hocc4t305 : WAS THE DILR SECTION OF THIS AIMCAT EASY?
thomas : no, it was not easy. you can see that the cutoff was 15. this is very close to cat paper level

bhcb : MODERATE
rajesh : How may I help you

hocc4t305 : WHAT WAS THE DIFF LEVEL OF VARC?
thomas : medium level of difficulty. very close to last year cat paper level

mucb4a351 : Q1. DIFFICULTY OF AIMCAT2518 WITH REGARDS TO ACTUAL CAT PAPER TO BE EXPECTED?
thomas : all sections of aimcat 18 were similar to cat paper of last year.

anushka : WHAT WAS DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF LRDI
govindrajan : It is moderate. It is almost at CAT level.

mucb4a351 : Q2. GOOD SCORE IN AIMCAT TO EXPECT 99+%ILE IN ACTUAL EXAM?
thomas : consistently above 96- 97 percentile in the aimcats

hocc4t305 : I THINK DILR WAS VERY EASY JUST RIGHT SETS TO PICK, WHAT DO YOU SAY SIR?
thomas : it was not very easy. the cutoff score is 15, which is very similar to what you can expect in CAT

codey : ARE ALL 4 RCS AND ALL VA QUESTIONS DOABLE IN ACTUAL PAPER?
tarannumraza : the difficulty level varies from very difficult to easy.

sam : PLEASE GIVE ME TIPS FOR SOLVING VARC, WAS NOT ABLE TO SCORE WELL IN THE VARC SECTION
tarannumraza : Regular(daily) practice of RCs and para-based questions from the study material, online sectional tests along with analysis of these will help to improve your performance in this area. For RCs, focus on understanding the passage - central idea, tone and idea flow. Try to eliminate some options which are not related to the question, even though they are true acc to the passage. Be patient & work on the question types that you regularly get wrong - the subarea analysis of the AIMCATs are very helpful.

avi : IN CAT, HOW MUCH SCORE IS SUFFICIENT IN DILR FOR 99 PERCENTILE??
thomas : 2 sets done correctly will get you close to 99 based on previous year experience

anonymous : I FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO ME IN THE PREVIOUS CHAT DISCUSSIONS, SO MY SCORE IN VARC IMPROVED HOWEVER, MY SCORE IN LR IS POORER THAN THE PREVIOUS AIMCAT! PLEASE HELP!
rajesh : What is the kind of practice you are doing.... could you please detail on the same

hashita : WHILE GIVING THE ACTUAL CAT EXAM, WILL THEY PROVIDE US WITH EXTRA SHEETS FOR ROUGH WORK?
thomas : yes

mucb4a351 : HOW TO ANALYSE AN AIMCAT PROPERLY?
asim : After each AIMCAT, spend at least two to three hours in analysing each section of the paper. This is undoubtedly the most enriching experience that you can extract out of the AIMCATs. Step-1: Attempt all those questions in that section that you left unattempted during the AIMCAT. Step-2: Try solving questions that may still be left over. Only after giving all the questions a good try, check the answer key to find out which questions you could answer correctly and re-attempt all those questions that you answered wrongly. You would be able to learn a great deal from this step since you would actually be pushing yourself to think harder and find out where you have made mistakes. Do not look at the solutions until you are finished with this step. Step-3: You can refer the solutions and compare your approach with that given in the solutions. You should keenly observe and learn anything new that you may find in the solutions. At the end of this stage of your analysis, you should try to categorize the questions into levels of difficulty based on the understanding required and the amount of time that you would take to solve each of them in an exam situation. This is a very important step that will help you in identifying the level of a question, a critical input required when trying to choose the right questions to attempt in the AIMCAT or the actual CAT. Step-4: Carefully look up the extensive analysis – Section-wise, Area-wise, Difficulty Level wise and much more – that is provided to you on the Student Homepage after the results are declared. The AIMCAT results and analysis that are made available on the website are meticulously designed, comprehensive, and personalized analyses that are intended to give you valuable feedback regarding your performance. This feedback will guide you towards a better, more focused and effective preparation and can set you on a path of continuous improvement. Another practical way to boost your learning is to sometimes study, if possible, with your peers in small groups of not more than three to four members. You can analyze and discuss each AIMCAT as a group, after each member is through with his share of individual analysis. This a very good approach to maximize your learning. The group should ideally be formed with members with strengths in different areas so that there is scope for everyone to gain from the joint effort.

shreya : HOW MANY QUESTION SHOULD BE TARGETED FOR EACH SECTION TO GET A
sachindubey : To get a good percentile score in QA 8-9 questions and in DI/LR 7-8 correct questions.

