Well I was talking to a friend of mine yesterday, and he is appearing for CAT this year and he was asking what to do, now that there is just a month and a few days to go for the big day, and my advice to him was DO NOTHING.
Now, I know that I am no authority on handling the CAT exam, or in stress management, but since you are reading this means that you dont have any alternatives either, so why not just read what this guy has to say ;)
Anyways as I told my friend, do nothing. Dont start off with any new concepts, dont brood over any topics that you havent covered, basically free your mind up of any unnnecessary clutter.
You have given it all the effort that you could, now is the time to just sitback and go on auto-pilot. You have trained hard, for all eventualities just so that you dont get carried away by the magnitude of the task, you have prepared hard so that your instincts take over and just glide you through those 2.5 hours.
I mean it would make more sense to listen to Shahrukh's 70 minute speech than going through Numbers again.
I cant resist PJs.
And its here that I would like to use the words of a friend,
Remember that not so long ago it was the boards which was like everything in the world for you for your parents, for your pados wali aunty, for your chachi, mami and God knows who!!
And then it was those Engineering Entrance Examinations (and similarl exams for others), it just felt like that was it, that was what the world stood for, and I am sure you have realised that No, there is more to life than what you do in a closed room for 120-150 mins. There is more to life than those 5 digits which denote your percentile, there is more to life than these exams can ever test...
I know some of you would be like, its easy for me to say, but trust me you will realize the same things sooner or later.
Until then, Remember this when you step inside that examination hall for the test, this is not the end of the world, this is just an exam which would last for 150 minutes and damn it!! it happens every year, and so do all the other entrance exams, so chill and just do your best.
Good Luck!!
