2) How many mocks to take: Ideally at this time, you should give 1 or 2 mocks a week depending on your level of preparation and the amount of time you can devote. This number should increase in the coming months. However, do not wait to complete the full syllabus and then start with mocks or give more than one mock a day.
3) Mirror the actual test environment: Approach the mock tests with the same intensity as you would approach the final exam. Keep your cell phone away, do not take any breaks between the test, have minimal disturbance outside, etc. If possible, go to the coaching center and give mocks with other 10-12 students (most of the centers of reputed players have this facility).
4) Analyse even more seriously: The single most unpardonable sin that you can commit in your preparation is to only give mocks without any analysis. After every mock you take, you should be spending 3-4 hours analyzing the same. You should be asking yourself following types of questions –
• Which questions could be solved in lesser time?
• What were the easy questions that I did not attempt?
• Where did I make silly errors?
• What are my strong areas? Which areas need more work?
• Which questions am I getting regularly wrong?
5) Do not get disheartened: You may not score very well in your mocks initially. However, do not give up. Even I had as low as 65%ile in the first few mocks and less than 95%ile in most of them. As they say, every dark cloud has a silver lining. The key is to continue improving in the coming months.
I wish you all the best in your endeavours.
I’d be more than happy to answer the queries you may have. Good Luck!
Comments
Kishan Bisoyi
How did you go about the one hour you had for Quant section? Was there a back up plan as well depending on the toughness of the paper?
20 Sep 2017, 11.11 PM
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samaksha vaish
Samaksha Vaish is a second year student at IIM Lucknow. He is also a member of the Industry Interaction Cell and Manjunath Shanmugam Trust.
Go after the easy questions,,the ones you think will take 45 secs or about. Once the sitter questions are done, go after the tougher questions from topics you are comfortable with
30 Sep 2017, 12.35 PM |
Ashutosh Pandey
Were you working while preparing ....if yes then how much time you devoted to preperation....
21 Sep 2017, 12.31 PM
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samaksha vaish
Samaksha Vaish is a second year student at IIM Lucknow. He is also a member of the Industry Interaction Cell and Manjunath Shanmugam Trust.
Yes I was, 3-4 hrs from Mon-Fri each day. 8-10 hours during weekend
30 Sep 2017, 12.35 PM |
Jay Dave
Hello, I gave CAT last year got 94 percentile but could not clear Verbal Sectional. Quant used to be my strength I could easily score 50+ marks in every mock. But this year even after giving 5-6 mocks I hardly scored 45+ in one exam. I certainly improved in Verbal but I lost track on Quant. Also in DI I can hardly do 5 sets that is 20 questions. How to improve attempts in DI?
4 Sep 2018, 02.03 AM