CAT 2017 Slot 2 Analysis: Easier than Slot-1; DILR difficulty level drops, Non-MCQs number same as Slot-1
CAT 2017 Slot-2 has remained even easier than the Slot-1 exam, shares the CAT experts who appeared in the Slot-2 exam on November 26 from 2.30PM to 5.30PM. Moving towards becoming more market oriented instead of relying on Grammar, vocabulary or tricky mathematics, CAT 2017 Slot-2 has remained focused more on candidates’ understanding of English Comprehension, summarising the paragraphs, and making the exam more friendly to academically diverse candidates especially non-engineers.
CAT 2017 Slot 1 Analysis: Easy CAT on predictable lines
CAT 2017 Slot 1, which began at 9AM today on November 26, 2017, got over a few minutes back. As expected, total number of questions were 100. VARC section was of 34 questions, DI LR with 32 questions and Quantitative Ability section had 34 questions. DILR was the toughest section, while Quantitative was easy with more Arithmetic questions, Verbal and RC were moderately difficult. Overall, Cut offs are expected to go up.
CAT 2017 Live! Slot-1 Morning session begins on time; no technical snag reported
CAT 2017 Slot-1 exam in the morning has begun on time at 9AM today on Nov 26 without any report of technical snag from the test centres. CAT 2017 is being conducted in 144 test cities and more than 650 test centres across the country. So far there is no report of any major technical issue from the test centres.
The fear of technical glitches and management problems at the test centres vanished when the first session of CAT 2017 began at 9.00 AM in most of the regions in the country.
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CAT 2017: 10 Last minute Exam day queries on Admit card, exam pattern answered by expert
MBAUniverse.com has been running Live Chat session for CAT 2017 at https://goo.gl/uwhxGKfor the last few days to help the CAT aspirants by getting their queries responded by experts. Thousands of CAT aspirants have raised their queries in regard to errors in CAT Admit Card, how to get the mistake rectified, how to attempt the CAT exam, what is the difference between MCQ and non-MCQs among others.
CAT 2017: 10 Exam day Donts and important testing room strategy on Nov 26
Only a day remains for the CAT 2017 exam day which is on Sunday November 26. IIMs have issued specific dos and donts for the 2.31 lakh CAT aspirants who have registered to appear in CAT 2017 in a single day.
CAT 2017 test takers have been categorically advised by IIMs to meticulously follow these CAT exam day instructions to make sure that they appear in the exam without unnecessarily getting subjected to different type of problems before or during the CAT exam on November 26, 2017.
Top 10 MBA colleges Accepting CAT 2017: FMS, MDI, SPJIMR, IMI, IMT, XIMB, TAPMI, GIM, SIMSR, IRMA, MICA; know the Placements, cut offs, fee, Last date
Many top MBA colleges including FMS Delhi, MDI Gurgaon, SPJIMR Mumbai, IMI New Delhi, IMT Ghaziabad among others will accept CAT 2017 score for admission to MBA/PGDM 2018-20 batch. Most of the top MBA colleges accepting CAT score have either closed or are on the verge of closing their application process for MBA 2018-20 even before the CAT 2017 exam is held on November 26, 2017.
SPJIMR Mumbai closing admission process on Nov 24; high RoI B-school has moderate CAT/XAT cut offs
If you wish to pursue MBA from a top B-school in India but dont expect to score 100 or 99 percentile in CAT 2017 or XAT 2018, you are left with only one day to apply in your dream B-school.
Offering high return on your investment, SPJIMR Mumbai needs only 75 sectional percentile and 85 overall percentile in CAT 2017 or XAT 2018 exam for applicants to be eligible to apply to the PGDM program. However, the coveted B-school will close its admission process tomorrow on November 24, 2017-just two days before the CAT 2017 exam is conducted.
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Countdown to CAT 2017
CAT 2017 exam is 3 days away and at this eleventh hour you need some key last minute tips from CAT preparation experts and CAT 100 & 99 percentilers who are studying in IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Calcutta, FMS Delhi, SPJIMR Mumbai, MDI Gurgaon or other top rated B-schools to advise and guide you in your preparation and test taking strategy on CAT 2017 exam day on November 26, 2017.
CAT 2017: Read these 5 in-depth Expert Tips on mastering new CAT syllabus for VARC, DILR, Quant
CAT 2017 preparation for each CAT exam section in view of the changed CAT exam pattern and CAT syllabus has been well guided by CAT preparation experts like Arun Sharma, Nishit Sinha, Prof S K Agarwal in the series of articles CAT 2017 expert tips published by MBAUniverse.com in last few days.
5 Key points in CAT preparation: Expert tips
CAT 2017 New Pattern - Expert Tips #5: Quant will still make difference despite losing dominance
Quantitative Ability (QA) in CAT 2017 will impact your CAT percentile score to a great extent although IIMs have tried to play it low and have introduced the features that would reduce the dominance of this section in favour of particular academic area. The revised and changed CAT syllabus and CAT exam pattern for CAT 2017 does not award any higher weightage to Quant section. On the contrary the qualifying cut off percentile in Quantitative Ability (QA) section of CAT 2017 has also been pegged at the same level.
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