related issues will not be there much this time !!

kxca4h092 : HELLO SIR,IS THERE A SPECIFC CHANGE IN THE QUESTION PATTERN OR THE CHANGES ARE IN THE TYPE OR STANDARD OF QUESTIONS ALSO ?
ramachandran : The information pertaining to this has not been made available till now, we perhaps will know of this once the CAT website becomes operational from 1 AUG onwards.

rakesh : HI SIR , IS THE PREPARATION FOR CAT BE ENOGH TO ATTEMPT AND CLEAR GMAT ?
ramachandran : Difficult to give a blanket reply. It really depends

ccca4c010 : SIR I DINT UNDERSTAND ABOUT SWITCHING BETWEEN THE SECTIONS WE HAVE TO GET A DECENT PERCENTILE IN EACH SECTION OR WE CAN SCORE MORE IN THE SECTION IN WHICH WE ARE STRONGER?
ramachandran : Please switch judiciously and not indiscriminately

ab : SIR, HOW SHOULD WE PREPARE NOW ?
rajeshsaraf : no new changes required in the preparation !! just continue what you have earlier planned to do !!

abc : SIR,HOW IS FORE SCHOOL AND LAL BHADUR SHASTRI INSTITUTE,DELHI?
ramnath : They are good schools in the BBB category with avg pay around 7.5-8 lpa

jagga : PLS TELL WHETHER QUITTING JOB FOR THE PREPARATION IS CONSIDERED BAD? I HAVE QUIT MY JOB FOR THE PREP. PLS LET ME KNOW ITS NEGATIVE IMPACT, IF ANY.
ramachandran : Not really. We can swing it our way with a superlative performance in the nest stage of selection

ravi : HI 🙋 SIR/MADAM... ANY IDEA ON SCORE NORMALISATION???
ramnath : Refer to this http://cat2013.iimidr.ac.in/dev_scorind_equityprocess.htm

siddarths : WILL THERE BE ANY VARIATION IN THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL IN THE CAT PAPER?
subhankar : Difficulty level can not be predicted. Prepare for all.

vishal : HOW SHOULD WE DISTRIBUTE OUR 170 MINUTES AMONG SECTIONS TO GET OPTIMUM SCORES?
rajeshsaraf : First do easy questions (qs you are familiar with), then moderate (qs which you are familiar with but require bit of calculations) then get into difficult ones (weird ones)

nscc4u014 : WHAT ARE THE EXACT PATTERN CHANGES IN THE NEW FORMAT FOR CAT?
ramachandran : Please see the IIM website

vzca4d023 : CAN I LEAVE THE RC PASSAGES IN VA AND FOCUS ONLY ON LR AND OTHER TOPICS IN VA
ramachandran : Advisable NOT to so so

hahaha : READING OF WHICH KIND HELP RC . FICTION, NON FICTION OR NEWS PAPERS ??
swapnila : Reading on diverse topics would help.you can use the rc links uploaded on your shp for practice

shanker1 : SIR WILL IT BE DIFFICULT TO CRACK THE CAT THIS TIME DUE TO CHANGES IN THE PATTERN , A PERSON WITH LOT OF PRACTICE FOR THE OLD PATTERN CAN DO WELL RIGHT ?
viveknair : Yes. Most of the preparation deals with understanding quant and verbal concepts. Some practise with AIMCAT as per new pattern, some modifications in exam strategy and you are good to go.

shreyassd : GOOD EVENING VINAY SIR.. WAT WUD THE REDUCED NO OF SLOTS MEAN? WILL IT BE AN ADV OR DISADV??
thomas : it should be good as u will not have to worry about normalization much as with four slots the level of qns will be nearly same.

mohit : HOW WILL BE THE WEIGHTAGE FOR THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS?
ramachandran : Not known at this stage

surya : HELLO,WHAT CAN I DO TO GET A GOOD ACCURACY N VERBAL SECTION?? M GOOD WITH L.R...
ramachandran : Read. Please cover the T.I.M.E material. Take tests

dhruiv : SIR, WHAT SHOULD BE THE STRATEGY FOR SUCH AN EXAM? IS 170 MINS SUFFICIENT FOR ATTEMPTING ALL THE QUESTIONS? IF NOT SO THEN HOW MUCH SHOULD WE IDEALLY ATTEMPT IN A PAPER WITH AVERAGE DIFFICULTY?
ramachandran : Please try ALL the questions that you are more than reasonably sure about. And not one question based on guess-work. This will take care of your percentile

arpit : SIR WILL THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY WILL BE LESS THIS TIME AROUND AS TIME PER QUESTION HAS REDUCED DRASTICALLY???
ramachandran : Rather than worry about these, why not keep the focus "on" and continue to prepare sincerely?

piyush : I READ WE NOW WOULD HAVE DIRECT ANTONYM AND SYNONYM QUESTIONS , IS IT RIGHT
ramachandran : Not known

raviprakshvijay : WHAT ARE THE KEY CHANGES IN CAT2014
ramachandran : The IIM site explains the broad changes. Only this is known so far

anu : HOW TO IMPROVE MY SPEED IN RC SECTION AS TILL NOW I CAN HARDLY ATTEMPT ONE PASSAGE IN AIMCAT'S
ramachandran : Good reading habits will help. The Hindu etc will be your great ally

gds : HOW TO USE THESE 3 MONTHS IN ORDER TO GET USED OF NEW PATTERN?
ramachandran : AIMCATs will help.Also, why concern yourself with these? Why not keep the focus "on" and continue to prepare sincerely?

veena : WHICH DATE SHOULD BE GOOD TO WRITE EXAM. SINCE 22ND NOV IS THE DATE OF IIFT EXAM.
ramachandran : Any date is good enough

charan : WITH THE TIME PER QUESTION DECREASED IN THE NEW PATTERN. COULD WE ALSO EXPECT THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY ALSO TO BE DECREASED??
ramachandran : Difficult to say. Please continue to study. With focus.This will stand you in good stead

vishu : SIR, I AM NOT ABLE TO ATTEMPT MORE THAN 10 QUESTIONS IN EACH SECTION.
subhankar : Revise the basics properly and analyse the paper of the exam that you have already written.

trdp : IS THERE ANY CHANGE IN DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF CAT'14?
ramachandran : Not known

cat_2014s : HELLO SIR, AS PER THE NEW PATTERN WILL THE CUT OFF FOR IIMS INCREASE FOR CATEGORY CANDIDATES?
ramachandran : Rather than get distracted by these, why not keep the focus "on" and continue to prepare sincerely?

sidmen : SIR,I HAVE STARTED PREPARATION LAST MONTH AND COMPLETED MY QUANT SECTION.PLEASE CAN YOU HELP ME WITH MY FURTHER 3 MONTH PREPARATION PLAN.I SCORED 94 PERCENTILE IN MY LAST AIMCAT
ramachandran : More effort. Please keep the focus "on" and continue to prepare sincerely. Optimal preparation. Focus on the strong areas

devyani : HELLO SIR,IS THIS CAT WILL BE OF SAME DIFFICULTY LEVEL ..AS COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS?
subhankar : Difficulty level can not be predicted. Prepare well.

xdd : IS THE NEW PATTERN EXPECTED TO TAKE A DEPARTURE FROM THE TRADITIONALLY ENGINEERING STUDENTS FRIENDLY ONE?
ramachandran : This is only speculation.

raviprakshvijay : RATIO BW LR AND VA QUESTIONS?
asim : Cannot be predicted.

mba : IS IIFT EASIER THAN CAT?
viveknair : Quite comparable. Not very easy.

vishu : HOW TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS WHEN THE QUESTIONS HAVE INCREASED ?
ramachandran : The approach remains the same irrespective of the number of questions. Please base the attempts on their doability for you

keval : CAN U PLZ BRIEF ME WITH THE PATTERN ?
ramachandran : The IIM website gives all relevant information

ekam : SIR,WHAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF THE NEW PATTERN?
rajeshsaraf : nothing !! wait for 1st aug

ekam : SIR,WHAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF THE NEW PATTERN?
rajeshsaraf : nothing !! wait for 1st aug

csr : SIR, THE AIMCAT 1513 WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO START YESTERDAY, DID IT GOT CANCELLED?
subhankar : AIMCAT 1513 dates have been revised due to the change in pattern. It will be notified very soon.

santosh28 : CAN YOU TELL THE DISTRIBUTION OF QUESTION FROM SPECIFIC TOPIC IN SECTION1 AND SECTION2?
thomas : just wait a few more days. as od now even the 50 qn pattern is not confirmed

ravi : WHAT IS THE AVERAGE PACKAGE AT IIFT
ramachandran : Rather than get distracted by these things, why not keep the focus "on" and continue to prepare sincerely to get in to IIFT, which is a very good B School?

rs2209 : SIR, WILL THERE STILL BE SECTIONAL CUT-OFFS ?
ramachandran : Yes

saurabh068 : CAN I EXPECT RELATIVELY EASIER QUESTIONS IN CAT 14 AS THE TIME FOR EACH QUESTION WOULD BE COMPARATIVELY LESS
viveknair : Be prepared for any eventuality. Finally, you need to do better than the competition whatever the format.

np : SIR WILL GOA BE THE EXAM CENTRE FOR CAT THIS TIME ATLEAST?
viveknair : Quite possible.

snehal : SIR, CAN YOU ALEBORATE ON THE EXAM ON 1ST AUG ON THE CAT SITE...DETAILS OF IT.
subhankar : Let the website be active first, then you can get the detailed information.

alisha : SIR PLEASE TELL JUMPING AMONG THE SECTIONS WOULD BE A WISE IDEA??
subhankar : It will be good for you as you can devote more time in the weaker section(s).

nitin0000 : SIR, WHAT ARE THE TOPICS TO BE STUDIED DAILY? BESIDES THE CLASSROOM NOTES AND THE STUDY MATERIAL WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO STUDY TO GET A 99 PERCENTILE ?
ramachandran : Please prepare in all the areas and the chapters in a balanced and optimal manner

saya : HELLO SIR/ MADAM , WITH THIS NEW PATTERN OF 50-50 PATTERN WHAT WOULD BE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF QUESTIONS TO ATTEMPTS WITH 98% ACCURACY , BECAUSE TILL DATE I USED TO ATTEMPT AT LEAST 22-24 QUESTIONS OF EACH SET ?
ramachandran : Please try ALL the questions that you are more than reasonably sure about. And not one question based on guess-work. This will take care of your percentile

malfurion : HI SIR, I GOT A 98+ AND 99+ IN CAT 2012 AND CAT 2013. MY ACADS AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO GET A CALL FROM A,B,C FOR WHICH I NEED AT LEAST 99.5-99.6. PLEASE LET ME KNOW THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS TO GET SUCH A PERCENTILE.
rajeshsaraf : The number of attempts can't be decided before hand. It depends on the difficulty level. If the paper is ultra easy, then even 90 out of 100 could be a pathetic attempt.But if it is a bouncer, then even if you do 30 correctly out out of 100, the world will fall on your feet !!

wild : SIR IS IT EXPECTED THAT THE QUESTION LEVEL WILL DROP AS TIME FOR EACH QUESTION HAS DECREASED?
rajeshsaraf : may or may not be !! Your preparation strategy should take care of both the possibilities

ot : I'M YET TO START WITH MY QUANT PREPARATIONS. HOW SHOULD I BEGIN WITH IT, AND THEN PROCEED? WHAT ARE THE KEY AREAS OF FOCUS?
rajeshsaraf : Approx 20 chapters !! start with something you like may be say (simple equations). Complete this chapter-theory +Solved examples +exercise problems. Ditto strategy for other chapters

nandini98 : DO U EXPEXT ANY SORT OF CHANGES IN THE SELECTION PROCEDURE OF IIM...AFTER THIS CHANGE...IF YES THEN WHEN VL V KNW ABT THIS?
ramachandran : Not known so far

rajju : HOW MANY QUESTIONS ON CRITICAL REASONING CAN WE EXPECT TO COME?
ramachandran : This might be speculation. Nothing is declared by them and so, nothing is known

sabari : HI... CAN WE CHOOSE EXAM DATE OR THEY WILL ALLOCATE RANDOMLY???
rajeshsaraf : You can't. It will be a random allocation.

ks12 : SIR,IS THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF AIMCATS MUCH MORE THAN THE ACTUAL CAT
viveknair : CAT keeps throwing surprises. So, it is important that you are well prepared with all types of papers.

aju : WHAT IS IIM WEBSITE
subhankar : www.iimcat.ac.in

nikunj : WHAT IS EXTEMPORE EXATLY?
rajeshsaraf : spontaneity

sonakshi : MY QA IS WEEK. WHAT SHOULD I DO
subhankar : Go through the basics properly, revise them and solve previous CAT papers and AIMCAT papers.

toddy : HI SIR, THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS HAVE CHANGED FROM 60 TO A TOTAL OF 100.WOULDN THAT AFFECT THE PERCENTILE CHANGES AMONG THE STUDENTS? AS IN NOW, ONE MARK WOULD HAVE LESSER COMPITITION
thomas : there would be no effect on the percentiles. percentiles do not depend on the number of qns or the marks per qn.

arpit : SIR WHAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PASSAGES(RC)
asim : cannot be predicted

aspire95 : SIR WITH MORE CENTRES THIS TIME BUT ONLY FOUR SLOTS FOR THE ENTIRE EXAM, WILL IT BE POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE GET THEIR DESIRED CENTRE OR TIME OR EXAM?
asim : well some of the applicants would surely get it.

naleen : RIGHT NOW. WHAT PERCENTILE SHOULD WE SCORE SO AS TO HAVE GOOD CHANCE IN THE CAT?
ashishtiwari : It depends on what is your definition of good. If you are targeting IIMs then try to score above 95-96 percentile

abhishek710 : SIR ARE THE TYPE OF QUESTIONS GOING TO CHANGE? LIKE CAN WE EXPECT DIFFERENT TYPES OF QUESTIONS IN VA?
swapnila : Difficult to say anything about this as of now especially since CAT is known for throwing surprises.

