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Vocabulary for MBA Entrance Exam: Expert tips to Improve Vocabulary
A good vocabulary not only enhances one’s command over the knowledge of words but also improves their personality. Also, learning vocabulary becomes a cakewalk when you realise even sparing some minutes out of your busy schedule to read the daily newspapers and good books or novels can help you to have an excellent vocabulary. All you need to inculcate reading habits if you are not the one who is more into reading. know more about the vocabulary enhancement tips given by Sumit Singh Gandhi, CEO, CATKing, Educare. Building your vocabulary is one of the simplest methods to boost the impact of your writing and make any writing work easier since you'll always have a variety of synonyms to choose from. It doesn't have to be tough or painful to expand your vocabulary.
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10 ways to Improve Vocabulary
Reading -“Reading books is the ultimate word frequency list”. Reading is great because it allows you to learn and to reinforce vocabulary. You learn the vocabulary in its context, together with another relevant vocabulary, and you also get the most frequently used and useful words.
Lookup for new words - You should look for the new words daily and try to grasp them.
Make a journal - Whatever new words you learned today try to jot them down. You keep revising them so that you don’t forget.
Speak up - Use good vocabulary in your conversation. This will help you to look different from the mass. Gradually, when you will sit for the interview you are going to notice that you are speaking so fluently and even using good words. This quite attracts the panellist often.
Get a good bilingual dictionary - It’s a great idea to look up obscure words you don’t quite grasp that come to you on the fly as you go about your day. You can also use the dictionary or thesaurus to look up unfamiliar words you come across in your daily life.
Play games - It’s not necessary to learn with books only. You can also learn while playing games. There are plenty of board games designed to increase your word power like unscramble, solve different kinds of puzzles.
Reading Idioms and Phrases - Idioms are particularly important since they allow you to express yourself in unique and unique ways. You may say "You hit the nail on the head" instead of "You're correct," which is a more complicated and fascinating statement. Idioms may also be rather amusing to employ, allowing you to express yourself more authentically while also showcasing your personality and sense of humour.
Surround yourself with English Speaker - You should try to converse in English as much as possible. You can watch some YouTube videos of CATKing and learn from them.
Learn Synonyms as well as Antonyms - Synonyms and antonyms might help you expand your vocabulary. Finding words with similar meanings that you can substitute for a commonly used word might provide you more options for expressing yourself. Understanding the antonym of a word – or precisely what the phrase does not represent – might help you grasp the meaning of the word more clearly.
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Read Norman Lewis - Reading Norman Lewis word power makes your vocabs quite strong. You can get access to CATKing dashboards where you get videos of vocabulary.
Watch English Movies - When you are watching English movies read the subtitles. This makes you read faster and fluently. As you see a new word jot it down in your diary.
Aeon Essay - Read different articles from aeon essays like philosophy, sociology, technology, etc.
News Reading - Make a habit of reading newspapers daily. There are various sources like The Financial Times, Economic Times, and Business World, etc. Build a habit to read and understand and form a storyline as you keep reading further to have an overall idea towards the end.
You can use a variety of apps and websites to help you learn vocabulary for the CAT. For candidates of the CAT, GRE, GMAT, and just common folks who want to enhance their vocabulary, there are a variety of apps available for both Android and iOS. These applications make learning new words enjoyable and interactive.
Power Vocab - This famous app is a meaningful matching game called Power vocab. Users match the meaning of their words to the meaning of their words, and vice versa. To improve your vocabulary, you can compete against other users or play timed activities.
Vocabulary.com - Another famous app that helps you learn new words and also remembers them later, through interactive games and puzzles.
7 Small Words is a fun game in which you are given seven definitions and tiles with two or three letter combinations on them that you must arrange into the seven words. You learn by narrowing down your options from words you already know to words you don’t.
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With 84.91 percentile in CAT (General, male, no work experience), top colleges like IIMs, IITs, FMS, MDI, etc. are not possible. You may get calls from private institutes such as IMT Nagpur/Hyderabad, IMI Bhubaneswar, XIME, SDMIMD, Welingkar (some programs) and similar colleges. Universities like Amity or LPU are also options.
It’s better to choose carefully, as placements and ROI may be average. Reattempting CAT or trying XAT/CMAT could improve options.
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With a CAT percentile of 88.77 and a strong CGPA of 9.0, you are in a competitive range for newer IIMs (like IIM Amritsar, IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Nagpur) and several top non-IIM B-schools such as TAPMI, BIM Trichy, Great Lakes, IMI Delhi, FORE School of Management, and KJ Somaiya. You may not reach the older IIMs (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, etc.) since they usually require 98+ percentile, but you have excellent chances at mid-tier and emerging institutes.
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The expected cutoff for the JAP (Joint Admission Process) is around 90 to 95th percentile, with a minimum sectional cutoff of around 75 percentile in Quantitative Ability. You have scored 82.2% which is very low; that's why you are unlikely to meet the minimum criteria for the JAP IIMs in the general Category.
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Here is your IIM Cutoff for Gen/OBC/SC/ST, CS Score Cut Off. I am providing you the link. Kindly open and check it out. From here you can get all the details.
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With a CAT score of around 80 percentile and about 2 years of work experience, getting a call from the top IIMs (IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Kozhikode, Indore) is extremely difficult, as their cutoff percentiles are usually much higher, even for reserved categories. These institutes typically shortlist candidates above 95–99 percentile depending on category, academic profile, and diversity factors.
However, you may still have some chances at a few of the newer or baby IIMs, especially if you belong to a reserved category (SC/ST/OBC/EWS) and have a decent academic background. IIMs such as IIM Jammu, IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Sambalpur, IIM Nagaland, IIM Amritsar, and IIM Vizag have historically called candidates in the 75–85 percentile range for certain categories. Your 2 years of work experience can also work in your favour, as most IIMs give weightage to professional experience during shortlisting and final selection.
That said, selection does not depend on CAT percentile alone. Factors like your 10th and 12th marks, graduation score, academic consistency, gender and academic diversity, work experience quality, and performance in the personal interview play a very important role. Even with an 80 percentile, a strong interview and profile can improve your chances at newer IIMs.
You should also keep strong non-IIM options open. At this percentile, good colleges like newer IIT MBA programs, some NITs, and reputed private B-schools can offer better and more realistic opportunities. Applying broadly and preparing seriously for the interview stage is very important.
In summary, while top IIMs are unlikely at 80 percentile, you may still have a realistic chance at some of the newer IIMs depending on your category and overall profile.
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