Eight Presidents of the United States have graduated from Harvard University: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, John F. Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Bush graduated from Harvard Business School, Hayes and Obama from Harvard Law School, and the others from Harvard College. Some fifty Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the University.
Eight Presidents of the United States have graduated from Harvard University: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, John F. Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Bush graduated from Harvard Business School, Hayes and Obama from Harvard Law School, and the others from Harvard College. Some fifty Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the University.
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You don't have to be an Olympian to boast a winning attitude, but you do have to be willing to work hard to get it.
Here's how:
1· Set performance-oriented goals Focus on goals that you can attain. For example, marking improvements in your performance from week to week. Strive for a little more each time.
2· Plan for your Big Day Find triggers or cues that help you stay focused on your performance during the CAT Exam. Then rehearse that plan in practice. Do what athletes do and visualize yourself going through the exam, focused on your triggers.
3· Avoid mixing your self-worth with your performance This is a danger many Students encounter, and something that you simply must watch for. Your Score DOES NOT equal your self worth.
4· Relive your best performance Write down what you felt and thought. That's your blueprint for how you should capture that performance again. Refer back to it often so that you relive the experience rather than the outcome.
5· Dump your ego If not, you won't allow yourself to do things that make you look bad and in the end, that will keep you from getting better. Tennis players, for example, who have a weak backhand might try to avoid hitting a backhand shot and run around the ball to hit a forehand because they don't want to look bad or lose. Do this and that backhand will never improve.
6· Accept temporary letdowns as normal Nobody's perfect, and no test is ever taken perfectly. Know that you will make errors and mistakes but let them slide. Learn from them and focus on the next event.
7· Laugh often When the going gets tough, the tough laugh, right? Take the negative out of the situation and find something to laugh about.
If I were to point out one single skill that strongly correlates with your final CAT Score, it would be ‘Reading'.
Ability to read fast not only helps for the RC section of the CAT, but is also invaluable in the whole of the Verbal section.
Moreover, a fast reader can shave off seconds on each Quant problem by reading and digesting the information quickly.
But there is more..... being able to read faster will also help you throughout your career. Most of the top managers have reading speeds that are double the national average.
Good Reading skills will not only help you immensely on ALL sections of the CAT, but throughout your professional career.
We all have a capacity for reading much faster than we typically do.
We aren't even scraping the surface of how fast we can read. You see, we have 1,000,000,000,000 brain cells. In fact, the inner connections, the synapses, in our mind are virtually infinite. It has been estimated by a Russian scientist that the number of synapses we have would be one followed by 10 million kilometers of zeros.
Our physical capacity for reading is beyond our comprehension. Our visual unit has the capability to take in a full page of text in 1/20 of a second. If we could turn the pages fast enough, our brain could process it faster than our eyes can see it.
If we could turn those pages fast enough, our eyes have the capacity to read a standard book in six to twenty-five seconds depending on the length of the book. We could take in the entire Encyclopedia Britannica in one hour. So reading 700 - 1,000 words a minute is easily within our reach. We have recently launched the 'Winners' Guide to CAT Reading Comprehension', a book designed to identified your reading blocks, and help you triple your reading speed.
This comprehensive 150+ page book will help you:
- Identify the ‘blocks' to reading faster.
- Clear these blocks and double/triple your reading speed.
- To apply the same strategies that CAT RC Winners use to get that 99 percentile.
This book has been highly appreciated by students since its launch two month's back.
It is still available at the launch price, but within 48 hours, we will revise its price to the standard price.
As a valued subscriber, we would like to give you this opportunity to buy the book at its launch price.
Also, since it is a new book, if you give us a testimonial, you could see your name on our Website,
But hurry, we must receive your testimonial by the end of the month.
Click (or cut and paste) the link below for more details on the 'Winners' Guide to CAT Reading Comprehension'.
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Do you want to excel in your CAT exam? Are you completely confused about how to go about preparing for your CAT because of the amount of information available everywhere? Do you think that you are completely at a loss on where to look for preparatory material, advice, and tips for your CAT?
Are you waiting for the right inputs, and for someone to point you in the right direction?
Let me share some of my experiences with you, and maybe you could benefit from them.
First and foremost, make up your mind about whether or not you actually want to attempt this test, as once your mind is firmly made up, you will find things easier.
Draw up a list of your strengths and weaknesses, and depending on these, make a structured study plan or take up a course.
Try to do as many different types of questions as possible. Remember, the more familiar you are with the content of the test, the more prepared you will be for the exam.
When I was preparing for my CAT, I used the method of approaching the exam step by step, and I would try my best to achieve one goal before going on to the next, and each time, I would visualize where I actually wanted to be, and I would stop and think if what I was doing would get me there.
e.g. Initially, I used to have a lot of trouble with reading comprehension. Tried various strategies, but nothing worked. Finally, I decided to focus completely on Reading Comprehension and set myself a target of getting at least 90% question right.
For this I had to dig very deep into what made fast readers tick, and do a lot of practice and research. Eventually, I was doing the RC questions with near 100% accuracy. This is also reflected in my 99 percentile score in Verbal.