frcc4x009 : WHERE TO PREPARE FOR STATIC GK FOR IIFT AND XAT?
viveknair : TIME magazines, Manorama yearbook are good starting points

gur : IS THE CAT PREP SUFFICIENT FOR IIFT?
subhankar : Should be. Solve previous IIFT papers and prepare for GK.

yay : SIR, WHAT PERCENTILE (ON AN AVG) IN THE AIMCATS MEAN A 99+ PERCENTILE IN THE MAIN CAT?
ramnath : In general, those scoring above 95 can expect 99+ provided they repeat a similar performance there too

vv14 : SIR,IM A SC CATEGORY STUDENT..WILL THE PERCENTILE REQUIRED TO GET IIM CALL BE SIMILAR TO THAT OF LAST YEARS?
viveknair : Can be expected to be so.

gur : HOW TO MAXIMIZE THE NO OF ATTEMPTS IN AIMCATS?
ramnath : Focus on question selection, improve your calculation speed and reading speed

devyani : SIR, FROM TWO AIMCATS MY SCORE IS DECREASING..IN QUANT SECTION I KNOW THE METHOD HOW TO DO PROBLEM..BUT I AM GOING WRONG..HOW SHOULD I WORK OUT?
ashishtiwari : Categorize your mistakes then work seperately on them.

devyani : SIR, FROM TWO AIMCATS MY SCORE IS DECREASING..IN QUANT SECTION I KNOW THE METHOD HOW TO DO PROBLEM..BUT I AM GOING WRONG..HOW SHOULD I WORK OUT?
ashishtiwari : Categorize your mistakes then work seperately on them.

raj : SIR AS COMPARED TO THE OLD PATTERN THE NEW PATTERN HAS ONLY 1.7 MIN ON AN AVERAGE FOR EACH QUESTION . HOW TO GET OVER THIS ??
ashishtiwari : You will have to formulate the strategy, which question to leave and which question to solve

raj : SIR AS COMPARED TO THE OLD PATTERN THE NEW PATTERN HAS ONLY 1.7 MIN ON AN AVERAGE FOR EACH QUESTION . HOW TO GET OVER THIS ??
ashishtiwari : You will have to formulate the strategy, which question to leave and which question to solve

shreyans : CAN U PLZ LET US KNOW SHOULD WE FOCUS ON VOCAB MORE AS THE QUES WILL BE LESS TIME CONSUMING AND SUITABLE FOR NEW PATTERN
ramnath : CAT has not been vocab heavy these days. However improved vocab can help in RCs

nidhi : IS THERE A SEPARATE CUT OFF FOR LA AND VR. DO WE NEED TO CLEAR BOTH THE SECTIONS SEPARATELY. CAN I WORK ON ONE PART MORE AND CLEAR THE CUT OFF AS A WHOLE IN SECTION 2
subhankar : Hopefully there will be no individual cut-off for VA and LR. There should be a sectional cut-off for 2nd section.

dlcc4xv34 : WITH THE NEW PATTERN WHAT ARE THE MODIFICATIONS WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE IN OUR PREPARATION
ramnath : Practice allocation time between areas/sections

vicky17 : 2. WHAT WILL BE THE BEST USE OF THE JUMPING OPTION THAT WILL BE PROVIDED?
viveknair : You can start with Verbal if you like. You can switch sections if you feel you have cleared cutoffs in one section and are lagging behind in the other.

skylark : SIR, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS NORMALISATION. PLEASE EXPLAIN.
ramnath : Refer to http://cat2013.iimidr.ac.in/dev_scorind_equityprocess.htm

cjcb4c400 : SIR,RIGHTNOW IN THE AIMCAT CAN I GO FOR MAX. QUESTIONS WITHOUT WORRIED OF -VE MARKS OR JUST ATTEMPT ONLY THOSE QUESTION WHICH ARE SURE.?
swapnila : Accuracy is as important as the number of attempts.Hence for scoring well being able to choose the right kind of questions is very important.

maddy : GUD EVNG SIR, I HAVE A %AGE OF 58.13 IN MY B.TECH.. IS THERE ANY PROB WHICH I MAY FACE IN NEW ANNOUNCEMENT
thomas : the top iims are ruled out due to the low marks. but a good cat score should get you some calls from the top 20 colleges

sachin9 : @SIRS WHAT ABOUT MARKS ?IS IT +3 -1
asim : The complete pattern will be revealed on 1 aug when the cat website gets uploaded

lokendra : WHETHER CAT DIFFICULTY LEVEL WOULD MATCH TO GMAT LEVEL?
subhankar : It is not feasible to compare two different exams, specially when we have no idea regarding the new pattern for CAT.

naveen66 : SIR WHAT IS THE SELECTION PROCEGURE OF IIFT
subhankar : Written exam followed by GD-PI process.

alisha : WILL THERE BE SECTIONAL CUT OFFS
viveknair : Quite likely

alisha : WILL THERE BE SECTIONAL CUT OFFS?
rajeshsaraf : yes !!

sddhant : I AM PREPARING FOR GRE TOO, WHAT ELSE SHOULD I FOCUS ON OTHER THAN MY CAT STUDIES?
viveknair : Greater proportion of Data sufficiency usually. Essay is also there.

trdp : WILL THERE BE ANY CHANGE IN THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL IN CAT14? I MEAN SOLVING 50 IN 85 MINS IS EQUAL TO SOLVING 30 IN 70 MINS, RIGHT!!
vivek : There is no clarity. And quite frankly if someone tells you he can predict CAT, he is bluffing.

rohan : AS WE TOGGLE BETWEEN TWO SECTION, IF I DO NOT ATTEMPT THE RC QUESTIONS AND SCORE ONLY IN THE REMAINING PARTS. WILL IT BE GOOD??
ramnath : That depends on the number of RC Qs. If there are in good proportion in the overall VA area, then leaving RCs out will push your sectional percentile down in the 2nd section...risking missing the sectional cutoffs

nikunj : SIR,ARE U GOING TO REVISE SECTIONAL TEST ALSO ACCORDING TO THE NEW PATTERN?
vivek : Yes we would

aju : SIR IF I PRACTICE HARD AND MAKE 100% ACCURACY THEN HOW MANY CLICKS REQUIRED OUT OFF 100 TO SCORE MORE?
asim : cannot be predicted as it depends on diff level of slot

nikita : WHAT ARE THE KEY AREAS TO FOCUS ON IN QUANT PREPARATIONS?
rajeshsaraf : All the areas !! Nothing can be left out !! areas like Numbers, geometry, Functions, graphs, Coordinate geomtry etc

sam : WILL THERE BE STILL -VE MARKING??
subhankar : As per the general exam pattern, -ve marking is expected to be there for wrong answers.

shraddha : IDEAL TIME SPLIT FOR SOLVING(ROUND 1)EASY QUESTION AND(ROUND 2) MEDIUM MUST BE ?
viveknair : Will vary from person to person.

varun : HOW TO USE THE SWITCH SECTION SO THAT IT'S OF USE RATHER THAN SCREWING THE PAPER.?
vivek : Use the bookmark option. You cannot randomly go through the question paper over and over again. Even when CAT was paper pencil, the best strategy was to allocate a min time for each section and then use the buffer for the remainder.

aditya : WHAT WOULD BE THE LEVEL OF QUESTIONS?
rajeshsaraf : That should not bother anyone at this point of time.

csr : HI SIR,
subhankar : Hello.

vvs : WILL THERE BE SECTIONAL CUTOFFS IN THE REVISED PATTERN?
subhankar : As per the info, there will be section cut-off percentiles for each section.

raj : SIR WILL YOU PLEASE CONDUCT THIS CHAT SESSION AFTER THE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION FROM THE IIM . IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO CLEAR THE DBTS
ramnath : We have already planned for that Raj. Waiting for the info to be official so that we can announce it :)

akshay : SIR, IS IT ADVISABLE TO LEAVE THE JOB TO PREPARE FOR CAT ?
viveknair : Only advised if you can deal with the pressure of having to do well in this attempt itself. Many buckle under it. Having a job typically means you can be more choosy and stay with the job if you are not happy with your chances in the good b schools.

np : SIR PLS SUUGEST SOME PREPARATION STATAGIES FOR QUANT
subhankar : Revise the basics properly and solve the previous years' CAT papers and AIMCAT papers.

sweety11 : SIR DID THE LENGTH OF THE RC PASSAGES WILL INCREASE??
rajeshsaraf : Again, your preparation strategy should take care of both the possibilities (smaller as well as lengthier passages)

bhcb4g099 : HELLO EVERYONE,IS THERE A CONCEPT OF DIFFRENTIAL SCORING MEANING IF I ATTEMPT HARDER(BUT LESSER) QUESTIONS CORRECTLY WILL MY PERCENTILE GO UP AS COMPARED TO ANSWERING A FEW MORE EASIER QUESTIONS?
rajeshsaraf : There may or may not be differential marking. let's wait for more details (1st august)

varun : HOW THIS INCREASE WILL EFFECT RCS SECTION. WILL THEY BE LONGER THAN USUAL OR MORE QUESTION PER RC ??
swapnila : Difficult to predict this at this point of time.

abc : CAN WE TOGGLE BETWEEN VARIOUS SECTIONS AS MUCH AS WE WANT?
ramnath : Yes

nisarg : APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY QUESTIONS ARE WE EXPECTED TO SOLVE OUT OF 100
vivek : Attempts depend of difficulty level. We would be giving AIMCATs of varying difficulty levels where the no. of attempts to get a certain percentile would vary, you can then make up your strategy accordingly.

jk : SIR,BASED ON NEW PATTERN CAT WILL BE HELD ONLY ON 2 DAYS OR FROM 16TH TO 22ND CONTINUOUSLY?DID NOT GOT IT CLEAR?IF IT IS ONLY FOR 2DAYS THAT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WRITING CAT HAS BEEN DECREASING SINCE IT HAS OPTED FOR ONLINE MODE.THIS IS MY PERSONAL SUGGESTION .WHAT IS SIR,S OPINION?
rajeshsaraf : No, there will be more number of centres to accomodate the candidates !!

sourav : IS TRAINING COUNTED AS WORK EX FOR ADMISSIONS
thomas : no. only full time paid work is considered.

aaaa : DUE TO CHANGE IN PATTERN , DO CAT WILL ASK DIRECT QUESTION ON GRAMMAR THIS TIME.
rajeshsaraf : Well direct questions have always been a rarity in an exam like CAT !!

akriti : NOW. WHAT IS BETTER?... TO START WITH VERBAL OR TO START WITH QUANTS
swapnila : This would depend on your comfort zone and the areas where you feel you can score the maximum.So while analysing the aimcat try and work on identifying these areas in both the sections.

raja : ACCORDING TO NEW PATTERN, HOW MANY QUESTION WE CAN EXPECT IN DI
vivek : Everything is speculation. We do not comment on speculations.

nikunj : WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE FOR IIFT?
subhankar : Written exam followed by GD-PI process.

shounak : SIR, WHAT EXACTLY IS KNOWN WITH COMPLETE CERTAINTY ABOUT THE PATTERN AT THIS POINT?
vivek : That there would be two sections of 50 Qs each. No sectional limits and that the time limit is 2 hrs 50 mins.

sakshi : SIR HOW MANY QUESTIONS SHUD WE ATTEMPT IN EACH SECTION ORDER TO GET +95 %CILE
vivek : Already answered.

neel : SIR, MY 10TH % IS 90 AND GRADUATION % IS 82, BUT 12TH % IS 78. DOES THIS MEAN THAT I SHOULD RULE OUT TOP COLLEGES; EVEN IF CAT SCORE IS GOOD?
thomas : if you have a very good cat score(99.8) you can expect pretty much all calls.

sonu : SIR,ACTUALLY I WAS BUSY IN OFFICE N JUST NOW I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT THIS CHAT.MY QUESTION IS THAT WHAT IS THE NEW PATTERN FOR CAT.HOW MANY QUESTIONS FOR EACH SECTION R THERE AND WHAT WOULD BE RESPECTIVE TIMING AND HOW IT WOULD EFFECT OUR PREPARATION.
subhankar : New pattern : Section1 : QA & DI Section2 : VA & LR 50 questions in each section. Total time : 170 minutes.

abc : SIR AS THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN INCREASED WHAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL??
rajeshsaraf : Don't worry about difficulty level. What matters is the cut off !! the two parameters are inversely linked with each other.

anayta : SIR MY 10TH SCORE IS 68% AND 12TH 74%, B.TECH 78%. WHAT ARE MY CHANCES IN OLD IIMS IF I MANAGE TO GET 98-99+ IN CAT?
ramnath : Chances for sure go up with good CAT score. The recent acads are good too, so the over all chances should also look good. All the best

akshay : HI SIR, HOW MANY QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ATTEMPT WITH 90 % ACCURACY IN CAT 14? PLEASEADVISE
vivek : Already answered.

alisha : HOW MANY BCOM GRADUATES CRACK CAT WITH GOOD MARKS?? IS THERE ANY HOPE TO GET IIMS FOR GRADUATES WITH NO WORK EXP.???
viveknair : Yes. Quite possible with diversity becoming important to many IIMs. Traditionally arnd 30% dont have work ex

rajju : IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF GETTING QUESTIONS ON GENERAL KNOWLEDGE THIS TIME OR WOULD THE SUBJECTS REMAIN THE SAME?
rajeshsaraf : GK no !!

sam : SIR ,WHAT IS THE IDEAL TIME FOR SOLVING RCS WITH 3 TO 4 QUESTIONS?
vivek : Depends on difficulty level. Around 8 mins should be good for a difficult RC

raga : HEY SIR, I AM INTERESTED TO DO ONLY HR IN MBA. SO WHAT SHOULD BE THE COLLEGE LIST I SHOULD BE APPLYING ?
subhankar : Good colleges in HR: XLRI, IIM Ranchi, MDI, TISS, SCMHRD, XIMB etc.

venkatesh : WILL THERE BE ANY ADVANTAGE FOR ASPIRANTS WHO GET THE NOV-22 DAY SLOT?
subhankar : No.

