Preparing Tips for CAT ?

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December 5, 2007

Admission into one of the six Indian Institutes of Management is every MBA candidate dream.

The Common Admission Test (CAT), which is the be eligible examination for admission to the IIMs and other top management institutions across the country, is one of the most challenging entrance examinations. There are various coaching centers and classes to train graduates to clear it. Every year, CAT is conducted during the month of November or December. This year CAT is to be held on November 21 in several centers in the country. Over one lake candidate will take the examination, hoping for a successful career in management. The entrance examination isn’t, however, their final difficulty.

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Candidates who clear the test with the cut-off percentages fixed by various institutions will be short listed and called for group discussions and personal interviews after which the final selection will be made. Such is the scale of CAT. It’s big. Students start preparing a year or two in advance and very hardly ever can one be confident about one’s performance in the test, for the performance is rated in a ‘relative’ manner.

In spite of all this, it’s certainly not impossible to crack CAT. People have done it before, therefore you too can. It just calls for systematic preparation, meticulous hard work, and the right frame of mind while taking the test.

Here are little tips you could follow if you are keen about attempting CAT 2005.

1. begin now: It is never too early when it comes to preparing for CAT. The earlier, the better! Starting early would give you that much more time to learn, understand, apply and remember. There are several institutions like TIME, IMS, and Career Forum etc that have a complete module for CAT. Taking up coaching classes in one of these centers will help you arrange the process. Separately from regular classes, these centers give model question papers and also conduct several mock CAT examinations to help identify your strengths, weaknesses and thereby enable focused knowledge.

It is vital to brush up your basic Math and Language skills.

2. Believe in yourself: Have the right amount of confidence in yourself. In times of fear or doubt, tell yourself “Of course I can, I should, I will!” After all, hard work will never let you down. Treat this as a genuine learning process that’s going to help you crack several tests; interviews in future with great ease.

3. Part of your daily routine: Make preparation for CAT a part of your daily timetable. Incessant practice is vital. Practice makes perfect. So perfect the art of practice.

4. Focus: Set yourself deadlines in simple things like completion of a section. This will not only help you judge your speed, but also help you get better it. Keep in mind that it’s you who wants to see yourself sitting in one of the IIMS this time next year. So give your best. Don’t ever let over confidence or laziness ruin your probability.

5. Read up: Your regular course material aside, you also need to update yourself with what’s happening in the world. Read newspapers, magazines, editorials, simply anything you can lay your hands on. Separately from provide yourself with general knowledge; you are also improving your reading speed, which is very important in the entrance examination.

Also, you could get a passage on anything from ‘Possibility of life on Mars’ to ‘Water scarcity in Chennai’. So reading a wide-range of articles would help you be prepared for any topic.

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