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Attempt to mera bhi 50-51 ka hai bhai ,but accuracy matters ,142 in p1 is god level this year ,that intellectual superman could not get 67 in p2 seems strange I guess?
It's called complacency and lack of practice. I am also on border line in CSAT and I can vouch for these guys. Because last year CSAT exam was easy, people like us focused only on paper-1 and having been occupied with Mains 2016 till December and not having written any aptitude level exam after that, there was absolutely no preparation for CSAT this year. After a demanding paper-1 and having slept very little the day before, I felt paper-2 time consuming (obviously due to lack of practice) and panic mode sets in. I had to rely on comprehensions to make up the numbers and in that too some were tricky (Not boasting - I had 99.66 in CAT verbal once).
So the moral of the story is - Do not take csat lightly and show the respect that paper deserves. Practice at least 3-4 previous year question papers a week before prelims.
brother I too had VA 99.67 but QA 33 %ile so overall 91.xx in 2013.. didnt got IIM calls..from 2013 i havnt touch Aptitude.. I got 120 last year this year 95 as per CL. I save myself with my simple strategy attempt VA 1st... dont stick on maths question as aj mai isko solve kar k rahunga.. didnt taken any question on ego..... somehow attempted 60... usme bhi bs 18 wrong....
I found this paper tough for average csat guys... i have give csat paper to 2 PO aspirants...lets see what they say regarding toughness... but surely that paper of csat required on field strategy change.. rigid strategy as for 15 16 wouldnt had worked
Completely agree on the point of not taking maths qsns on ur ego...in fact those who are decent at maths face this situation more.. glad that i liberally skipped some maths qsns so much so that i got a chance to revisit and solve a few of them later
Attempt to mera bhi 50-51 ka hai bhai ,but accuracy matters ,142 in p1 is god level this year ,that intellectual superman could not get 67 in p2 seems strange I guess?
It's called complacency and lack of practice. I am also on border line in CSAT and I can vouch for these guys. Because last year CSAT exam was easy, people like us focused only on paper-1 and having been occupied with Mains 2016 till December and not having written any aptitude level exam after that, there was absolutely no preparation for CSAT this year. After a demanding paper-1 and having slept very little the day before, I felt paper-2 time consuming (obviously due to lack of practice) and panic mode sets in. I had to rely on comprehensions to make up the numbers and in that too some were tricky (Not boasting - I had 99.66 in CAT verbal once).
So the moral of the story is - Do not take csat lightly and show the respect that paper deserves. Practice at least 3-4 previous year question papers a week before prelims.
brother I too had VA 99.67 but QA 33 %ile so overall 91.xx in 2013.. didnt got IIM calls..from 2013 i havnt touch Aptitude.. I got 120 last year this year 95 as per CL. I save myself with my simple strategy attempt VA 1st... dont stick on maths question as aj mai isko solve kar k rahunga.. didnt taken any question on ego..... somehow attempted 60... usme bhi bs 18 wrong....
I found this paper tough for average csat guys... i have give csat paper to 2 PO aspirants...lets see what they say regarding toughness... but surely that paper of csat required on field strategy change.. rigid strategy as for 15 16 wouldnt had worked
Completely agree on the point of not taking maths qsns on ur ego...in fact those who are decent at maths face this situation more.. glad that i liberally skipped some maths qsns so much so that i got a chance to revisit and solve a few of them later
Neither this year nor last year I attempted a single passage. Some how cleared CSAT. Last year 123+, this year 100 approx.
Attempt to mera bhi 50-51 ka hai bhai ,but accuracy matters ,142 in p1 is god level this year ,that intellectual superman could not get 67 in p2 seems strange I guess?
It's called complacency and lack of practice. I am also on border line in CSAT and I can vouch for these guys. Because last year CSAT exam was easy, people like us focused only on paper-1 and having been occupied with Mains 2016 till December and not having written any aptitude level exam after that, there was absolutely no preparation for CSAT this year. After a demanding paper-1 and having slept very little the day before, I felt paper-2 time consuming (obviously due to lack of practice) and panic mode sets in. I had to rely on comprehensions to make up the numbers and in that too some were tricky (Not boasting - I had 99.66 in CAT verbal once).
So the moral of the story is - Do not take csat lightly and show the respect that paper deserves. Practice at least 3-4 previous year question papers a week before prelims.
brother I too had VA 99.67 but QA 33 %ile so overall 91.xx in 2013.. didnt got IIM calls..from 2013 i havnt touch Aptitude.. I got 120 last year this year 95 as per CL. I save myself with my simple strategy attempt VA 1st... dont stick on maths question as aj mai isko solve kar k rahunga.. didnt taken any question on ego..... somehow attempted 60... usme bhi bs 18 wrong....
