What happened from may 19th to may 27th:
Mid terms got over and we blinked and its term exams in another couple of days. As if this wasnt enough pressure, we were gifted with a few assignments to keep us 'busy'. The weekend was spent preparing for the elections which in a way was a not so efficient use of time, since most of the batch dint turn up for the soapbox. But then democracy has its own disadvantages, and the person who is campaigning has to devote time for the same.
One efficient use of time was the blood donation camp that was organized here by "Team Net Impact" it attracted 263 donors and was very well managed Kudos to the team. But for my participation in the event most of the time period from may 19(my last blog) till now may 27th has been spent on not so important items. The results of mid term came out and I managed to stay below average in all exams.
Now I have an excuse for not studying, I have been practicing lines such as "man mid terms killed my enthu", "exams are not indicative of ones wisdom", "grades are not important" etc.
The campaigning for the elections along with itself brought the side effects - mud slinging, kicking some dirt and I am so much in a quagmire now that if not rescued i might drown ;-). Ok PJs apart - the campaigning has been a great experience, I got to know several things about myself, went thru a round of ego bashing, there were highs and lows and one gets to figure out who his friends are.
I have been fighting to get enough sleep and the last few days have missed my breakfast , the sad part is i have already paid for the same. And finally the subject of this blog, all the happenings and the lack of sleep have kinda drained me out, I have been running slight temperature the last two days too. All this makes me too weak and too lazy to blog.
Took the CAT(Entrance exams to IIMs) last Sunday. For an exam that is regarded as one of the most competitive in Asia - I dint prepare at all. Although I had to leave at 7.30am to reach the exam hall in time , I was at Sathyam Cinemas Chennai, Watching "A Mighty Heart"(Review later) till 1 AM. Reason why I was this careless or unconcerned about preparing is that I had already accepted defeat - After having purchased the CAT application form , I said to myself this aint happening you just wasted 1100 rupees.
I continued with this attitude and took the exam in spite of not having prepared, to test my own aptitude levels. I must admit that i was very over confident and even complacent. I told myself and to all those who enquired that 85 percentile was assured since I have never performed badly in CAT and 2 times i took it before I prepared for only 2-3 days.
But CAT proved me totally wrong. Quants the section in which I presumed i was invincible was a total bouncer my accuracy was horrible and so was my speed. In the recent years CAT has moved more from a speed test to an accuracy test , which is good if u know how to make hay out of it.
Anyways let me not bore you more, to summarize , the results unleashed a severe ego bashing and brought my confidence about attempting aptitude tests crashing to 5000ft below sea level. Here is my score card as generated by one of these sites that discussed CAT 2007.
cheers,
--Badri--
Your score card
Set No 222
Name Badrinath Vengalathur Srinath
Section Wise Detail
Section Name , Right attempts, Wrong attempts, Total attempts
DI/LR 11,8,19
Lang 5,10,15
Quant 3,8,11
Total 19,26,45
Net Score - 55
Score needed for IIM call - 110+
