CAT- the final few steps
The time has arrived for which more than 2 Lakh students & professionals across India and abroad awaited and prepared. The time has arrived for one of the most hyped up objective choice examaniations – “the CAT”. Personally, this exam had consumed almost three years of my lifetime before I could finally conquer it; and may be this walk through the fire does grant me a few insights which I would like to share with everyone attempting CAT this year(or for that matter any year)
It is after all an EXAM, or IS IT ? Contrary to what all of those CAT-preparation institutes would have coaxed you to believe, CAT is after all a more advanced version of KBC(kaun banega crorepati) where it is not your GK-General Knowledge that matters but only requires the culmination of the trinity – Alertness, Speed and Accuracy. And unfortunately all the above three instincts would be affected if you get overwhelmed during the exam. Believe me, many people have lost CAT due to being over-whelmed rather than being un-prepared. Let your instincts guide you.
Conditioning the Mind – Every year, the pattern of the CAT does keep on changing but what does remain constant is the Time schedule and the duration of the exam. Being a smart person, we must realize that it is of prime-importance for us to keep our minds active during these exact moments of the exam. I myself had taken a week’s time off from office, and everyday during the timing of the CAT exam would attempt a Mock-CAT just to make sure that the activity cycle of my brain gets kicked at the right time.
Chocolate Anyone – Chocolates as I have found out would not only be able to stimulate people, rejuvenate harry potter after an death-eater attack but can really help out but acting as a combo of an energy bar and a relaxing agent. As I would say, a chocolate a exam keeps failures away.
Here’s wishing everyone to do their best for the exam of their lives and remember every year around 0.01% of India’s population attempt CAT, and only the top 10 percentile make it. This is an opportunity for all of us to surge forward and not get caught within the remaining 95 Percentile.
