Dear Readers,
It has been a while since I last posted; I hope most of you have done well in the various exams and have at least some calls! Despite the lack of new content on the blog, there have been plenty of visitors and commenters and I hope it has been of help to at least a few of you.
As for why I am posting today, that’s purely selfish vanity I am afraid 🙂 A lot of friends have requested me to share my scorecard here, so I decided to go ahead!
regards
J
CAT-holics 
100%ile in all 3 sections. Now that is what you call #ThugLife
Super Consistency!
How is the scaling decided? Will the scaling be more for people with high raw scores? Or is the scaling factor equal to all of the CAT aspirants from the same slot?
Considering, you best case that you answered all 94 correct – that gives 282, can we be certain in saying (seeing your scaled score) that a scaling of about ‘287/282 =1.02’ was applied? or we can’t say that with any certainty.
Your scores provide a good base point because you have high accuracy for your scores.
It isn’t as simple as that, as only in QA is my accuracy even occasionally that good. I rely more on speed than accuracy. Also, the scaling is done in each section separately. So there was almost certainly a pretty high scaling factor in DI (wherein I had attempted 27, and am fairly sure of at least 1 wrong) maybe as much as 20-25 marks but certainly not less than 10 marks. The scaling in VA would have been a little less, and that in QA would be fairly negligible, is my suspicion (I was certain of 29 right in QA, cannot remember what i did in the rest).
But unless the authorities reveal the actual raw scores, these are all hypotheses at best 🙂 The only certainty is that there *was* some level of scaling, and that the overall top score across the slots in each section is scaled to the maximum theoretically possible score..
regards
J
Ramesh and Bimal start from A and B respectively with uniform velocities. Ramesh is headed toward B and Bimal towards A and both cities are 600 km apart. Ramesh rests whenever Bimal is on the move and Bimal rest whenever Ramesh is on the move. The speed of Ramesh and Bimal is 25 km/h and 30 km/h respectively. If Ramesh starts first and reaches B in 36 hours, then find the least time that Bimal would take to reach his destination after Ramesh makes a start?
Probably the wrong place to ask this? 🙂 Anyway I guess it might be 44 hours. Basically, the total time taken by them is 600/25 + 600/30 = 24 + 20 = 44 hours (as they never move simultaneously). So if Ramesh starts, then 44 hours later they will both have reached their destinations…
regards
J
Wow..!!! What a beautiful scorecard..!! I could not take my eyes off your scorecard for a while. Looking forward to see more such scorecards in coming years on your blog…:)
Hi anonymous scrabler I really like all of your posts. This is my earnest request from my side to please please post and give gyan about latest types of LR sets from 2015 onwards
How scaled score of 102 in Quants ??
In each section, the highest score achieved is scaled up to the maximum possible in that section. In VA and QA that would be 102, in DILR that would be 96. So there would be someone somewhere with a score of 102 in VA (but I have no idea who!).
regards
J
Sir,
Please suggest me some techniques to improve my quantity section and about the types of questions coming in for CA’17. Please that would of great help.
The whole blog is full of such suggestions 🙂 Go through it as a starting point and apply the same thought processes in other topics as well. Additionally, prove every formula to yourself, understand every concept rather than mugging it up, and you will find QA manageable. (of course, if you are looking for a magical solution without putting in the hard work, I cannot help. That is God’s territory not mine.)
As for the types of questions…well, you know as much as I do. You would have to ask IIML about that. Possibly the sample paper they give in Oct will provide some clue, but that would come rather late so for now assume there will not be too much deviation from the recent standard!
regards
J
Congratulations. It’s the finest scorecard I’ve ever seen! 🙂
Sir, I have been working really hard for QA, but I barely manage a double-digit score. The problem may be my choice of questions, my anxiety as I begin the section, or my speed – but I can’t identify what will make it better. This is all the more troubling because I’m looking to appear for CAT 17, and the pressure is mounting.
