Byju's free quant workshop

Byju did a free quant workshop yesterday at the JyothiNivas College,koramangala.
Nearly 250 people attended the workshop.

Byju started with Speed Calculation techniques.The first thing was how to convert all divisions to single digit divisions.Then he moved on to squares and square roots.He spent a good 20 minutes on these techniques.
Then he moved on to Algebra.He emphasized on converting a standard sum to a specific sum using
simple sample values.He showed some examples where using this strategy simplifies the problem.
He spent some time on geometry and Permutation and Combination.
A major part of the workshop was on NUMBERS.He showed the use of power cycles.He also explained how Basic remainder theorem,Fermat's theorem,Chinese remainder theorem can be used to find the remainders.
Merely stating the content of the workshop is of no use to anybody.I do realize that.But my grasp on the techniques that Byju explained yesterday is very limited.In a few days , I hope to practice some of the techniques/Methods and gain a much better understanding.At that point in time I will make detailed posts on the techniques and how they can be used to solve CAT problems.

Coming to Byju himself, He is enormously talented.There is no doubt there.
But he certainly doesnot suffer from humility.He brags and boasts about
his capabilities every couple of minutes.We have to sit through that.But if
we can tolerate his arrogance , which stem from his superior capabilities ,
there is a lot to gain from his classes.His classes last continuosly for 4+ hours and
he teaches to a class of 200+ people.Inspite of these huge numbers , the takeaway
is huge and can make a difference.

AIMCAT 920 results

The results are out.

My Verbal scores are right up there.
Quant and DI- the less said, the better.

The very poor showing in 2 very important sections even before the battle has begun,
is frightening to say the least.

Need to pick up momentum.
Long Nights ahead..............................

Byju CAT Classes

When I went to Jyothi Nivas College to take the mock,a few people were
standing outside the college issuing a notice for a free quant workshop by
Byju.The notice said that Byju was a serial CAT topper .
Since the workshop was supposed to start at 1 PM only , I thought I will
take the mock and then attend the workshop.But the mock got over only
at 2 PM and I had to miss the workshop.

I returned home and googled Byju. There were lots of positive reviews for
the classes that he conducts.Some folks had reviewed his classes in a
Pagalguy thread for Bangalore coaching centers.

Looks like Byju is doing another workshop this coming Saturday at 4 PM.
Venue:Jyothi Nivas College.

If you were one of those guys who missed the last workshop, go for this.

Best of Luck..............................

TIME AIMCAT 920

TIME conducted it's first AIMCAT for CAT 2008 on May 18th. TIME AIMCAT series was originally supposed to start on the 25th. IMS which usually has it's mocks from July decided to start early and increase the number of mocks forcing TIME to change the dates
and reduce the prices as well.A good bargain for CAT aspirants in the end.

Since both the IMS SIMCAT and TIME AIMCAT were held at the same time,I decided
to go with TIME as I have done these last couple of years.TIME did a bad job in terms of organizing the first AIMCAT,at least that's how it was in my center. There were lots of people walking in after ten without prior registration.TIME had very few people to manage the crowd.
The test started 20 minutes late.

The mock itself was pretty okay and was in the lines of last year's CAT.No
surprises there. I started with the verbal section(again no surprises there).
Did a few questions. Then moved to quant.Did the first 2 questions and
then came back to verbal. Completed it.Went to quant and then DI.

Not a great strategy, I admit.I was just experimenting.

As has been the case these last few years, I did well in verbal but got
badly screwed in Quant and DI.I have always started the AIMCAT
series well.I managed a sub 150 rank last time and I had 98+ percentile
the year before that. I lose momentum after the first 7-8 mocks.I
started missing sectional cut-offs regularly.Then the overall ranking and
the percentile drop to alarmingly low levels.

By all indications , It's a bad start this year.

I hope things get better from here

TAKEAWAYS:

Need to stick to a proper time plan.

Should not keep DI for last

Need to practice DI regularly

I missed a few sitters in Quant.Should read all quant questions in the future.