TIPS TO PREPARE FOR CAT 2009

Few suggestions and tips from Mr. Vineet Patawari - PGDM (IIM Indore), ACA, B.Com (H), founder CEO of www.fireup.co.in to prepare for CAT 2009 and this will surely help you to increase your CAT score.

ARE YOU READY?
If yes. Let’s get going today itself. People generally spend most of the time planning instead of executing their plans. You have to manage your schedules in such a way that you can make the most of it.

“Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.”

Let me help you a bit in getting started.

1. Finish fundamentals first
May, June and July are the months for the fundamentals. For late starters, fundamentals should be completed latest by mid- September.

You should put in equal effort in Quantitative aptitude, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension and Data InterpretationReading Comprehension and Data Interpretation. You should not try to take short-cuts as there is no substitute to the fundas. You can take help from www.fireup.co.in at any time.thats why it is the best teacher for you.


2. Revision
Revision should occur across your entire study schedule. Slot some hours every week for revision. When you revise you should plan for cumulative revision of all the topics you have completed till the day. You can revise on www.fireup.co.in whenever you want.


3. Test-taking
CAT is not about solving a problem. It is about choosing the best alternative among the choices given. Regular test-taking with time limits help tremendously in improving test-taking skills. The stamina for taking these tests will have be built gradually. Try the sectional tests first and then jump in for the mock CAT tests. Remember, this section is not only about taking the tests seriously. There is much more to it. Make sure you take a test, analyze it sincerely , revise the fundamentals, rectify your mistakes , then and only then you should move ahead to take another test. You can log into www.fireup.co.in for mock CAT papers.


4. Analyzing the tests
Each test calls for an in-depth analysis to be aware of your strong and weak areas. A 1 hour test needs an analysis of at least 2 hours. The new short cuts and formulas given in the solutions, difficult words encountered, etc, should be taken into account before you move ahead. After each test identify and rectify your mistakes that you make. www.fireup.co.in helps you to analyze everything problem with fundamental concepts.


5. Mental preparation
Self-belief is very very essential and it can easily be worked upon at an individual level using one’s own time-tested ways and on a daily basis. Dream about you Dream institute day in and day out and tell yourself that you will make it. Always remember that “Difficulties exist to be surmounted” .

www.fireup.co.in provides you with various measures to help you prepare for GD, PI, Fundamentals, Mock papers and also shares some of the most useful tips so that you can attain high CAT scores.

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave
a trail”

Launch Of A Revolutionary CAT Coaching Portal(fireup)

The country’s six Indian Institutes of Management’s Admission Group have decided to make their Common Admission Test (CAT) online from next year, and an alumni of IIM Indore has already geared up for the challenge with his venture fireup.co.in. Vineet Patawari, founder of fireup.co.in, a qualified Chartered Accountant and an alumnus of the Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management, IIM Indore, who rejected a package of INR 14.5 lakhs from JPMC in 2008 to follow his heart. He is supported in this venture by his partner and creative head, Shreshtha Jha. www.fireup.co.in, which was formally launched at Oxford book store, Kolkata, on 18th December 2008 provides all the facilities for a CAT taker under one banner and includes features like blog, videos, forum, chat, common room and knowledge management. Fireup.co.in claims to train an individual right from the initial CAT preparation to the ultimate challenge of clearing group discussions and interviews thereby securing a seat in the most coveted institutions through its unique courseware and methodology. Though fireup.co.in is primarily an online education venture, some of its modules are also available in CDs also at leading stores. Asked about what initiated him to start an online CAT coaching site, Patawari said that the logistics of the admission examination was becoming a nightmare, due to the growing number of aspirants every year. “It was soon becoming imperative for the exam to go online some day,” he added. The online examination would be much easier to manage than the current system, Jha said. An IIM-A source confirmed that the online examination would cut down administrative costs, involving people travelling to places, and sending papers all over the country, with risks of leaks. The conventional examination can be conducted from a limited number centers while the online tests can be taken from anywhere.Here is a glimpse of press release.Have a look.



Here are the links of other press conferences.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVVVe35U3iI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpkr8eB5W68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3fMMuApprQ
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Manners on an INTERVIEW TABLE

After an interview call from the dream institutes we are more tensed than being happy at our achievement. The first question that hits our mind is “how do I tackle the interview?” You can relax as Mr. Vineet Patawari - PGDM (IIM Indore), ACA, B.Com (H), founder CEO of www.fireup.co.in tells you how you can do this more effectively and crack the interview.



