1. What should students focus on in these last few days of CAT?

Gejo Sreenivasan - IMS - During last few days it is very important to keep the confidence high. Don’t do anything that can get you in a fix. Most students try to solve a lot of question papers. That should be avoided. Studying hard with a gap is needed so that your mind is not clogged up

2. What should students do in the last 3 days?

Gejo Sreenivasan - IMS - revise; take just 1 more test on Thursday and do a through feedback on Friday n relax the entire sat. When your revising in the last days, focus more on the topics on which CAT asks regularly like remainder them.

3. What are the sections that should focus on in the last few days?

Gejo Sreenivasan - IMS - the weaker section(s). You have to revise all the sections having more focus on the weaker ones

4. Any specifics on the negative marking? Have heard its 0.25 & is incremental. Also that its 0.33 for 1 markers & 0.66 for 2 markers?

Gejo Sreenivasan - IMS - it’s generally 1/4 or 1/3 of the marks allotted to a question.

6. What is the least cut off of each section or aggregate to get a call from any IIM or other Top B Schools?

Gejo Sreenivasan - IMS – the IIMs has specified the minimum requirement for each section and the overall in their bulletin.

7. What do you suggest on timing....should students distribute time equally among all three sections or should it depend upon difficulty levels?

Gejo Sreenivasan - IMS - one would generally keep the time distribution equally for all the section, but if any changes, would depend on the nature of the paper.

8. How can one improve on data interpretation?

Gejo Sreenivasan - IMS- one should make a list of all the important formula and keep revising it regularly

9. Any other last minute tips?

Gejo Sreenivasan - IMS - the most imp thing that i suggest to my students is a proper rest. one tries to a lot of things during the last few days .that should be avoided. Don’t do late night studies. Take a proper sleep.

10. For DI how do you choose which sets to work on? The more logical ones or the calculation intense ones

Gejo Sreenivasan - IMS - if you are fast with calculations then one should start with the calc. based set as it is easy to identify an easy question as compared to an LR based

11. If student know my one section is weak should he give more time to it during the CAT

Gejo Sreenivasan - IMS - that will depend on how difficult that section is on that day, but don’t attempt it as the last section. Do it as a second section

12. Can give some tips on how to maximize the overall percentile in CAT

Gejo Sreenivasan - IMS - focus well on all the three section, that itself would help to maximize the overall score.

13. In DI do you suggest doing all the questions of a set or try doing easier ones of as many sets as possible?

Gejo Sreenivasan - IMS - that should be done if you can identify them. if calculation based sets its easier to locate, but in LR based set question that have additional data will usually take more time.

14. For someone taking CAT, what are the 3 most important things to remember?

Gejo Sreenivasan - IMS - don’t get stuck by spending too much time on one question, don’t neglect any section in favor of an easier one, and lastly believe in your ability. Its very important to keep your nerves on the day. CAT is a test of your decision making abilities and also of your mental strength. Both are equally imp on the day.

15. Any surprises expected in CAT this time?

Gejo Sreenivasan - IMS - well, your guess is as good as mine.