Satte Pe Satta - Seven Suggestions for CAT 2009

Dear Student,

With just couple of weeks left to the big day - CAT 2009, given below are Seven suggestions to help improve your CAT scores.

1) You should not fiddle with your test-taking strategy at this stage. As long as you know that the strategy you are using is giving you rewards, don't change it.

2) Do not over prepare. You should not take more than 5-6 full length tests in the remaining time. In the last one week you should ideally take only test.

3) The IRMA and IIFT entrance exams are scheduled for 8th November and 22nd November respectively. Normally, these exams are scheduled after CAT but as CAT is no longer a one-day test, they had to prepone. Do not let your performance in these two exams effect your CAT performance in a negative way. Some students get disheartened if they perform badly in couple of tests. On the other hand, some become complacent because of their performance in an exam. Make sure you are not a victim of the phenomenon mentioned above.

4) Avoid random guessing. I have never seen it work and I don’t think that you are a special child of Goddess Fortuna. However, intelligent guessing is a smart idea. If you are down to two options, you should definitely go for it.

5) If you have practiced enough amount of variety, CAT DI should not be tough to tackle. And out of a set of five questions, at least three are bound to be easy. Learn the art of skipping questions in DI. The misconception is that you have to solve the whole set before you move on to the next set. I think this is the time which you should devote to DI more than anything else. The return on time invested is going to be the highest.

6) Know your limitations. If your percentiles in the Simulated CATs that you have taken are consistently below 80%ile then you should not attempt a large number of questions.

7) It happens often that high potential students fail to perform because of the pressure. So, I suggest that you unwind, go for movies, hangout with friends. Let me be a little more specific here, non CAT taking friends and the movie should be anything other than London Dreams. It is quite possible that you shoot yourself after watching that absurdity.

With this I would like to wrap up this session of Handa Ka Funda. Cheers!

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aashay5234 lovely tips thanx..

ajitra thanx for the tips sir...my xam's 2moro...well am quit ok in di n verbal but quant is a problem...any last min tips on that????

sachin4855 This Is Really Worth-while For Every Student...

shreyas6223 Thank you sir. I was thinking the same but was in two minds. You solved it. Now I'm ready with my arms.

smita1298 n will see london dreams also bt aft test thnx agn

smita1298 really thank you sir

anuj8455 Thank you sir.

ravi6663 @gandoriya - Can you be a little more specific.

gandoriya is this strategy every time profitable ???

kundalwal THANK YOU

amarnath1083 thank u sir for giving valueble suggetions

nipun5577 thank u sir.

manuraj9945 i was really amusing reading not to watch LD
thsnx 4 such valuable sugesstions

jain1410 I REALLY THANKFUL 2 U

manoj7138 thx sir this is really imp. pnt. for us

moupia thax sir really..

pradeep7213 thanks to give me sugestion

sahiba433 thnx a tonne for giving these guidelines

mani451 thanks for guiding me SIR

mohammad4705 thanks for ur suggetion

abhishek7748 nice sir.........

abhishek7748 well said sir............

sanjul5015 thans..mann.....wil surely nt watch london dreams..

sonam3751 thanks for your suggestions

sumaiya1389 sir i want to register for mh-cet exam as its too late so i can register now or d dates r closed pllzz help bye cya tc...

chandini5235 i will surely follow u sir THANK YOU so much and my exam is on 28 nov could u pl z suggest more byeeeeee

prerna1168 cool suggestions!!

santosh9010 YOUR 7...7 SUPERB SUGGESTION
THANKS FOR MOTIVATION

avinash4286 thankzzzzzzzzzz a lotttttttt sir for ur valuable information........and the info regarding london dreams is just awesome!!!!!!!

ravi6663 @Neha, Amita, Bharat, Swaranjit, Sujaya - Its kool

bharat5715 thank u sir

amita4148 thank u sir

swaranjit THANKS SIR FOR MOTIVATION

sujaya9415 THANKYOU SO MUCH SIR FOR UR VALUABLE INFORMATION.

neha6250 thankQ sir....

ashu4532 ur suggestions r valuable.
i do take a lot of time in solving DI and even in that case if i couldn't solve it, i get tensed and this worsons my remaining questions. So do suggest me wht 2 do in such a situation.

ravi6663 @Sekhar & Shashank - Now I think that everyone should watch London Dreams. Why should I be the only one to suffer.

@Sandeep - Try out different type of sets. Try out sets which have data given in a non-conventional format eg: In a triangle, etc. I think that should help at this point of time.
@Krishnendu & Omiarah - I suggest that you revise various type of questions from Number System and theorems from Geometry. A major portion of the Quant section is made up of these two.
@Dhaval - So we agree on one point and disagree on another.

Thats kool.
@Vishawajeet and Deepti - Thanks
@Virender - Ab naya funda kahan se laaon babu. Maths to change hogi nahin aur funde bhi wahi rahenge.

virender564 handa sir ye baatein to sabhi ko pata hai kuch naya batao to jaane very goodafternoon sir

deepti9392 thx alot m very tensed its now no tome left bt at the same time ready fr the final countdown he he all the best guys rock on..!!

vishwajeet1103 gr8 fundas man! will surely implement dem! cheers

dhaval9366 hey ur fundas are good... but just that london dreams is not all that bad !!!

shashank8304 thanxxx for your valuable suggestions!!!
n thanx for saving me from watching london dreams!!!
thanx buddy!!!!!!1

omairah sir,it is the same case with me as krishnendu8210..
my QA is very weak and i am not able to get a hang of it.kindly give me suggestions for what to do.
thank you

krishnendu8210 Sir,I am very weak at QA very tensed about da fact..I' m quiet gud wid da other two sections especially DI,LR...So please give me some suggestions about Quant Sir...It would b a gr8 help...Thanks in advance...
P.S Getting around 80 percentiles in mock Cats...highest being 92...but can't clear Quant cut-off in any mocks...

sandeep5316 thanks alot. can u suggest any ways to improve di. like some last minute tips.

sekhar1598 thanx a lot...u saved me frm 2 things...a)how 2 apply my concepts b) not going for london dreams...haha

ravi6663

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