Hi

01:34 PM

Hi,

01:34 PM

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

No , attempting all questions is not a good strategy ,zero is better than negative 0.25

01:43 PM

Practice DM and RCs ,attempt all the questions you are sure of , and then take a calculated guess

01:44 PM

But if the cost of not attempting a question is greater than or equal to negative marking do attempt

01:49 PM

Any tips for dm?

01:51 PM

Any tips for dm section?

01:51 PM

Yes if there is a conflict between ethics and business it is always ethics

01:52 PM

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

Also look at the larger picture

01:53 PM

I mean to say high attempts and medium accuracy

01:53 PM

Accuracy First , followed by attempts

01:53 PM

Go through the previous year papers to get a hang of the DM section

01:54 PM

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

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

Oh. Was thinking the same too. Thanks.

02:19 PM

Ya Quant is even asked in interviews , so it is extremely important to prep for Quant

02:20 PM

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

Yes , solving mocks and previous year questions will help :)

02:25 PM

Good. And thanks for the nice chat.

02:27 PM