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Monday, November 21, 2005

CAT paper – the nightmare comes true

So...finally...it came n it went.....the day that I had been waiting for since the last two years...i m sure u ppl r eager to know how did I perform...lemme start with more basics (i m sure most of u must be knowin but still)...

This year the paper consisted of 90 questions...30 in each section with 20 carrying two marks n 10 carrying 1 marks...the difficulty level for all the sections was much higher than any of the papers in the last 10 yrs...n it gave almost everyone gud tiring 2 hrs when all they could think of was that their nightmare had come true....

Anyways i m under a very tragic situation with the greatest minds of India clashing...I went through the answer key provided by Professional Tutorials(PT), Career Launcher(CL) and IMS. The idea of sectional cutoffs is almost the same with 20-21 in English, 14-15 in Quant, 10-11 in Data Interpretation and 48-50 the overall cutoff, and there is complete agreement for the answer key for DI and QA section. But the harmony ends over there and the tragedy begins.......

For the answers in English section, the answer key for Career launcher, for Professional Tutorial and IMS (n probably TIMES which I haven’t checked) all give three different sets. That is if according to CL answer is (A), PT says its (B) and IMS (C).

Probably u'll understand it better when i tell u my case ... I've managed to clear the cutoff in QA (15.33) and DI (13.33). In English i m scoring 16 according to CL and 22.66 according to PT. That makes my total to 44.66 or 51.33. That is a difference of 6.66 marks. If u consider how important is every mark in a competitive exam is, it is a difference of all the calls or no calls. Anythin may happen.
(All this is based on the assumption that the cutoff predictions by these institutes are correct)

Anyways...I’ve done my part, rest I leave on the results. But, this makes me ask a very basic question: When the (supposedly) best experts in India on the English section are so confused regarding the answers and their explanations, how does the examiner suppose that we the students are to answer it correctly? Its sheer luck.

Anyways guys...now that its over I’ve all the time to play now n watch movies ...but wait there's IIFT exam on this Sunday n I've to rush back to Allahabad.....n the end sems are starting day after tomorrow.....Oh heck.........

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

i think u should match with those proffs who had set this paper....this is not shear luck its matching of ur view with theirs..everybody has their s explanation.but u have to match with theirs who are in iim........................

2:51 AM  
Blogger Arun Tangri said...

really pathatic situation for you ...well all the best for result and don't think about it rite now and concentrate on your endsems mam ji :)

4:08 AM  
Anonymous sid said...

hey ... what does "disperancies" mean

5:54 AM  
Blogger khushi said...

hey come on ....
for the time just concentrate on your end sems and as u said u have done ur part and rest leave on the results.
All the best (for all i mean your end sem, IIFT and CAT results).

Cheers
n remember "Anything that happens, happens for good"

6:47 AM  
Blogger Sachin Keswani said...

All the best for last set of xams..ro rather ..jams..crack 'em..
Best of luck!!
Cheers

10:53 AM  

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