mucc4t018 : MY OVERALL RAW SCORES IN THE LAST 7-8 AIMCATS HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 70-93 SO ARE THEY GOOD? , CONSIDERING ONLY 2-3 WEEKS ARE LEFT NOW BEFORE THE EXAM WHAT SHOULD BE THE STRATEGY GOING FORWARD?
thomas : What is the percentile? The raw scores is not a good indicator as the aimcats are of different levels of difficulty

sofazz : SIR, I FEEL LIKE WHEN I AM CONSISTENT WITH MY PRACTICE IN ALL 3 SECTIONS I GET GOOD MARKS IN TESTS AND THE MARKS IMPROVES ON AVERAGE, BUT IF I SKIP STUDIES FOR FEW DAYS I FIND THAT MY ABILITY TO CONCENTRATE DROPS AND THE MARKS IN MOCKS ALSO DROPS, IS IT COMMON OR UNIQUE CASE? ANY TIPS
thomas : Marks should not drop because of skipping studies for a few days. At least in your case you know what is to be done to improve the score and make sure that you do not skip any day till cat

srishti : MY MARKS IN AIMCAT DROPPED DRASTICALLY TO 36 AND I SCORED 0 IN LRDI .PLEASE SUGGEST HOW TO IMPROVE MARKS. I SCORED BETTER MARKS IN INDIVIDUAL ADVANCED LEVEL SECTIONSLD
thomas : There's no reason for the score to drop so low as the varc section was pretty easy this time. If the lrdi section appears difficult ,you should not panic as the cut off will be low. Try to make sure that you get one set correct. Select one set in 7 or 8 minutes and try to do it slowly and accurately in around 30 minutes. 15 marks will get you more than 90 percentile

mucc4t018 : MY OVERALL RAW SCORES IN THE LAST 7-8 AIMCATS HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 70-93 SO ARE THEY GOOD? , CONSIDERING ONLY 2-3 WEEKS ARE LEFT NOW BEFORE THE EXAM WHAT SHOULD BE THE STRATEGY GOING FORWARD? THE PERCENTILE RANGE IS FROM 94 TO 98.89
thomas : This is a very good score and you can expect z slightly better score in cat. All the best

hocc4yk41 : I HAVE SCORED 74 (42-15-18) IN THE AIMCAT2503. IS THIS GOOD? PERCENTILES AND DETAILED REVIEW ARE NOT AVAILABLE ON THE PORTAL AS OF NOW.CAN YOU PLEASE HELP WITH RESPECT TO A ROUGH ANALYSIS BASED ON THESE SCORES PLEASE. THANKS
sachindubey : It would be better if you check the consistency of your AIMCAT percentile which you took till date instead of doing analysis of only one AIMCAT.

srishti : ALSO I AM FACING DIFFICULTY IN SELECTING LRDI SETS WHILE TEST WHILE I AM ABLE TO SOLVE THEM INDIVIDUALLY
thomas : Take your time to select a set and concentrate only on that for around 30 minutes. Your Sim should be 15 marks

hocc4yk41 : SIR I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SCORE BETWEEN 15-21 MARKS IN QA CONSISTENTLY, BUT I WANT TO ATTEMPT 2-3 QUESTIONS MORE WITH GREATER ACCURACY. CAN YOU PLS SUGGEST STRATEGY TO POLISH MY QA IN THESE LAST 2 WEEKS? SHOULD I GO FOR PREV YEAR QUESTIONS OR QUESTIONS FROM ATTEMPTED MOCKS OR ANY OTHER WAY
sachindubey : It would be better if you select all the doable questions before start attempting them. There is an option to see all the questions of a section before attempting them.

gauri : WHAT SCORE CAN BE EXPECTED AT 90 AND 95 PERCENTILE IN CAT
tarannumraza : This will depend on the difficulty level of the exam and how the other candidates have fared. Give your best !

tk : I AM ABLE TO SOLVE MANY QUESTIONS / SETS RIGHT AFTER THE EXAM WHILE ANALYSIS BUT UNABLE TO SOLVE THEM DURING THE MOCK. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
sachindubey : There could be many reasons for that but one of most common reason could be not able to perform in exam pressure. So relaxing techniques like meditation etc would be helpful in relieving the exam pressure.