aspirant : PLS PROVIDE SOME TIPS TO INCREASE QUANT SCORE
asim : They key is to gain conceptual clarity and follow it with loads of practice. Try to do max steps in mind and min on paper. Regularly analyse your AIMCAT performances and take corrective action. Discuss your doubts regularly with a faculty member.All the best.

pnca4a252 : HELLO SIR I AM ATTEMPTING MORE QUESTIONS IN VARC BUT GETTING SOME WRONG SHOULD I LIMIT THE NO OF ATTEMPTS? CAN YOU PLS GUIDE ME.
govindrajan : Identify any particular question types in which you are going wrong and avoid those for the next couple of AIMCATs. In the meanwhile practice such questions from the material.

shreya : HOW MANY QUESTIONS FOR EACH SECTION TO BE TARGETED TO GET A GOOD CAT SCORE? WHAT SHOULD BE THE STRATEGY?
thomas : it depends on the difficulty level of the paper. you can see that from the scores of the aimcats itself where the scores of 99 percentile differ vary significantly from test to test. on an average, half the maximum possible score generally is more than 98 percentile overall

sid : HOW TO IMPROVE ACCURACY IN RC?
rajesh : How much of the material have you practised and how many SECTIONALS have you done

himanshu : SIR I AM WORING IN A STARTUP WITH MY FRIEND COMPANY HAS MSME CERTIFICATE AND PAY GST WILL IT BE COUNT IN WORK EX + I HAD 9/8/8 PROFILE WITH 30 MONTH WORK EX WHAT SHOULD BE TARGETED PERCENTILE FOR ABCLIK ??
thomas : yes. make sure you have a joining letter and salary gets credited in your bank account every month. for A GEM canidate, you will need more than 99 percentile for a the old iims

harsha : HI, I AM A WEEKEND BATCH STUDENT AND REGULAR CLASSES START LAST WEEK ONWARDS, AND I HAVE JUST STARTED ON MY PREPS, SO DO I ATTEMPT THE CURRENT AIMCAT?
philipthomas : Suggest that you start attempting the AIMCATs only from mid August.

avi : HOW MUCH QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ATTEMPT IN CAT UNDER QA TO GET 99 PERCENTILE
sachindubey : Attempt atleast 12-13 questions with 90 percent accuracy rate

udca4a043 : I STUDY AND STAY CONSISTENT. BUT SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE THE STUDY METHOD IS NOT EFFECTIVE AND FEEL BURNOUT. HOW TO OVERCOME THIS
rajesh : Why the burnout...are you not strategising... kindly try to meet a mentor at your centre

himanshu : WHAT IS GOOD SCORE IN VARC IN THIS PAPER
thomas : 30+ is a very good score and should get you 95+ percentile

udca4a043 : TELL ME HOW TO SOLVE RC'S ANY TIPS AND TRICKS TO QUICKLY READ AND UNDERSTAND THE GIVEN CONTENT
rajesh : Consistent practice....from material... doing your AIMCAT and SECTIONALS

anisha : VARC SECTION IS BIT TOUGH FOR ME SPECIALLY RC QUESTIONS ...WHAT TO DO FOR THIS
tarannumraza : Focus on central idea, tone and idea-flow. How the passage ends is important. Look out for words like 'but', 'however'...which indicate a change in idea-flow. Try to map the the passage in your mind by assigning keywords to each paragraph that point to the central idea of the paragraphs. A proper understanding will help to answer with accuracy.

rusha : HOW CAN I MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE MARKING? AND IMPROVE MY PERFORMANCE
rajesh : Always aim for accuracy

harsha : I AM QUIET WEAK IN QUANTS, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW SHOULD I PREPARE FOR MY QUANTS SO THAT I GET A GOOD SCORE IN THAT SECTION. DO I FOCUS ON ANY PARTICULAR CHAPTERS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE I WILL HAVE TO START FROM BASICS SO WILL I BE ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL THE PORTIONS. ALSO I AM A WORKING PROFESSIONAL, SO TIME IS A CONSTRAINT, HOW SHOULD I MANAGE?
sachindubey : You may need to discuss this on one to one basis with a faculty member. Please reach out to them, they will surely help you out in making a way forward.

purva : USUALLY, I AM ABLE TO GET TWO DILR SETS CORRECT IN THE AIMCATS. AND I FIND CERTAIN SETS EASY. SO, I WANT TO GO WITH THE SETS THAT I FIND DIFFICULT IN DILR IN THE AIMCATS. IS THAT ADVISABLE OR WILL THAT WORK AGAINST ME?
sachindubey : Ideally you should try and solve which you find easy to do first.

pnca4a252 : WHAT IS THE IDEAL ACCURACY WE SHOULD HAVE AND HOW CAN WE IMPROVE IT?
sachindubey : there is nothing as such ideal accuracy. It depends upon your number of attempt also.

