Students’ Speak: What after you have appeared for SNAP/IIFT/XAT?

By: Abhishek Desai

If you have put in the required efforts during your preparation, you are bound to score well in the exam. Until the results are declared, be and think positive about the outcome. If you are destined to get a great score in an exam, you will surely get it.

It would be a huge relief for aspirants once high-pressure exams such as XAT, SNAP, and IIFT are over. After leaving the exam hall, I advise aspirants to leave from that environment as soon as possible since the fellow candidates could discuss the test at that time. Upon knowing your shortcomings, it might demoralise you hence better reach home and have a much-needed sound sleep. 

Once you wake up, check out the detailed analysis of the overall test from reliable sources on the Internet, coaching classes, and from your peers. Know well where exactly you scored more and where you didn’t. Do not feel too disheartened upon realising your shortcomings; a bad day can happen to even the most sincere of the aspirants. Make a detailed note of both the major and minor errors that happened while giving the exams.

Later in the day, spend some quality time with your parents and friends who would help you unwind nicely. It is also something you surely deserve after missing out during your preparation phase.

Keep realistic expectations from your eventual result, since it won’t hurt you a lot if, just in case, the results don’t turn out as per your wish. There are still some more good exams to follow such as CMAT, CET, etc. Do not let your performance in these exams affect your preparations in the other test(s) in which you have comparatively better chances of scoring higher.

Over the next couple of days, keep abreast of the basic concepts and the list of mistakes you committed in both the mocks and final exams. This will help immensely you in not repeating them in the forthcoming exams such as CMAT, CET, etc.

Since you have already appeared for a high-intense exam in either XAT/SNAP/IIFT, you will be devoid of all exam-related nerves. This would come in handy in the next exams a lot such as CMAT and CET; wherein you could score much better due to their comparatively lower difficulty level. The preparation already done for GK would make giving the next exam involving GK (CMAT) a much smoother ride.

As the upcoming exams would involve a slightly different exam-taking strategy as compared to the XAT/SNAP/IIFT, it is advised to start giving mock tests well in advance. As there is still significant time for the next major exam i.e. CMAT, solving up to three mocks per week would be an ideal strategy.

If you have put in the required efforts during your preparation, you are bound to score well in the exam. Until the results are declared, be and think positive about the outcome. If you are destined to get a great score in an exam, you will surely get it. Even if not, you are destined to get a great score in some other exam. Never lose hope!

About the Author:

Abhishek Desai is currently pursuing Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) in e-Business from Welingkar Institute of Management.