nidhi : MY VERBAL ABILITY PART IS WEAK. WHAT SHOULD I DO TO IMPROVE THIS?
rajeshsaraf : Just brush up on the basics- vocab, PFQs, Grammar (Sentence Correction), try to concentrate on areas where you are extremely good at. Maintain a balance between the two

miteshb : SIR, WHAT WILL BE THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS IN EACH SECTION, I MEAN QA, DI, VA, LR?
asim : The complete pattern will be revealed on 1 aug when the cat website gets uploaded

miteshb : SIR, WHAT WILL BE THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS IN EACH SECTION, I MEAN QA, DI, VA, LR?
asim : The complete pattern will be revealed on 1 aug when the cat website gets uploaded

aspire95 : SIR, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT THE ENTIRE 4 SLOTS WILL HAVE PAPERS ON SIMILAR DIFFICULTY LEVELS
rajeshsaraf : Even if that's different, normalization will take care of it !!

sakshi : SIR HOW MANY RCS AND LRS WILL BE DER NOW , NOW DAT D QUESTION NO. HAV INCREASED
vivek : No information regarding this has been provided. Everything is a speculation as of now.

trdp : IF I HAVE A GOOD HOLD ON QADI RATHER THAN VALR, WILL IT BE GOOD TO SPENT MORE TIME IN QADI?
subhankar : Depends on your preparation and the question difficulty, divide your time in the sections. Write the mocks to make the strategy.

cccca4d029 : DO I NEED TO CONCENTRATE IN ANY SPECIFIC TOPIC FOR THE REVISED CAT
asim : Nope,you should prepare for all the areas.

vijay : IS THE NEW PATTERN GOOD OR BAD?
asim : Seems good.

lnca4g695 : HOW DO I INCREASE MY ACCURACY?
viveknair : Analysing your AIMCATs and looking for trends in your mistakes help you identify areas where you tend to make errors. Be calm and dont give in to stress. That also helps.

shipra : SIR, MY 10TH % IS 96.2 , 12TH % IS 92.4 AND GRADUATION % IS 73. CAN I EXPECT A CALL FROM THE TOP IIMS IF I SCORE 96+ PERCENTILE?
ramnath : With 96, top IIM calls may be out of reach..however, as there is time, push yourself to get more..it is very much possible...all the best

jeet : WHAT DO U THINK WILL BE THE BREAK OFF IN VA-LR SECTION??
rajeshsaraf : as in the earlier pattern, there used to be 21 qs in VA and 9 in LR. In the revised pattern, the split could be anything

ccca4c010 : WHAT IS THE BEST PREPARATION STRATEGY TO CRACK VA FROM GROUND LEVEL..?
swapnila : Begin with RC preparation by reading and practicing the tests uploaded on the SHP.Post that try working on PJ/PC.Also working on the word based questions would help in cracking the section.

ranjith : ACCORDING TO THE NEW PATTERN, CAT WILL HAVE 50 QUES PER SECTION. DOES THIS MAKE IT EASIER?
subhankar : Not really.

divyank : SIR, I HAVE 88% IN 10TH, 71% IN 12TH AND 60 % IN B.TECH , WHAT PERCENTILE I NEED TO GET FOR TOP IIMS???
ramnath : The more the percentile...the better it will be for you, obviously. It will also depend on the reservation category Divyank. Older IIMs, (not I & B) for general category need 98 and upwards

kxcc4v753 : SIR, I AM VERY GOOD IN THE QUANTS SECTION BUT AVERAGE IN VA SECTION. SO HOW MUCH TIME AND QUESTIONS SHOULD I DEVOTE TO THE QUANTS SECTION IN ORDER TO GET ABOVE 95 PERCENTILE IN BOTH SECTIONS?
subhankar : Depends on your preparation and the question difficulty, divide your time in the sections. Write the mocks to finalise the strategy.

nachiketa : SIR NOW ACCURACY WILL BE CONSIDERED IN NORMALISATION OR NOT? BECAUSE ALL STUDENTS IN THE SAME SLOT WILL GET THE SAME QUESTIONS
thomas : normally accuracy do not play any role. its only the net score which matter.

venki : IN THE NEW PATTERN DOES ACCURACY HOLD THE KEY FOR GOOD %LE??
vivek : In every pattern accuracy is important

keerthi : SIR,WHAT IF THE DATE CAT CLASHES WITH UNIVERSITY EXAMS
vivek : Pray to FSM that it does not.

bijal : A CA SHOULD IDEALLY FOCUS ON WHICH INSTITUTES ?
asim : If you are ambitious then aim at the IIMs and other top 10.

abhi : SIR, DO WE GET TO CHOSE OUR EXAM DATE OR WE WILL BE ALLOTED RANDOMLY?
subhankar : You can't choose the exam date, it will be allotted to you.

sanchita : IN CASE OF QA IS THE SCOPE OF SYLLABUS GOING TO WIDEN OR THE TOPICS WL REMAIN D SAME AS IT WS PREVIOUSLY....??
rajeshsaraf : More or less, it will remain the same. But wait for 1st Aug

sreekanth : SIR DON'T HAVE OPTION TO SELECT OUR EXAM DATE? I HEARD THAT THEY WILL BE RANDOMLY ALLOCATED
subhankar : You can't choose the exam date, it will be allotted to you.

pri123 : WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS DO THEY GENERALLY ASK IN PI'S
vivek : Not relevant here.

rohit : HELLO SIR! HOW MUCH DO THE GRADUATION MARKS MATTER FOR SELECTION IN THE TOP IIM'S? IF I GET ABOVE 99 %ILE WHAT ARE MY CHANCES?
viveknair : IIMB tends to give close to arnd 15% weightage in the final shortlist. Others might have lesser. Good chances.

sasank : AS PER TOI REPORTS THE NEW FORMAT SAYS WE CAN SWITCH BETWEEN SECTION. DOES THAT IMPLY THAT WE CAN START WITH VA/LI.
asim : The complete pattern will be revealed on 1 aug when the cat website gets uploaded

manish : WHEN WILL WE CAN HAVE AIMCAT ON SIMILAR PATTERN?
vivek : We have already started working on it. That is the reason why the current AIMCAT has been postponed. We should be able to start the AIMCATs with new pattern in around 7-10 days' time.

kxca4h092 : MY QUANT IS WEAK BUT OTHER SECTIONS ARE PRETTY ACCURATE.DO I STAND A CHANCE IN CAT?
subhankar : Yes, but don't ignore Quant

cccca4d029 : DOES THE MINIMUM PERCENTILE ON EACH SECTION CONTINUES
ramnath : Yes..this is called sectional cutoff

shaun : SHOULD WE DEVOTE TO SCORING MORE IN OUR STRONG SECTION?
ramnath : Yes...making sure you dont neglect the other section...keep sectional cutoffs in mind

casaumya : WHAT ABOUT NEGATIVE MARKING? ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO IT?
vivek : Highly unlikely

gaurav : A BCA SHOULD IDEALLY FOCUS ON WHICH INSTITUTES ?
asim : Irrespective of your acadmic profile, aim at the IIMs.

shivanshi : EARLIER WHEN THERE WERE GIVEN 2.3 MINUTES EACH THEN I FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO WIND ON WHAT OF NOW WHEN SAME QUESTIONS BUT JUST 1.7 MINS IN HAND SIR I M REALLY TENSED PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME I DON'T HAVE GOOD SPEED
vivek : Get speed. Jokes apart, it is the same for others too. Highly unlikely that CAT would be a speed test only.

prashant : HELLO
subhankar : Hi, any queries ?

ankur : SIR DOES THE BOARD FROM WHICH I DID MY 10TH N 12TH MATTER IN SELECTION PROCESS OR ONLY NUMBERS MATTER?
vivek : Depends from college to college. Some colleges like IIM B, IIM L, IIM K consider the university while some dont.

varun : IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF GETTING QUESTIONS FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS LIKE FACTS, INFERENCE AND JUDGEMENT AS IN XAT??
swapnila : FIJ questions have also appeared in CAT earlier.And yes there is possibility of the above.

jeet : SO HOW SHOULD WE PREPARE NOW IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT EVEN WILL BE THE SPLIT IN SECTION. WILL THERE BE 2 SECTION CUT-OFF OR 3 SECTION CUT-OFF??
ramnath : There will be a 2 section cutoff if there are 2 sections. And, we have to prepare for all possible scenarios..diff number of Qs form each areas, different difficulty levels etc

sai : SIR, PREVIOUSLY QUESTIONS ARE DIVIDED AS 21 AND 9 AMONG QA/VA AND DI/LR RESPECTIVELY..HOW THE QUESTIONS WOULD BE DIVIDED IN THIS NEW PATTER??
rajeshsaraf : That could go anyway !!

prashant : THIA WILL BE MY 1ST CAT XAM
rajeshsaraf : All the best !!

abhishek710 : SIR IS IT SUGGESTIBLE TO KEEP 22ND AS A PREFERABLE DATE OF EXAM OR 16TH?
subhankar : You can't choose the exam date, it will be allotted to you.

hari : CHANGE IN PATTERN DOES HELPS US IN INCREASING PERCENTILE
rajeshsaraf : There is no relationship between the two!!

trdp : CAN THE REMAINING AIMCATS GOING TO BE CAT'14 TYPE? AS CAT'14 IS UNPREDICTABLE, HOW QUESTION SETTERS WILL SET THE QUESTIONS?
asim : we will set based on what ever official information will be officially released by the IIM on their cat website.

puneet : SIR.. HI AS THE CAT PATTERN HAS CHANGED WHAT BREAKUP SHOULD I EXPECT IN TERMS OF VA AND LR FOR THE SECOND SECTION
thomas : just wait for confirmation of the new pattern.lr is expected to be around 30-40 percent of the qns.

priyanka : HI SIR. MY 10TH % IS 88. MY 12TH % IS 83. I ALSO HAVE WORK EXPERIENCE OF TWO YEARS. I HAVE STARTED PREPARING LAST MONTH. UPTILL NOW, I HAVE COVERED QUANT SECTION. HOW CAN I PROCEED NOW IN ORDER TO ENSURE 99 PERCENTILE IN NEW PATTERN.
ramnath : Take an AIMCAT..Check where you stand and also identify your focus/weak areas. Start working on them

niha : SIR,IF WE CANNOT GET THROUGH THE IIM'S WHAT ARE THE NEXT LEVEL B SCHOOLS WE CAN OPT FOR?
vivek : Look at our B-School ratings. They provide a very good guide to them.

rohit : SIR, I AM DONE WITH 60% OF THE T.I.M.E STUDY MATERIAL, 85% OF QUANT AND 60% OF DI.SO. WHAT SHOULD BE MY COURSE OF ACTION FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS?
vivek : Attempt each AIMCAT, solve all the MCs and CRTs dont neglect VA and LR.

kaustavmajhi : SIR, IF I'M SCORING AROUND 99.5 PERCENTILE PLUS IN AIMCATS WHAT CAN I EXPECT FROM CAT IF I CAN REPLICATE THE PERFORMANCE?
ramnath : A similar if not a better percentile for sure. All the best

rmahmero : MY CLASSES ARE OVER. SO HOW DO I GET MY DOUBTS CLEARED?
rajeshsaraf : Contact your centre for the doubt clarifying sessions in the topics (where you have some doubts)

shraddha : HOW MANY MOCK TEST TO TAKE IN A WEEK ? AND HOW TO ANALYSE THEM ?
rajeshsaraf : analysis on the basis of 1) easy qs left out 2) difficult qs attempted 3) types of mistakes 4) sequence in which the questions were attempted 5) areas from which the questions were ignored completely

shraddha : HOW MANY MOCK TEST TO TAKE IN A WEEK ? AND HOW TO ANALYSE THEM ?
rajeshsaraf : analysis on the basis of 1) easy qs left out 2) difficult qs attempted 3) types of mistakes 4) sequence in which the questions were attempted 5) areas from which the questions were ignored completely

kxca4h092 : FROM WHEN WILL THE AIMCATS RESUME ??
vivek : Already answered.

shuchit : WE ALSO HAVE IIFT ON 22ND. WON;T THE CLASH BE RESOLVED?
vivek : IIFT is on 23rd. So no clash. The best option is to choose the same city for IIFT as you choose for CAT.

gaurav : DEAR SIR ONCE THE BASICS ARE CLEAR .. FROM WHERE SHOULD WE PRACTICE
subhankar : Previous years' CAT papers and AIMCAT papers.

mucc4uh27 : WHAT ABOUT THE AIMCAT TEST WHICH HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AND ARE REMAINING ACCORDING TO NEW CAT PATTERN?
thomas : all remaining aimcats will be based on the new pattern of cat.

akshat : DOES THE CHANGE IN PATTERN OF THE CAT CALLS FOR A CHANGE IN STRATEGY? IF YES, HOW SHOULD WE GO ABOUT FRAMING A NEW STRATEGY TO SCORE THE MAXIMUM?
rajeshsaraf : the strategy cannot undergo a big overhaul. Just some minor changes may be required

kxca4g115 : HELLO SIR, ACCORDING TO THE NEW PATTERN NO. OF ARE QUESTIONS INCREASED ,SO CAN WE EXPECT MORE NO. OF EASY OR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL OF QUESTIONS??
rajeshsaraf : anything could possibly happen

kxca4g115 : HELLO SIR, ACCORDING TO THE NEW PATTERN NO. OF ARE QUESTIONS INCREASED ,SO CAN WE EXPECT MORE NO. OF EASY OR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL OF QUESTIONS??
rajeshsaraf : anything could possibly happen

sav : HELLO SIR, ..WILL THE SECTIONAL TESTS GIVEN IN THE STUDENT ACCOUNT ALSO CHANGE, AS PER THE NEW PATTERN OF CAT ?
ramnath : MCs CRT and sectional tests will reflect the new pattern..complete details on this will be circulated soon

shubhangi : IS THERE ANY NEW IIM'S ADDED IN THE LIST?
ramnath : Good optimism...but not for this year. Better luck for the next.

