What is the percentage requirement to get in the iim

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Dear participants, Today is the last session that I will be delivering and following are my suggestions for the D-Day: The biggest mistake you can commit in CAT 2016 is of making more attempts. What is the correct definition of an attempt? • All questions in QA in which more than 90 secs were spent but no answer was marked in the end • The DI/LR sets where considerable time was spent ultimately ending with abandonment of the set • RC questions not attempted after spending time in reading the passage • VA questions where time was spent in devising the logic but ultimately no option was marked Time wise analysis of attempts: Take any mock test that you have taken in recent times and sit back and analyze the following for every section: • Number of easy questions that were answered correctly and took around 25 minutes in total • Number of easy questions that were answered incorrectly and took around 15 minutes in total • Number of difficult questions that were answered incorrectly and took around 15 minutes in total • Number of difficult questions that were unanswered after spending 15 minutes in total • Number of difficult questions that were unanswered because you did not get time to see these questions • Number of easy questions that were unanswered because you did not get time to see these questions How to choose the right questions? Take any mock test that you have taken in recent times and sit back and analyze the following: • How many questions in each section did you leave which you should have attempted? • How many questions in each section did you attempt which you should have left? Next prepare the following chart of analysis: • Good Shot – easy questions + correct answers • Unforced Errors – easy questions + wrong answers • Missed Opportunities – easy questions + unattempt • Risky Shot – difficult questions + correct answers • Double Negative – difficult questions + wrong answers • Well Left – difficult questions + unattempt Repeat this exercise for all the mocks you have taken so far and some sort of pattern with respect to question types which are coming for every row of the chart is bound to be identified. This will help you visualize the mistakes in attempts you are making right now and help you identifying the type of questions you should attempt and leave in CAT 2016. Difference between IIM Call Getters vs others IIM Call getters – • attempt the easy questions • leaves the speed breakers • DOES NOT miss out on sitter questions. Others – • Attempts whatever questions come on the way • Leaves around 5-7 sitter questions • Wastes time on difficult and speed breaker questions Hope this helps. All the best! :)

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Hello Noel, Firstly, Congrats that you made it to IIMs. My mock percentiles are a bit volatile, with average being around 94%ile (talking about TIME and CL). What has been bothering me is the fact that when I focus on RC/VA and LR, my Quants and DI suffer and vice versa. How did you manage to distribute ur preparation across these 4 areas during last 25-30 days? Also, how important is GK when it comes to interviews, GD/WAT?

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Anuj: around 80 questions with 85% accuracy should get you IIM calls. Aman: my 3 week strategy was covered in the first session, I will send you the same if you share your mail id. When it comes to interviews, an overall general awareness is indeed preferable as that helps you substantiate and validate your arguments in a relevant GD/WAT.

02:33 PM

what do i do in the next 3 weeks??

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@Bosco: Will send you a mail. What's your id?

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bosco.sylvester@gmail.com

02:37 PM

how do i prepare for my mba interviews??

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i also want 3 week plan.. bhupeshwadi@gmail.com

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arun.goyal241@gmail.com

02:39 PM

plz send me too! N kindly suggest what should i do for RCs scoring horrible in verbal Rest is fine losing confidence

02:39 PM

how do i improve my dilr sections... i am attending nearly 4 sets... how can i increase??

02:40 PM

@Bosco - if you are very confident with your CAT preparation, you can start working on HR questions like Tell me about yourself, Why MBA? Why IIM? What are your strengths and weaknesses? What are your hobbies ? etc. Also, read newspapers and delve deep into knowing about your hobbies so that you can face any question asked to you. @Bhupesh - sure @Arun - sure, and I will send you the RC and VA section content that I shared in prior sessions too. @Bosco - will share the content

02:41 PM

How can i improve my GK for iift and other exams ?

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@Mat - I have not appeared for IIFT or any exam other than CAT. Sorry!

02:43 PM

thanks noel

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Anujdass27@gmail.com

02:45 PM

@noel can you send me the 3week plan as well ? matcauthon10@gmail.com thanks

02:46 PM

noel, plz send me RC and VA content also......

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Sure!

02:46 PM

im ok with quants and LR section but very dull in VARC.. is it possible to get into top 20 b-schools .. and what will my VARC study plan for 20 days

02:49 PM

hi noel I have my college exams alongwith CAT.Have witnessed very poor performance i quant. What is the best i can do at this point of time to improve my CAT scores. I am doing fairly well in other two LR and verbal?

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@bhupesh - I will send you the content, please ask relevant questions for today, if any

02:50 PM

Can a humanities students take seat in iim with general category.If yes so what are the cat score required by iim??

