Finally over with the day, the day I was eagerly waiting for. After thinking and re-thinking a zillion times, over the exam, I think I figured out most of , what I did. Heard people loose sleep before the exam, but I lost it after the exam. Not the right thing to do I know, what is gone is gone as they say, even after knowing the fact, I did the mistake. Still it was the best day, and I have still got that feeling lingering over my head. A replica of my post in PG with few changes, realizations rather. Finally I am almost happy =) .Here goes the story:
CAT Centre, Date and Slot:Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida. October 28th afternoon slot.
1) How many attempts you have made? Section1:26, Section2:22, Overall:48
2) Your last mock score? 1201:98; 1202:94
3) How was your experience of the test? Flawlessly conducted. The staff was helpful and everything was executed with near perfection.
4) What was the surprise element for you?
LR was tricky nearly got 1 whole set wrong. Feel really lucky for rethinking over it.
5) Any tips to handle the computer based exam better?
Try not to study on the day before the test. Use it to clear the baggage from your mind. Do get at least 7-8 hours of sleep. Reach the center well in time but try to stay out of the lab for as long as possible. Don't forget to use the restroom before the 30 min deadline, as they don't even allow to use restrooms withing those 3 hours.
6) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.
Section 1 was fairly doable but tricky. Anyone with a real good observation can peacefully ace this section. It was more about basics and observation. I was left with some 2-3 extra mins which I utilized to buckle up for section 2 (should have checked my only doubtful attempt). Lost my sleep over few questions but got most of them right after thinking many a times. Apart from human errors, everything went exactly the way it should have been =)
Section 2 on the other hand was tricky. LR was really good I must say(Real CAT level). PJs and FIB were manageable. PCs were really tricky again. At once I felt the heat in this section. Lowered my attempts. But it was somewhere running back in my mind to kill LR as they are the only ones in the section I can be confident about and go only for fairly confident attempts in English. I got a strong feeling that attempted RCs will be the deciding ones here. I am happy for my attempts but for one RC which I could not attempt. I would not have attempted the Sentence Correction even I was left with 10 extra mins.
CAT Centre, Date and Slot:Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida. October 28th afternoon slot.
1) How many attempts you have made? Section1:26, Section2:22, Overall:48
2) Your last mock score? 1201:98; 1202:94
3) How was your experience of the test? Flawlessly conducted. The staff was helpful and everything was executed with near perfection.
4) What was the surprise element for you?
LR was tricky nearly got 1 whole set wrong. Feel really lucky for rethinking over it.
5) Any tips to handle the computer based exam better?
Try not to study on the day before the test. Use it to clear the baggage from your mind. Do get at least 7-8 hours of sleep. Reach the center well in time but try to stay out of the lab for as long as possible. Don't forget to use the restroom before the 30 min deadline, as they don't even allow to use restrooms withing those 3 hours.
6) Your overall analysis of the exam. Toughness, new topics, sections etc.
Section 1 was fairly doable but tricky. Anyone with a real good observation can peacefully ace this section. It was more about basics and observation. I was left with some 2-3 extra mins which I utilized to buckle up for section 2 (should have checked my only doubtful attempt). Lost my sleep over few questions but got most of them right after thinking many a times. Apart from human errors, everything went exactly the way it should have been =)
Section 2 on the other hand was tricky. LR was really good I must say(Real CAT level). PJs and FIB were manageable. PCs were really tricky again. At once I felt the heat in this section. Lowered my attempts. But it was somewhere running back in my mind to kill LR as they are the only ones in the section I can be confident about and go only for fairly confident attempts in English. I got a strong feeling that attempted RCs will be the deciding ones here. I am happy for my attempts but for one RC which I could not attempt. I would not have attempted the Sentence Correction even I was left with 10 extra mins.
PS:"Dude...look at the 26 attempts in Maths, so what you got 2 wrong, but 24 should go right and those 24 are going to create the difference n yeah you were the sole one with 26 attempts in your slot".
On a light note, that is something just to cheer me up...when I am down thinking about the ones, I attempted wrongly with due regards to my stupidity :P
I gave it all I could. Could not have done better, never ever not even if I got a zillion days to prepare. Need to seriously buckle up for the upcoming battles in the season. And need to take my mind off from CAT totally.
I gave it all I could. Could not have done better, never ever not even if I got a zillion days to prepare. Need to seriously buckle up for the upcoming battles in the season. And need to take my mind off from CAT totally.
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