MBAUniverse.com
did an exclusive article saying that the enrollments have gone up in the MBA
coaching institutes which can be an indicator of the rising number of CAT 2012
takers. But are the CAT aspirants who go for coaching the only representatives
of the CAT takers? No. If you reach out, you will find several aspirants, who
are preparing for CAT all by themselves! They are a bunch of confident and
dedicated people who have enough faith in themselves to fulfill the dream of
cracking CAT exam, which is dreaded by many, even by them, who go for MBA
coaching.
Are you amongst them, who have not joined any MBA coaching institute and are
preparing by themselves? Are you feeling a bit jittery about your approach? Do
you want to know what the steps are which you need to take for moving in the
right way? This article of MBAUniverse.com will tell you the steps or the paths
which you need to move successfully towards your aim of cracking CAT 2012.
Make a time table
Since discipline is the keyword here, you need to be honest to yourself and prepare a proper time table which you feel can be maintained by you. First identify your daily activities. If you are a student, then most of the day must be spent by you in college or graduation studies and other activities. So you have to take out a time which you feel is comfortable for your CAT exam studies. Then find out the right time to study when you can prepare with full concentration. You should give equal stress to all the sections so that no particular section is hampered. Also, you should not ignore your weak sections. “I strictly stuck to equal allotment to all sections and it always helped me in getting balanced sectionals,” says Yawar Khan, who obtained 91 percentile in CAT 2010 and converted NMIMS Mumbai.
Regarding the time to utilize for studying, Kedar Baxi, a 92 percentiler in CAT 2010 suggests, “Give at least two to three hours a day of sincere effort. This time would then increase for the last month. And in the last week or so just revise what you have learned so far, the types of questions and the variations in them.”
Get the right books and 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 the CAT Exam.
The CAT preparation books which are invariably mentioned by the experts are as follows:
Verbal Book: Build your basic first
Are you amongst them, who have not joined any MBA coaching institute and are
preparing by themselves? Are you feeling a bit jittery about your approach? Do
you want to know what the steps are which you need to take for moving in the
right way? This article of MBAUniverse.com will tell you the steps or the paths
which you need to move successfully towards your aim of cracking CAT 2012.
Make a time table
Since discipline is the keyword here, you need to be honest to yourself and prepare a proper time table which you feel can be maintained by you. First identify your daily activities. If you are a student, then most of the day must be spent by you in college or graduation studies and other activities. So you have to take out a time which you feel is comfortable for your CAT exam studies. Then find out the right time to study when you can prepare with full concentration. You should give equal stress to all the sections so that no particular section is hampered. Also, you should not ignore your weak sections. “I strictly stuck to equal allotment to all sections and it always helped me in getting balanced sectionals,” says Yawar Khan, who obtained 91 percentile in CAT 2010 and converted NMIMS Mumbai.
Regarding the time to utilize for studying, Kedar Baxi, a 92 percentiler in CAT 2010 suggests, “Give at least two to three hours a day of sincere effort. This time would then increase for the last month. And in the last week or so just revise what you have learned so far, the types of questions and the variations in them.”
Get the right books and 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 the CAT Exam.
The CAT preparation books which are invariably mentioned by the experts are as follows:
Verbal Book: Build your basic first
Author : S.k.Agarwal
This book is about to prepare for
verbal ability from the basics. In this book the simplest language is written
that a weak student can also understand and learn in a well manner. To crack
CAT the basic knowledge of verbal is very necessary that basic knowledge of
verbal ability a aspirant can grasp from this book name-BUILD YOUR BACICS
FIRST,by S.K.Agarwal, His abilities to teach students in the simplest form
complementing his rich experience has been his mantra to infuse energy in the
students and boost their morale and confidence level.
Quant Book: Quant
E-Book
Author : Ravi
Handa
The e-book is a unique 60 page
reading material which consists of all the formulas & tips which students’
often requires while preparing for management exams like CAT, XAT and others.
This book will be a comprehensive guide for the students who now need not hunt
for their 10th and 12th standard books for formulas and in addition will help
them learn the tricks and trades to solve lengthy problems in less than
half-the-time spent earlier while practicing numerical at home.
Some
other books are also useful to cat 2012 preparation
‘High
School English Grammar and Composition’ by Wren and Martin, ‘Quantitative Aptitude
for MBA Entrance Examinations’ by Abhijit Guha, How to prepare for the Data
Interpretation for CAT’ by TATA-McGraw Hill publications, ‘The Pearson Guide to
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning for the CAT’ by Nishit K Sinha, ‘Business
English and Communication’ by Clark Grade C, ‘Biz World – The
Complete Business Awareness Guide’ by Ravi Handa & Avinash
Maurya and many more.
Enroll into a test series
While you study hard and prepare for CAT 2012, it is also very important to know the status of your preparation. In coaching institutes you get experts and mentors, who constantly guide you. But while you are doing self preparation for CAT 2012, it is your responsibility to check your preparation status. For that, the best idea is to join a test series of a good MBA coaching institute.
You can avail the test series by either enrolling for the test series from the top MBA coaching institutes. Or you can also take tests from the CAT coaching websites. For e.g. IMS Learning provides ‘Test Packs’ for CAT Preparation and the Simulated Tests for the Correspondence students. Websites like Test Funda, TCYonline.com, MBAUniverse.com etc. also provides practice tests for CAT Preparation through which you can not only judge your preparation, but can also learn the correct method to solve as they provide explanatory answers as well.
