The one area that seems vast and undefined for your PI prep is awareness. During the first phase of your CAT preparation journey, you know the topics you will be tested upon and hence, the defined syllabus allows you to prepare accordingly. But this changes completely when it comes to the second stage of your CAT coaching journey –...Read More

Sometimes we tend to complicate things just because they are important. We feel they must be complicated just because they are important. It happens all the time during the CAT preparation process as well. Even the best CAT Coaching institutes tend to encourage this because somehow it adds the perception of value being added to the CAT coaching experience...Read More

Indulge me because I do end up picking up a lot of cricketing examples in relation to your CAT coaching journey. It is partially borne out of my affection for both CAT and Cricket, and partly because it just makes a lot of sense. But since you’ve been really patient with what I’ve been sharing over the...Read More

I hope your preparation for the final stage of the selection process to B-Schools is on track at MBAGuru. Whether you have some B-School calls or not, I again encourage you to make the best use of the resources and mentorship available to you during this stage of your CAT Prep journey. I will be sharing a...Read More

One of the major drag-downs on success in any field, including CAT preparation, is the tendency to take a lot of pressure. For most of us ordinary mortals, pressure has a negative impact on performance. It takes away a lot of energy, it can cause a brain-freeze at crucial times, and it doesn’t help us improve....Read More

Tendulkar was known to be really good when he was 14 years of age. He was smashing school records and dominating the best bowlers in the Mumbai circuit. And so when he went on to play against a formidable Pakistan pace bowling attack as a 16-year old in 1989, he was already being touted as...Read More

Not all CAT prep success stories are struggles – some are relatively straightforward with just an occasional twist. But am sharing this one because it contrasts with the previous story of Hitanksha, a Journalism student of the Delhi University, for whom it was her reunion with Quant after a long gap that presented a challenge. This is Anant’s...Read More

Often, when a CAT aspirant begins her/his CAT preparation, she/he expresses an apprehension. It is often expressed either while joining a CAT coaching institute, or in the early stages of their CAT coaching classes. Usually, it is something similar to “I am weak in Quant” or “I didn’t have Math after class 10th” or some other...Read More

Over the next few months, every week I will share with you snippets of stories of young students who were in the place you find yourself today in. They were unsure just like you may be today; they were faced with the challenges of CAT prep just like you are today; and they finally overcame those to garner success just like...Read More

There are things that are urgent – paying a bill if the due date is today, driving a little faster than usual if you are late for a train or a flight, meeting a deadline for the submission of an assignment, or finding a urinal when you really really have to 😛 In such a case,...Read More