hocc4zk54 : CAN I CALCULATE TENTATIVE PERCENTILE BASED OFF OF RAW SCORE? I HAVE SCORED 58, 66, 76 AND 88 TILL NOW. HOW CAN I CORRESPOND THESE SCORES ROUGHLY WITH PERCENTILE.
thomas : Go to the student home page and check the all India performance for each mock. The score corresponding to each rank and the number of students who wrote the mock is available. From that you can calculate your approximate rank snd using the number of students who wrote you can calculate the percentile

: I AM GETTING AROUND 88-92 PERCENTILE IN MY AIM/SAM CATS. WHAT COULD BE MY PERCENTILE IN THE FINAL EXAM.
thomas : You can expect something in the 90 to 95 range for the same level of performance

srishti : SOLVING 2 SETS CORRECTLY WILL FETCH HOW MUCH PERCENTILE IN LRDI IN CAT
thomas : Going by previous years experience, 30 marks will be 98.5 for an average paper and 99.5 for a difficult one

abhiii : I'M VERY TENSED ABOUT THE FINAL EXAMS
tarannumraza : Relax. Go over the basics. Go through the attempted AIMCATs. Focus on your strength areas.

agneya : HOW TO ANSWER THE MOST APPROPRIATE TITLE QUESTION FOR A PARAGRAPH IN VARC ACCURATELY. I OFTEN END UP DECIDING BETWEEN TWO VERY CLOSE OPTIONS AND GET IT WRONG.
tarannumraza : The title should be such that it points to the central idea/theme as well as conveys the tone.

aku : I HAVE BEEN REGULARLY GIVING TESTS AND MOCKS. ANALYSING THEM AS WELL. HOWEVER I AM NOT SEEING IMPROVEMENT IN LRDI AND VARC.SOMETIMES I AM.ABLE TO SOLVE 1 OR 2 LRDI SETS AND SOMETIMES NONE. IN VARC ,SOMETIMES ACCURACY IS FINE , OTHERWISE RESLLY POOR. PLEASE SUGGEST ON HOW TO IMPROVE IN THE FEW DAYS LEFT.
tarannumraza : For VARC, check if you are marking answers even though you are not sure. Be careful, especially where you can get negative marks. Attempt judiciously.

tan124 : MY MARKS IN VARC FLUCTUATE ALOT .AT MAX I AM ABLE TO SCORE AROUND 30 .HOW TO IMPROVE ?
philipthomas : You need to vary your attempts according to the difficulty level, for example , if you have tough passages , you should restrict your attempts to 2or 3 attempts per passage. If you stick to a fixed number, your scores will fluctuate.

hello : SIR I AM GETTING GOOD MARKS AND PERCENTILE IN ADVANCED LEVEL SECTIONAL TESTS BUT BAD IN FULL LENGTH MOCKS SO WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW?
tarannumraza : Take more of the full length tests, in the same time slot as your actual CAT slot.

: EVERY YEAR, THE CAT EXAM'S LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY INCREASES. DO WE EXPECT THE SIMILAR TREND THIS YEAR AS WELL?
philipthomas : The difficulty is always the same ,no one has talked about an easy CAT, it is just that in different years it is different sections that have been of a higher level.

aku : MOST OF THE TIMES IN RC,WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH ME IS THAT THE LAST TWO OPTIONS FROM WHICH I CHOSE THE FINAL ONE, THE OTHER ONE WHICH I DID NOT MARK IS THE RIGHT ANSWER. THIS IS OFTEN HAPPEINING WITH ME.PLEASE TELL ME THE STRATEGY TO IMPROVE THE SAME.
philipthomas : There are 4 ways to tackle this. The first method is to differentiate between the 2 options, if you can spot the difference you can get the correct answer. The second method is to defer, go to the other questions given along with the same passage and when you are done with them , take a second look at this question again before you exit. The third option is to read the question , identify the related data and formulate an answer without reference to the options, then select that option which is related to the answer that you have formulated. The fourth option is that if you have already answered 3 questions, leave this question and move on to the next passage, the time you save here gets added to the next passage.

ndcb4a077 : BETWEEN ADVANCE SECTIONAL TEST & SAIMCAT,
sachindubey : what is your complete question ?

aku : HOW TO PRACTICE FOR LRDI AND QUANT FOR THESE LAST FEW DAYS. SHOULD I REVISE ALL THE MOCKS I HAVE GIVEN UPTIL NOW OR SHOULD BE GIVING MORE MOCKS WITH NEW SETS AND QUESTIONS.
sachindubey : You have to strike the right balance these two options.You should definitely revise and analyse the previous mocks and continue to attempt new sets. But ofcourse more time should be given to analysis in last few days before the exam.

