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”