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CONDUCTED BY: Nitya Muralidharan
Jan 04 07:00 PM
Jan 04 08:00 PM
Nikhil Sharma
Hi
01:34 PM
Nikhil Sharma
Hi,
01:34 PM
Nikhil Sharma
Good evening Nitya, I have filled only XLRI-BM so I need a good score to clear cut off. Maths, VA and DI are my strong areas but I am suffering in RCs and DM. I just want to know is it the right strategy if I attempt all 100 questions by random guessing if I feel I may not clear cut off? I am asking because negative is only 1/4th mark. Has anyone done this previously and cleared cutoffs?
01:38 PM
Nitya Muralidharan
No , attempting all questions is not a good strategy ,zero is better than negative 0.25
01:43 PM
Nitya Muralidharan
Practice DM and RCs ,attempt all the questions you are sure of , and then take a calculated guess
01:44 PM
Nitya Muralidharan
But if the cost of not attempting a question is greater than or equal to negative marking do attempt
01:49 PM
Vaishali Bansal
Any tips for dm?
01:51 PM
Vaishali Bansal
Any tips for dm section?
01:51 PM
Nitya Muralidharan
Yes if there is a conflict between ethics and business it is always ethics
01:52 PM
Govind Phadke
In DM, a lot of questions and their answers seem ambiguous. Should attempt and medium accuracy since one can never be 100% sure of each answer in DM.
01:52 PM
Nitya Muralidharan
Also look at the larger picture
01:53 PM
Govind Phadke
I mean to say high attempts and medium accuracy
01:53 PM
Nitya Muralidharan
Accuracy First , followed by attempts
01:53 PM
Nitya Muralidharan
Go through the previous year papers to get a hang of the DM section
01:54 PM
Brahmananda Sahoo
Hi, I know that XLRI takes sectional cut off, but I just wanted to know that if someone attempts only 2 sections, say Eng & DM almost completely and leaves Quant, then will he get good percentile? I have heard that getting more than 50% of marks fetches near 97 over all percentile or more. There are other good colleges that don't need sectional, so. Please answer.
02:14 PM
Nitya Muralidharan
For XLRI at least you have to attempt Quant, Most good colleges will look for Quant cut-off , since MBA is very quant intensive, and it is highly unlikely to get a good percentile by completely leaving out Quant
02:17 PM
Brahmananda Sahoo
Oh. Was thinking the same too. Thanks.
02:19 PM
Nitya Muralidharan
Ya Quant is even asked in interviews , so it is extremely important to prep for Quant
02:20 PM
Brahmananda Sahoo
Yes. And there is still time for interviews. So for now I guess clearing the cut off for Quant should be the aim of someone who hasn't prepared very well in that area.
02:24 PM
Nitya Muralidharan
Yes , solving mocks and previous year questions will help :)
02:25 PM
Brahmananda Sahoo
Good. And thanks for the nice chat.
02:27 PM
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