Introduction

So here is the first post in this blog.

First of let me clarify why I've created this blog in the first place and why one should read it, the second one is a very appropriate question considering that as of now I am just another CAT aspirant, without any exceptional under-graduate record.
But then, as far as CAT is concerned, do you really think it matters??? Or for that matter that you actually need a very high IQ or a lot of hard work to crack it.
The answer is a clear and emphatic no. All it takes to crack CAT (remember I am talking about CAT as of now and not getting into IIMs or other institutes) is common-sense and a basic (high-school) knowledge of mathematics and English, don’t believe me!!! Read this post completely and if you still don’t agree, you can very well call this blog and the author “CRAP” and move on.
When I was in my class 12’th I used to think there is no life beyond the IITs (and may be NDA, this story will be told some other time), but then as I moved on in life I realized that no there actually is life beyond the IITs, and there is a place called IIMs where even the gold-medalists from the IITs covet to enter. In my time (no I am not too old, my time means 2005-2006) IIT-JEE used to be an exam which demanded hard-work, even the best minds used to burn mid-night oil to get into the Mecca of Indian undergraduate studies. And as you all can see, being an out-right lazy fellow that I am, I failed to get into them and am here in KIIT. Add to that, I am a student with pretty ordinary record, in 10’Th (83), 12’Th (82), B.Tech (8.0/10 till now) and I have been unsuccessful in SSB for NDA for outright 4 times.
But then CAT is a different ball game, in other exams such as IIT-JEE you can see and feel your progress as you get further into your preparations, but unless you actually understand what CAT demands its really difficult to make any significant progress, and trust me you won’t need much hard-word or a IQ of 160 to crack it, take my example, by my previous academic record you must have seen that I am an outright ordinary student and still some-how I’ve always managed to get over 99 percentiles in all but one mocks I’ve ever appeared. And if some-one has 10 out of 11 percentiles of over 99.15 including quite a few of 99.9x and just one exception of 98.xx then he gotta know something which might be worthwhile to look into, ISN’T IT ???
Hoping that this would have solved (may be partially) the second question let’s move on to the first question, why am I interested in this???
==> No-one is perfect, and in no field period, it would be a mutual process where we would be learning from each-other, so I am just making a platform where exchange of knowledge will take place.
==> I’ve seen that a lot of my friends, who are more intelligent than me, and who are putting a hell lot of effort more than me and more than what is required (in my humble opinion) getting way less marks and in turn percentiles than what they deserve. People who score 99.xx in 1 mock and then suddenly fall to 8x.xx are really good, but what they lack is the right approach, and you all must have felt that your marks in mocks aren’t actually a true reflection of your ability; I want to see all of them getting their due.
==> In case I don’t make into some IIM, it would be good to have some of my friends into there. :D

So let the journey begin, please pour in your comments and or doubts, if you have, I will definitely try my level best to answer them.