meh : I HAVE A DOUBT UNRELATED TO AIMCAT, DOES ANY B-SCHOOL REQUEST LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION (LOR) FROM STAFFS? BECAUSE MY COLLEGE WONT GIVE ME ONE IF I SIT FOR PLACEMENTS.
philipthomas : Do not worry , no faculty will deny you an LOR for academic purposes.

anonymous : I AM SOLVING CHAPTERWISE, DOING REVISIONS AFTER EACH CHAPTER AND ALSO SOLVING THE SECTIONAL TEXTS (FOR THE DLIR) SECTION, HOWEVER I CAN'T SEEM TO COMPREHEND IT IN THE AIMCATS
thomas : do not spam

anonymous : I AM SOLVING CHAPTERWISE, DOING REVISIONS AFTER EACH CHAPTER AND ALSO SOLVING THE SECTIONAL TEXTS (FOR THE DLIR) SECTION, HOWEVER I CAN'T SEEM TO COMPREHEND IT IN THE AIMCATS
asim : Yes, AIMCATs are slightly more difficult than these sources, I recommend you try the advanced-level sectional tests as they come very close to the AIMCAT difficulty level.

anonymous : WHAT IS THE "IDEAL" NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT ONE SHOULD ATTEMPT IN THE EXAM. (CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN IT TO ME SECTION WISE)
thomas : there is nothing like ideal number as the difficulty level of the tests can vary significantly fron slot to slot and from year to year so do not go with any fixed numbe in your mind

adca4a370 : I AM VERY GOOD IN QA BUT CAN'T DO MORE THAN 8 QUESTIONS DUE TO TIME LIMIT. HOW CAN I IMPROVE MY SOLVING TIME?
sachindubey : You can do it in two slots of 20 minutes each. Target at least six questions in each slot. But while doing so accuracy should not be compromised.

himanshu : SIR I AM WORING IN A STARTUP WITH MY FRIEND COMPANY HAS MSME CERTIFICATE AND PAY GST WILL IT BE COUNT IN WORK EX + I HAD 9/8/8 PROFILE WITH 30 MONTH WORK EX WHAT SHOULD BE TARGETED PERCENTILE FOR ABCLIK ??
asim : Yes if it is in your name too. If you are general category student aim at 99+ percentile ( assuming you to be an engineer).

pg : I ENROLLED IN THE MARCH BATCH FOR THE CAT PREP AND NOW ALMOST THE SYLLABUS IS GETTING OVER , THOUGH SOME TOPICS OF QUANT ARE THERE, SO WHAT SHOULD BE THE STRATEGY FROM NOW TO SCORE 99+% IN ACTUAL EXAM HOW MANY MOCKS TO ATTEMPT IN A WEEK SAY AIMCAT, SAMCATS, PREVIOUS YEARS, SECTIONAL... CAN YOU JUST SHARE HOW THE WEEK SHOULD LOOK LIKE CONSIDERING I AM GETTING AROUND 98% PERCENTILE ON AN AVERAGE IN LAST 6-7 AIMCATS
asim : Start with intermediate level sectional tests for a month then move to advanced level tests, follow it up with AIMCATs -SA. In between take all the AIMCATS with proper analysis. If time permits solve LOT 2 material along with online sectional tests.

aadarsh : DILR BEST SOURCE TO PRACTICE APART FRO PYQS
sachindubey : Addtional Practice Questions Booklet and Sectional Test

anisha : I FIND IT DIFFICULT WHILE SOLVING DILR SETS IN AIMCAT BUT FEEL EASY WHILE SOLVING FROM STUDY MATERIAL ...I FIND THE PATTERN OF SETS IS VERY DIFFERENT IN THESE TWO . WHAT TO DO FOR THIS ANY SUGGESTION SIR ?
thomas : the study material questions are easy as they are introducing you to the topic. try the advanced sectional tests, the aimcat sa and the workshop handouts

udca4a043 : NOT LIKE I GET TOO ANXIOUS WHEN I SOLVE BUT WHEN I GET STUCK SOMEWHERE IN THE PRACTICE SESSION I FEEL I AM NOT UTILIZING MY TIME PROPERLY OR I AM NOT BEING PRODUCTIVE THAT'S WHEN I FEEL BURNOUT
tarannumraza : Do not try to practice everything together. Make a schedule that you can follow. Focus first on the basics of each topic - the class handouts & study material will guide you from basic to moderate to advanced level questions. Same for the on-line sectional tests. There is enough time to steadily improve in each area.

purva : WHAT IS THE USUAL DISTRIBUTION OF QA UNDER GEOMETRY, ALGEBRA AND ARITHMETIC IN ACTUAL CAT?
asim : It changes from year to year, hence it cannot be predicted in advance. I recommend you prepare for all the chapters provided in your study material.