02:51 PM

3 week plans : aman.mishra_91@hotmail.com

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@Anuj - yes of course! and such details are never divulged by IIMs. Do your best, you will surely get through.

02:53 PM

i have around 70% accuracy in RCs, the problem is that now onwards i am not able to eliminate thw questions which i am unsure of. Did you face the same problems? what do i do?

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Aman : Will send you content. Also do the following: How to choose the right questions? Take any mock test that you have taken in recent times and sit back and analyze the following: • How many questions in each section did you leave which you should have attempted? • How many questions in each section did you attempt which you should have left? Next prepare the following chart of analysis: • Good Shot – easy questions + correct answers • Unforced Errors – easy questions + wrong answers • Missed Opportunities – easy questions + unattempt • Risky Shot – difficult questions + correct answers • Double Negative – difficult questions + wrong answers • Well Left – difficult questions + unattempt Repeat this exercise for all the mocks you have taken so far and some sort of pattern with respect to question types which are coming for every row of the chart is bound to be identified. This will help you visualize the mistakes in attempts you are making right now and help you identifying the type of questions you should attempt and leave in CAT 2016.

02:55 PM

How was actual CAT vis-a-vis the TIME/CL mocks that you took? In terms of difficulty level and percentile obtained?

02:58 PM

i did not receive the mail....

02:59 PM

@Aman - I did substantially well in my actual CAT than in the mocks. @Bosco - the mail will only be sent after the conversation for today is over.

03:00 PM

last few days are left what one should do to crack cat

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Noel please send me the mail too at Khishen007@gmail.com

03:01 PM

how to select questions

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nikkibhatt1905@gmail.com

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Nikita : How to choose the right questions? Take any mock test that you have taken in recent times and sit back and analyze the following: • How many questions in each section did you leave which you should have attempted? • How many questions in each section did you attempt which you should have left? Next prepare the following chart of analysis: • Good Shot – easy questions + correct answers • Unforced Errors – easy questions + wrong answers • Missed Opportunities – easy questions + unattempt • Risky Shot – difficult questions + correct answers • Double Negative – difficult questions + wrong answers • Well Left – difficult questions + unattempt Repeat this exercise for all the mocks you have taken so far and some sort of pattern with respect to question types which are coming for every row of the chart is bound to be identified. This will help you visualize the mistakes in attempts you are making right now and help you identifying the type of questions you should attempt and leave in CAT 2016.

03:04 PM

how was last year dilr section??

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Do career breaks of around 5 months(taken for CAT preps) affect IIM interviews? I mean are they taken negatively?

03:04 PM

atleast wat should be the percentile to get iims any course

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vartika.dhanuka@gmail.com

03:05 PM

@Aman - as long as you can justify your career break to the interviewers and sight some meaningful reason as the cause of your break, it won't negatively affect your chances to get into an IIM or in any interview post admission. @Nikita - around 80 attempts with 85% accuracy should fetch you decent IIM calls

03:07 PM

@Vartika - Last 3 week strategy?

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Also, how many more mocks should i take from now on?

03:07 PM

that and how to improve quant score

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@Vartika - all that is covered in my 3-week strategy. I will attach my QA content too

03:09 PM

Thanks a lot Noel. I found the session very helpful. Hope everything turns out to be good in actual CAT. :)

03:16 PM

@All the best Aman. You will definitely do well. :)

03:17 PM

Hi Noel .. hope you are doing well.. am facing difficulties while preparing for quants section. Could you please share the content for maximizing. Scores in quants.?

03:27 PM

Priya - what's your id?

03:29 PM

what should be d strategy

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Priyadarshini91295@gmail.com

03:34 PM

Thanks in advance

03:34 PM

Hi Noel..will definitely follow your suggestions..and will analyse my mocks..pls send me the 3 week strategy..my id : shwe21agrawal@gmail.com

03:34 PM

Hello I have my college exams side by side and i amnot able to focus on cat preparation since long. I am good with lr, moderate in quant. Di n rc is not my cup of tea. What can i do? Plz help me Specially with the verbal section and quant may be with college exams just round the corner.

03:35 PM

Also could you send the 3 week strategy plan,? Thanks a ton :)

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Hi Noel pls send me the 3 week strategy.. my id mohitmirajkar@gmail.com

03:36 PM

My id is nidhibansal231@gmail.com

03:40 PM

Hii Noel,plzz snd me the dat strategy plan and I M having my university exam too .... please suggest me some solution to maximise score My mail Id is sharmasupriya24@gmail.com

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