777 : I AM ANSWERING WELL AND ACCURATELY FROM THE HANDOUTS BUT IN AIMCATS MY ANSWERS ARE GOING WRONG .HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ?
rajeshsaraf : analyse why the same is happening. A good analysis is the key

777 : I AM ANSWERING WELL AND ACCURATELY FROM THE HANDOUTS BUT IN AIMCATS MY ANSWERS ARE GOING WRONG .HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ?
rajeshsaraf : analyse why the same is happening. A good analysis is the key

muca4d586 : THERE'S A GK SECTION IN IIFT?
subhankar : Yes

akriti : I SCORED 97.6 PERCENTILE IN ONE OF THE AIMCAT... AGAIN IT REDUCED TO 89 AND 83 IN FURTHER... ANY SUGGESTIONS?
vinnayraj : the fluctuations in aimcat scores are very common.in fact most of the successfull candidates also have these inconsistent scores.so need to really worry.analyse why this is happening and try to rectify..

pri123 : MY GEOMETRY IS WEAK. PLEASE SUGGEST WAYS TO IMPROVE MY GEOMETRY.
vivek : Geometry is about practice and familiarity. Unfortunately there is no way out. That does not mean you cram all the formula. Use the formula you know and all the disclaimers that go with them.

darpan : CA YOU SUGGEST ANY BOOK FOR ENGLISH GRAMMAR ?
asim : If you are a T.I.M.E. student then refer to V102

raga : HOW TO GET INTO SCMHRD ?
subhankar : You need to do well in SNAP

vvs : WHAT IS THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF AIMCATS COMPARED TO CAT?
rajeshsaraf : at par !!

angela : EARLIER ACCURACY WAS D MAIN THING TO FOCUS ON....AND WE COULD DEVOTE ATLEST 2-3 MINUTES IN EACH QUESTIONS...WAT ABOUT THIS TYM? SHOULD TIME SPEED ALSO BE MAINTAINED...ATLEAST HW MANY MINUTES CAN WE DEVOTE FOR EACH QUESTION??
ramnath : Angela..dont look at it as 100 Qs and 170 minutes and hence 1.7 min per Qn. Look at it as a larger pool fo questions now available to choose from and more time being available to solve them. You are not (Nobody is) going to solve all 100 anyways

angela : EARLIER ACCURACY WAS D MAIN THING TO FOCUS ON....AND WE COULD DEVOTE ATLEST 2-3 MINUTES IN EACH QUESTIONS...WAT ABOUT THIS TYM? SHOULD TIME SPEED ALSO BE MAINTAINED...ATLEAST HW MANY MINUTES CAN WE DEVOTE FOR EACH QUESTION??
ramnath : Angela..dont look at it as 100 Qs and 170 minutes and hence 1.7 min per Qn. Look at it as a larger pool fo questions now available to choose from and more time being available to solve them. You are not (Nobody is) going to solve all 100 anyways

shivanshi : MY VA/DI IS WEAK BUT LR/QUANT IS PREETY ACCURATE IT POSSIBLE TO GET GOOD PERCENTILE?
asim : Yes, provided you work hard in the remaining days.

shivanshi : MY VA/DI IS WEAK BUT LR/QUANT IS PREETY ACCURATE IT POSSIBLE TO GET GOOD PERCENTILE?
asim : Yes, provided you work hard in the remaining days.

priya : WITH SWITCHING BTWN SECTIONS ALLOWED WONT COMMERCE STUDENTS B AT A DISADVANTAGE?
vinnayraj : not really.focus on solving all the easy questions in both sections by spending a considerable amount of time in both the sections..

priya : WITH SWITCHING BTWN SECTIONS ALLOWED WONT COMMERCE STUDENTS B AT A DISADVANTAGE?
vinnayraj : not really.focus on solving all the easy questions in both sections by spending a considerable amount of time in both the sections..

shaun : SIR,LIKE I AM WEAK AT MATHS AS IN JUST QUANT,IF I SCORE HANDSOMELY IN DI AND SECTION 2 ,WILL THIS SUFFICE AS A GOOD STRATEGY
vivek : You cannot be too good in DI if you are not good in Math :)

shaun : SIR,LIKE I AM WEAK AT MATHS AS IN JUST QUANT,IF I SCORE HANDSOMELY IN DI AND SECTION 2 ,WILL THIS SUFFICE AS A GOOD STRATEGY
vivek : You cannot be too good in DI if you are not good in Math :)

aayush : SIR HOW MUCH ACCURACY IS REQUIRED TO SCORE 90 PERCENTILE??
ramnath : Well..you can reach 90 percentile with various levels of accuracy :). On a serious note, accuracy along with the number of Qs attempted is crucial. Don't miss the other parameter too

harsha : SIR, INCREASE IN NO OF QUESTION . DOES THAT MEAN DIFFICULTY LEVEL WILL DECREASE?
vivek : But then the time has also increased. This is just speculation. Mostly false.

milly : HELLO, SIR/MAM
subhankar : Hi, please ask your query

milly : HELLO, SIR/MAM
subhankar : Hi, please ask your query

sahil : HELLO, I AM JUST JOINING THE DISCUSSION....
subhankar : Please shoot your query

vijay : HOW DO THEY CONVERT THE SCORE TO 225?
thomas : the score need not be out of 225. just wait a few more days for the official confirmation of the new cat pattern to come.

vijay : HOW DO THEY CONVERT THE SCORE TO 225?
thomas : the score need not be out of 225. just wait a few more days for the official confirmation of the new cat pattern to come.

ks12 : SIR,WHAT CAN I DO TO IMPROVE MY HOLD ON RCS?
ramnath : Improve your familiarity with the kind of topics that are expected in CAT. Get out of your comfort zone. Summarise the passages you read, for better understanding

ks12 : SIR,WHAT CAN I DO TO IMPROVE MY HOLD ON RCS?
ramnath : Improve your familiarity with the kind of topics that are expected in CAT. Get out of your comfort zone. Summarise the passages you read, for better understanding

reeturaj : WILL THERE BE ANY SECTIONAL PERCENTILE SYSTEM???
ramnath : Yes reeturaj

reeturaj : WILL THERE BE ANY SECTIONAL PERCENTILE SYSTEM???
ramnath : Yes reeturaj

shubhangi : LAST DATE FOR FILLING UP IIFT FORM?
subhankar : Last date for obtaining prospectus through post is Aug 20, 2014 Last date for obtaining prospectus across the counter at IIFT is Sep 3, 2014 Last date for receipt of applications is Sep 3, 2014

shubhangi : LAST DATE FOR FILLING UP IIFT FORM?
subhankar : Last date for obtaining prospectus through post is Aug 20, 2014 Last date for obtaining prospectus across the counter at IIFT is Sep 3, 2014 Last date for receipt of applications is Sep 3, 2014

aaaa : HOW MANY AIMCAT WILL BE THERE WITH THE NEW PATTERN
asim : All the remaining ones

aaaa : HOW MANY AIMCAT WILL BE THERE WITH THE NEW PATTERN
asim : All the remaining ones

milly : HELLO, SIR/MAM I AM WEAK IN QUANT SECTION PLZ SUGGEST ME HOW TO IMPOVE THAT
subhankar : First go through the basics solve CAT and AIMCAT papers

milly : HELLO, SIR/MAM I AM WEAK IN QUANT SECTION PLZ SUGGEST ME HOW TO IMPOVE THAT
subhankar : First go through the basics solve CAT and AIMCAT papers

kxcc4x057 : HI.. WHAT SHOULD BE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF ATTEMPS FROM EACH SECTION?
vivek : Already answered.

kxcc4x057 : HI.. WHAT SHOULD BE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF ATTEMPS FROM EACH SECTION?
vivek : Already answered.

soham : WHAT WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE IN CAT 14 PATTERN ?
vivek : Please look at the chat history.

soham : WHAT WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE IN CAT 14 PATTERN ?
vivek : Please look at the chat history.

achi1701 : SIR, I MADE A MISTAKE BY SELECTING KOLKATA AS CAMPUS PREFERENCE FOR IIFT, PLEASE TELL ME HOW IS IIFT KOLKATA COMPARED TO IIFT DELHI, OR SHOULD I CONTACT HELPDESK TO GET MY CAMPUS PREFERENCE CHANGED ??
viveknair : pls chk

nisarg : WHAT DO I DO AFTER SOLVING EXERCISES A,B,C OF A CHAPTER FROM TIME MATERIAL? DO I SOLVE THE SECTIONAL QUESTIONS? OR FIRST FINISH ALL THE QUANT CHAPTERS AND THEN GIVE THE SECTIONAL TESTS TOGETHER
vivek : Do the sectional tests before moving to the newer topics

nisarg : WHAT DO I DO AFTER SOLVING EXERCISES A,B,C OF A CHAPTER FROM TIME MATERIAL? DO I SOLVE THE SECTIONAL QUESTIONS? OR FIRST FINISH ALL THE QUANT CHAPTERS AND THEN GIVE THE SECTIONAL TESTS TOGETHER
vivek : Do the sectional tests before moving to the newer topics

mavi923 : HOW MANY RC PASSAGES CAN WE EXPECT IN THE NEW PATTERN?
swapnila : Already answered.

mavi923 : HOW MANY RC PASSAGES CAN WE EXPECT IN THE NEW PATTERN?
swapnila : Already answered.

yogi : SIR, AS THE EXAMS ARE ONLY FOR 2 DAYS SO CAN WE EXPECT HIGHER PERCENTILES FOR BOTH THE DAYS?
rajeshsaraf : There is no link

yogi : SIR, AS THE EXAMS ARE ONLY FOR 2 DAYS SO CAN WE EXPECT HIGHER PERCENTILES FOR BOTH THE DAYS?
rajeshsaraf : There is no link

shreyans : MANY PPL HERE ARE TALKING ABOUT EXAM ON 1ST AUG. MAY I KNOW WHICH EXAM IS THIS?
vinnayraj : the iim website will be active from 1st august.so you can get all the details about the exam

shreyans : MANY PPL HERE ARE TALKING ABOUT EXAM ON 1ST AUG. MAY I KNOW WHICH EXAM IS THIS?
vinnayraj : the iim website will be active from 1st august.so you can get all the details about the exam

kxca4h092 : ARE THERE GOOD B SCHOOLS UNDER MAT??, IF ONE GETS A GOOD SCORE IN MAT AS WELL ?
vivek : Harldy

kxca4h092 : ARE THERE GOOD B SCHOOLS UNDER MAT??, IF ONE GETS A GOOD SCORE IN MAT AS WELL ?
vivek : Harldy

akshat : DO YOU PREDICT THAT THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF QUESTIONS WILL GO DOWN? SINCE THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE OF 40 QUESTIONS AND JUST 30 MINS TO ANSWER THEM?
rajeshsaraf : No just speculation or prediction. Be prepared for any possibility

akshat : DO YOU PREDICT THAT THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF QUESTIONS WILL GO DOWN? SINCE THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE OF 40 QUESTIONS AND JUST 30 MINS TO ANSWER THEM?
rajeshsaraf : No just speculation or prediction. Be prepared for any possibility

sa28 : ANY BROAD CHANGES IN SYLLABUS?
vivek : No

sa28 : ANY BROAD CHANGES IN SYLLABUS?
vivek : No

savan : HELLO SIR/MADAM.....WILL THERE NEGATIVE MARKING THIS TIME???
thomas : yes,there will be negative marking.

savan : HELLO SIR/MADAM.....WILL THERE NEGATIVE MARKING THIS TIME???
thomas : yes,there will be negative marking.

parvesh : SIR IS THE REMAINING TIME ENOUGH FOR THE PREPRATION ??
viveknair : Yes. In fact you have more time on your hands now thanks to the delayed CAT.

parvesh : SIR IS THE REMAINING TIME ENOUGH FOR THE PREPRATION ??
viveknair : Yes. In fact you have more time on your hands now thanks to the delayed CAT.

nikigrg : HI SIR, IS IT WISE TO DROP A YEAR OR QUIT MY JOB, SINCE IT IS VERY HECTIC AND ALL MY AIMCAT RESULTS AREN'T UP TO THE MARK?
vivek : NO

nikigrg : HI SIR, IS IT WISE TO DROP A YEAR OR QUIT MY JOB, SINCE IT IS VERY HECTIC AND ALL MY AIMCAT RESULTS AREN'T UP TO THE MARK?
vivek : NO

shivanshi : MINIMUM PERCENTILE TO GET INTO GOOD IITS FOR MBA?
asim : If you beling to gen category then aim at 98.5+ percentile to secure almost all the IIT calls.

shivanshi : MINIMUM PERCENTILE TO GET INTO GOOD IITS FOR MBA?
asim : If you beling to gen category then aim at 98.5+ percentile to secure almost all the IIT calls.

karthick : HI..ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT LRDI BREAK UP ?
asim : We cannot be sure, make sure you prepare for both the areas.

karthick : HI..ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT LRDI BREAK UP ?
asim : We cannot be sure, make sure you prepare for both the areas.

arjun : IF I AM WORKING, HOW MANY HOURS SHOULD I BE STUDYING ON AN AVERAGE ON WORKING DAYS AND ON WEEKENDS?
ramnath : Arjun..While it may sound old school, it should be as much time as possible...there should be no upper limit.

arjun : IF I AM WORKING, HOW MANY HOURS SHOULD I BE STUDYING ON AN AVERAGE ON WORKING DAYS AND ON WEEKENDS?
ramnath : Arjun..While it may sound old school, it should be as much time as possible...there should be no upper limit.

manu : HELLO SIR
subhankar : Hi, ask your question.

manu : HELLO SIR
subhankar : Hi, ask your question.

mack : DOES IIM TAKE CARE OF BOARD NORMALIZATION IN 10TH AND 12TH MARKS AS EVEN TOPPERS OF STATE BOARD DONT GET MORE THAN 90%??
vinnayraj : they do..

mack : DOES IIM TAKE CARE OF BOARD NORMALIZATION IN 10TH AND 12TH MARKS AS EVEN TOPPERS OF STATE BOARD DONT GET MORE THAN 90%??
vinnayraj : they do..

