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CAT Prep and college – How to balance

CAT Prep: How to Crack It Without Losing Your Job or college fun (or Sleep!) 🚀

Dekh yaar, let’s be real – most CAT toppers weren’t locked in a room for months or years just doing their CAT coaching online or offline. Basically, they were just like you:

  • Juggling college fests and  mocks at their CAT Coaching
  • Surviving office meetings while dreaming of IIM calls & escaping the dracula boss forever
  • Mastering the art of “3am Quant solving” (with chai, obviously)
  • Choosing between Netflix and mock tests (Spoiler: Most I know did both, but wisely!)

The one equation you need to understand is 3 hrs daily > 21 hrs weekly. Obviously I know the Math doesn’t add up. But this is the gym logic for CAT! What it means is that sum of the parts is more when you are consistent. So, 7 hours each on 3 days won’t get you as far as 3-4 hours on 5-6 days with the help of your CAT Coaching!

Therefore, in a nutshell, Consistency > Bursts: “10 din mein DILR god” is a myth – trust the process!

So, basis this, let’s get you ready to crack the CAT …

Your CAT Game Plan (Without Quitting Life)

  1. Weekly > Monthly Planning ⏳
  • CAT is in November? So, think in terms of number of weeks left, not months!
  • Sample week:
    • Mon-Wed: 3 hrs daily (Basics + Classes + Homework from your CAT Coaching online or offline)
    • Thu-Fri: 2-3 hrs daily (Quick revisions + Sectionals + Extra work on weaker areas)
    • Weekend Day-1: 5-6 hrs (1 Full mock + analysis)
    • Weekend Day-2: Relax, enjoy. Life > CAT. Even God took his Sundays off. Undeniably Modi ji ke alaawa sabko ek day off chahiye na to recharge.
  • Pro Tip: Treat prep like gym – 20-25 mins daily > 3 hrs once a week!
  1. Skills > Syllabus 🧠 CAT tests your brain’s agility, not memory! How you think > what you know.
  • Quant: “Tricky math? Options eliminate karo like Tinder left-swipes!” ❌
  • DILR: “Puzzles = WhatsApp group drama. Spot the logic, ignore the noise!” 💬
  • VARC: “RCs = College lectures. Half-listening, full guessing!” 😉

So, ratta maarna ekdum bekaar. Additionally, just passively consuming videos won’t help much either. Finally, it’s not the teacher who will be tested. So, you have to actively APPLY what you LEARN! At MBAGuru, this is mandatory – plus homework waala toh poocho mat abhi.

  1. The real value of CAT Coaching 🎯 – 800-1000 hrs total prep = 300 hrs coaching + 600 hrs self-study
  • Basically, CAT coaching gives: Basics, shortcuts, test strategies, “yeh question CAT mein aata hai” insider info, DCS, attention, focus, discipline, guidance, mentorship… iske liye kya chahiye – small batch-size for attention, awesome 99+%iler faculty pool, multiple DCS channels, actual application of fundas in class-rooms, and jugs full of motivation when you are down.
  • Your job: Show up! (Like you do for salary/Parents’ WhatsApp calls)
  • But it must give you a solid plan for the 600 hrs of self-study. A plan that’s PERFECT for YOU! That’s what the ADAPTIVE Prep for MBAGuru does.

The MBAGuru Edge

Finally, CAT coaching is a force multiplier: MBAGuru’s “Cheat Code”

✅ Smart work > Hard work (Right focus for YOUR weak areas)

✅  Max Batch size = 30 (Bach ke kahaan jaooge bachhu!)

✅ No FOMO (Balance CAT + college/work + thoda sa social life)

✅ No “Yaar, time nahi mila” excuses (Compulsory homework = discipline)

So, ADAPTIVE prep ensures:

  • Your weak areas get extra love (like mom’s “beta, thoda aur kha lo”)
  • The areas you are strong in turn deadlier (like Delhi winters) ❄
  • You waste zero time (unlike that 3hr “study” session where you scrolled Reels)

TL;DR:

  • 3 hrs daily + weekly mocks = IIM dreams alive
  • CAT Coaching Online or Offline = GPS for your CAT prep journey
  • Self-study = Where real growth happens, but how you do it should come from the previous point.
  • Passive learning in CAT Prep = 0, shunya, nada, zilch – you get the idea!

P.S. CAT is like cricket – practice nets (in every class) matter more than textbook theory! If just watching videos of Kohli won’t make you a GOAT, how would watching videos of even an awesome faculty get you to an IIM? 🏏

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