ndcb4a077 : BETWEEN ADVANCE SECTIONAL TEST & SAIMCAT,WHICH SHOULD I DO RIGHT NOW?
tarannumraza : Full length tests like AIMCATs & SAMCATs taken in the same time slot as your actual CAT slot will help. The advanced sectional will give you more confidence section wise. .

bkg : AFTER MONTHS OF PRACTICE, SPEED IN DILR AND QUANTS IS JUST NOT IMPROVING.. I END UP TAKING EXORBITANT TIME IN SOLVING EVEN THE EASIER QUESTIONS. AT THIS POINT IM UNABLE TO SEE A WAY OUT..
sachindubey : We suggest you to meet a faculty member for a one to one discussion. Don't give up !

ndcb4a077 : IS 77& 83 NUMBER IN SAIMCAT GOOD?
thomas : Pretty good. These should be definitely more than 90 percentile

ndcb4a077 : IS SECTIONAL CUTOFF FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORY IS
thomas : Yes, the sectional cutoff will differ according to category

muca4aa77 : HELLO SIR/MAM,
thomas : Please post your question

ndcb4a077 : IS SECTIONAL CUTOFF FOR DIFFERENT CASTE CATEGORY DIFFERENT?
sachindubey : yes

muca4aa77 : I AM GETTING IN 100S SCORE IN LAST 4-5 AIMCATS WITH PERCENTILE RANGING FROM 99.5-99.9, I KNOW I WILL BE ABLE TO SCORE IN ACTUAL CAT AND DOING PRACTICE AS WELL OF SAMCATS/ADVANCED SECTIONAL BUT STILL I AM FEELING BIT NERVOUS AND SCARED, WHAT SHOULD BE YOUR LAST 10-15 DAYS TIPS TO KEEP UP WITH THIS MOMENTUM
philipthomas : Tell yourself that you are in a good position and do a mock every alternate day at the same time as the slot given to you.

anshul : SIR IN AIMCAT2503, THE LRDI SECTION WAS VERY DIFFICULT DESPITE TRYING 2 DIFFERENT SETS, I COULDNT EVEN MAKE ONE AND MY SCORE WAS 0 FOR THE FIRST TIME, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IN CAT ALSO ALL 4 SETS COME AT SUCH DIFFICULTY LEVEL.
sachindubey : It was difficult section or not that you will come to know after looking at percentile scores. As of now please don't bother about difficulty level of actual CAT and focus on your preparation as usual.

ndcb4a077 : FOR SC CATEGORY, WHAT IS GOOD MARKS(SECTION WISE)?
sachindubey : Already answered similar question. Plase follow the chat transcript.

hari : WHAT SHOULD BE THE REQUIRED PERCENTILE I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN IN AIMCAT 2503 WHICH CAN MATCH A 99.5 PERCENTILE IN THE ACTUAL CAT
philipthomas : The percentile should be the same - 99.5.

mourya : NOT SURE IF MY QUESTION HAS GOTTEN POSTED, SO THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE, PLEASE IGNORE, SORRY I'M NEW HERE
philipthomas : Go ahead and post your query.

hari : MY SCORE IS FLUCTUATING AROUND 65 TO 80 IN AIMCATS AND AROUND 80 IN SAMCATS WITH ONE SECTION LAGGING EACH TIME. WHAT SHOULD BE MY FURTHER ACTION IN THE PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING 15DAYS
sachindubey : You need to thoroughly analyse your AIMCATs. Check what are your grey areas in it and try to improve those.

ndcb4a077 : FOR SC CATEGORY, WHAT IS SECTIONAL CUTOFF FOR ALL 3 SECTION?
sachindubey : Though it is less than general catagory but we can't predict before the actual test.

hocc4v064 : SOME LAST PREPARATION TIPS FOR VARC?
tarannumraza : Choose passages/questions by going through the question paper tag first. Read the passages/ questions with a calm mind. Do not spend too much time on one question. Remember that just because you have read a passage, it is not necessary to answer all the questions based on it.If you are unable to decide on an option, skip the question.

muca4aa77 : FOLLOWING UP THE PREVIOUS ANS, I HAVE AN OFFICE FROM MORNING 10-7, SO I CANNOT ATTEMPT MOCKS AT THE TIME OF SLOT GIVEN TO ME ON WEEKDAYS, I CAN DO ONLY AT THE WEEKENDS, SO WHAT SHOULD YOU SUGGEST TO ME HOW TO TACKLE, I WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO TAKE LEAVES FROM OFFICE IN THE LAST WEEK OF CAT FROM 17 -24
philipthomas : Suggest that you do an AIMCAT before going to office, you need a clear mind, and once you are back , do the analysis.

