I got a score of 33 out of 300. what will be my approx percentile and what can I do to perform better?
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Answer (1)
15th Dec, 2018
Hi Aspirant,
Visit the following link for help-
https://www.careers360.com/mba/articles/cat-score-vs-percentile
In order to score better,first of all understand what the syllabus is.For quants and LR/DI,it's important to solve a lot of problems. Follow standard books for this purpose. The books of Arun Sharma can prove to be of major help.
For the language section,go through word power made easy by Norman Lewis, Arun Sharma and also go through newspapers daily.Develop the habit of reading.You can also read novels for this purpose.
Understand language and plan effectively. Then solve questions of Comprehensions.
Practice from online tests,mock papers and previous years papers. It'll help a lot.
Hope this helps.
Visit the following link for help-
https://www.careers360.com/mba/articles/cat-score-vs-percentile
In order to score better,first of all understand what the syllabus is.For quants and LR/DI,it's important to solve a lot of problems. Follow standard books for this purpose. The books of Arun Sharma can prove to be of major help.
For the language section,go through word power made easy by Norman Lewis, Arun Sharma and also go through newspapers daily.Develop the habit of reading.You can also read novels for this purpose.
Understand language and plan effectively. Then solve questions of Comprehensions.
Practice from online tests,mock papers and previous years papers. It'll help a lot.
Hope this helps.
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