rohit : HOW MANY QUESTION SHOULD I ATTEND IN NEW PATTERN OF CAT...
asim : As many as possible without compromising on accuracy

rohit : HOW MANY QUESTION SHOULD I ATTEND IN NEW PATTERN OF CAT...
asim : As many as possible without compromising on accuracy

prateek : WOT SHOULD BE THE MINIMUM ATTEMPT TO GET CALLS FROM IIM'S ESPECIALLY OLD IIM'S ACC TO NEW PATTERN
thomas : it will depend on the level of qns. nothing can be said as of now.

prateek : WOT SHOULD BE THE MINIMUM ATTEMPT TO GET CALLS FROM IIM'S ESPECIALLY OLD IIM'S ACC TO NEW PATTERN
thomas : it will depend on the level of qns. nothing can be said as of now.

aastha : DO U SUGGEST DIVIDING THE TIME EQUALLY.. CONSIDERING THAT VA TAKES LESSER TIME THAN SOLVING QA..
ramnath : This should depend on your strength and comfort level with the areas..Just allocating time equally will not help

aastha : DO U SUGGEST DIVIDING THE TIME EQUALLY.. CONSIDERING THAT VA TAKES LESSER TIME THAN SOLVING QA..
ramnath : This should depend on your strength and comfort level with the areas..Just allocating time equally will not help

swati : SIR I WILL BE VERY THANKFUL TO U IF U SUGGEST ME A PERFECT TIMETABLE FOR WHOLE DAY...
vivek : Better done in person. Please visit the nearest TIME Center.

swati : SIR I WILL BE VERY THANKFUL TO U IF U SUGGEST ME A PERFECT TIMETABLE FOR WHOLE DAY...
vivek : Better done in person. Please visit the nearest TIME Center.

sakshi : SIR HOW AUTHENTIC IS THE BOOK "FACE TO FACE CAT" ARIHANT PUBLICATION???? REFERING IT FOR PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTION PAPERS IS FRUITFUL?
vivek : Useless

sakshi : SIR HOW AUTHENTIC IS THE BOOK "FACE TO FACE CAT" ARIHANT PUBLICATION???? REFERING IT FOR PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTION PAPERS IS FRUITFUL?
vivek : Useless

sa28 : DID COMING AIMCAT REFLECT CAT PATTERN?
subhankar : Yes.

sa28 : DID COMING AIMCAT REFLECT CAT PATTERN?
subhankar : Yes.

cody : CAN WE EXPECT 15 QUESTION IN EACH SECTION (QUANT & DI)
subhankar : Question wise break up can not be predicted as this moment.

cody : CAN WE EXPECT 15 QUESTION IN EACH SECTION (QUANT & DI)
subhankar : Question wise break up can not be predicted as this moment.

gaurav : IS SPEED MATTERS MORE IN NEW PATTERN COMPARE TO OLD PATTERNS
subhankar : Both speed and accuracy will be important.

gaurav : IS SPEED MATTERS MORE IN NEW PATTERN COMPARE TO OLD PATTERNS
subhankar : Both speed and accuracy will be important.

ccca4c010 : WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO REMEMBER VOCAB..?
viveknair : Best way is to use the words regularly in normal conversation. Else, root words etc help.

ccca4c010 : WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO REMEMBER VOCAB..?
viveknair : Best way is to use the words regularly in normal conversation. Else, root words etc help.

sweetu : IS NEW PATTERN INCREASE THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL ALSO?
asim : Cannot be predicted, though i am sure a hardworking student will be quite comfortable.

sweetu : IS NEW PATTERN INCREASE THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL ALSO?
asim : Cannot be predicted, though i am sure a hardworking student will be quite comfortable.

aaaa : DO CAT WILL ASK QUESTION IN GRAMMAR LIKE ASKED IN BANK AND SSC EXAM ERROR CORRECTION DIRECTLY THIS TIME BECAUSE NO OF QUESTION HAS INCREASED.
swapnila : CAT has always asked grammar questions so it may continue to ask questions even this year.

aaaa : DO CAT WILL ASK QUESTION IN GRAMMAR LIKE ASKED IN BANK AND SSC EXAM ERROR CORRECTION DIRECTLY THIS TIME BECAUSE NO OF QUESTION HAS INCREASED.
swapnila : CAT has always asked grammar questions so it may continue to ask questions even this year.

chaitanya5310 : IS ANY CHANGES IN THE SYLLABUS?
vinnayraj : there was anyway no prescribed syllabus for cat.historically they have tested candidates in the areas of qa,lr,di and va.so there is no change in that..

chaitanya5310 : IS ANY CHANGES IN THE SYLLABUS?
vinnayraj : there was anyway no prescribed syllabus for cat.historically they have tested candidates in the areas of qa,lr,di and va.so there is no change in that..

vish91 : OUT OF 100, WHAT IS THE IDEAL NO OF CORRECT ATTEMPTS TO GET A CALL FROM IIMS?
vivek : Already answered. Check Chat history.

vish91 : OUT OF 100, WHAT IS THE IDEAL NO OF CORRECT ATTEMPTS TO GET A CALL FROM IIMS?
vivek : Already answered. Check Chat history.

sky14 : GOOD EVENING SIR! FOR FULL LENGTH MOCKS , JUST THE AIMCATS ARE ENOUGH OR SHOULD THE MCS AND THE CRTS ALSO TO BE DONE? DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINT , TO DO ALL THE TEST PAPERS IS NOT PRACTICALLY POSSIBLE. SO, KINDLY SUGGEST THE PRIORITY - AIMCATS VS MCS VS CRTS.
vivek : All AIMCATs and at least 2/3 of MCs and CRTs

sky14 : GOOD EVENING SIR! FOR FULL LENGTH MOCKS , JUST THE AIMCATS ARE ENOUGH OR SHOULD THE MCS AND THE CRTS ALSO TO BE DONE? DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINT , TO DO ALL THE TEST PAPERS IS NOT PRACTICALLY POSSIBLE. SO, KINDLY SUGGEST THE PRIORITY - AIMCATS VS MCS VS CRTS.
vivek : All AIMCATs and at least 2/3 of MCs and CRTs

kk_2714 : I AM WORKING IN AN IT FIRM, AND SCRAPING OUT TIME TO STUDY CAN BE VERY TEDIOUS AT TIMES. CAN YOU PLEASE SUGGEST HOW CAN I BREAK UP MY TIME IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING CAT STARTING NOW?
viveknair : Use any travel time in bus, train etc to learn vocab using cue cards. On working days, make sure you spend 10 mins on a test or simple revision. Heavier work on the weekends perhaps when you have time to concentrate for longer.

kk_2714 : I AM WORKING IN AN IT FIRM, AND SCRAPING OUT TIME TO STUDY CAN BE VERY TEDIOUS AT TIMES. CAN YOU PLEASE SUGGEST HOW CAN I BREAK UP MY TIME IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING CAT STARTING NOW?
viveknair : Use any travel time in bus, train etc to learn vocab using cue cards. On working days, make sure you spend 10 mins on a test or simple revision. Heavier work on the weekends perhaps when you have time to concentrate for longer.

kshit1809 : SIR ARE THERE ANY GOOD B-SCHOOLS UNDER CMAT?? I M THINKING TO FILL CMAT THIS TIME???
ramnath : Yes...GLIM, IFMR etc. All the best

kshit1809 : SIR ARE THERE ANY GOOD B-SCHOOLS UNDER CMAT?? I M THINKING TO FILL CMAT THIS TIME???
ramnath : Yes...GLIM, IFMR etc. All the best

sa28 : HOW MUCH QUESTION I CAN ATTEMPT?
subhankar : It should be how many*. And secondly you should try to increase your accuracy and speed. Don't go for a predetermined number of questions.

sa28 : HOW MUCH QUESTION I CAN ATTEMPT?
subhankar : It should be how many*. And secondly you should try to increase your accuracy and speed. Don't go for a predetermined number of questions.

shilpa : SIR ,IS THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY FOR THE QUESTIONS EXPECTED TO GO DOWN?
subhankar : Cannot be predicted. Prepare well.

shilpa : SIR ,IS THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY FOR THE QUESTIONS EXPECTED TO GO DOWN?
subhankar : Cannot be predicted. Prepare well.

am : NOW THAT THE PATTERN IS CHANGED ,IF I CONCENTRATE MORE ON QA/DI AND LR SECTION (CONSIDERING THESE TO BE MY STRONG AREAS) AND JUST ATTEMPT THE SURE SHOT QUESTIONS IN VERBAL SECTION, WILL IT BE A GOOD STRATEGY? (I'VE OBSERVED MY ACCURACY IS LOW IN VERBAL AS COMPARED TO OTHER SECTIONS.)
vivek : Try this in the AIMCATs see how it works percentile wise. You cannot bank too much on one section. Though reducing one's errors is a good strategy.

am : NOW THAT THE PATTERN IS CHANGED ,IF I CONCENTRATE MORE ON QA/DI AND LR SECTION (CONSIDERING THESE TO BE MY STRONG AREAS) AND JUST ATTEMPT THE SURE SHOT QUESTIONS IN VERBAL SECTION, WILL IT BE A GOOD STRATEGY? (I'VE OBSERVED MY ACCURACY IS LOW IN VERBAL AS COMPARED TO OTHER SECTIONS.)
vivek : Try this in the AIMCATs see how it works percentile wise. You cannot bank too much on one section. Though reducing one's errors is a good strategy.

ninad : ANY ADVICE ON TIME MANAGEMENT DURING THE NEW PATTERN
vivek : Keep a buffer time for solving your strong section question. Just like you would do in a paper pencil exam without sectional constraints.

ninad : ANY ADVICE ON TIME MANAGEMENT DURING THE NEW PATTERN
vivek : Keep a buffer time for solving your strong section question. Just like you would do in a paper pencil exam without sectional constraints.

shubhangi : WILL 70+ ATTEMPT OF QUESTION OUT OF 100 GIVE ME 95+ PERCENTILE?
ramnath : Accurately...genarally yes,,,but it depends on the difficulty level of the paper too. Easy paper scores go up for a given percentile and viceversa for a difficult one

shubhangi : WILL 70+ ATTEMPT OF QUESTION OUT OF 100 GIVE ME 95+ PERCENTILE?
ramnath : Accurately...genarally yes,,,but it depends on the difficulty level of the paper too. Easy paper scores go up for a given percentile and viceversa for a difficult one

vvs : TIME DURATION PER QUESTION HAS REDUCED. DOES THAT MEAN THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL WOULD ALSO FALL?
vinnayraj : lets not speculate and lets approach the test with an open mind.in the case it is actually more difficult we are ready..

vvs : TIME DURATION PER QUESTION HAS REDUCED. DOES THAT MEAN THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL WOULD ALSO FALL?
vinnayraj : lets not speculate and lets approach the test with an open mind.in the case it is actually more difficult we are ready..

shubham : ANY EXTRA BOOK NEEDED FOR PREP.....OTHER THAN STUDY MATERIAL
ramnath : Try the Trishna series of books

shubham : ANY EXTRA BOOK NEEDED FOR PREP.....OTHER THAN STUDY MATERIAL
ramnath : Try the Trishna series of books

shubhangi : DO IIM'S COUNT 10TH AND 12 PERCENTAGE AS WELL AS MY 12TH PERCENTAGE IS 58
ramnath : While some do, Dont worry much about that...CAT score is the prime mover

shubhangi : DO IIM'S COUNT 10TH AND 12 PERCENTAGE AS WELL AS MY 12TH PERCENTAGE IS 58
ramnath : While some do, Dont worry much about that...CAT score is the prime mover

sakshi : SO WHERE SHALL V REFER FOR PREVIOUS YEARS CAT QUESTIONS?
ramnath : The T.I.M.E. student home page has them..check if you are a T.I.M.E. student

sakshi : SO WHERE SHALL V REFER FOR PREVIOUS YEARS CAT QUESTIONS?
ramnath : The T.I.M.E. student home page has them..check if you are a T.I.M.E. student

punil : HI..WILL THERE BE ANY INDIVIDUAL CUT OFF FOR THE TWO SECTIONS?
subhankar : Yes, should be.

punil : HI..WILL THERE BE ANY INDIVIDUAL CUT OFF FOR THE TWO SECTIONS?
subhankar : Yes, should be.

kavitha : I FEEL MORE EASE TO DO SELF STUDY WITH TIME BOOKS RATHER THAN ATTENDING CLSSES WILL IT BE FUTILE?
vivek : Self study means you are not taking into consideration what your competition is doing. You also lose a good amount of motivation which happens in a group environment.

kavitha : I FEEL MORE EASE TO DO SELF STUDY WITH TIME BOOKS RATHER THAN ATTENDING CLSSES WILL IT BE FUTILE?
vivek : Self study means you are not taking into consideration what your competition is doing. You also lose a good amount of motivation which happens in a group environment.

luke : ABOUT CAT 14,SECTION 1: HOW MANY QUESTIONS WILL BE ON QUANT? AND SAME WITH ENGLISH?
vinnayraj : cant say at this stage..

luke : ABOUT CAT 14,SECTION 1: HOW MANY QUESTIONS WILL BE ON QUANT? AND SAME WITH ENGLISH?
vinnayraj : cant say at this stage..

sa28 : IF I AM ABLE TO SET MY PREPARATION ON HIGHER LEVEL THEN ANY FEAR FACTOR FOR ME?
subhankar : No, prepare well.

sa28 : IF I AM ABLE TO SET MY PREPARATION ON HIGHER LEVEL THEN ANY FEAR FACTOR FOR ME?
subhankar : No, prepare well.

anurag : CAT HAS DECLARED THAT TRAINING SESSION WILL NOT BE DONE BEFORE THE EXAM AND ONE HAS TO GO TO THE CAT WEBSITE..SO WILL THAT BE DONE IN TIME CENTERS.
vivek : Its the demo tutorial. You can take it on the CAT website.

anurag : CAT HAS DECLARED THAT TRAINING SESSION WILL NOT BE DONE BEFORE THE EXAM AND ONE HAS TO GO TO THE CAT WEBSITE..SO WILL THAT BE DONE IN TIME CENTERS.
vivek : Its the demo tutorial. You can take it on the CAT website.

