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CHAK DE – NOV 16Last Mile To the CAT

An Presentation

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Every year, about 1500 students make it to the IIMs. Each of them does different things in the last few days before the CAT…

Here are a few examples…

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From the 10 who have been there.. done that…

1. Sanjay Chaudhary, Alumnus - IIM Bo Take maximum 4 tests 1. Objectively analyze to find out your specific problem areas2. Focus on the means… the end will follow

1. Asan Dasari, Alumnus – IIM Co Fine-tune strategies based on your strengths & weaknesso Take care of mental as well as physical healtho Keep your ‘CAT-kit’ ready

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From the 10 who have been there.. done that…

1. Naveen Saraf, Alumnus - IIM Bo Don’t take more than 3 to 4 testso Unused tests can be used to improve sectional competencieso Accept reality; leave things that you can’t change

• Atul Agrawal, Alumnus – IIM Co Keep reminding yourself about your “ultimate goal”o Relax; be calmo Take fewer testso Go through the CAT 2006 paper

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From the 10 who have been there.. done that…

1. Subrata Dey, Alumnus - IIM Ao Keep your reasoning cells activeo Focus on ‘net practice’, not ‘match practice’o Do not take too many tests

– Tony Xavier, Alumnus – IIM Lo Have an open mind-seto Stop taking tests a week before the CATo Throw all strategies out of the window

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From the 10 who have been there.. done that…

1. Ritesh Hemrajani, Alumnus - IIM Bo Don’t predict; be mentally prepared for any structureo Don’t take too many testso Properly mark the ovals on the OMR sheet

– Pavan Chauhan, Alumnus – IIM Bo Don’t listen to anyone o Listen to self

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From the 10 who have been there.. done that…

1. Kaushik Mukherjee, Student - IIM Ao Don’t cram at this junctureo Don’t invite stress

– Shipra Biswas, Student – IIM Ao Work on your weak areaso Take 2-3 testso Don’t do anything much the day before the CAT

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The Last Mile

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hour’s toil.

The essence of what they say…..

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The Last Mile

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hour’s toil.

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Ability to tramp the last mile..

• Do you believe that you can tramp the last mile?

o ‘I am doing great ; bring on the CAT’

o ‘I am doing great, but I hope I don’t stumble now’

o ‘Man! I am sure I can crack the CAT.. If only Math would stop killing me’

o ‘When is SNAP??’

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Whatever be your response..

To tramp the last mile.. Have a fresh outlook

• Rejuvenateo Imagine you have just started your prep o Imagine the last comprehensive test you took is your first test

• Re-focuso The Goal : The CATo The Time : 14 days to goo The Attitude : Everything to gain and nothing to lose

Now ask yourself :How do I shape the plan for the last mile?

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The Last Mile

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hour’s toil.

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Shape the last plan

Scoring Potential

My Score

IIM Call

The Efficiency Gap

The Knowledge Gap

What I could have scored

What I scored

What I need to score

The key is to understand WHAT to attack!

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Bridging the efficiency gap

Take a few tests, say 3Analyse each of them thoroughly Learn from each of them& Apply your learning in future tests

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Bridging the efficiency gap

• Before taking ANY testo Keep your mind fresh and alerto De-stresso Have your CAT-kit readyo Set your watch to 10.30 AM o Most importantly, set yourself a TARGET

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Bridging the efficiency gap

• While taking ANY testo As a CEO

Keep an eye on the bigger picture Develop your own strategy

o As a Section Manager Prioritise, Allocate and Execute Mind your own business

o As a Worker Carefully read, define and solve the problem on hand

Manage YourResources

Well

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Bridging the efficiency gap

• After taking a testo For every section, check

How many more could you have scored? Why did you miss out?

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Bridging the efficiency gap

Do’s• Develop your own

strategy based on the test at hand

• Select or reject a question only after reading a question

Don’ts• Inflexible mindset• “Geometry first”

syndrome or “One-liners first” syndrome

• “I can conquer Russia” syndrome or Throwing good money after bad money

Efficiency can improve your score dramatically

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Bridging the knowledge gap

1.List all areas requiring improvement

• Rate their impact on the score & on the effort required to improve

• Prioritise

• Spend ½ hr – 1hr every day and work on 2 to 3 critical areas

Let us look at a typical case

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Step 1: List areas

• PSo I keep forgetting the formulae in Geometryo I have not touched Permutations & Combinationso I have difficulty in defining a problem while solving

• DIo I can’t calculate fasto I lose track while solving

• Verbalo I make a lot of mistakes in inferential RC questionso I generally falter in usage-based questions

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Step 2 : Rating the impact & effort needed

Low Impact High Impact

More • Can’t calculate fast • Not touched Perm & Comb• Falter in usage based

questions

Less • Forgetting Geometry formula

• Defining Problem while solving

• Inferential RC question• Lose track while solving DI

Impact on the score

EffortReqd

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Step 3 : Prioritise

Low High

More • Can’t calculate fast • Not touched Perm & Comb• Falter in usage based

questions

Less • Forgetting Geometry formula

• Defining Problem while solving

• Inferential RC question

• Lose track while solving DI

EffortReqd

Impact on the score

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Step 4 : Work on the areas

• Forgetting Geometry formulae : 10 mino Solve 2 Geometry problems everydayo Revise formulae every day

• Defining the problem in a Math question : 20 mino Re-look at Math questions in the previous SimCATs

• Inferential RC questions : 20 mino Read an editorial everydayo Re-visit the RCs in SimCATso Focus on comprehension

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A possible plan

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The Last Mile

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hour’s toil.

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On the D-Day…..

• Be positive

• Have an open mind

• Avoid undue pressure

• Just don’t give up while taking the CAT

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The Last Mile