shreya : APART FROM AIMCATS, WILL THE SELF-ASSESSED TEST PROVIDED ON PORTAL HELP TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL SCORE? ALSO, I CHECKED OUT THE VARIOUS TOPIC BASED Q-PAPERS IN THE PORTAL, WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF QUESTIONS FROM THESE PAPERS WITH REGARDS TO CAT EXAM?
tarannumraza : The self-assessed tests will surely help. These along with the AIMCATs cover a range of questions. Most of the tests are a good match with the actual test. The on-line sectional tests are of three difficulty levels- basic, intermediate and advanced.

shristi : ARE AIMCAT2418 AND 2518 SAME?
thomas : no. 2418 is last years aimcat 18.

pnca4a252 : THE INTERMEDIATE TESTS OF VA INCLUDE QUESTIONS TYPES THAT DO NOT COME IN CAT ANYMORE. IS IT OKAY TO SKIP THEM WHILE GIVING TESTS?
rajesh : Nothing wrong in attempting them..it could come in other exams

muca4a199 : I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ATTEMPT EVEN ONE SET OF LRDI ACROSS ALL THE AIMCATS UP TILL NOW. I AM ABLE TO SOLVE THE QUESTIONS FROM BOOK AND WORKSHOPS BUT NOT IN AIMCAT. HOW SHOULD I PREPARE MYSELF FOR IT. ANY TOPICS I SHOULD GIVE PRIORITY?
thomas : no topic as such. next test you write, spend about 7-8 minutes to identify one set which look the easiest. try to do that slowly and accurately in the next 30 minutes. one set done correctly will get you more than 85 percentile.

bhca4a221 : WHEN SOLVING THE VARC IN THE AIMCATS I GENERALLY ACHIEVE GREATER THE 90% ACCURACY WHEN ATTEMPTING AROUND 10-12 QUESTIONS. BUT WHEN I TRY TO ATTEMPT MORE AROUND 15-16 MY ACCURACY DROPS DOWN TO LESS THE 50%. HOW CAN I IMPROVE THIS?
tarannumraza : Go through the online sectional tests. Even when going through the study material, time yourself.

sravanthi : SIR I HAVE MISSED ATTENDING AIMCATS. IS IT POSSIBLE TO WRITE AGAIN ???
sachindubey : May be possible later, but you will get only raw score in that.

anisha : SIR I HAVE 1 YEAR WORK EX WITH 1 AND HALF GAP YEAR CAN I GET BLACKI? AND WHAT %ILE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS OR ANY OTHER SUGGESTION ?
thomas : i year gap should not be an issue. the percentile will depend on so many factors but target more than 99 to get a few calls.

krishna : IF I ONLY FOCUS ON PREPARATION FROM AIMCAT SAMCAT AND PREVIOUS 5 YEARS QUESTION PAPERS. WILL IT HELP ME TO SCORE A GOOD PERCENTILE SAY 80 ABOVE PERCENTILE?
rajesh : What about practice from your material

shristi : CAN WE WRITE AIMCATS TWICE?
tarannumraza : Not to get score/ranks/analysis again. You can go through the tests for your analysis & work on the improvement in weak areas.

asin : IS THIS WEEKS AIMCAT TOUGHER THAN THE LAST ONE? BECAUSE MY SCORE HAS REDUCED COMPARED TO LAST ONE. OR IS IT THAT I AM NOT DOING ENOUGH PRACTICE.
philipthomas : Could be a combination of both factors, however, the RC section was on the tougher side

nscb4a010 : I AM UNABLE TO COMPREHEND THE LRDI SETS AT ALL IN THE AIMCATS...WHAT METHOD OF PRACTICE SHPULD I TAKE UP AND ALSO HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT SET?
sachindubey : Do you practice sectional test also ?

adca4a370 : CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY RC DO I HAVE TO ATTEMPT IN EXAM IN ORDER TO GET 98-99 PERCENTILE?
tarannumraza : Focus on accuracy first. Read online & take the online tests to improve your reading speed so hat you can answer more questions without compromising on accuracy.

shristi : MY BATCH STARTED IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY, AND NOT MANY TOPICS ARE COVERED AS OF NOW SO IS IT ADVISABLE TO GIVE AIMCATS NOW OR SHOULD I ATTEMPT THEM AFTER SOME WEEKS?
thomas : take the aimcats in the test window. do not bother about the scores in the initial few aimcats and consider them as practice and use them to try out different strategies in attempting the test. and do not wait for the topics to be covered in class. try to cover them as early as possible.

sricharan : I COULDN'T ABLE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE FOUR SETS IN DILR AND END UP SOLVING ONLY ONE SET IN 40 MINS. HOW TO CHANGE THAT AND BE ABLE TO LOOK AT LEAST 3 SETS AND SOLVE ATLEAST 2 SETS IN FULL?
thomas : one set completely is pretty good and you will end up with more than 85 percentile. try to practice as many sets as you can. your speed will gradually improve as you become familiar with the different models.

