Why WAT after CAT ?

Till a year before CAT aspirants were subjected to Group discussion to understand their soft skills on communication, body language, and over all personality. But over a period of time test prep institutes have conditioned most aspirants with their training in such a way that most of aspirants look alike and it became  difficult for selection panel to judge candidates and on the other hand GD was getting subjective for judgment. 

New IIMs also thought of giving opportunity to candidates who are coming from smaller towns to excel as sometimes they may not have that confidence in speaking because of less exposure as compared to candidates hailing from metros.

From last year IIMs thought of taking only WAT to judge actual communication power. 

Those who will get shortlisted after CAT 2012 will have to go for Written Ability Test.

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Engineers are more in numbers for taking CAT 2012

It has been reported in the media that more than 68% Engineers are the CAT 2012 aspirants. That means from other streams like arts, humanities, commerce and science students are not coming forward to go for MBA Education. 

It looks that MBA in general has got beating in the market and engineers in any case are professional with their basic degree of engineering and when they opt for MBA education it is perceived that they would be professionally qualified for niche industry. 

Historically CAT has been skewed for engineers as they do well in DI / QA section but many a times they land in tight situation for LR / VA.

For the last couple of years IIMs have been discussing to make some changes in forthcoming CAT to change the pattern a bit so that aspirants from other streams can also be motivated to take the exam and this may happen from CAT 2013 onwards.

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Forget high percentile if fundamentals are not clear

MBA aspirants who dreamt of taking admission in any of IIMs know that scoring with almost 95 + percentile can facilitate you to get interview call letter from IIMs 

IIM A, B or C will call those who have scored 99 percentile and competition may force that some may still miss by point percentile.

For clearing CAT, it is must for aspirants to be clear in fundamentals. No harm in consulting NCERT books to revisit formulas of 10^th or 12th standard.

It is after that you can pick up speed & accuracy with Mock Tests. For sure you can clear CAT sections DI /VA and LR/RC easily.

Those aspirants who are still struggling on accuracy may have to forget high percentile so either they will seek admission in non IIMs or try luck next time.  

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You need to clear “Written Ability Test” after CAT 2012 score

CAT aspirants who are aspiring to be selected in any of IIMs must note that even after having scored high percentile in CAT, you need to clear WAT (Written Ability Test) which will be conducted by all IIMs individually at their campus.

IIMs have found WAT as alternative tool to GD for testing aspirant’s communication skills. 

In WAT you will be tested for your handwriting, creative writing and over all expression of thoughts in a format of Essay writing or on  any specified topic of current affairs but in a stipulated time frame of 15 to 20 minutes.

Later during PI you may be asked questions on what you have written in WAT. Such is the importance of WAT in ultimate selection to IIMs.

Preparation of WAT cannot be done overnight hence, you need to start practicing with writing a stanza on contemporary topics.

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CAT 2012: Exam will be Tough

CAT 2012 aspirants might get surprises at forthcoming exam  as it will be as tough as it is expected. 

But toughness is mainly a mental conditioning of exam phobia. Let’s be clear that CAT will be taken by two lakhs plus aspirants and scores being given on percentile basis makes this exam highly competitive and chances of getting PI call from IIM diminishes even for one percentile. 

For neutralizing the exam phobia this is the last chance as still few days are left for exam because last minute preparation or rectification on solution will spoil the party. 

The best way to have clarity on exam will be to make a final schedule now and close the execution at least five days ahead to exam date which you might have scheduled as per your convenience. This will lead you to mental relaxation and that is also one of the basic requirements for you after having prepared for CAT so exhaustively.

Go ahead with full confidence of achieving mission CAT 2012 !!!

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