It came, it saw and it bit, scratched and tore my hair out!
That just about sums up my experience today with CAT 2006.
For more details…
Set out with Anjali, followed her directions and landed up at Thakur College of Commerce. Would have waited there, but for Elroy who called and said the colleges were different. Found out I had to go to a totally different place few kilometres away. Thank God I had a bike!
Did get to the right college well in time. Sat down and waited for 10.30pm. The wait in the classroom just before the paper is simply the worst. I could hear my heartbeats!
Looking at the answer sheet I realized one thing, a different paper pattern with 5 options (instead of 4) and a max of 120 questions.
The CAT format has changed every year for the past two years and so I expected it to be different so wasn’t shocked. However, the question paper was shocking.
Turned out to be only a 75 question set, with each question four marks with wrong answers attracting a penalty 1 mark each.
I’ve given a 75 question paper before so this wasn’t a surprise, the marking was.
Anyway, began with Maths. Attempted 14 and I know for sure 1 is incorrect. Maths was really simple I must say, so simple that everyone could do it. And I managed to screw that up royally and I don’t even know why
Then began Verbal. It was horridly difficult and confusing. And I ran out of time for DI.
Kinda dejected by the outcome of this. Shall await the results patiently and I hope I get into the other places I applied. My tentative scores as per TIME indicate me not clearing any cut-off, not to mention my overall score being horrible. I have a dirty feeling that this time my percentile will be lower than my past two, and then I hadn’t even bothered studing!
Have few more individual tests left. These shall receive my full attention.
And the next two days see me completing the applications.
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November 20th, 2006 at 9:05 am
Hoping it turns out better that you expect!
All the best for the other exams ..
November 20th, 2006 at 11:17 am
My poor Aju pooh… you’re definetely a Mello-Person. Love you. Hang in there.
November 20th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
@Jason, I wish so too, but I totalled my scores. Turned out to be worse than I expected. Thanks for your wishes.
@Melody, Thanks dear
Have put the CAT2006 as one bad experience.
I got around 5-6 entrance exams left, am going to do my best there
November 20th, 2006 at 5:02 pm
sending you a comforting hug …… and I STILL love u
November 21st, 2006 at 4:42 pm
Thanks mouse
November 25th, 2006 at 8:37 am
No worries man,thers always a next time and hey u always have a Plan “B”.Haha
I like your blog
November 25th, 2006 at 9:25 am
Hi Ashish, thanks for the comment.
Yes I got Plan B, C, D and E!
November 26th, 2006 at 11:12 am
That is because you are trying to play a CAT and mouse game.
December 4th, 2006 at 5:31 am
Hey, I like the comment from ur Dad hehe.
Well good luck for the rest of the tests!
And how did ur intw go??
December 4th, 2006 at 7:43 am
What interview?
December 4th, 2006 at 8:19 am
The SPJain one (unless I was misinformed by Mom)
December 4th, 2006 at 9:50 pm
Just got over today. Looks positive. Will come to know in a day or two.
December 9th, 2006 at 4:29 pm
Hi, well firstly my sincere sympathies for the CAT thing!! I can understand how you feel coz i hv equally squandered my chance this year. Have managed to clear the DI & Verbal cutoffs but blew up the Quant as was short on time. Nyways me 2 am feeling as if i m definitely not a CAT person ….so all the best for your coming exams!! Im sure u will do gr8..
December 9th, 2006 at 5:33 pm
Thanks for writing in. This will be my last shot at the CAT for sure. Are you giving other exams?
December 9th, 2006 at 5:40 pm
yah gave IIFT another head-spinning paper, but went off well alteast cleared the cutoffs as per the coaching keys!Planning to give JMET tomorrow and SNAP. What abt you? Btw i am working in a Private Co.! God knows if the work ex can save my skin in the results of CAT. Wat abt you? Giving any other xam?
December 9th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
Didn’t give IIFT and not JMET.
I’ve got NMAT tomm, followed by SNAP, XAT and FMS as of now. Planning to give CET as well.
How much workex do you have? The problem is that the first criteria is the CAT score in many colleges, work ex is secondary
December 9th, 2006 at 6:39 pm
Over 4 years. Yah i guess thats the prob, if only i had managed to attempt a couple of more Quant sets, wuldnt be in a lurch today. Nyways u working as well? Ur blog is swell..!! TIME’s verbal key is a bit flawed, try for IMS. Well all the best for NMAT. If possible keep in touch on mail. Me pushing off from office. Cya!
December 9th, 2006 at 7:15 pm
4 years is a good amount of time.
Glad to know you like the blog
Not working currently. Thanks and all the best for your exams too!
December 11th, 2006 at 12:31 pm
hi, so how was NMAT? Some of my friends who gave said it was a mixed bag..they weren’t too sure abt how they performed.What abt u? As for me JMET went off quite well. So whats ur educational background? Engineering or MCA? Hv a nice day
December 11th, 2006 at 8:55 pm
Mixed bag for me as well. I’m really not sure if I will get a call or not
I’m an engineer. How about you?
December 12th, 2006 at 1:20 pm
an engineer.well read that the NMAT cutoff was too high abt 90 i guess. so hows the prep on for SNAP? god i m really dreading the day of the CAT results. GOD knws whats gonna happen..!