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How to Crack an IIM

In India, getting into an IIM is probably every MBA aspirant’s dream. The (Common Admission Test) CAT, is the only way of getting into one. Many times, students give up their preparation for IIM midway due to the misconception of it being tough. But in reality, it is merely another exam. Let’s get on with the 10 tips on how to crack IIM: How to crack CAT?

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1. Prepare a study plan for your CAT exam:

Whether you are a working professional or a fresh graduate, spending a minimum of 2 hours daily on studies becomes essential. As a working professional, you may find it difficult to juggle between your work and exam studies. However, it is not impossible to give a minimum of two hours on daily studies. For those who are either students or not employed currently should consider themselves lucky in terms of the time they have in hand for exam prep. Such people can give 3 to 4 hours daily depending on one’s grasping ability to crack cat.

In a nutshell, you need to create and stick to a timetable in such a manner- where you can give 2 hours of your day for studies alone. Also, before preparing a study for CAT, learn about the exam pattern which is one of the biggest aspects to crack CAT as it later helps in developing a strategy to crack CAT. Try to allocate equal time to all section, since sectional cut-offs also apply to get a call from IIM. While you should focus more on your weaker areas, do not neglect your strengths, keep practicing topics under all sections, and remember to include them in your timetable.

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Strategy for CAT - Learn how to crack CAT Exam

Strategy for CAT

The Common Admission Test (CAT) is a computer-based test for admission in a graduate management program. The most awaited MBA exam of the year, for which lakhs of students prepare for, is none other than CAT. It provides admissions for more than 500 MBA colleges in India including All 20 IIMs, FMS, JBIMS, SPJIMR, MDI, IMT, DoMS IITs, IISc, etc.

The following are some guidelines that will help you with your CAT preparation:

1) Basics: Always begin your preparation from the basics. There hasn’t been any CAT Topper who hasn’t had his basics cleared before the exam.

2) Calculations: Your speed of calculating things will be a huge aid in quant and even more so in Data Interpretation. The faster you are at calculating stuff, the more time you will get to spend on the logical aspects of the DI & Quant questions.

• Learn the
• Tables from 1 to 30
• Squares and cubes from 1 to 30
• Common fractions with respective decimal and percentage values  and also,
• Vedic/Speed math techniques.

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3) Concepts: Questions in CAT are based usually on concepts. Therefore, avoid devoting time to mugging formulas as it won’t be too productive. Keep giving tests and mocks. That is one of the best ways to clear your concepts.

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CAT Mocks

CAT Mocks or CAT exam mocks are prelim types tests specially designed for the students who are to appear for the CAT Exam. These CAT Mocks are designed by various coaching institutes and web portals who provide a leanring platform for the students.

Some of the websites providing Free CAT Mocks:

- CATKing Free CAT Mocks
- Free CAT Mocks by CL
- Free CAT Mocks by HitBullsEye
- Free CAT Mocks by Cracku

CAT Online Courses

CAT - Common Admissions Test is an entrance exam conducted in India & accepted by most of the top MBA colleges in the country. The exam is divided into 4 sections Quantitative Ability (QA), Verbal Ability (VA) and Reading Comprehension (RC), Data Interpretation (DI) and Logical Reasoning (LR). Most of the candidates taking this entrance eye an IIM through these exams. There are many websites which provide CAT Online Courses, i.e.  training to students who aspire to crack this examination. Choosing the right course to prepare for your CAT exam makes all the difference between landing in a good college to not so good college. 

Before 2009, the CAT Exam was a paper based exam however on May 1, 2009 it was announced that CAT will be a Computer Based Exam. 

Eligibility for CAT: The candidate should hold a graduation degree or should be in the final year of his/her graduation. 

CAT results are evaluated in percentile and not percentage. The difference between the two; is that percentage is out of 100 i.e. the scores (you would be aware about this); & percentile is a system were the topper of the exam or the person scoring the highest will be deemed to have 100%tile and rest will be assigned percentile based on the scores relativeness. Click here to learn more about percentile. 

Here is the exam pattern for CAT:

Quantitative Ability: 34 questions (60 minutes)
DI & LR - Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning: 32 questions (60 minutes)
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension: 34 questions (60 minutes)

Total: 100 Question & 180 Time

To get better idea about the question types; click here to learn about the past CAT papers