Deepak Mehta, a 100 percentiler in CAT 2010 and a first year student of IIM Ahmedabad tells the importance of taking mock tests. “A couple of mock tests should be enough to make you feel comfortable with the format. Three months before the test take mock tests at regular intervals. After every test, go through the analysis and try and figure out your strengths and weaknesses and try to work on them.” He also suggests on the strategy on taking the test, “Try and complete one round of the entire paper in 1.5 hours or less. Then go back and ensure that you have attempted enough questions in each section so as to clear the sectional cut-offs.”
Make a study group and be at par with peers
Studying in a group always helps. There is information sharing and you can always know where you stand in comparison of your peers as far as MBA preparation is concerned. If you stand a better position than them, you can help them and hence check how good you have understood the concepts. Or if you see your peers ahead of you, don’t hesitate to take their help as well. “MBA aspirants who are doing self preparation for MBA Exam can learn lots of new things among their study groups. For e.g. somebody who is good in Quantitative Ability can give some tips for solving quant problems and someone good in English can offer some advice for solving Verbal Ability questions,” says Amit Tandon, an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus.
Keep in touch with the current affairs
You need to constantly update your general knowledge as it is an integral part of your entire CAT 2012 preparation. You need to read newspapers, magazines as well as listen or watch one TV and radio bulletin everyday so that you can keep yourself updated on the general knowledge and current affairs quotient.
Apart from current affairs which you can utilize in the Group Discussion and Personal Interview round, you can also boost up your Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning sections for MBA Exam.
Keep the motivation level high
To tread the path towards your goal is of extremely tough and you need to maintain the motivation level. Don’t let any question on your ability creep in your mind. Let us hear what the yester year’s CAT toppers have to say on keeping your motivation level high.
Deepak Mehta says, “Just focus on you preparations. Never compare yourself with some other or get scared if someone is scoring more than you. Don't get disheartened if you get low marks in some particular mock test.”
Kumar Anubhav, 99.15 percentiler in CAT 2010 and an IIM Rohtak student says, “Keep competing and above all like what you are doing and enjoy it because unless you do so, you may never be able to give your 100 per cent. Do your best and leave the rest to God. Best of Luck to everybody appearing for CAT 2012.”
Enroll into a test series
While you study hard and prepare for CAT 2012, it is also very important to know the status of your preparation. In coaching institutes you get experts and mentors, who constantly guide you. But while you are doing self preparation for CAT 2012, it is your responsibility to check your preparation status. For that, the best idea is to join a test series of a good MBA coaching institute.
You can avail the test series by either enrolling for the test series from the top MBA coaching institutes. Or you can also take tests from the CAT coaching websites. For e.g. IMS Learning provides ‘Test Packs’ for CAT Preparation and the Simulated Tests for the Correspondence students. Websites like Test Funda, TCYonline.com, MBAUniverse.com etc. also provides practice tests for CAT Preparation through which you can not only judge your preparation, but can also learn the correct method to solve as they provide explanatory answers as well.
Deepak Mehta, a 100 percentiler in CAT 2010 and a first year student of IIM Ahmedabad tells the importance of taking mock tests. “A couple of mock tests should be enough to make you feel comfortable with the format. Three months before the test take mock tests at regular intervals. After every test, go through the analysis and try and figure out your strengths and weaknesses and try to work on them.” He also suggests on the strategy on taking the test, “Try and complete one round of the entire paper in 1.5 hours or less. Then go back and ensure that you have attempted enough questions in each section so as to clear the sectional cut-offs.”
Make a study group and be at par with peers
Studying in a group always helps. There is information sharing and you can always know where you stand in comparison of your peers as far as MBA preparation is concerned. If you stand a better position than them, you can help them and hence check how good you have understood the concepts. Or if you see your peers ahead of you, don’t hesitate to take their help as well. “MBA aspirants who are doing self preparation for MBA Exam can learn lots of new things among their study groups. For e.g. somebody who is good in Quantitative Ability can give some tips for solving quant problems and someone good in English can offer some advice for solving Verbal Ability questions,” says Amit Tandon, an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus.
Keep in touch with the current affairs
You need to constantly update your general knowledge as it is an integral part of your entire CAT 2012 preparation. You need to read newspapers, magazines as well as listen or watch one TV and radio bulletin everyday so that you can keep yourself updated on the general knowledge and current affairs quotient.
Apart from current affairs which you can utilize in the Group Discussion and Personal Interview round, you can also boost up your Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning sections for MBA Exam.
Keep the motivation level high
To tread the path towards your goal is of extremely tough and you need to maintain the motivation level. Don’t let any question on your ability creep in your mind. Let us hear what the yester year’s CAT toppers have to say on keeping your motivation level high.
Deepak Mehta says, “Just focus on you preparations. Never compare yourself with some other or get scared if someone is scoring more than you. Don't get disheartened if you get low marks in some particular mock test.”
Kumar Anubhav, 99.15 percentiler in CAT 2010 and an IIM Rohtak student says, “Keep competing and above all like what you are doing and enjoy it because unless you do so, you may never be able to give your 100 per cent. Do your best and leave the rest to God. Best of Luck to everybody appearing for CAT 2012.”
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