prathmesh : SIR IS THERE A RESTRICTION ON THE NUMBER OF TIMES WE CAN SWITCH-OVER FROM ONE SECTION TO OTHER?
subhankar : No.

prathmesh : SIR IS THERE A RESTRICTION ON THE NUMBER OF TIMES WE CAN SWITCH-OVER FROM ONE SECTION TO OTHER?
subhankar : No.

shuchit : E MIGHT HAVE OUR END SEMESTER EXAMIN OUR COLLEGE ON 22ND, SATURDAY! -DTU, DELHI
ramnath : Just answered a similar qn.please check the transcript

vnp : WILL THIS NEW CAT PATTERN A "INCREASE" OR "DECRESE" THE POSSIBLE CHANCES TO GET IN IIMS?
ramnath : Increase for sure...1 extra month of prep time

saloni : WHAT SHOULD BE THE CRITERIA (BASED ON TIME AND NO OF QUES)FOR MOVING TO NEXT SECTION?
viveknair : Will vary depending on the difficulty of the exam. Use the AIMCATs to develop the intuition regarding the cutoffs and qtns needed to clear the same. If you can do that in AIMCATs, you can do that in CAT as well.

sumit : CAN WE EXPECT SOME OTHER TYPE OF QUESTIONS ESP IN VA AND LR WITH CHANGED PATTERN?
vivek : Difficult to predict. But we would be preparing you for all types of questions.

sumit : CAN WE EXPECT SOME OTHER TYPE OF QUESTIONS ESP IN VA AND LR WITH CHANGED PATTERN?
vivek : Difficult to predict. But we would be preparing you for all types of questions.

ankit4691 : DIFF BETWEEN MC AND CRT
ramnath : CRT are CAT replica tests which will have questions based on previous CAT paper patterns. MCs are full length Mock CAts in the current pattern

venkat : I WANT TO ENROLL FOR TEST SERIES OF TIME.HOW MANY AIMCATS ARE CONDUCTED ACCORDING TO THE NEW PATTERN??
ramnath : 20

sav : SIR I AM A SC CANDIDATE....I AM UNEMPLOYED RI8 NW, AND MAY BE WILL ALSO DURING THE INTERVIEW SESSIONS OF VARIOUS IIMS.. SO IS THERE ANY DISADVANTAGE DUE TO THAT ?? ../. AND CAN I COMPENSATE THE UNEMPLOYMENT BY DOING A TRAINING FROM MY GRADUATION SUBJECT???
ramnath : Do not worry about that. Many people have a break in their acads/career. With a good CAt percentile and an honest and satisfactory response in the interview, it will not be a hurdle

abc : WHAT CAN BE THE SECTIONAL CUT OFF FOR TOP 10 INSTITUTES ON AN AVERAGE?
ramnath : In general, around 85 for general :)

priya : HELLO SIR/ MAM, THERE ARE TOTAL 50 QUE ON EACH SECTION IN NEW PATTERN .BUT HOW MANY APRROXIMATLY QUESTIONS ON DI AND QUANT AND LR AND ENGLISH
asim : The information pertaining to this has not been made available till now, we will know of this once the CAT website becomes operational from 1 AUG onwards

vikram : HOW MANY QUESTION QUANT,DI,VERBAL,LR.IN THE NEW CAT PATTERN
asim : The information pertaining to this has not been made available till now, we will know of this once the CAT website becomes operational from 1 AUG onwards

student : SIR QUESTIONS IN TIME BOOK SERIES ARE EASY BUT WHEN QUESTIONS COME IN AIMCAT THEY BECOME TRICKY AND DIFFICULT
asim : practice online sec tests also

shresthi : CAN WE GIVE PREFERENCE FOR DATE? IF YES, WHICH SLOT SHOULD WE SELECT...
asim : The information pertaining to this has not been made available till now, we will know of this once the CAT website becomes operational from 1 AUG onwards

vaidehi : I'M WEAK IN P&C AND PROBABILITY IN QUANT... SO SHOULD I JUST KEEP THESE TOPICS ASIDE AND FOCUS ON THE REST.. OR FOCUS ONLY ON THESE TOPICS ??
ramnath : Selective prep is risky and you may find more Qs from these areas than expected. In the worst case scenario, try to cover the basics atleast to help you tackle the easy Qs (if any) from these areas

sweetu : NOW 3MONTHZ ARE LEFT WHAT SHOULD BE OUR TECHNIQUES FOR CAT EXAM PREPARATION???
asim : make sure you work on your basics and then do loads of practice with ONLINE sectional tests and the AIMCATs.

franciscan : AS PER LATEST REPORT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SWITCH BETWEEN TWO SECTIONS. CAN THIS SWITCH BE DONE AS MANY TIMES AS WE WANT? IF YES, THEN THERE IS NO POINT IN KEEPING TWO SEPARATE SECTIONS. IF NO, WHEN CAN WE SWITCH B/W SECTIONS, AND HOW MANY TIMES?
asim : The information pertaining to this has not been made available till now, we will know of this once the CAT website becomes operational from 1 AUG onwards

rsing : WILL THE DIFFICULTY OF QUESTIONS GO DOWN ?
vinnayraj : lets not speculate and lets approach the test with an open mind.in the case it is actually more difficult we are ready..

vikram : IN NEW PATTERN OF CATHOW MANY QUUESTIONS QUANT,DI,VERBAL,LR.
subhankar : Wait for website to be live. As par TOI QA+DI 50 and VA/LR 50 questions.

mk : SIR, WITH THE CHANGE IN THE PATTERN AND WITH TCS NOW CONDUCTING THE TEST, WILL ACCURACY STILL BE AS IMPORTANT AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY?
vinnayraj : accuracy will always be important cos too many negatives will bring down your score considerably..

sumit : SIR WITH LESS TIME IN HAND WILL YOU SUGGEST THAT I SHOULD GO FOR DIRECT MUGGING OF VOCABULARY. WILL IT BE HELPFUL OR CAN CAT BE CRACKED WITH NORMAL VOCABULARY ALSO?
swapnila : You should try using the root prefix suffix method for working on vocab based questions.

rohit : SIR,I AM TARGETING TOP 25 B SCHOOLS. WHICH COMPETITIVE EXAMS SHOULD I APPEAR FOR APART FROM CAT?
viveknair : XAT, SNAP, NMAT, IIFT etc

rithikaa : IS CAT PREPARATION ENOUGH FOR OTHER MBA ENTRANCES?
swapnila : Yes.

vikram : PLEASE TELL ME HOW MANY QUANT,DI,VERBAL,LR.IN THE NEW CAT PATTERN
subhankar : Wait for website to be live. As par TOI QA+DI 50 and VA/LR 50 questions.

joshi : PERSONALLY WHICH SECTION DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE GIVEN MORE TIME?
vinnayraj : to be able to clear the sectional cutoffs you need spend a considerable amount of time in both the sections.you can maximise your score by spending a little more time in your strong area or the section which has more number of easy questions which you will be able to decide after thoroughly scanning the paper..

arpit : SIR I AM TARGETING TOP 20 COLLEGES FOR MBA....WHAT ALL EXAMS SHOULD I TARGET???
subhankar : CAT-XAT-SNAP-IIFT-NMAT.

cccca4d029 : HOW MANY QUESTIONS CAN I EXPECT FROM DI
vinnayraj : cant say really..

amrita : SIR THE PREVIOUSLY THE CAT PATTERN HAD 60 QS IN 140 MIN I.E; 2.33MIN PER QS BUT NOW IT IS 1.7 MIN PER QS ...SO HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS PATTERN WITH SUCH HIGH SPEED N ACCURACY
vinnayraj : you dont approach the test by dividing the number of minutes by the number of questions as you will not be able to attempt all the questions and anyway you are not expected to..so go with an open mind.if you find the test to be difficult then your time spent per question may go up and if you find a lot of easy questions then the time spent comes down.so it all depends on the test.so go with an open mind..

rohan : DOES BREAK IN STUDY WILL MAKE HURDLE IN SELECTION PROCESS OF CAT??
viveknair : Focus on CAT for now. That can be handled later in the interview stage.

oatt : WHAT SHOULD BE THE AVG TIME GIVEN TO ONE SET OF RC??
vinnayraj : that depends on how many rcs are there and how many questions per rc and what kind of rcs..

shubhangi : WHEN CAN WE JOIN TIME TEST SERIES ...WHAT WILL BE THE FEES
ramnath : Refer to this page http://www.time4education.com/AIMCAT/

ccca4c010 : IS CAT PREPARATION ENOUGH TO CRACK GMAT.?
subhankar : Should be sufficient, prepare GK also.

joshi : AROUND WHICH MONTHS DO THE SECOND ROUND OF ADMISSIONS TAKE PLACE?(GD,PI ETC)
viveknair : Results are expected in the 3rd week of Dec. The second round should start soon after.

shamoon : WILL THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF QUESTIONS INCREASE...OR IT WILL REMAIN THE SAME
ramnath : Got to wait till the exam to know this for sure. In the meanwhile the best thing to do will be to prepare for all possible scenarios :)

soumya : SIR WITH CAT PATTERN CHANGING SIGNIFICANTLY SHOULD I SHIFT MY FOCUS BACK TO SPEED FROM ACCURACY ?
ashishtiwari : Accuracy is always important.You cannot divert your focus from accuracy. And I dont think that CAT is going to be like NMAT. So focus on both accuracy and speed.

kxca4h092 : WHAT IS THE CUT OFF FOR SNAP?
ramnath : For which school?

mba : WILL ANYBODY ANSWER MY QNS
viveknair : Please check

alpana : AS PROMETRIC IS NO LONGER THE TEST CONDUCTOR, WHO IS STEPPING IN TO TAKE UP THE TASK, AND WHETHER THE TEST STILL REMAINS ONLINE, OR WE ABOUT TO REVERT TO PAPER TESTS
subhankar : TCS. Mode of exam : Online.

raock : WHAT WILL BE THE BREAKUP OF QUESTIONS !! NOW THERE WILL BE MORE NUMBERS QUESTIONS ? MORE QUESTIONS FROM ALGEBRA? MORE DI QUESTIONS ? MORE THAN 9 DI QUESTIONS , LIKE IT USED TO BE ?
subhankar : Question wise break up can not be predicted at this time.

vikram : MY PACKAGE IS 8.8L WHICH COLLEGES SHOULD I TARGETIS IT OK TO TARGET IIT'S ALSO
viveknair : IIT B and D can be tried. Recent B school salary news in Economic Times was quite encouraging. As such, for better long term prospects, an MBA is usually recommended

sumit : SIR WOULD PHRASAL VERBS ALSO OF HIGHEST IMPORTANCE ALONGWITH ROOT PREFIX TYPE FOR VOCAB PREPARATION
swapnila : Yes if multiple usage questions would be asked then phrasal verbs would be important.

tt : WHICH IS BETTER NMAT OR XIMB
ramnath : NMAT is an exam and XIMB is a school..If you meant NMIMS, then NM (Mumbai) is a AA school and XIMB is an A category school. Refer this http://www.time4education.com/CAT-MBA/List_of_B-Schools.aspx

shamoon : WE HAVE TO CLEAR BOTH THE SECTIONAL CUT-OFF
ramnath : Yes

subho : SIR WILL U PLEASE TELL THAT WHAT IS EXACTLY THE CHANCE OF CRACKING CAT WITH A VERY GOOD PERCENTILE AT LESS TIME,PROVIDED HARDWORK!
subhankar : Very good chance if effort is given in the remaining time.

chaithanya : WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TIME''S LIST OF TOP B-SCHOOL LIST FOR THE CURRENT YEAR?
asim : sep

ccca4c010 : WHENN CAN WE ACCESS THE MISSED AIMCATS.?
ramnath : It would have been September had nothing changed..In this new scenario, We will let you know the details soon

nscc4u014 : ARE CAT SCORES APPLICABLE TO OTHER GOOD B-SCHOOL ALSO? IF NO THEN WHICH EXAM WITH THE SAME PREP WOULD YOU ADVICE
subhankar : Yes CAT score is applicable but You need to apply to different B-schools separately.

tyson : IS CAT PREPARATION ENOUGH TO CRACK GRE?
swapnila : No.Gre has a different exam pattern and different type of questions.It would require separate preparation to crack this exam.

prateek : I HAVE BEEN GETTING AROUND 95 PERCENTILE IN THE AIMCATS TILL DATE.I USUALLY SCORE ONLY 7-8 MARKS ABOVE THE CUTOFF FOR THE VERBAL SECTION.DO YOU THINK I HAVE A GOOD CHANCE FOR THE TOP IIMS??
subhankar : Yes you have a very good chance. Prepare well.

dlca4cc06 : IS ISB A GOOD B SCHOOL?
viveknair : Yes. One of the best in the country and the world

ash : IS IT NECESSARY TO PREPARE FOR GK WHILE AIMING FOR CAT?
ramnath : No..But GK is required for OMETS and also for the 2nd phase for the IIMs

pos1691 : HELLO SIR, AS THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS IN THE CAT HAS BEEN INCREASED DO YOU THINK THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL WILL DECREASE?
asim : cannot be predicted

dayana : WITH CHANGE IN TEST PATTERN, WILL THE DIFFICULTY OF QUE BE DECREASED OR IT WILL BE THE SAME?
asim : cannot be predicted

sky14 : INCASE I GET A SLOT ON NOV 22ND THEN IIFT WOULD BE ON THE NEXT DAY.PLEASE SUGGEST A PREP PLAN FOR IIFT ?
viveknair : Dont think too much about the CAT performance the previous day. Light revision. Good sleep. Go write the test.

sac : HELLO SIR FOR CAT TIME IS ONLY 3 MONTHS, I AM NOT ENOUGH WELL PREPARED FOR EXAM NOW, AFTER WORKING HARD CAN I WILL BE ABLE TO CLEAR THE EXAM
subhankar : Yes you can. Try to invest as much time as possible in the preparation.

kxca4h092 : HOW MANY HOURS OF STUDY REQUIRED EACH DAY FOR CAT??
subhankar : Depends on your base knowledge and present level of preparation.