hari : WHAT SHOULD I FOCUS IN MY PREPARATION DURING THESE DAYS ALONG WITH DOING FULL LENGHT MOCKS IN THE ALLOTED SLOT TIME
philipthomas : You could do sectional tests on your weak areas.

muca4a511 : MY QUANTS SECTION IS NOT VERY GOOD. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE DONE A FEW CHAPTERS SOME ARE REMAINING TO COMPLETE. NOW I AM THINKING TO PRACTICE ONLY THOSE CHAPTERS THAT I HAVE ALREADY DONE. THIS INCLUDES THE CHAPTERS ONLY IN ARITHMETIC. IS IT OK OR I SHOULD DO OTHERS TOO?
sachindubey : If possible try to cover others topic also like geometry and algebra.

gamer : MY SCORE IN VARC SECTION HAS DROPPED TREMENDOUSLY FROM 92+ %ILE TO BELOW 70 IN LAST 2 AIMCATS. I WRONGLY SELECTED THE RCS IN BOTH THE MOCKS. IN ONE, MY VA PERFORMANCE WAS STILL GOOD, BUT IN THE OTHER, IT GOT AFFECTED SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE OF THE MISSELECTION AS THE PASSAGES TOOK A LOT OF TIME. WHAT STRATEGY SHOULD I FOLLOW TO IMPROVE MY PASSAGE SELECTION?
philipthomas : Your focus on selection of a passage should depend purely on the first paragraph, if it looks readable go for the passage , however sometimes what looked easy becomes tough in the next paragraph itself, do not go deeper , exit and try another passage.

hari : WHAT SHOULD BE MY PRIMARY TARGET IN VARC, ACCURACY EVEN THOUGH I GET ONLY 10 CORRECT OR SHOULD I AMBIGUOUSLY ATTEMPT MORE BUT IT A HIGHLY RISKY CHOICE FOR ME AS MY BACKING AREA IS VARC
tarannumraza : Randomly marking the answers is an absolute no-no for questions that will fetch negative marks. Use the question paper tag to view all the questions in the section first. This will help you choose the doable ones & improve your score.

nurag : I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING AIMCAT-SA AND PLAN TO DO SO AS MY PRACTICE STRATEGY. ARE THEY ENOUGH FOR CAT?
tarannumraza : Analyse the tests well to plug the weak spots. A comparison of 4/5 tests will tell you if your strategy is good or needs to be tweaked.

dd : I AM TRYING MY BEST, BUT MY SCORES IN VARC ARE NOT IMPROVING. I READ AN ESSAY DAILY AND PRACTICE RC'S. BUT IN MOCKS I ALWAYS END UP SCORING LOW, BETWEEN 15-25. I TRIED INCREASING MY ATTEMPTS OR INCREASING MY ACCURACY, BUT STILL MARKS DO NOT INCREASE.
tarannumraza : Set the watch when you practice RCs. Learn to skip questions if you are unable to understand the question/ options. Keep the idea-flow in mind while reading the passage. Practice the para-based questions too, as they may be the easier questions in the section the TITA( no negative marking) questions are from these

kk : I HAVE BEEN SCORING AROUND 97 PERCENTILE IN ALMOST ALL AIMCATS THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, FOR THE LAST TWO AIMCATS (2503 AND 2504), MY PERCENTILE HAS TAKEN A HIT. WHAT SEEMED DOABLE INITALLY IN DILR, SEEMS DIFFICULT NOW. IS IT JUST EXAM STRESS? HOW SHOULD I WORK ON IT?
philipthomas : Do not panic, do not assume that every AIMCAT is the same, change your number of attempts according to the difficulty level.

nurag : GEOMETRY IS HUGE IS IT OKAY TO SKIP THE CHAPTER?
sachindubey : You can take a chance to skip it provided you are thorough with other areas

harshitha : IF I GET A TITA QUESTION WRONG WILL IT AFFECT MY PERCENTILE?
philipthomas : It affects your percentile only in the sense that if you had got it correct, you would have got a higher percentile.

