Myths About The CAT Exam!
With just a little time left for the CAT Exam Preparation, it’s common for the students to get nervous. One of the things that ignite and fuel this nervousness is the myths associated with the CAT Exam. There are many common myths associated with CAT that lie at the root of these rising stress levels among aspirants.
In the following article, we have unmasked most common myths students have about the CAT Exam:
CAT is an extremely difficult exam to crack!
More often than not, the fundamental difference between those who crack the exam and those who don’t is the mindset. Beyond a basic level of intelligence, the exam is more about attitude than brilliance. Most students stumble when it comes to having the right mindset. In fact, they start telling themselves: ‘CAT is too difficult for me to crack’. This mindset needs to be changed, as CAT is more about your attitude and mindset than your intelligence. The questions asked in CAT are from the 10th standard syllabus.
High reading speed is essential.
It is important that you understand that CAT is not an exam that tests your reading speed. What it assesses is your ability to comprehend pieces of writing. The average CAT passage now is about 600-900 words and as per the current time limit; one has around five minutes to read it. Hence, it is more important to understand perfectly than to read faster.
If your spoken English is not fluent, you cannot clear CAT.
Not true! Your ability to speak English fluently is not an indicator of how well you can score in your Verbal Ability section in CAT. This section is concerned more with logic and understanding of the context than with English, except a few question types like sentence correction and vocabulary.
A candidate can easily excel this section with proper practice and analysis.
Also, while spoken English does not determine your performance in the exam, it does have a strong bearing in the subsequent stages i.e. Group Discussions and Interviews. Hence, it is always advisable to work on it and improve.
CAT is a piece of cake for Engineers!
Wrong! Engineers find only the Quantitative Aptitude/Mathematics section of CAT easier owing to their graduation discipline. And this is the only advantage that Engineers have over other students.
Hope the above article has helped to demystify some of the myths you had about the CAT Exam.