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  • Anna varsity rank list serves as tool to evaluate colleges

    The university has stopped publishing report cards of colleges

    As Anna University has stopped publishing report cards of its affiliated colleges, the university’s rank list for 2010 has emerged as a tool to evaluate the colleges in specific subjects.

    According to April/May 2010 rank list published by the Office of the Controller of Examinations, Anna University-Chennai, Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College has 9 rank holders out of the top 50 in B.E. Civil Engineering. Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering has 7 ranks in B.E. Computer Science Engineering and Kongu Engineering College, 7 ranks in B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering.

    Velammal Engineering College and St. Joseph’s College of Engineering have produced six rank holders in B.E. Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

    In Electronics and Instrumentation, Velammal and St. Joseph’s have bagged 15 and 12 ranks in the first 50. Velammal College also performed well in B.E. Mechanical Engineering with 10 ranks, followed by Sri Sairam Engineering College and Mepco Schlenk Engineering College with half the number of ranks.

    In B.Tech Biotechnology, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering is way ahead with 16 ranks. In B. Tech Information Technology, it is a mixed scenario with students from several colleges making it to the list. Panimalar Engineering College has bagged the first and third ranks the above subjects.

    In M.B.A, Sri Sairam Engineering College has 13 ranks to its credit. In M.C.A, students from R.M.K Engineering College, St. Joseph’s Engineering College, Jaya Engineering College and Panimalar Engineering College have secured top ranks.

    “Anna University has released only the list of rank holders. It is for people to infer from the rank list the strength of colleges in specific subjects,” says P. Mannar Jawahar, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University. As Civil, Mechanical, EEE, ECE, CSE, and IT were offered in most colleges, it was for people to analyse, he added.

    The university published college-wise, branch-wise and script-wise list last year for the benefit of students and parents to select courses based on the rankings but the Higher Education Ministry asked it not to publish the report cards as any ranking has to be based on student strength, faculty, infrastructure, research and alumni strength among many other parameters.

    As the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has made online disclosure of all details, including faculty qualification and infrastructure facilities, of technical institutions mandatory, the student community should be able to know everything online before selecting courses and colleges from the next academic year, says Prof. Jawahar.

  • Online CAT : Do’s and Don’ts

    The most obvious aspect of the ‘Online CAT’ that concerns students is the emphasis on the word ‘Online’ rather than the the word CAT. Well, the answer is to keep things simple and not to worry about the ‘Online’ format, instead concentrate on the ‘content’ of the paper.

    CAT is more a test of elimination than a test of selection. The successful candidates often attribute their success to their approach — a poised and calm mind, avoid errors and do not fall into the traps that the exam often surprises you with. This article will address the common errors that students make in the run-up to CAT.

    Error#1: Preparing only for select topics

    One of the serious flaws in the approach over the years has been to narrow down the syllabus and prepare only for select topics based on questions that have appeared in the past few years of CAT. CAT has been an extremely unpredictable examination and is known to spring a surprise every year. There is a high probability that topics or areas that have not had much of a weightage in recent years might make a comeback. Therefore it is in the best interest of students to prepare for all topics.

    Error#2: Speculating on the composition of the paper

    CAT is known to ask questions from a wide assortment of test areas and therefore there is no point speculating as to what might happen this year. The IIMs have hinted that there will be ‘around’ 60 Qs across three sections: Verbal, Quantitative and Logic & Data Interpretation in CAT2010.

    Error#3: Overdose of mocks

    Most students believe that the best way to prepare is to take as many mocks as possible. Repeated mock tests only highlight the same weaknesses and if students are not analysing their mistakes and rectifying them, then there will not be any major improvement in their performance. Therefore, a thorough analysis of every mock test will yield far better results than taking a large number of such tests.

    Error#4: Missing out on items to be carried to the examination centre

    This year, students should carry their Admit Card, the CAT Voucher, a Valid Photo identity (any among Driver’s License, Passport, PAN Card, Voter ID, College ID, Employee Identification Card or a notarised affidavit with photo, signature, date of birth and residential address) and a valid document as proof in case the student belongs to the SC/ST categories.

    Error#5: Blind guessing

    It is has been observed in ‘experimental’ conditions that blind guessing almost always leads to a negative/low score, therefore avoid blind-guessing and marking answers indiscriminately. However, if you are able to eliminate two/three choices (out of the four or five) on proper reasoning, then, it is not advisable to leave out the question even if you do not know how to solve it.

    Error#6: Unequal distribution of time across sections

    The IIMs calls only those students who manage to clear the cut-offs in each section of CAT and also the overall cut-off. To meet this objective it is imperative that you spend equal amounts of time across all three sections to give yourself enough opportunity to clear the cut-off in every section.

    Error#7: Not having a buffer time

    This year the exam will be for 135 minutes and a good time allocation strategy would be 40 minutes across three sections with 15 minutes of buffer time. The buffer is required to cushion against bad performance in any one section or to tackle a section that is exceptionally difficult, or one where the student is not confident of clearing the cut-offs.

    Error#8: Targeting a specific number of Qs to clear cut-offs

    Targeting a pre-set number of questions to clear the cut-offs is not a great strategy, as the cut-offs are a function of the difficulty level of the section and the paper. Hence, one can decide to attempt a certain number of questions during the exam but not before.

    (The author, Sai Kumar, is director of TIME Mumbai, a coaching centre for MBA aspirants)

    Source: Business Standard

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