muca4a199 : IS IT OKAY IF I STUDY FROM BOTH SET 1 AND SET 2 SIMULTANEOUSLY RATHER THAN WAITING TO COMPLETE ENTIRE SET 1 TO GET INTO SET 2?
thomas : if you are comfortable with the level of questions in set 1, you can skip them and go to set 2 as they will have questions of higher difficulty level

kumaresh : HOW TO IMPROVE ON DECISION MAKING? LRDI SECTION IS MORE ABOUT WHAT TO CHOOSE TO ATTEMPT AND WHAT TO IGNORE. HOW TO IMPROVE DECISION MAKING SKILLS SO THAT ONE CAN CHOOSE TO ATTEMPT OR MOVE ON IN QUICK SPAN OF TIME?
sachindubey : You need to Analyse the mock properly once you are done with it. Please follow the detailed transcript on " How to analyse the mock" which is already discussed in detail. Beside this try and solve some sectional test before the AIMCATs to improve your judgement of selecting the doable questions.

harsha : THIS QUE IS NOT RELATED TO AIMCAT, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHICH ARE THE NEW IIMS OR BABY IIMS WHICH ARE REALLY GOOD, OR ANY UNIVERSITIES OR THAN IIMS.
sachindubey : Please follow B school categorisation on your student portal.

satyam : IF I AM ABLE TO SCORE 94-95 PERCENTILE CONSISTENTLY IN AIMCATS AND SA-AIMCATS, HOW MUCH CAN I EXPECT TO SCORE IN THE EXAM?
philipthomas : You could expect this to be the minimum that you would score in the CAT.

mucb4a351 : SIR I AM A NON ENGINEERING MALE WITH 9/8/8, WITH NO WORK EX, WHAT %ILE SHOULD I TARGET FOR ABC?
thomas : 99+

hocd4a160 : SIR, I AM ABLE TO SOLVE LR IN BOOKLETS. BUT IN THIS AIMCAT, I WASN'T ABLE TO SOLVE ANY QUESTION. I GOT CONFUSED IN EVERY SET THAT I PICKED. ALSO HOW CAN I IMPROVE MYSELF IN RC.
govindrajan : Once you read the initial few lines of a puzzle/DI set, you will get to know what kind of puzzle/DI set we are going to solve. This does not take more than 30 to 40 seconds. Give a quick read to the given data spending about a minute time. Do not try to analyse the information at this stage. Spend a couple of minutes to read the questions and the type of answer choices. In case the questions have "If" conditions, it indicates that we get more than one possible solution. The questions let us know how to use the given information. All these should happen in about 3 minutes. Then start going through the information carefully. While doing this decide which statement to be picked up first and the order in which the other pieces of information are to be used. This way we can have a smooth flow of thought process and take less time to solve.

asin : WHAT IS THE IDEAL SCORE THAT I NEED TO SCORE NOW TO GET 99 PERCENTILE IN CAT. IS GETTING 80 PERCENTILE NOW OK?
thomas : 80 is less if you are looking at 99+. you should aim for 90+ now and consistently above 96-97 percentile towards the end

muca4a199 : I AM ARTS STUDENT AND THUS ALGEBRA IS NOT ONE OF MY STRENGTHS. SO SHOULD I FOCUS MORE ON ARITHMETIC AND GEOMETRY? CAN BASIC OF ALGEBRA DO TO ATTEMPT AIMCAT QUESTIONS?
rajesh : It's just a matter of brushing up whatever you did until your 10th

gowthaman : HELLO TEAM! WHERE WE CAN FIND THE PREVIOUS YEAR PAPER AND SOLUTION, IN TIME SHP?
thomas : we only give the solutions of the paper. for the paper itself, you can google it

a : SIR I'M ABLE TO SOLVE QUESTIONS FROM BOOKS BUT IN AIMCATS I AM MESSING UP . IT IS REALLY VERY DEMOTIVATING . CAN PLEASE RECOMMEND A STRATEGY?
philipthomas : In addition to working upon the study material , you need to also focus on doing sectionals so that you understand how to balance speed and accuracy

hocd4a160 : HOW TO IMPROVE ON RC. HOW TO SOLVE QUESTIONS THAT SAY, WHICH STATEMENT WOULD WEAKEN AUTHORS CLAIM.
rajesh : Could you please tell me... how much of practice you have been doing

rashi : SIR I GAVE 6 AIMCATS BUT MY PERCENTILE IS STUCK BETWEEN 70 TO 75 PERCENTILE , PLEASE SUGGEST ME SOME STRATEGY TO IMPROVE MY PERFORMANCE
philipthomas : You need to sit with a mentor and identify the problematic areas and work upon them to arrive at higher scores besides the mentor may also be able , if required, give you a better strategy.

