Srinivas Akkapeddi

Dear Akash, There are 4 Sundays to CAT (29th/5th/12th/19th). Take 4 of them in the same slot as your original slot for CAT. In addition, you may take 3 to 4 more (if your strategy is NOT Set)

01:11 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

Nikhil, One way to improve stamina is by taking a MOCK and then another ONE hour of QA Sectional Test. You may change the Sectional test to LRDI for one or two mocks that you write from now onwards. The idea is to give your body a clear indication that you have to be in your senses for 4 hours!!!! 2. As for the topics you listed, you may want to skip them. 3. Analysis of the Mock is on two counts

01:13 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

Shilpa, The fact that you said you are getting low in QA and that you are done with Concepts - is a contradictory statement. Clearly, your ability in all concepts is NOT the same. Identify those topics among QA which you have been consistently getting better strike rates. Concentrate on those topics when you are writing the exam. This way, you will not waste time on those areas which you have NOT been getting good scores in. For eg: if of the 20 odd individual topics, you are good only in 8 of them, look for these 8 topics from among the 34 questions in the Mock. You will first do them and only then look at other questions. There should NOT be a question of "I feel I can do therefore I am attempting" kind of thinking. Either you can OR you can't. Make firm decisions while doing the exam.

01:19 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

Dear Om, Please work everyday for 5 to 6 hours for the next 10 days, you will find your mojo back! What you have lost is Rhythm!

01:22 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

Frankly my dear, you can't improve on weak areas. Here's my suggestion. Divide all topics into three colours : Red / Orange /Green Red - Weak Green - Strong Orange - In between weak and strong. All topics in RED should be ignored and ONLY Orange and Green Topics to be concentrated upon for the next 28 days !

01:24 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

I have answered that Om. You are definitely NOT in the minority! You just forget what happened and concentrate the next 28 days. Take 6 to 7 Mocks. And Work on areas that can improve your scores. Forget those areas/topics which are not comfortable/weak!

01:25 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

Dear Ajaz, I have written the same a while back. 1. Analyse your Time Analysis (which will help you to figure out how you have been spending time in each question and sets). Eg.. if you had spent more than 4 minutes on a question, it is WRONG. No matter if you got that Correct. However, if you had given 4 minutes to that question after having exhausted all other questions, then the 4 minutes is considered correct ! 2. Solve Each Question - both the ones you got correct and the ones you got wrong. Make a plan to avoid the mistakes you did in the first point. In the second mock that you write after this, check whether you have achieved the objective (You won't). And refine your process!

01:33 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

Very easily Priya. 75%ile to 90/95%ile is very much possible in the next 25 days . Please go through the article I have written (40 days to CAT) and it has a detailed method. 25 days is a long time to improve !

01:35 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

I have no idea who has advised you to select easy questions in RC !!!!!! There are RC passages and questions and TRY to do ALL ! You will not be able to gauge the difficulty level (in a short span) sitting in the exam for RC ! As for doing VA or RC, please decide whatever works! In the next 6 mocks that you may want to take up - do 2 of them with VA first and 2 with RC first and check if there is any change in Rhythm. Use whichever works for the last 2 mocks and the final exam. Don't then change at the last minute!

01:37 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

No one knows Priya. Trust me. If you ask diehard fans of TIME, they say TIME ; die hard fans of CL, they will say CL and likewise for others. The reality is that CL, TIME and others make sure that they have all kinds of difficulty embedded in the MOCKS that they give to students and thus preparing them for any eventuality.

01:39 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

Use this time to improve your 'Test Taking' for a particular section by taking sectional tests OR use them more so for REVISING areas which you have to increase your proficiency in !

01:40 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

Yes, But that would be between writing of the MOCKS. and that too use the MOCKS again to revise the concepts!

01:40 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

No Shilpa, I didn't say that. Write 4 Mocks at least - Next FOUR Sundays. In the intervening time, use the time to improve on individual sections (by sectional tests) and then revise the topics (again picking say 2 per day) from the Mocks ! Hope this is clear.

01:42 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

Which Mocks are your writing?

01:43 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

You can improve in all areas !!!

01:45 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

All MOCKS will include previous question paper types. So give more time to MOCKS

01:52 PM

Srinivas Akkapeddi

" Since DI/LR are the toughest in CAT" : Who has given you this information? Then Convenor of IIM L? Don't go by what is written on Social Media pages ! And did you know that if the paper , as you say, was tough, the cutoff was 24 out of 96? And for a VARC, which was easy. the cutoff was 50+ out of 100? Please don't get easily fooled by Social Media pages. NO ONE KNOWS how the paper will be. Hence, you plan your exam for all eventualities. Mark my words, If the LRDI this time is the easiest of all three sections, there are many people who have written CAT the last two years and who heard from their seniors would make a MESS of it.

01:56 PM