I would be very grateful if you could help me with tips for making the best of these last 20 days, so that I at least manage the sectional cutoffs.
A key question here is: do you score better in section tests or when you just solve a random set of questions, as compared to when you take a full-length test?
If yes, then the low score is probably a panic thing, and you can work on pressure-relieving techniques (yoga, music, whatever works for you really). Don’t put undue pressure on yourself, give it your best shot this year but be open to the possibility of future attempts as well.
If no, then your concepts are probably not where they need to be. In that case I really don’t have much advice to give for this year – concepts take time to build up. There is no short cut, to be honest.
regards
J
Congratulations. It’s the finest scorecard I’ve ever seen! 🙂
Sir, I have been working really hard for QA, but I barely manage a double-digit score. The problem may be my choice of questions, my anxiety as I begin the section, or my speed – but I can’t identify what will make it better. This is all the more troubling because I’m looking to appear for CAT 17, and the pressure is mounting.
I would be very grateful if you could help me with tips for making the best of these last 20 days, so that I at least manage the sectional cutoffs.
Hi J,
When will you be posting the much awaited “CAT 2017 experience” ? 🙂
I probably won’t! Yet again, it was pretty similar to past years and I don’t see a point in typing the same thing all over again 🙂 I had planned to write an experience post if there were significant changes in pattern or level, but under the circumstances…
regards
J
What will be the raw score of a 100%iler this year? Would a score of a 220-230 be enough?
Most probably yes. The last 100 percentiler of last year had a scaled score of 219.9 – presumably the raw score would have been around 200 (I’m guessing here!). This year wasn’t significantly different in level, overall, so it is entirely possible that someone with a raw score of 200-210 might get a 100. Anyway there is no way of knowing as they don’t reveal raw scores!
regards
J
Hello J,
Can you show us your CAT 17 scorecard?
🙂
It isn’t anything special 🙂 254.xx. Instead, I’ll try and put up a few posts on Geometry before this year’s CAT, I’m sure that will be more useful 😛
regards
J
Probably a wrong place to ask this but I don’t know anyone better to ask. When you read a new concept for the first time, do you understand it in one shot or do you have to go through it multiple times before completely understanding it?
Depends! Sometimes it clicks at once, more often it requires painstaking effort. The best part is when after several tries the understanding suddenly clicks into place — the moment of epiphany is wonderful.
regards
J
If it is possible for you, can you record and share your take in a CAT mock? It would help a lot!
Very unlikely, as I hate being recorded and become very conscious and distracted when I know I am “under surveillance” (in fact I object even to being photographed!).
regards
J
@Catcracker: I have just started my prep for CAT ’18, I’m looking for a mentor to guide me through the process. It would be of great help if you could take out some time now and then. I’ll be glad if you could provide me your contact details. Or better still, I can put out my details.
Awaiting reply.
I’m afraid that won’t be possible. I’m already over-committed!
regards
J
Okay. Thanks anyways.
Hello Mr.J. I am preparing for CAT. My biggest problem is that I waste a lot of time on social media. I open-scroll-close-repeat and thus waste lot of time reading the same things again and again. What to do to stop this and study for long hours ?
Congrats. You’ve completed Step 1: Identify the problem. Now move to Step 2, if you have the courage. Get rid of social media (#deletefacebook was never more appropriate!). Get off facebook, twitter, snapchat, instagram (and any other god-forsaken thing which might have come up since I last checked). Mute most conversations on whatsapp and check them just twice a day at max. Most important, make a time-table in which you set aside certain times for study. And then STICK TO IT. Easy!
regards
J
What are the top 10 B-schools in India according to you ?
That is a rather subjective question 🙂 and this isn’t really the right place to answer it, nor am I the right person. Maths and Vocab are my forte, I am only incidentally related to the corporate world! Suffice it to say that my opinion on this does not vary too much from the popular opinion.
regards
J