muca4a199 : I AM AN ARTS STUDENT WITH 93% IN 10TH, 96% IN 12TH AND A 9.6 SGPA IN GRAD. WHAT PERCENTILE SHOULD I AIM?
philipthomas : If you are looking for the top IIMs , you have to target a 97+ percentile.

simran : I AM SOLELY PREPARING FOR CAT AND HAVE COMPLETED MY CLASSES BUT MY AIMCAT PERCENTILE IS 81. HOW MUCH TIME SHOULD I SPARE EVERYDAY AND WHAT SHOULD BE MY TARGET PERCENTILE FOR NEXT AIMCAT
philipthomas : If you have the whole day to prepare , you should spend 9 hours spread across four time slots in which you work upon different areas and topics. On the other hand if you are a student or working professional , 3 hours is the maximum that you can allocate for CAT prep. You cannot decide on a target percentile , you should strive to clear the cut offs in each section.

ayush : I HAVE COMPLETED THE MATERIAL FOR QUANTS YET I AM FACING DIFFICUALTY IN THE AIMCATS IN QUANTS, WHAT EXTRA SHOULD I DO TO BRING MY SCORE UP, MOREOVER HOW TO IMPROVE IN RC
sachindubey : Please start taking sectional test.

rashi : SIR I SCORE MORE THAN 90 PERCENTILE IN DILR IN PREVIOUS AIMCATS BUT IN LAST 2 AIMCATS I ONLY SCORED 75 PERCENTILE
asim : You need to properly analyze your AIMCAT performances figure out troubling topics take corrective action and work on them. Take the help of faculty members in getting your concepts cleared.

123 : HELLO SIR, AFTER COMPLETING ARITHMETIC ONE SHOULD FOCUS ON COMPLETING ALGEBRA OR GEOMETRY FIRST?
sachindubey : There is no issues in starting with any of these two.

mi : WHAT IS THE BEST NO OF QUESTIONS TO ATTEND IN EACH SECTION TO GET 85% SCORE?
sachindubey : Already answered similar questions. Please follow the chat transcript.

muca4a199 : HOW SHOULD I EFFICIENTLY USE THE TIME VOCABULARY CARDS BECAUSE I TEND TO FORGET THE WORDS AFTER A FEW DAYS
philipthomas : Use the cards as your database to solve vocab questions in your study material, in this way you learn words through usage.

hemant : HOW TO SELECT QUESTION FOR DILR
govindrajan : There is no specific method to identify difficulty level. This comes by experience. Do not judge just by looking at the quantum of information. The pattern of the information, comprhensibility, the question pattern would help in idenitifying the difficulty level. The questions with "if" conditions, may indicate that more than one solution is possible for the given data.

sneha : I AM WEAK AT VARC. I HAVE TAKEN A GAP YEAR AND PREPARING FOR CAT. MY AIMCAT SCORE IS >10 AND MY ACCURACY IS 50%. HOW DO I IMPROVE IT. SHOULD I START FROM GRAMMER VOCABULARY . HOW MANY PASSAGES AND PARA JUMBLES SHOULD I DO EVERY DAY. HOW MUCH TIME SHOULD I SPARE ON DAILY BASIS FOR VARC.
philipthomas : Work upon your grammar and vocabulary , once that is in place you can work upon the other areas.

taniya : I AM NOT ABLE TO SELECT PROPER SET IN DI SECTION? WHAT SHOULD I DO?
asim : This can only be improved by practicing a huge number of sets of varying difficulty levels as well as models. The way out is to practice from Basic study material, online sectional tests, and the AIMCATs.

dlca4a281 : PLEASE EXPLAIN QUESTION 20 OF VARC HOW ANSWER IS NOT OPTION D ?
asim : Please go through the solutions provided.

hocd4a160 : SIR, WHAT IS THE SECTIONAL CUT OFF IN EACH AREA
sachindubey : it is the minimum score you need to secure in each section in order to qualify for the next stage of selection process.

shreya : WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AIM CATS AND SELF-ADMINISTER CAT? DO WE NEED TO GIVE BOTH THE MOCKS AVAILABLE ON THE PORTAL OF STUDENT?
sachindubey : AIMCATs and SELF-ADMINISTERED CAT are almost same. The basic difference is that you get All India Rank and percentile etc. after writing AIMCATs but you will get shown all these in self adminstered test except raw score

purva : I AM AN ENGINEERING FEMALE STUDENT WITH 91% IN 10TH, 74% IN 12TH, 7.6 CGPA IN ENGINEERING(2 TIER COLLEGE) AND HAVE 2 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. WHAT PERCENTILE SHOULD I AIM FOR BLACKI?
philipthomas : You definitely should.