dipti : SIR AM FINDING AIMCAT DILR TOUGH AND OTHER TESTS EASY LIKE ARUN SHARMA SIR'S CAT EXPERIENCE
sachindubey : Okay, it may happen that you find other material easier or more difficult than AIMCAT

mj : I WANT TO IMPROVE MY WEAK AREAS OF QUANTS AND DILR AND FOR THAT I'M ATTEMPTING SECTIONALS. BUT I'M CONFUSED BETWEEN WHICH SECTIONALS TO ATTEMPT, MEDIUM LEVEL OR ADVANCED LEVEL? PLEASE SUGGEST ME WHICH LEVEL TESTS SHOULD I ATTEMPT REGULARLY IN THESE LAST 15 DAYS.
sachindubey : You should start with medium level and based on your performance you can scale up or down to easy or advence level

nurag : HAS QUESTION TYPES EVER REPEATED IN CAT WHICH HAS BEEN DONE IN AIMCAT OR AIMCAT-SA?
philipthomas : If you go through all the AIMCATs and SAMCATs , you will not see anything radically different in the CAT exam.

mourya : HELLO SIR/MA'AM, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF CURRENT LEVEL OF PREPARATION, I EXPECT TO SCORE ATLEAST 50-30-30 IN EACH OF THE SECTIONS IN THAT ORDER. HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON QUANT AT ALL DURING MY PREP AND IT IS MY REAL STRENGTH AND FAVORITE, SO CAN YOU GIVE ME A REALISTIC PLAN OF ACTION TO MAXIMIZE MY SCORE IN IT IN THE REMAINING DAYS
sachindubey : So far as quant is concerns you can start with Arithmetic first followed by Geometry, Mensuration, Algebra and P & C

kk : APOLOGIES FOR THE PREVIOUS INCOMPLETE QUESTION. I SEE MANY STUDENTS ASKING THE ESTIMATED PERCENTILE BASED ON AIMCAT PERFORMANCE. I ON OTHER HAND HAVE BEEN READING THAT THE MOCK PERCENTILES SHOULDNT MATTER AS SUCH. IT FEELS COMFORTABLE TO KNOW THAT THERE IS NO DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN CAT SCORES AND AIMCAT SCORES GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF AIMCATS HAVE BEEN A DISASTER FOR ME. HOW TRUE IS THIS THAT THERE IS NO SUCH CORRELATION BETWEEN AIMCAT AND CAT?
sachindubey : AIMCAT scores are the indicatores of your preparation level for the actual exam. But it also true that many a time students scores quite differntly then their AIMCAT scores in actual test.

dipti : YES SIR BUT CAN U SUGGEST WHAT SHOULD I PRIORITISE DIFFICULT TESTS OR THE EASY ONES IN THE LAST DAYS
tarannumraza : Revise the basics/ notes you have prepared through your analysis of AIMCATs/sectionals. You can revisit the attempted AIMCATs. Check the questions you marked wrongly. Practice some more of full length tests . Take them in the same time slot as your actual CAT slot.

shravan : MY AVG MOCK SCORES HAVE BEEN AROUND 50, HOW CAN I IMPROVE IT IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS.
sachindubey : Work dedicatedly towards final preparation phase of exam leaving aside all the distractions.Analyse your AIMCATs and improvise on weak areas.

mj : MA'AM, I GOT 33 IN THE VARC IN THIS MOCK. I ATTEMPTED ANOTHER MOCK TODAY, IN WHICH I GOT 20 MARKS. WHENEVER I GET 2 RCS FROM THE TOPICS I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH, MY SCORE REDUCES DRASTICALLY. OTHERWISE ON AN AVERAGE, I'M SCORING OF 25+ IN VARC. SO SHOULD I FOCUS ON READING TOPICS I'M NOT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IN THESE 15 DAYS OR JUST FOCUS ON REGULAR PRACTICE?
tarannumraza : AIMCAT-SAs and the AIMCATs will give you ample practice of reading and understanding different types of passages. Even if the passage is on an unfamiliar topic, read carefully tracing the idea flow. Always look for author's opinion/tone. You will be able to answer questions based on your understanding.

ccca4a512 : I GOT 83 MARKS IN AIMCAT 04 BUT THAT FETCHED ME ONLY A 96 PERCENTILE, BUT I GOT 84 MARKS IN AIMCAT 03 AND I GOT 98.8 PERCENTILE, HOW DO I INTERPRET THIS? DOES THIS MEAN AIMCAT 03 WAS TOUGHER THAN AIMCAT 04?
philipthomas : Yes that is how it should be read.

hocc4w480 : SIR MY VARC AVERAGE WAS 18 20 MARKS HOW CAN I IMPROVE
tarannumraza : At this point, you can focus on the para-based questions. Look out for the easier questions in the RCs. Practice full length tests.