I found this paper tough for average csat guys... i have give csat paper to 2 PO aspirants...lets see what they say regarding toughness... but surely that paper of csat required on field strategy change.. rigid strategy as for 15 16 wouldnt had worked
Completely agree on the point of not taking maths qsns on ur ego...in fact those who are decent at maths face this situation more.. glad that i liberally skipped some maths qsns so much so that i got a chance to revisit and solve a few of them later
Neither this year nor last year I attempted a single passage. Some how cleared CSAT. Last year 123+, this year 100 approx.
Is bhaya ka maths jabardast lage....... mharo angregi aur ganit dono sadharan hai..... 85 awat hai baba.... purano IBPS player.... so thodi practice thi bhayo
मित्रों दारू की जमाखोरी शुरू कर दीजिए सिर्फ एक दिन और हैं अनिश्चितता बेचैनियों का... आज की शाम तो आराम से ढल जाएगी लेकिन कल की शाम एक अलग रंग लेकर आने वाली हैं कुछ को उसमें इंद्रधनुष दिखेगा तो कुछ को बिल्कुल काला रंग ! कुछ टैगोर बन जाएंगे "Clouds come floating into my life/no longer to carry rain or usher storm/but to add color to my sunset sky."
और कुछ फ़ैज़ अहमद फ़ैज़ बनकर गुनगुनायेंगे
दिल ना-उम्मीद तो नहीं/नाकाम ही तो है/लंबी है ग़म की शाम, मगर शाम ही तो है
@habibi_ias I usually do verbal last because I tend to read faster towards the fag end and yet not lose on accuracy. My strategy is always to do maths first, then reasoning and verbal last. Verbal takes only 30-35 minutes and so I use the first 75-80 minutes on Quant and reasoning. This time things didn't work out and I made some silly mistakes in reasoning questions that should have been sitters. And also some questions I skipped which seemed to be tough looking, were actually pretty easy and should have been attempted. Had to jump to verbal in between and made a mess of it too in some Qs.
Anyway, past is past and I have learnt my lesson. Let's hope for the best bro. Hows your main prep going?
@habibi_ias I usually do verbal last because I tend to read faster towards the fag end and yet not lose on accuracy. My strategy is always to do maths first, then reasoning and verbal last. Verbal takes only 30-35 minutes and so I use the first 75-80 minutes on Quant and reasoning. This time things didn't work out and I made some silly mistakes in reasoning questions that should have been sitters. And also some questions I skipped which seemed to be tough looking, were actually pretty easy and should have been attempted. Had to jump to verbal in between and made a mess of it too in some Qs.
Anyway, past is past and I have learnt my lesson. Let's hope for the best bro. Hows your main prep going?
that's wise strategy mann..you have to change direction when things not going as you thought.. glad you jumped on VA. I am not that great in VA but in India there is common tendency to give maths tough most of the time. so I always attempt VA if i get chance and have no obiligation to attepmt any section, because average questions come as we dont have english as mother tongue. we have great mathematicians in india and great logical people.. so paper setters usually twick QA and LR only. so i go for VA always... well! I have too low to study mains. i have then all 12 13 questions wrong that are differing by different keys.. so in final score I have nothing to lose but more to gain...
Same situation here bhai. This uncertainty is affecting mains prep and making me visit forum more often even though I know I should quit and come back after the results are published.
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Some how cleared CSAT. Last year 123+, this year 100 approx.
I usually do verbal last because I tend to read faster towards the fag end and yet not lose on accuracy. My strategy is always to do maths first, then reasoning and verbal last. Verbal takes only 30-35 minutes and so I use the first 75-80 minutes on Quant and reasoning. This time things didn't work out and I made some silly mistakes in reasoning questions that should have been sitters. And also some questions I skipped which seemed to be tough looking, were actually pretty easy and should have been attempted. Had to jump to verbal in between and made a mess of it too in some Qs.
Anyway, past is past and I have learnt my lesson. Let's hope for the best bro. Hows your main prep going?
well! I have too low to study mains. i have then all 12 13 questions wrong that are differing by different keys.. so in final score I have nothing to lose but more to gain...
Same situation here bhai. This uncertainty is affecting mains prep and making me visit forum more often even though I know I should quit and come back after the results are published.
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