maria : HOW MUCH PERCENTAGE SHOULD WE GET TO GET TO ANY IIM INSTITUTION?
sachindubey : Your performance is not measured using percentage but the will percentile score. A good percentile is 98+

shruti : HOW TO IDENTIFY EASY QUESTIONS IN SPECIALLY VA SECTION ? IT'S EASIER TO PICK A RC ON THE BASIS OF COMFORT LEVEL WITH GENRE AND WRITING STYLE BUT WITH VA I SPEND SO MUCH TIME ON ONE QUESTION AS I AM NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY ITS DIFFICULTY AND BECAUSE OF THIS SOME EASIER QUESTIONS ARE LEFT.
tarannumraza : Go through the sub-area analysis for the AIMCATs. You will be able to identify the question types you regularly get wrong. Practice more of such questions from the study material & online sectional tests.

shreya : DOES A GAP IN THE RESUME AFFECTS ON SELECTION FOR IIM? APART FROM GOOD SCORE IN CAT, ANYTHING ADDITIONAL REQUIRED TO JUSTIFY THE GAP, IF TAKEN?
tarannumraza : You should be able to explain the gap if asked. Otherwise, it is not a matter of concern. Focus on the basics and improving your performance.

shruti : HOW CAN I REACH OUT TO A FACULTY MEMBER
sachindubey : Please contact to the centre where you have enrolled.

purva : SIR, YOU DIDN'T SAY ANY PERCENTILE AS AN ANSWER TO MY PREVIOUS QUESTION. CAN YOU CHECK THAT ONCE?
asim : AIM at 99+ percentile to secure multiple calls with 80+ sectionals.

vjcb4a030 : IF CLEARED CUT-OFF HOW MUCH PERCENTILE WILL GET?
asim : Not clear, please elaborate.

muca4a511 : HELLO. MY PROBLEM IS I AM ABLE TO SCORE SOME MARKS IN SECTIONAL TEST BUT IN AIMCAITS MY ACCURACY IS VERY BAD. EVEN IN SECTIONALS I DON'T GET DESIRED SCORE. EVEN IF I PRACTICE QUANT I AM VERY BAD AT IT. MY ACCURACY IN VARC AND DILR IS NOT IMPROVING IT'S GETTING LESS DAY BY DAY. THIS IS SO DEMOTIVATING. I DON'T WHERE I AM STUCK. DO HELP. THANK YOU
asim : The key is properly analyzing your performance and taking corrective action. After each AIMCAT, spend at least two to three hours in analysing each section of the paper. This is undoubtedly the most enriching experience that you can extract out of the AIMCATs. Step-1: Attempt all those questions in that section that you left unattempted during the AIMCAT. Step-2: Try solving questions that may still be left over. Only after giving all the questions a good try, check the answer key to find out which questions you could answer correctly and re-attempt all those questions that you answered wrongly. You would be able to learn a great deal from this step since you would actually be pushing yourself to think harder and find out where you have made mistakes. Do not look at the solutions until you are finished with this step. Step-3: You can refer the solutions and compare your approach with that given in the solutions. You should keenly observe and learn anything new that you may find in the solutions. At the end of this stage of your analysis, you should try to categorize the questions into levels of difficulty based on the understanding required and the amount of time that you would take to solve each of them in an exam situation. This is a very important step that will help you in identifying the level of a question, a critical input required when trying to choose the right questions to attempt in the AIMCAT or the actual CAT. Step-4: Carefully look up the extensive analysis – Section-wise, Area-wise, Difficulty Level wise and much more – that is provided to you on the Student Homepage after the results are declared. The AIMCAT results and analysis that are made available on the website are meticulously designed, comprehensive, and personalized analyses that are intended to give you valuable feedback regarding your performance. This feedback will guide you towards a better, more focused and effective preparation and can set you on a path of continuous improvement. Another practical way to boost your learning is to sometimes study, if possible, with your peers in small groups of not more than three to four members. You can analyze and discuss each AIMCAT as a group, after each member is through with his share of individual analysis. This a very good approach to maximize your learning. The group should ideally be formed with members with strengths in different areas so that there is scope for everyone to gain from the joint effort.

virat : I AM AN ENGINEERING MALE STUDENT WITH 96% IN 10TH, 89% IN 12TH, 9.9 CGPA IN ENGINEERING AND I AM FRESHER. WHAT PERCENTILE SHOULD I AIM FOR BLACKI?
sachindubey : 99+

shruti : HOW TO REACH A FACULTY MEMBER /
asim : You can contact your center for help in this regard.