vaidehi : I'VE STARTED MY PREPARATIONS RIGHT NOW.. BUT I'VE ATTENDED ALL THE LECTURES SINCERELY.. WHAT SHOULD BE MY STRATEGY FOR THE REMAINING 3 MONTHS??
ramnath : Take AIMCATs regularly..identify the areas of prep based on AIMCAT analysis and work on improving in them

navintaison : SIR, IS THE NEW FORMAT INTRODUCED TO HELP TO PREPARE MORE COVERAGE ON TOPICS?
vinnayraj : cat has always sprung surprises to test how a candidate reacts to unknown and unfamiliar situations.thats the primary objective.with more number of questions the scope to cover a lot of topics naturally increases..

rohith : ARE THERE ANY NEGATIVE MARKS FOR WRONG ANSWER IN NEW PATTERN?
ramnath : Yes...While it is not offiial yet, this is not expected to change

ash : HOW MUCH SHOUL WE SPEMD EVERY DAY TO CRACK CAT WITHIN 3 MONTHS?
ashishtiwari : As much time as you can. If you have not finished your course yet then minimum 5-6hrs

namit : SIR,AS NEW PATTERN,IS THEIR ANY CHANCES FOR INCREMENT IN THE NO. OF QUESTIONS OF MODERATE LEVEL BECAUSE IN OPPOSITE 20 QUES. THEIR IS ONLY 15 MINS.
vinnayraj : cant say really..

dayana : CAN I APPLY FOR ISB WITH CAT SCORE? OR SEPARATE EXAM IS THRE FOR IT?
asim : You need to take GMAT

jacobi : DOES WORK EXPERIENCE HELP IN GETTING ADMISSION TO ANY OF THE IIMS
subhankar : Yes.

time : WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF GETTING CAT DATES-16 OR 22?
subhankar : No point in thinking about those which we can't control. Prepare well.

piyushi : IS CAT PREPARATION ENOUGH TO CRACK GMAT?
ramnath : GMAT has slightly different question types...but the concepts required are more or less the same. So, yes to a large extent. You may need extra practice on the Qn types though

student : SIR IS WORK EXP NECESSARY FOR ADMISSION TO IIM
viveknair : No. It helps but not compulsory.

pra : SIR HOW DO I START PREPARING FOR VERBAL FROM SCRATCH?PLZ HELP
asim : A similar query has already been answered, please check

vikram : DO IIT CONDUCTS SEPARATE EXAM OR WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS CHANGED PATTERN
subhankar : No separate exam. CAT is the qualifying exam for IITs.

crab : BECAUSE IM STANDING AGAINST ALL ODDS.I LEFT MY JOB FOR CAT AND SCORING SUCH PATHETIC MARKS.PLEASE GUIDE ME HOW DO I COMPLETE MY TIME MATERIALS AND HOW DO I UTILISE THAT IN THE AIMCATS..PLEASE SIR HELP!!!
asim : start off by working with the basic study material along with relevant online sectional tests and take the mock cats,crts and the AIMCATs.

dlca4cc06 : IF I START FROM TODAY..3 MONTHS LEFT..CAN I GET INTO IIMS?
ramnath : We have had students who started their prep with less than 2 months to go and have cracked it..so yes. You can. All the best

cccca4d029 : IS THERE ANY CHANGES IN NEGATIVE MARK
subhankar : There should be negative marks for wrong answers.

saloni : WITH THE TIME PER QUES. CUT DOWN TO 1.7SEC/QUES, CN WE EXPECT EASIER QUES?
ashishtiwari : questions may be little bit easiar.

srish15 : WHAT SHOULD BE AN APPROX TIME GIVEN IN THE BEGINNING TO SKIM THROUGH THE PAPER BEFORE STARTING TO ATTEMPT THE QUESTIONS?
ramachandran : Enough time to decide but without wasting time. Varies from person to person

prav : SIR, IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF TOPICS LIKE GENERAL AWARENESS GETTING INCLUDED IN CAT?
ramachandran : The information pertaining to this has not been made available till now, we will know of this once the CAT website becomes operational from 1 AUG onwards

aastha : CAN WE EXPECT IIFT TO POSTPONE ITS SCHEDULED DATE ?
subhankar : Should be no.

shru_1 : DEAR SIR, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF GETTING INTO IIM A,B,C WITHOUT ANY WORK EXPERIENCE?
ramnath : Very good..a very high proportion of the students at these IIMs are freshers...check out their batch profiles and you would know

nilesh : HOW MANY QUESTIONS SHOULD ONE TARGET TO GET A ABOVE 99%ILE WITH AN ACCURACY OF AROUND 85%
ashishtiwari : according to me70+ questions approx

: FACT IS THAT CAT DOESN'T HAVE PRESCRIBED SYLLABUS..SO IS THERE POSSIBILITY TO INCLUDE GK QUESTIONS WITHOUT FORMAL INTIMATION ?
ashishtiwari : I dont think so. They give information about patterns and sections

nikigrg : SIR, I AM NOT BEING ABLE TO DEVOTE TIME FOR MY PREPARATION BECAUSE OF A HECTIC OFFICE SCHEDULE. HOW SHOULD I MANAGE TIME? I AM AN AVERAGE STUDENT SO I REQUIRE LOT OF PRACTICE. SHOULD I WAIT FOR ANOTHER YEAR?
ramachandran : Difficult to answer. Please talk to your Faculty Member

mini : SIR, ISB, HYD DOES IT ACCEPT CAT SCORES?
subhankar : No. ISB takes GMAT score.

shubhangi : IS NMAT EASY THAN CAT?
viveknair : No negatives. You can retake if not satisfied with first performance. One minute per qtn. So roughly at par with CAT

drca4ae01 : WHAT WOULD BE THE DISTRIBUTION PATTERN IN QA,DI,LR, ENGLISH?
subhankar : 50 questions in each section but exact distribution can not be predicted.

shagun : SHOULD THERE BE A CHANGE IN OUR PREP STRATEGY ? AS TO WHICH AREAS WE SHOULD CONCENTRATE MORE NOW DUE TO THE PATTERN CHANGE?
ramachandran : No.

viveeak : HOW TO CRACK GRAMMATICAL ERRORS ..? HAD UNDERSTOOD THE CONCEPT BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO PICK UP THE GRAMMATICAL ERROR ..WHAT TO DO
asim : work with v012 and do discuss your doubts with faculty members.

priya : INSPITE OF DOIN STUDY MATERIAL I AM NOT ABLE TO SOLVE AIMCATS. WHT SHD B DN?
subhankar : Solve previous years' CAT papers.

time : WHEN WILL THE REVISED/NEW PATTERN AIMCATS COME?
subhankar : Very soon. Keep checking your SHP.

sidverma : WHEN WILL THE BREAKUP OF INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS BE ANNOUNCED?
subhankar : 50 questions in 2 sections(QA+DI & VA+LR).

gaurav : HOW 3 YEAR OF EXPERIENCE IN IT INDUSTRY WOULD HELP ME IN MY MBA?
ashishtiwari : You will marks allotted for work ex. Keep in mind many aspirants have similar work ex.

bhca4d054 : VINAYRAJ SIR, CAN I GET YOUR MAIL ID PLEASE?
vinnayraj : vinay.raj@time4education.com

anantha : CAT AND IIFT EXAMS ARE ALMOST ON THE VERY NEXT DAYS... THERE IS NO PREPARATION TIME FOR IIFT. HOW CAN WE PREPARE FOR IIFT
viveknair : Last day prep doesnt help too much for such exams. Prepare in advance. Only Light revision on the last day will be possible.

piyushi : SIR, DOES ISB TAKE CAT SCORES? I READ IN Q&A THAT ITS ONE OF THE BEST IN INDIA. IS ISB SELECTION EQUAL TO IIM SELECTION?
viveknair : It takes GMAT scores. Selection process include good quality work ex etc.

mihitzzz : HOW WILL STUDENTS BE ALLOTED DATES ?
ramnath : The process/science behind this has not been announced. I think it will be better to leave matters like this to the IIMs/TCS and focus on the prep

gaurav : DOES 3 YEAR OF EXPERIENCE IN IT INDUSTRY WOULD BE HURDLE FOR ME TO JOIN BANKING/ FINANCE DOMAIN AFTER MBA?
subhankar : No.

lak : SIR UBS CHANDIGARH WILL TAKE CAT SCORE?
asim : most probably yes, though you will be sure on 1 aug when cat website becomes operational

prasad : IF I LEFT THE RC AND SOLVE REMAINING ALL QUESTION WITH HELP OF MY PRACTICE EARLIER SO IT WILL AFFECT MY CAT SCORE.
ramachandran : Might not. Please keep experimenting

jiya : HELLO SIR, MY READING SPEED IS VERY SLOW AND ALSO MY VOCAB IS NOT GUD. HOW CAN I IMPROVE THESE THINGS?
ashishtiwari : You dont need to read very fast in the CAT. It is more about understanding and comprehending in one go.

arpit : SIR MY AIMCAT SCORES ARE ABOVE 90 EVEN THOUGH I BARELY GET CUTOFF IN VERBAL?????IS IT OK WITH RESPECT TO CAT??
vinnayraj : as long as you are consistently clearing both the sectional cutoffs it should be ok..note that to get calls from the top b schools you have to clear both the sectional cutoffs along with clearing the overall cutoff.so if you can improve in the second section its always welcome.now that there is an additional months time utilise it to the maximum..

neil : SIR, MY PERFORMANCES IN AIMCATS HAVE BEEN BELOW THE STANDARDS WHICH IS QUITE EXPECTED. KEEPING IN MIND THE CHANGES, WHAT POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES SHOULD I NEED TO TAKE FROM THESE AIMCAT RESULTS.
ramachandran : These changes do not change the individual student's ranking vis-a -vis the others. Please merely keep the focus "on" and continue to prepare sincerely

dijoh : HOW TO ACCESS CHAT HISTORY ?
ramnath : http://www.time4education.com/chatapp/chatarchives.asp?id=1

007 : IS THERE A CHANCE OF BRINGING IN THE TOPICS,WHICH HAVE BEEN NOT TAUGHT BY T.I.M.E
ramnath : While nothing about CAT is cast in stone (the syllabus itself is not defined) our more than 2 decades of experience in training students for CAT ensures that you are prepared on all possible aspects in all the areas. However, nothing can be ruled out

avilash : I'VE MISSED ONE AIMCAT. FROM WHERE COULD I COLLECT THAT QS & SOLUTION?
subhankar : You will get that in your SHP Missed AIMCAT section.

aa : WILL BE BE ALLOCATED 170 MINUTES FOR THE WHOLE TEST OR WILL IT BE DIVIDED EQUALLY BETWEEN BOTH SECTIONS?
subhankar : 170 minutes for the whole test.

aks : SIR, I DO NOT HAVE ANY WORK EXPERIENCE AND I AM ALSO NOT FROM THE ENGINEERING BACKGROUND. AND I ALSO HAVE A YEAR GAP AFTER MY MASTERS. BUT MY MARKS ARE GOOD AS SUCH. DO YOU THINK I HAVE A FAIR CHANCE IN THE IIMS?
subhankar : You have a fair chance provided you have the percentile. Prepare well.

nilesh : IS IT BETTER TO GIVE THE NAMT EXAM B4 THE CAT? OR IT DOSNT MATTER IF ONE GIVES THE XAM B4 OR AFTER?
subhankar : It doesn't matter.

shilpa : HI SIR, IS THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL GOING TO GO DOWN AS THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS HAS BEEN INCREASED?
vinnayraj : lets not speculate and lets approach the test with an open mind.in the case it is actually more difficult we are ready..

dijoh : MY QUESTIONS ARE GETTING IGNORED
ramnath : Just answered one ..add one more to that with this

sky : SHALL WE EXPECT LESS DIFFICULT QUESTION IN CAT14 AS 40 QUESTIONS ARE ADDED FOR EXTRA 30 MINS? OW 170 MIN AND 100 QUESTIONS.
ramachandran : The information pertaining to this has not been made available till now, we will know of this once the CAT website becomes operational from 1 AUG onwards

ss : HOW MANY QUESTIONS SHOULD WE TARGET THIS TIME IN EACH SECTION?
ramachandran : Please try ALL the questions that you are more than reasonably sure about. And not one question based on guess-work. This will take care of your percentile

student : IS AIMCAT DIFFICULT THEN CAT
ramnath : AIMCATs prepare you for various posslble levels of CAT. As one is not sure of how CAT will be, preparing this way will help you tackle even the wildest CAT

vikthakur : WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BTW MBA & PGDM??????????
asim : Answered check

munna : WHAT IS LEVEL DIFFICULTY IN NEW PATTERN
subhankar : Difficulty level can not be predicted.

merrin : SIR HOW MANY ATTEMPTS R DERE FOR NMAT...
vinnayraj : a maximum of 3

ravi : SIR I DO 7-8 HOURS STUDY DAILY BUT I AM UNABLE TO SCORE WELL.WHAT TYPE OF STUDY SHOULD I DONE?
asim : A similar query has already been answered check the chat transcript

virus : SIR, IN ALL THE AIMCATS I HAVE GIVEN SO FAR I HAVE SCORED PERCENTILE BETW 91-93. WHAT STEPS SHOULD I TAKE TO TAKE MY SCORE ABOVE 97 PERCENTILE.(SIR IM ASKING DIS QUESTION FOR D 16TH TIME. PLS ANSWER)
ramnath : Anayse your AIMCATs in depth. Check if your question selection is up t the mark - you leaving out tough Qs and not missing out on easy Qs? Analyse why you are getting Qs wrong - is it due to silly mistakes or guesswork or lack of conceptual clarity? Work on the weak areas identified by the AIMCAts...All the best

ab : HOW MANY TIMES I CAN GIVE CAT??? IS THERE ANY RESTRICTION FOR NO. OF ATTEMPTS????
ramnath : No...you can write as many times as you like

prerna : SIR/MAM CAN YOU PLEASE TELL HOW IS TISS RATED, IN COMPARISON TO OTHER COLLEGES?
ramnath : It is one of the top campuses for HR in the country

prem : IS ANY FORMAT CHANGE ALSO PLANNED FOR OSTS, AND HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO GIVE THE OSTS.
ramnath : Yes..communication on this will be sent out soon

shivanshi : IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO WELL IN CAT DESPITE BELOW AVERAGE PERCENTILES IN AIMCATS?
subhankar : Yes it is possible, don't get demoralized by poor AIMCAT score.

