HELP REAGARDING JIPMAT VA
Please if anyone can go through my account and tell me what to do for VA of JIPMAT( I have completed my VA course ,including grammar but it is still a thorn in the flesh). please do not tell me to revise words from afterboards,I already have my personal list of around 600-700 exam specific words with me. I only define words which are niche and obscure on afterboards.
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Looking at your swot and seeing that only 1/3rd of the synonym questions are answered makes us tell you to revise words. I don't know how you're spending time revising 600-700 words in your personal list per se but unless your have spaced repetition, you're bound to forget.
Psychologists researching memory have shared this:
Let's take an example itself:
These are words which are very common in the english language, any one who has watched any documentary or read an article on 'affordability' (we had an RC on this when Zohran Mamdani was running to be the mayor of NYC) would know the meaning of 'prudent' and 'frugal'.
However, this word is not defined in your word-list and I'm unsure of the steps you're taking to remember it.
first to answer your doubt. I knew what frugal means. I was confused between wasteful and prudent(at that time I dont know what that word mean). So I took a calculated risk and marked prudent.
dont know whose SWOT analysis is that mine looks like this btw

Ahhhh, did the cache not get reset while switching accounts -- apologies! Based on what you've shared, your post makes a lot more sense.
vocabulary is on of my fortes. Grammar is where I lag behind
Makes sense, what's your plan for Grammar moving forward?
I wanted to ask you about this actually. I have tried and tested each and every thing I could for grammar in my drop year but it is still not great.
what would be your strategy ??? I have notes of my grammar courses and I am revising them. I can also add question practising sessions into my schedule.
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Also, do not be under the assumption that "I did a course on VA, hence, I should get most of the questions right' -> VA is 10% course, 10% question practice (a little more in the case of JIPMAT-styled questions), 80% doing your 5-why analysis and contrasting the difference between what you had in mind versus what the examiner had in their mind (see the video of Lekisha who went from IIM Ranchi to IIM Ahmedabad, she shared her VA tips -- she had 100%ile in VARC in CAT).
I'd recommend doing grammar once more honestly.
this mock was way back in november bhaiya. If you check my latest 3 jipmat mocks my grammar accuracy have increased from 60% to 70%
I completed my VA course in the end of december.
kind of agreed to the part that I do forget rules and need to pay extra attention to it