purva : I WANT TO PREPARE FOR MICAT TOO. I HAVE BEEN IN THE MARKETING FIELD FOR LAST TWO YEARS AFTER COMPLETING MY ENGINEERING. PLEASE TELL ME HOW CAN I PREPARE FOR MICAT WHILE PREPARING FOR CAT?
asim : As far as mathematics and DI is concerned, a good preparation for CAT should be more than sufficient.With respect to preparation for Logical Reasoning of MICAT, it would be advisable for students to revise concepts pertaining to Critical Reasoning, Visual Reasoning, and Data sufficiency. Apart from this students also need to prepare for essay writing. The approach to tackle essay topics will be discussed in class with Writing Practice Exercise Tests It is advised that students keep essay writing in mind when they do their reading comprehension exercises,focusing on expression of central idea, the idea flow, and the tools employed for effectively putting across ideas. A thorough awareness of social and political changes of the times will be an add on to present your case. For preparation on General Awareness, in addition to reading newspapers regularly, it would be advisable for a student to prepare from the following sources: Also, in the various issues of MBA Education & Careers magazine, focus on features like Business GK, Current Issues & Events, and Current Event Chronicle (this feature captures important tid-bits). In addition to the above, please run through the GK Model Papers feature titled, Improve your GK. Go through the GA Note (Study Material) booklet for stock GK (like history and geography). Also use the GAT papers, each with 50 questions. Manorama & CSR Year Book - it helps in preparation for stock type questions In Manorama Year Book and CSR, please focus on the following chapters. Who is who What is what Science scan Human body Computers Landmarks of history The Universe While preparing for this section, it would be advisable for students to focus more on issues related to business, economics and politics related to business environment. Finally, OMET for MICAT and Sample MICAT paper ( available on MICA's website ) are perhaps the best source for preparation. They come very close to the actual MICAT entrance exam paper and one should give maximum importance to these question papers.

bhca4a221 : WHILE ATTEMPTING THE QUESTIONS FROM THE QUANT SECTION IN THE AIMCAT IF I AM NOT ABLE TO SOLVE THE FIRST 3 QUESTIONS I PICKED, I TEND TO PANIC AND WOULD NOT ABLE SOLVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WHICH CAN BE SOLVED AS WELL HOW WOULD I APPROACH THIS?
sachindubey : It would be better to scroll all the questions of the section first then select 5-6 doable questions. After selecting those easy doable question then start attempting.

shreya : MY ATTEMPT RATE IN VARC SECTION SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM FOR ME. I AM TRYING TO DO MORE QUESTIONS BUT GETTING NO IMPROVEMENT WHAT I SHOULD DO TO TACKLE THIS SITUATION?
philipthomas : For the next 2 AIMCATs try only the RCs, you will see your scores improving , later you add on the Verbal Ability questions

123 : HOW TO BOOST SCORE IN VARC ?
tarannumraza : By choosing the questions well and not making guesses while answering. Take care to focus on accuracy first & build up on increasing the number of attempts slowly. Practice RCs regularly. They form the backbone of the section. Take up each type of para-based questions one at a time. You can consider the OMOs and sentence placement questions as subsets of para-jumbles. Para summaries are like small RCs.

muca4a511 : THERE ARE ONLY 4-5 MONTHS LEFT FOR CAT 24. WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST WE MUST MOST DO IN THIS TIME TO IMPROVE SCORE?
asim : A lot of preparation tips have been mentioned please go through the chat transcript.

shreya : IS IT POSSIBLE TO GIVE SAME TEST SELF-ASSESSED OR SECTIONED, IN ORDER TO MONITOR THE IMPROVEMENT? OR ARE THEY SAME AS AIMCATS, WHICH CAN BE ONLY ATTEMPTED ONCE?
sachindubey : Writing the same test may measure improvement in learned skill, but it may not measure improvement in performance in comparison to other students.

hi : HOW DO I IMPROVE DILR, MY SCORES ARE NOT THAT GOOD AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME, IN EXAMS I GET BLANK IF I AM NOT ABLE TO SOLVE A SET. AND HOW TO INCREASE ATTEMPT RATE AND ACCURACY RATE IN QA. MY ARITHMETIC PART IS WEAK
govindrajan : Once you read the initial few lines of a puzzle/DI set, you will get to know what kind of puzzle/DI set we are going to solve. This does not take more than 30 to 40 seconds. Give a quick read to the given data spending about a minute time. Do not try to analyse the information at this stage. Spend a couple of minutes to read the questions and the type of answer choices. In case the questions have "If" conditions, it indicates that we get more than one possible solution. The questions let us know how to use the given information. All these should happen in about 3 minutes. Then start going through the information carefully. While doing this decide which statement to be picked up first and the order in which the other pieces of information are to be used. This way we can have a smooth flow of thought process and take less time to solve.