kshitij : SIR I AM SCORING IN THE RANGE OF 70- 75 PERCENTILE IN APPROX ALL THE AIMCATS TILL NOW. WHAT COULD BE MY PERCENTILE IN ACTUAL CAT????
ramachandran : With renewed focus and efforts , even high 90s are seen to have been got

virus : SIR, IN ALL THE AIMCATS I HAVE GIVEN SO FAR I HAVE SCORED PERCENTILE BETW 91-93. WHAT STEPS SHOULD I TAKE TO TAKE MY SCORE ABOVE 97 PERCENTILE.(SIR IM ASKING DIS QUESTION FOR D 17TH TIME. PLS ANSWER)
ramnath : Virus...Please do not spam..There are hundreds of students waiting for an answer and far outnumber the people hurting their fingers on the keyboard for the last hour and a half or so. Please understand and cooperate..will answer your Qn from your 16th

ak : ARE ACADEMICS SO IMPORTANT IN CAT?
viveknair : Differs from college to college.

aditya : APPROXIMATELY HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR THE NEW AIMCATS SCHEDULE TO BE RELEASED?
ramnath : It will be released in less than a week

hycb40f03 : HELLO! I HAVE COMPLETED MY PGDM IN 2011, HAVE 3 PLUS YEARS OF WORKEX, MY ACADEMIC PERCENTAGES ARE HOVERING IN THE 60'S? MY PREVIOUS AIMCAT WAS 80 PERCENTILE.....WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET CALLS FROM ANY OF THE OLD IIMS IF I GET 97 PERCENTILE OR SO?
subhankar : If you have already completed PGDM, then are appearing for FPM programs? If you get 97+, you can get IIM calls.

adi : WILL AN 85% ACCURACY SUFFICE FOR CLEARING THE CUTOFFS FOR IIM THIS TIME AROUND? FOR EG IF I ATTEMPT 45 QUESTIONS AND GET 37-38 CORRECT
ramachandran : Please try ALL the questions that you are more than reasonably sure about. And not one question based on guess-work. This will take care of your percentile

devika : CAN WE EXPECT THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF CAT TO GO DOWN THIS YEAR CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN INCREASED?
subhankar : Difficulty level can not be predicted at this moment. Prepare well.

aditya : IS THERE ANY LIMIT AS TO THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS FOR CAT??
ramachandran : No

cccca4d029 : SIR HOW ATTEMPTS FOR CAT
ramachandran : Please prepare all the areas and the chapters in a balanced and optimal manner.Also, once you have prepared well, please try ALL the questions that you are more than reasonably sure about. And not one question based on guess-work. This will take care of your percentile

007 : SIR DO YOU SEE THIS CHANGE IN THE PATTERN AS A BLESSING OR A CURSE?
vinnayraj : it's neither :) nothing has fundamentally changed...

sss : WHEN WILL AIMCAT 1513 START? AND WILL IT BE ACCORDING TOT HE NEW PATTERN?
subhankar : You will be notified, keep checking the SHP.

anantha : OFF LATE THE DIFICULTY LEVEL OF READING COMPREHENSION KEEPS GOING UP.. SO EVEN WHEN I SCORE MORE THAN 90 IN SECTION I MY SECTION II IS HEAVILY AFFECTED DUE TO DEPENDENCE ON LR AND RC.. IS IT WISE TO SWITCH TO GRAMMAR QUESTION AT THIS TIME
ramachandran : You can experiment. Please do not ignore any area, however.

viveeak : IS THERE ANY PREFERENCE TO ENGINEERS OVER B.COM OR BA STUDENT ?
subhankar : No.

anurag : I HAVE NOT GIVEN ANY AIMCAT TEST AS OF NOW AS I DONT GET TIME DUE TO MY HECTIC WORK SCEDULE. DONT GET CHANCE TO STUDY IN TRAIN. ANY SUGESTION FOR CRASH STUDIES.
ramachandran : Important to cover at least our Study Material. It will certainly help. Please cover all areas. Ans please DO take the Teats.

tm : I AM STRUGGLING WITH VERBAL SECTION WHAT SHOULD I DO?
ramachandran : Please read. The Hindu is a good idea. Our Study Material will help. Please cover all areas. And please remain confident and optimistic

aadi : 170 MINS FOR THE WHOLE TEST MEANS...CAN WE SHIFT FROM VERBAL SECTION TO QUANT SECTION SIR....??
subhankar : Yes you can.

sumit : SIR LAST QUESTION PLEASE...WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST FOR GK OF IIFT.. WHERE SHOULD I FOCUS?
ramachandran : Newspapers. Magazines. Our T.I.M.E magazine. And Manorama Year Book

shivam : HOW DO WE ANALYZE OUR AIMCATS , WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE FOR IT?
viveknair : Pls refer online student homepage "How to get the best out of AIMCATs" link

sun : SIR, IM VERY MUCH CONFIDENT WITH MY QA..BUT IM A BIT WEAK I VA...I ALWAYS GET 90+ PERCENTLIE IN AIMCATS BUT VERBAL IS VERY LOW..PLZ HELP ME IN THIS REAGARD.. I MEAN ANY SPECIFIC PLANS TO PREPARE FOR VA?
ramachandran : Please read. Our Study Material will help. Please cover all areas. And please remain confident and optimistic

darshtaank : THE DATES OF CAT AND MY FINAL YEAR EXAMS ARE CLASHING ON 22 WHAT SHOULD I DO FOR IT?
ramnath : Hope and pray that you dont get 22nd allotted to you. Write to the CAt authorities upfront after you apply mentioning this constraint so that they may consider it while allocating slots. If you do get allocated 22nd, write to the CAt authorities requesting them to change it. Meanwhile write to your univ/college telling them that CAt is on that day and request them to change the exam schedule. Triangulisation...god, CAT authorities and your univ :)

tanushree : SIR, I FIND THE LEVEL OF AIMCATS TOO DIFFICULT FOR FIRST TIMERS. IS THE CAT EXAM SIMILAR TO AIMCATS OR EASIER THAN THIS?
viveknair : Roughly at par.

qwerty : IN THE NEW PATTERN, WILL THE IIMS GET RID OF NORMALIZATION AND CONVERT IT TO A MORE ABSOLUTE MARKING EXAM. IF THIS IS THE CASE, WILL ACCURACY PLAY ANY ROLE?
ramachandran : Rather than worry about these, why not keep the focus "on" and continue to prepare sincerely?

harshitaa : I AM IN MY FINAL YEAR AND MY GRADUATION RESULT WILL COME AROUND JULY 2015 AM I ELIGIBLE FOR CAT AND OMET'S ?
viveknair : Please refer : Candidates appearing for the final year of bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also apply. If selected, such candidates will be allowed to join the programme provisionally, only if he/she submits a certificate latest by June 30, 2014 from the Principal/Registrar of his/her College/Institute stating that the candidate has completed all the requirements for obtaining the bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate.

sky14 : FOR RC DOING THE BOOKLET OF TIME IS ENOUGH?
ramnath : Yes..not just for RC, for all the areas in CAT T.I.M.E. material is the most thoroughly researched and comprehensive

vikthakur : SIR DO V HAVE TO PAY FOR NMAT FOR EACH ATTEMPT??
viveknair : yes

drca4ae01 : HOW TO IMPROVE ON THE VA PART,PREVIOUSLY I WAS ABLE TO SCORE WELL BUT FROM LAST THREE AIMCATS SCORE IS GOING DOWN
ramachandran : Please do not worry. This happens to the best.Please continue to study. With focus. And with a never-say-die attitude.

sid5893 : ACCORDING TO YOU HOW MUCH TIME SHOULD BE DEVOTED TO SECTION 1 OUT OF 170 MINS AND HOW MUCH TO SECTRION 2?
subhankar : It depends on your preparation as well as the difficulty of the paper.

meghna : HI TEACHERS, I GAVE CAT IN 2012 AND GOT 68% WITH TIME COACHING, IN 2013 IT WAS MUCH LOWER (WITHOUT COACHING). I HAVE BEGUN PREPARATION FROM APRIL AND AM DOING IT REGULARLY WITH ONLY AIMCATS PACKAGE. ANY SPECIFIC POINT OR TERM TO TAKE CARE AS PER THE NEW PATTERN. CAN THE PAPER TEST MORE OF OUR BASICS?
ramachandran : The information pertaining to this has not been made available till now, we will know of this once the CAT website becomes operational from 1 AUG onwards but hard work pays off. Please keep the focus "on" and continue to prepare sincerely

jeet : I SELECTED IIFT DELHI AS MY CAMPUS PREFERENCE. AM I ELIGIBLE FOR IIFT KOLKATA AS WELL?
subhankar : Yes you are eligible for both.

bunny : SIR I AM GETTING 75-85 PERCENTILE IN AIMCATS... IS THAT ENOUGH FOR OBC CATEGORY TO GET INTO IIM ABC
ramachandran : Yes. Only, please keep trying harder

shikha : SIR, WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF THE OTHER 20 QUESTIONS IN THE NEW PATTERN OF CAT?
ramnath : We have to wait to see the paper to be able to answer this Qn :). Till then, we need to focus on preparing for all possible scenarios - difficulty levels/Qn distributions etc

madhav : SIR, I AM A 2014 ENGG PASSOUT...SO SHOULD I WRITE CAT THIS YEAR OR GET A JOB EXPERIENCE FIRST AND ATTEMPT THE NEXT YEAR'S?
ramnath : Gaining workexp just for the sake of count is not of much use. Getting into an MBA program at the earliest is advisable

priya : WILL THE LEVEL OF CAT 2014 LIKELY TO BE DECREASED WITH INCREASE IN NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND LESS AVERAGE TIME PER QUESTION ??
ramachandran : It is pure speculation. It might be advisable to continue to prepare with focus.

prabhat : CAN SOMEONE ANSWER ... WHAT DOES SCALING OF CAT SCORE MEANS, BASED ON THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL. I'VE HEARD THAT THIS TIME NO SCALING WILL BE DONE. IS IT GOOD OR BAD?
viveknair : Still awaiting clarity on normalization. With the reduction in the number of slots, less leakage of questions expected and many students likely to face same or similar questions, the exam scores may need to be modified to a lesser extent than earlier.

nilesh : SIR, I GET AROUND THE 90%ILE MARKS CONSISTENTLY IN THE AIMCATS HOW MUCH CAN I EXPECT IN THE ACTUAL CAT ?
viveknair : Actual CAT percentiles tend to be slightly higher that AIMCAT percentiles in this range.

kaustavmajhi : SIR IF YOU COULD KINDLY ANSWER MY PREVIOUS QUESTION. ALSO,HOW EASIER OR TOUGHER IS CAT AS COMPARED TO THE AIMCATS, GENERALLY SPEAKING?
ramachandran : CAT is usually slightly less challenging

munna : HOW IMPROVE MY VA PART
ramachandran : Good reading is always a great help. The Hindu

sahil : SIR MY SCORES HAVE BEEN A BIT VARYING ..89-90 PERCENTILE ON 3 OCCASIONS AND 95-96 TWICE..WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE MY CHANCES ?
viveknair : Find out where you did well, where you didnt. Improve on those to get better consistency. 95-96 consistently is good.

aadi : SO WITH THIS ADDED ADVANTAGE... WAT STRATEGY WE BETTER FOLLOW DURING THE EXAM SIR?? WCH 2 SECTIONS ARE TO BE STARTED FIRST???
viveknair : Depends on your strengths and weaknesses and your exam strategy. Varies from person to person.

nisha : WANTED TO KNOW HOW MNY QUESTNS WUD B DER
subhankar : Total 100 question : 50 each in 2 sections.

0percentile : FOR THOSE GUYS WHO HAVEN'T PREPARED AT ALL AND ARE TEETERING IN THE 0 PERCENTILE RANGE, THE CHANGE IN FORMAT IS A BLESSING. IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BALL GAME NOW. CHEERS!
ramnath : Agree ...The 1 month extra time is a blessing for sure. The option to spend more time n a area of your strength comfort is also a welcome change for many

shru_1 : SIR, WILL THIS NEW PATTERN INCLUDE QUESTIONS FROM ALL TOPICS OR WILL IT RETAIN THE SAME AS BEFORE WITH JUST THE NO OF QUESTIONS BEING INCREASED? BECAUSE TILL LAST YEAR WE HAD CERTAIN TOPICS WHICH HAD MORE WEIGHTAGE THAN THE REST.
ramachandran : The information pertaining to this has not been made available till now, we will know of this once the CAT website becomes operational from 1 AUG onwards

anu : SIR,AS QUESTIONS ARE INCREASED UPTO 100,, THE QUESTIONS WHICH HAVE TO BE ATTEMPTED ALSO INCREASES. BUT I AM SCARED OF NEGATIVE MARKING. WHAT TO DO
ramachandran : Please do not be scared. Please try ALL the questions that you are more than reasonably sure about. And not one question based on guess-work. This will take care of your percentile

dhruvika : SIR HOW SHOULD I PREPARE IN THIS 3 MONTHS? I HAVE BEEN GIVING AIMCATS AND FORMULATING A STRATEGY ACCORDING TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND IT WAS WORKING WELL. BUT NOW I DONT KNOW IF THAT WILL WORK OR NOT.
ramachandran : It will surely work. Hard work always pays off

nilesh : IS IT LIKELY THAT IIFT WILL CHANGE THEIR XAM DATE GIVEN CAT IS GOING TO BE HELD ON THE 2ND?
subhankar : Unlikely.

anantha : CAN SOMEONE ANSWER MY QUERIES??
viveknair : pls chk

ashmita : THE DATES FOR CAT ..DO THEY ALLOW OR ARE WE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE?
subhankar : You cannot choose the date, it will be allotted to you.