CAT 2011 prep: Chat live with Arun Sharma, May 28, 12 noon
It's post mid May now and if CAT 2011 is the nut you aim to crack this year, then you better start sharpening your weapons from now. To help you start your CAT 2011 journey and take the right steps throughout, MBAUniverse.com is hosting regular chats with eminent CAT experts. In the previous Live Expert Chat, you got all your queries on Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension from Verbal Ability expert and author Ms Meenakshi Upadhyay.
In the next AskMBAUniverse.com Live Expert Chat you will get your questions on preparing for CAT 2011 answered by CAT guru and author of best selling CAT preparation books, Arun Sharma. The Live Expert Chat will be held on Saturday, May 28, 2011, 12 noon onwards.
Arun Sharma is the renowned CAT expert and author of the best selling CAT preparation books. At present he is the CEO of Mindworkzz. An alumnus of IIM Bangalore, he has the forte of cracking CAT over 11 times.
If you have just started your preparation for CAT or are yet to start it, then this chat is meant for you. You can ask any question to Arun Sharma which is buzzing in your mind related to the CAT 2011 preparation.
The questions, which are probably making rounds over your mind are, ‘When is the right time to start preparing for CAT 2011? What should be the ideal time table for CAT 2011 preparation? How much time shall I dedicate to my weakest section? How to tackle different sections of CAT?' etc.
CAT preparation is not a matter of few days. You need to have regular and systematic preparation for that. The preparation can take anything from six to eight months. So it is better that you get your basic queries clarified at the beginning itself.
In the coming stages of your preparation, you will need to take more and more mock tests and test your learning. If your base is not strong enough, you will not be able to score well in the mock tests and your preparation will not be up to the mark. So you need to address the basic problems which you are facing right at the start and get cracking on CAT 2011.
To participate in the AskMBAUniverse.com Live Expert Chat with Arun Sharma, all you have to do is to click on the following link of MBAUniverse.com:
http://www.mbauniverse.com/mba-syllabus-papers/mba-questions/expertchat.php
You can also pose your queries in advance at editor@mbauniverse.com.
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