(These preparation notes for RC have helped scores of students overcome this section. These notes have been greatly refined and added to over the years, and are now available in the 'Winners' Guide to CAT Reading Comprehension'. Click on the link below for more details.)
http://www.mycatprep.com/WinnersGuidetoCATRC.html
This method of setting small goals helped me a great deal in my preparations: I would have the satisfaction of having achieved my goal, before I progressed on to the next one, and this proved to be a great help to me in my journey to becoming a CAT Winner.
It is of utmost importance to spend sufficient time reviewing the questions you have got wrong, and also the questions you have got right, as this will show you what you have to do next. Do not worry, with proper and determined preparation, there is absolutely no reason why you cannot ace the CAT, and become a top scorer.
If you want any more practical tips and advice, go to to read the ‘Ultimate Guide to cracking the CAT', an excellent book that helps you to concentrate on your weak points and conquer them successfully, and to raise your score by 10 to 25 percentile points at one go!
Click on the link below for 'Ultimate Guide to cracking the CAT'
The first thing you DON'T need to do when you are preparing for your CAT is to get worried and worked up about the approaching exam. Remain cool and calm, and prepare well in advance, so that you are familiar with the format and the type of questions that are asked.
What you DO need to do is to review the types of questions on each section, the format, and the directions that are given for each section, and then answer them, while at the same time taking extra care to time yourself.
DO review and study one section of the CAT at one time, and allow yourself at least two months of study and intense preparation before you attempt the sample tests. DON'T skim through the questions, or the possible answers, even when you are simply practicing. This is because skimming will make you miss important and fine distinctions and nuances of each question, and unless you are familiar with them, you may well end up giving the wrong answers.
If, however, you feel that you are not sure of the correct answer, then what you can DO is quickly eliminate those choices that you know are definitely wrong, and select the answer that you think would be the best choice.
DON'T forget to try your very best to complete each section, before you move on to the next one. When you are attempting sample papers, DON'T forget to pace yourself, so that you can take the time to evaluate each answer, and choose the best one. DON't skip answers, and DON'T randomly and simply GUESS the answers; take the time to make a wise and informed choice. Remember, there is no need to fear your CAT; prepare well, practice well, and DON'T lose your cool at any time!
Why should you settle for less when you can have more?
The CAT is an exam that can be tackled with the right prep stragegy. There are hundreds of students who have improved their scores by 20+percentage points by focused study and preparation.
There is absolutely no reason why you should settle for a lower score when you have the potential to get more.
One of the most confusing issues that I faced when I started my CAT prep was how to choose from the flood of material that is available in the market? How to organize my preparation so as to maximize the results and most important of all, how to control my nerves?
Unfortunately, there were no easy answers. Moreover, at that time, I had no guidance and had to learn things the hard way, spending a lot of time & money in the process.
But you don't have to do it the hard way, you don't have to settle for anything less than the best score that you can get without fretting over umpteen books and superfluous coaching.
And that is because I have detailed out the winning strategies and done a thorough review of the CAT prep material available in the market, in my book, the 'Ultimate Guide to cracking the CAT'.
Here is what G Murthy, a CAT Winner, has to say about the 'Ultimate Guide to cracking the CAT'
This Book was probably the Best thing that happened to me. With so many types and variety of courses and study material, I just did not know where to start. I wanted to focus on my Quant and did not know where to look.
After reading this book and applying the strategies, I managed to raise my score by
15 percentage points.
If you want to 'go for the Gold' in the CAT, I strongly recommend 'Ultimate Guide to cracking the CAT'
- G Murthy (CAT: 99.4 Percentile)
If you are looking at a 99 percentile+ score, you must not forget that it is your positive mindset and psychological makeup that will bring you a higher score, and merely knowledge is not sufficient.
You must develop a real winner's attitude, and make up your mind that you will cross the finish line, no matter what. This in itself is half the battle won!
For starters, if you are in full time work, plan to take at least two weeks off before your CAT so that you can concentrate on your studies and feel confident enough to face the test bravely.
You do not need more than four month of consistent preparation to ace the CAT. Also, do not refer to too much material; select your prep material wisely, and focus on it completely.
Set yourself reasonable goals: doing 500 to 800 problems in total should be enough to prepare you for the D day and there is no need to attempt any more!
Remember, poor planning and setting excessively lofty goals will only let you down and put you on the path to burnout. Avoid this: set reasonable goals, and try to vary your study routine so that it remains interesting. Once boredom sets in, you will not be able to conquer it easily!
Take mock tests, and attempt full length tests before the actual CAT.
This will help you a great deal as you will know exactly where you stand. Learn from your mistakes. Maintain a record of the frequent mistakes that you have made and try to understand the concepts behind the question.
Join a forum, where people like you share their views with each other, and you will be able to benefit from learning about another's mistakes.
If you feel that the time limit for the CAT may be against you, then practice writing answers with a timer next to you, and mark the time after each answer. This way, you will know exactly how long you have taken for each question, and know to make it shorter the next time.
Remain confident, and de-stress yourself before you enter the Exam Hall. There have been instances of people ‘freezing up' and forgetting their answers when they start writing the CAT. Avoid these pitfalls, remain cool and calm, and walk in with full faith in yourself and in your abilities. Perform to the best of your ability, and cross the finish line successfully! Good preparedness and cool self confidence will take you places, and bring you the scores you deserve.
