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MICAT Creative Writing: 7 useful tips

What is MICAT?

The pattern of MICAT along with the MICAT syllabus is different from other MBA Entrance Exams. Most of the MBA Entrance exams are made up entirely of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). However, MICAT has a paper pattern that asks objective, as well as subjective (creative writing for MICAT) questions. The marking scheme for each section isn’t usually disclosed. Although negative marking applies only to the objective questions (except Psychometric) and will not be applicable to any of the subjective questions.

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MICAT Syllabus and pattern

What are the sections in MICAT?

Confused? Get free mentor-ship by experts There are 3 main sections in MICAT namely:

SECTION-A: Psychometric test
SECTION-B: This includes 4 parts namely Verbal ability, Quantitative ability & Data Interpretation, General Awareness, and Convergent thinking.
SECTION-C: Descriptive Test.

What is the descriptive test?

7 things a CAT aspirant is doing wrong

A fascinating section of MICAT is Essay Writing and Story Writing, which includes 4 questions with a duration of 35 minutes.
This section is especially important since MICA wants to check your creativity, which can be showcased in plenty through this section.

This section is difficult to predict and, tests you on your creative skills.

Essay Writing:
This question asks students to write on topics that are directly or indirectly based on daily happenings and issues. The topics usually refer to current affairs and social issues. Sometimes, the topic may be a combination of two or three issues as well. Therefore, make sure that you are well-read on a variety of different topics.

7 things a CAT aspirant is doing wrong

Story Writing:

This question usually asks the candidate to form a story based on a given set of images. The story writing question tests your creativity.

Now there is no specific method to prepare for it but read creative short stories. Reading different stories will give you an understanding of how different topics can be connected and weaved into a story. Once you have an idea, start practicing writing small stories. Ask your friend/classmate to give you random words/topics/images, from which you can then write a story. You can then evaluate your story and keep practicing in the same manner.

Arguments (in favor & against):
In this question, one has to give merits (points in favor) and demerits (points against) on the given topic. The question usually asks students to write 5 points for each part.

Again, the only way to prepare for this is to have awareness about recent and current issues. Therefore, keep reading stuff. Also, while reading, make sure that you consider every aspect and viewpoint on a particular topic. Having an idea about different/opposing viewpoints will help you to generate the for and against points for this section.

*Practice Writing articles/viewpoints/stories every day.

Creative writing for MICAT

Also read: All you need to know about MICAT The Creative Writing section of MICAT might comprise one or more of Essay writing, Story building, arguments for/against a given topic. There is very little time to complete this exercise, which is why the more you practice the better you’re able to attempt. The selection to the next round depends a lot on how well you perform in this section.

7 tips for this section

1. First and foremost Essay Writing

This has been common across the years has seen various topics basis on current and social awareness. MICA wants to test your communication style and skill, so rather than focus on something that will just make you enlist the facts. It selects something that is part of your daily life so that you get a chance to express your perspective and ideas. (more…)

5 Secrets to make it to MICA

The MICA institute, formerly known as the Mudra Institute of Communications, is a very well-known institute for strategic marketing and communication. The institute is located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It was established in 1991. The institute provides post-graduate programmes, fellowship programmes and certificate programmes in various and varied fields. The fields in which programmes are offered at MICA are:

Marketing Research
Digital Communication Management
Brand Management
Media Management
Advertising management
Communication and Social Change

In order to get into MICA candidates need to take the following steps:

1. Appear for at least any one of the 3 exams

The candidates wishing to seek admission into MICA need to appear for at least one of the following exams:

CAT
XAT
GMAT

The candidates who are qualified on the basis of their scores in the above exam can appear for the MICAT.

2. Appear for the MICAT test

The candidates selected have to appear for the MICAT exam. In the exam, the candidates are assessed on the following parameters:

Verbal Ability

It will mainly test the candidate’s English grammar and vocabulary. Around 70% of the questions in the VARC section are asked from the given passages. In the past few years, it is observed that the VARC section in the CAT exam is quite easy to solve. So, scoring in this section becomes extremely important in order to score good percentile.

Data Interpretation

It will test how the candidate deals with Charts and the diagrammatic representations. It is the second section of the CAT exam. All you need to have is logic, alertness, and presence of mind to score well in the section. The section is said to be challenging but in reality, it isn’t that tough if practiced well.

Quantitative Skills

This topic will test the candidate’s ability to deal with numbers. This section is considered to be tough by a lot of candidates. Candidates end up losing a lot of marks in this section. The Quant section tests the mathematical skills of the candidates. This causes discomfort for the students without a mathematical background.

General Awareness

General awareness is a branch which is tested in a lot of competitive exams. The section tests candidates knowledge in topics like national affairs, international affairs, bilateral affairs, sports, persons in news, places in news and recent happenings in all sectors.

Divergent and Convergent Thinking

Divergent thinking means solving problems that may have more than one possible solutions. Convergent thinking means solving problems with only one possible solution. This causes the candidate to think a lot. This tests the thinking skills, common sense and enhances the creativity of the candidate. Get your basic GE-PI queries sorted here MICA GE & PI -FAQs

3. Attend the Group Exercise and Personal Interview

Students who have scored well in the written paper are then qualified for the next rounds:

Group Exercise (GE)

Group exercise is like group discussion. The candidates must be able to put forth his/her opinions in a group. A topic is given to a group of candidates and each candidate has to express his/her views.

Personal Interview (PI)

Personal Interview is conducted in order to know the candidate’s speaking skills and the kind of personality the candidate possesses.

4. Check the Merit List

Merit list is prepared by MICA on the following criterias:

Majority of the panel members should recommend the candidate on the basis of his/her personal interview.
Minimum score of 3.5 on 5 should be acquired by the candidate in the group discussion round.
Minimum score of 4 on 5 should be acquired by the candidate in the personal interview round.
The final score is determined on the basis of the weightage for each level, given as follows:

Level	Weightage (In percentage)
CAT/ XMAT/ GMAT	20%
MICAT	30%
GE	20%
PI	30%

5. Complete the Admission Process

If the candidate completes all the levels and is successful in finding his/her name in the merit list than the candidate has to complete the admission process to successfully be a student of MICA, Ahmedabad. The fees at MICA for a 2 year postgraduate programme including the residential charges is Rs. 18,50,000/- (approximately). MICA also provides scholarship based on the academic performance and family income. Submit all the required documents and complete all the formalities to successfully secure admission into MICA. Related articles: MICA Online GEPI|Past MICAT Papers|All you need to know about MICA

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