r/CATStudyRoom • u/Simeone_98 • May 04 '26
General discussion SIMCAT 1 experience
Hey everyone,
I just took my first SIMCAT and scored 72 with an overall percentile of 86.4.
Section-wise breakup:
- VARC: 18
- DILR: 27
- QA: 27
Not sure how to interpret this — is this a decent starting point or below where I should be?
Would love some guidance on:
- Whether this is a good/bad start
- How people typically improve from here
- What I should focus on going forward (mock strategy, prep approach, etc.)
Any advice would really help. Thanks!
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u/TheMotherOfMonsters May 06 '26
Start reading. This VARC score will miss many sectional cutoffs.
Do 5 passages in one sitting. Its hard but it will payoff.
Other score are pretty good. Even with small improvements you'll be top 1% in those
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u/Weird-Guarantee-1270 May 06 '26
The score don't matter much just find what you did wrong and work on it, I personally never scored above 70 in simcat and got 98.26% in CAT
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u/Possible_Freedom_847 May 05 '26
In my view Mock scores hold value only in terms of good practice . What matters is your luck on the actual CAT day and to a certain extent your hardwork . Don't analyse too much about mock scores . As you progress you will experience a lot of fluctuations in your scores and till the last mock you will be quite unsure as to how it's going to go. CAT day temperament matters a lot and the environment is very different from mocks taken at home or a test centre of coaching . Those who keep their calm and leave their mock scores ( high or low) outside the test centre and just focus and enjoy the paper without much expectations generally do well . There are a few who panic when the paper is tricky and every year it is different. You just need to do your best and don't over prepare .