Players and teams that prepare for years for the World Cup or the Olympics begin to feel the nerves a few days/weeks before the actual event. If CAT is giving you that kind of a feeling – congratulations, just shows that you are human! (Even if you are a Champion.) Remember, just like you, everyone...Read More
To get what you have never got, you must do what you have never done. If you keep doing what you’ve been doing, you will keep getting what you’ve been getting. Just more of the same, will only get you some more of the same. Change, unfortunately, is one of the most counter-intuitive responses of...Read More
A few days ago, we lost a shining star, one of our students, Pooja, who had appeared for CAT-19 and was aiming for CAT-20 now. She was diagnosed with leukemia in February this year. Words fail me as I struggle to express – and I wish I never had to write such a mail. But...Read More
There is no single number (apart from 100%) that can be termed as ideal accuracy. But a more useful parameter to consider is desirable accuracy.This too will vary for each one of you. 1. It depends on your strengths and weaknesses. You should aim to maximize your accuracy in topics/areas/sections that you are really good...Read More
In my first 2 blog posts on this topic, I wrote in detail about the first 2 steps (of 5 steps to mastering the VARC section in CAT): You can read them here and here if you haven’t already. Onto Step3 now. Step3: Understand where CAT RCs come from With my 8 years of experience of teaching VA...Read More
In my first blog post on this topic, I wrote in detail about Step1 (of 5 steps to mastering the VARC section in CAT): Understand the trend. You can read it here if you haven’t already. Onto Step2 now. Step2: Think. Reflect. ADAPT. I discuss at length in my classes why CR, and especially RC, remain such darlings...Read More
When the Delhi Government announced a lockdown on educational institutions (around 10 days before the nation-wide lockdown), we had several other big coachings calling us up to find out what our plans were: Were we shutting the classes immediately? Were we closing the offices? (How) would we continue to serve our students? What about their...Read More
What I write here has little to do with my data analysis skills at CAT; it certainly has more to do with basic data interpretation and some common sense (which can often get fogged with emotions).When the lockdown happened, the kind of media hype that was there across the globe, perhaps due to lack of...Read More
Here’s one exercise I do every year, and it has been super-effective for me. So, I encourage you to think about giving it a shot. And it doesn’t need a gym, incase you are worried about the lockdown 🙂 Try & list down ALL the things you want to do over a finite period –...Read More
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