When
you plan to take CAT 2012, the first question that comes to your mind
is how should I prepare for CAT 2012? Going for coaching is not a
feasible option for many. They often lack confidence about what if they
are not able to crack CAT? After all, preparing for CAT is a tedious
process and it needs focus to reach the desired level while others
prepare under the guidance of experienced faculty members.
You can be rest assured that you can crack CAT
through self study method. A lot of past years’ toppers have cracked
this tough nut with ease. This article of MBAUniverse.com will share
with you the past years’ toppers’ strategies on how you can crack CAT 2012 by self preparation method.
Discipline & focus is the key: The first condition which you should wholeheartedly follow is that you should be disciplined in your approach. Since there would be no external guidance for you, you will have to be your own driving force. Make a proper time table, which will equally cover all the areas of CAT 2012 and devote equal time for each of them. Be sure that you will be successful in following that. “You should divide your time equally for each of the sections. Give equal weightage to all the four components of CAT 2012, Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation, Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning,” mentions Arjun Gupta, who scored 95 percentile in XAT 2012 and has joined XLRI Jamshedpur.
Work hard on your weak areas: Now that there are just more than three months left for CAT 2012, we can assume that you have already started your preparation. By now, you must have identified your strong and weak sections and areas. You have to schedule more hours of study for these sections in order to make them stronger. “Try and identify your topics of strengths and weak ones and focus more on weak ones. Be thorough with every exam's pattern so that when you enter the room you know exactly what you have to do in those two to three hours,” advices Kumar Anubhav, who scored 99.15 in CAT 2010 and an IIM Rohtak student.
Get the right books & preparation material: Since you are studying on your own, you need to get the right books and materials which can help you to prepare for the tough MBA exam like CAT 2012. The CAT preparation books which are invariably mentioned by the experts are as follows:
‘High School English Grammar and Composition’ by Wren and Martin, ’Verbal Ability’ by Arun Sharma, ‘How To Prepare For Quantitative Aptitude For The CAT’ by Arun Sharma, ‘Quantitative Aptitude for MBA Entrance Examinations’ by Abhijit Guha, How to prepare for the Data Interpretation for CAT’ by TATA-McGraw Hill publications, ‘How to prepare for the Data Interpretation for CAT’ by Arihant Prakashan, Reasoning and DI for MBA Exam’ by Arun Sharma, ‘Business English and Communication’ by Clark Grade C to name a few.
Apart from that, you must keep yourself absolutely updated on the current affairs. This will not only keep your GK cells on toes, but also help your aptitude on Data Interpretation. “My advice would be to read more e-books, e-newspapers etc. This would also prepare you for the computer based format of CAT,” says Anustup Chattopadhyay, 96.3 percentiler in CAT 2010 and an XLRI Jamshedpur student.
Section wise tips: To give you a clear idea about the preparation strategy for the sections of CAT 2012, the toppers share their strategies and suggest you the right way to prepare for CAT 2012.
Quantitative Ability: For Quantitative Ability, brush up your basics well and focus on your calculation in order to lower the mistakes and emphasize on accuracy. “Practice is what makes Quantitative Ability friendly to anybody. Just practice a lot and you won’t need to mug any formula and any trick. Things will turn out eventually in your favor,” says Anubhav.
Data Interpretation: Data Interpretation is all about studying and understanding the data that are in question. “DI involves a lot of calculations and learning Vedic mathematics is not a bad idea. Analytic skills are tested extensively in DI, so practice well,” suggests Gupta.
Verbal Ability: This is an area which is dreaded by many, as several students find it difficult to have a grasp over English. If you are one of them, then reading and practicing is the best method to get a grasp over it. “Read newspaper's front page, editorial and business page necessarily within 35 minutes. Develop reading habit before sleeping. I know it’s hard talking to people in English around you so try and talk at least to yourself in English. That way sometimes you will need words and that will increase your vocabulary itself. Rest is same for the section. Performance is directly proportional to practice here,” says Anubhav.
Logical Reasoning: There is no formula in Logical Reasoning. You need to think logically in order to find out the solution of the problem. You need to organize your thinking ability and organize your thinking step by step in order to find out a solution. “Unlike Quantitative Ability and Verbal Ability, there is no limit to the possibilities in Logical Reasoning. It is most unlikely that any caselet that you have solved before will ever turn up in CAT. The section has only one thing to learn: approach,” states Anurag Goyal, an alumnus of FMS, University of Delhi.
Manage your time efficiently: In the new format of CAT, there is equal time distribution for both the sections of Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation and Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning. While it is an advantage for you to manage the sections equally, it is equally important to know how to make the best use of the 70 minutes in each of the sections. Subhashish Bhadra, who scored 100 percentile in CAT 2011 shares his experience on time management during the CAT 2011 exam, “Go through the entire questions in the section and make a note which are the questions you would be attempting. In this way you save time in making your choices and hence make lesser mistakes.”
Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more on CAT 2012.
You can be rest assured that you can crack CAT
through self study method. A lot of past years’ toppers have cracked
this tough nut with ease. This article of MBAUniverse.com will share
with you the past years’ toppers’ strategies on how you can crack CAT 2012 by self preparation method. Discipline & focus is the key: The first condition which you should wholeheartedly follow is that you should be disciplined in your approach. Since there would be no external guidance for you, you will have to be your own driving force. Make a proper time table, which will equally cover all the areas of CAT 2012 and devote equal time for each of them. Be sure that you will be successful in following that. “You should divide your time equally for each of the sections. Give equal weightage to all the four components of CAT 2012, Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation, Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning,” mentions Arjun Gupta, who scored 95 percentile in XAT 2012 and has joined XLRI Jamshedpur.
Work hard on your weak areas: Now that there are just more than three months left for CAT 2012, we can assume that you have already started your preparation. By now, you must have identified your strong and weak sections and areas. You have to schedule more hours of study for these sections in order to make them stronger. “Try and identify your topics of strengths and weak ones and focus more on weak ones. Be thorough with every exam's pattern so that when you enter the room you know exactly what you have to do in those two to three hours,” advices Kumar Anubhav, who scored 99.15 in CAT 2010 and an IIM Rohtak student.
Get the right books & preparation material: Since you are studying on your own, you need to get the right books and materials which can help you to prepare for the tough MBA exam like CAT 2012. The CAT preparation books which are invariably mentioned by the experts are as follows:
‘High School English Grammar and Composition’ by Wren and Martin, ’Verbal Ability’ by Arun Sharma, ‘How To Prepare For Quantitative Aptitude For The CAT’ by Arun Sharma, ‘Quantitative Aptitude for MBA Entrance Examinations’ by Abhijit Guha, How to prepare for the Data Interpretation for CAT’ by TATA-McGraw Hill publications, ‘How to prepare for the Data Interpretation for CAT’ by Arihant Prakashan, Reasoning and DI for MBA Exam’ by Arun Sharma, ‘Business English and Communication’ by Clark Grade C to name a few.
Apart from that, you must keep yourself absolutely updated on the current affairs. This will not only keep your GK cells on toes, but also help your aptitude on Data Interpretation. “My advice would be to read more e-books, e-newspapers etc. This would also prepare you for the computer based format of CAT,” says Anustup Chattopadhyay, 96.3 percentiler in CAT 2010 and an XLRI Jamshedpur student.
Section wise tips: To give you a clear idea about the preparation strategy for the sections of CAT 2012, the toppers share their strategies and suggest you the right way to prepare for CAT 2012.
Quantitative Ability: For Quantitative Ability, brush up your basics well and focus on your calculation in order to lower the mistakes and emphasize on accuracy. “Practice is what makes Quantitative Ability friendly to anybody. Just practice a lot and you won’t need to mug any formula and any trick. Things will turn out eventually in your favor,” says Anubhav.
Data Interpretation: Data Interpretation is all about studying and understanding the data that are in question. “DI involves a lot of calculations and learning Vedic mathematics is not a bad idea. Analytic skills are tested extensively in DI, so practice well,” suggests Gupta.
Verbal Ability: This is an area which is dreaded by many, as several students find it difficult to have a grasp over English. If you are one of them, then reading and practicing is the best method to get a grasp over it. “Read newspaper's front page, editorial and business page necessarily within 35 minutes. Develop reading habit before sleeping. I know it’s hard talking to people in English around you so try and talk at least to yourself in English. That way sometimes you will need words and that will increase your vocabulary itself. Rest is same for the section. Performance is directly proportional to practice here,” says Anubhav.
Logical Reasoning: There is no formula in Logical Reasoning. You need to think logically in order to find out the solution of the problem. You need to organize your thinking ability and organize your thinking step by step in order to find out a solution. “Unlike Quantitative Ability and Verbal Ability, there is no limit to the possibilities in Logical Reasoning. It is most unlikely that any caselet that you have solved before will ever turn up in CAT. The section has only one thing to learn: approach,” states Anurag Goyal, an alumnus of FMS, University of Delhi.
Manage your time efficiently: In the new format of CAT, there is equal time distribution for both the sections of Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation and Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning. While it is an advantage for you to manage the sections equally, it is equally important to know how to make the best use of the 70 minutes in each of the sections. Subhashish Bhadra, who scored 100 percentile in CAT 2011 shares his experience on time management during the CAT 2011 exam, “Go through the entire questions in the section and make a note which are the questions you would be attempting. In this way you save time in making your choices and hence make lesser mistakes.”
Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more on CAT 2012.
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