What should I do for the preparation of CAT (MBA, IIM)? I'm a 12th passed?
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Dear RD, At this point of time, it is advised that you start your graduation in management field and start working on your quantitative aptitude, DI and English. You can start working on CAT preparation in second half of your second year in graduation. The best option as off now will be to start BBA in LPU, you will get exposure to various project in consultancies, entrepreneurship, community development, internships and many events. This apart from state of the art curriculum, unique teaching pedagogy, technology trainings like SAP, Advanced excel, Github and many other MOOCs. LPU also provides pathways for, credit transfer, governmen...more -
It is always good to start preparation for exams like CAT early on.
CAT basically consist of three section:
1. Quant
2. Logical Reasoning / Data Interpretation
3. Reading Comprehension/ Verbal Ability
You will easily get study materials related to CAT from market.
Note: Firstly, you do your graduation with excellent marks. -
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NITIN DESHMUKH Yard by yard its hard, but inch by inch its | Scholar-Level 17
9 years agoTo start preparation for MBA, firstly you need to complete your graduation with a minimum of 50%. Then you need to prepare for CAT, and score above 98 percentile to get a call from IIMs for What/PI. Selection criteria for IIMs gives weightage to the 10-12th percentage, CAT percentile,and What/PI. -
Hi,
You can start your preparation now. Now, you can work on your general knowledge, current affairs, English fluency and reading skills. These shall help you a lot in future and you will not have to spend much time on it.
Good luck. -
You should select the field you are interested in, science or commerce or arts. After graduating, you will have appear to for competitions exams like CAT, XAT, CMAT to get admission in best B-schools. IIMs consider CAT score for admission. Private colleges like IFMR, KJ Somaiya, etc. consider your exams score, profile and your GD/PI performance. You can also go for 1-2 years of experience after graduating. Experience also provides you an edge over the other competitors. -
It is always good to start preparation for exams like CAT early on. CAT basically consists of three sections:
1. Quant
2. Logical Reasoning / Data Interpretation
3. Reading Comprehension/ Verbal Ability
You will easily get study materials related to CAT from market. -
Hello,
You can join a coaching institute or if you are good at self-study then you can go for CAT online courses.
Good luck. -
Start preparing on your own with QA, LR and increase your Vocabulary. You will only be allowed to fill CAT form when you are in the final years of your graduation. -
It is always good to start preparation for exams like CAT early on. CAT basically consists of three section:
1. Quant
2. Logical Reasoning / Data Interpretation
3. Reading Comprehension/ Verbal Ability
You will easily get study materials related to CAT from market. Note: Firstly, you do your graduation with excellent marks. -
preparations needs hard work. Its good that u r preparing for CAT. I will suggest u to go for IIM , but before that clear ur graduation according to ur subject interest.
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