The Common Admission Test (CAT 2021) will be held on Sunday, November 28. Just a week left for the management entrance, revision is the keyword now. The candidates who are at their last leg of preparation should focus on important chapters/ sections and attempt mock test to get familiarise with the paper pattern.
CAT will be held in three shifts of two-hour examination comprising three sections -- Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension; Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning. Candidates will be given 40 minutes for each section, PwD candidates will get 13 minutes and 20 seconds extra for each section.
IIM Sambalpur Chairperson (Admissions) Poonam Kumar advised candidates to prepare DILR sections well and focus on their revision. "For the DILR section, I would suggest the aspirants to recognize their strengths but don't be over reliant on them and budget your time effectively, along with the sets and sub questions. Never assume when it comes to pattern-based questions. It might be appealing but the questions are sometimes set trickily to encourage that. In these last days, do not try to do any new topic, rather practice more and more the topics which you feel you are good at. Try and make impact in a composed manner with the imbibed knowledge you have gained," the chairperson said.
Prof. Prakash Satyavageeswaran from IIM Udaipur recommended management aspirants to prepare strategically for each section of the exam. "The last-minute preparations should focus on notes on important formulae, concepts, and every bit of information that seems important. Make sure during the last days you are taking a balanced diet and sleeping well. It is advisable to have a daily/weekly timetable. Appear for as many mock tests as you can. Finally, CAT is a different exam; not necessarily a difficult exam," the professor said.
Abhishek Patil, CEO and Co-founder of Oliveboard suggested candidates to to focus on intelligent practice rather than trying to cram in too much. "While it can be stressful to prepare for and think about an exam where so much is at stake, it is important to approach this systematically and in a fashion that plays to your strengths. If you're looking for ways to plan out your last-minute CAT study strategy, here are our best tips for you," the CEO said.
CAT 2021: Top 10 preparation hacks to crack management entrance
Ruchir Arora, Founder & CEO, CollegeDekho said that to get to the 99+ percentile mark, an aspirant has to solve around 60-70 per cent of the questions. According to the CEO, "getting stuck on a question and wasting
time is one of the worst mistakes that a student can make. If you feel like a question is too difficult or confusing, it is better to just mark it in the question paper and move on. Each question carries equal weightage, no matter what its difficulty is."
For details on Common Admission Test (CAT 2021), please visit the website- iimcat.ac.in.