All the competitive exams now have a PERSONAL INTERVIEW session. A student needs to prepare himself for this round as well. A candidate may be knocked out in the interview session, if he doesn’t have good manners. So, www.fireup.co.in is here to give you some very useful tips on mannerism.

Basic Mannerism to crack an interview.

1. Knock the door before you enter the room.
2. Wish the interviewer as soon as you enter the room. Wish the lady first, if the panel contains a mix of male and female interviewers.
3. Sit only when you are asked to sit down. After waiting for few moments, ask for permission.
4. Sit up straight. Try not to slouch or lean back in your chair.
5. Be very attentive during the entire interview session.
6. Even if you don’t know the answer for a particular question at least give it a try and then answer the question.
7. Be very humble and polite during the interview.
8. Suppose, it is a 3:1 interview. And two questions have been thrown at the same time. Try to answer the question in which you are confident first, but remember to reply to the other interviewer that you will answer his question shortly.
9. Always try to wear a smile on your face.
10. Don’t bite your finger or shake your legs or any other such movements, these are the signs that you are tensed.
11. Always put forward your positive attitude.
12. Be confident while answering the questions, but don’t be OVER-Confident.


These are some of the ways in which you can keep yourself away from committing some of the commonest mistakes in an interview. For an exhaustive list of tips on cracking interviews log into www.fireup.co.in.

SPEED READING

You can enhance your score in Reading Comprehension, Verbal Ablility with few of the speed reading techniques suggested by Mr. Vineet Patawari - PGDM (IIM Indore), ACA, B.Com (H), founder CEO of www.fireup.co.in tells you how you can do this more effectively.

We live in the age of information, and we must read extensively if we intend to be successful in our studies, or careers. Schools and colleges have discovered that courses in reading skills give enormous aid to students struggling under the heavier loads of today’s scholastic programs. Young men and women trained in speed reading show distinct advantages over those who lack this kind of skill.

How Fast You Can Be?
Reading speed has no known theoretical limit. A speed of between 800 and 1200 words per minute (wpm) can comfortably be reached by permanent speed readers, without any constant practice and drilling. Reading speed varies according to the complexity of the reading material, type, face, print quality, grammar, style etc.

How Much Time It Will Take?

When you participate in a speed reading courses online, or read the book, you will find your reading skills increasing from the very start. With serious application, you will soon be speed reading with ease, and astonished at how much you comprehend in such little time.

Obstacles to Speed Reading

Reading phrases more than once.

Wondering mind and straying thoughts

Anxiety about missing a critical “not” or other conjunctive structure

Outside anxiety or stressors like job, home, family, etc.

www.fireup.co.in provides you a solution to overcome all these problems and helps you to enhance your speed in reading comprehensions.

General Speed Reading Gyan

Concentration: You can learn anything if you pay attention!

Enjoy Reading: No matter whether you are reading technical material fun is the most important ingredient in a successful reading experience.

Preview the chapter: you will organize your mind before you begin to read, build a structure for the thoughts and details to come, you will be able to sort, understand and remember the information better.

Question: Read each section of the chapter with your questions in mind. Look for the answers, and take note of questions you didn't think of that were answered in that section

Eye Stops: Read in phrases of three or four words - meaning is easier to pull from groups of words rather than from individual words.

Varying Reading Rates: Vary your reading rate to suit the difficulty and type of writing of the text. An efficient reader speeds up for easier material and slows down for the hard.

For some more gyan log into www.fireup.co.in

Skimming

Skimming is a high speed reading process and involves visually searching the sentences of a page for clues to meaning.

There are many strategies that can be used when skimming. Some of them are

1. Read the first and last paragraphs

2. Read the title, subtitles, subheading, and illustrations.

3. Read the first sentence of each paragraph. This technique is useful when you're seeking specific information rather than reading for comprehension.

Skimming on computer is slower

The reading speed and comprehension is the same for the computer screen and paper. However, according to a research skimming on a computer is 41% slower than on paper.

So prepare online to get a better edge for CAT 09.

So get up, gear up and fire up so start preparing for CAT’09 today, just log into www.fireup.co.in for more info on CAT, Quant, DI, DS and RC.