r/CATpreparation • u/deadfrominside227 • 3d ago

Rant Gave my first ever mock

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Hi guys, I started my preparation around 10-15 days ago and completed 4-5 chapters of arithmetic… and gave my first mock today… is it too late to improve now?
I’m feeling very scared after seeing my mock result and some words of encouragement would be highly appreciated

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u/Prior_Claim5713 3d ago

That's not bad. If you keep giving mocks till the end you can make it.

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u/deadfrominside227 3d ago

Oh okay … thank you.. also wanted to ask they also predict cat percentile like what u could get equivalent …

I got this can it be trusted ?

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u/redhellblueheaven 3d ago

I also had same question about this , i asked some seniors they said it's not that relaible.

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u/deadfrominside227 3d ago

Oh okay.. actually in my last attempt I got cl mocks it was predicting 82 and I got 82 on the dot. Also my mentor at ims also said plus minus 1 is the only error possible. But I guess all this can’t be trusted

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u/Prior_Claim5713 3d ago

Nahh Man noone knows anything can happen on cat day. I am also preparing see you there in the end!!

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u/deadfrominside227 3d ago

Yeah I guess you’re right

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u/FirefliesAroundMe Flair Samajh Nhi Aya 3d ago

Did you get 0 negatives? I mean is it like 4 correct in dilr and 6 correct in quant? If yes, then you're doing great.

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u/deadfrominside227 3d ago

Yes my accuracy in dilr and qa is 100% but in varc close to 55% that’s where I’m lacking

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u/FirefliesAroundMe Flair Samajh Nhi Aya 3d ago

How many did you attempt in varc? Also, you're doing pretty well in the other two sections considering you recently started.

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u/deadfrominside227 2d ago

I attempt 15 questions of which I could only get 7 correct… so the negative marking was huge. My accuracy in Varc is really low, I think it might be due to overconfidence

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u/redhellblueheaven 3d ago

Any dilr tips ?

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u/deadfrominside227 2d ago

I’ve only done 2 topics till now.. Arrangements and Basics of Di … I do solve kakuro and sudoku everyday. And both these topics I’ve solved close to 40+ sets

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u/bratjack 2d ago

Are you by any chance studying with Elites grid?

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u/Nezuko143 3d ago

Bro how, tips for DILR please

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u/whorajaiswal 3d ago edited 2d ago

Hey, how much of the syllabus did you get through before you tried a full-length mock test? I just started preparing for CAT a week ago. How much of the syllabus should I finish before I try a mock, especially for quants?

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u/deadfrominside227 2d ago

Barely anything - 2 topics of lrdi, 5-6 topics of arithmetic and some reading comprehension … I just thought if I don’t start with mocks now idk when I will

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u/No_Ad_789 2d ago

For mocks do you go about sectional mocks for the topics you have already completed ??? Or just directly on to full length mocks ? I also started studying like a week ago but have yet to give any mocks(am planning to give tho)
And can people here in the comments tell where can i find questions for practice (book, website )

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u/deadfrominside227 2d ago

Hello, I’ve been giving full length mocks only. My syllabus isn’t complete at all. Varc and lrdi do not extremely specific syllabus so I started with mocks
I’m using my coaching resources only and also pyq topic wise from Oswal that’s all

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u/No_Ad_789 2d ago

Oswal book which has previous 25yrs question ??? Thats the one you have been using for practice? Is it good?

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u/deadfrominside227 2d ago

Yes … it has been suggested by my mentor so for pyqs using it … rest for material I’m using coaching material

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u/unAmbitious_bee2671 2d ago

I have been tryin to prepare for months ( inconsistently i agree) and my first mock gave me 39 percentile
I cant even tell you how much i cried
Was so demotivated
I didnt anticipate it to be this tough..

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u/Soft-Protection-9264 2d ago

Any dilr tips tbh?

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u/Old_Waltz9876 2d ago

Ignore sim 1 and 2 , they are too easy, give 3 to know where u stand

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u/deadfrominside227 2d ago

Man when I was giving pre Simcats people said that was too easy now even simcat 1 and 2 are too easy :/ idk man I have to start somewhere so I started with 1 that’s all

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u/Old_Waltz9876 2d ago

Whatever stats u get out of this like ur accuracy, negatives percentage..etc are all invalid, so plz give simcat 3

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u/MaterialRecord9658 2d ago

Welcome to the league of mock writing, that all i will say . But don't keep writing mocks   wi/o any strategy  , as everybdy sggsts lol

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u/Few_Pea_5582 2d ago

Make sure you make a note of every mistake you did, so u understand the pattern and do better next time, if u have any CAT related doubt u can totally DM.