Every year at INSPIRA, the energy in the auditorium is unbelievable – I just love to soak it in. Having the biggest gathering of the MBAGuru family under one roof is an experience that’s best described as indescribable. But like with most other things, this year is different. The jam-packed auditorium will be missed for...Read More
Everyone wants to make it big! But very few do. But till you make it big, what do you intend to do? Big doesn’t happen by itself – nor is it something you can generally control. Big happens when a lot of small adds up – and that is something you can almost always control....Read More
Unlike QA and DILR sections, wherein questions usually require a series of steps for you to reach the answer, VARC is seen as an area where either you know the answer, or you don’t. Well, that is not really true, or desirable – especially because as far as CAT is concerned, the nature of questions...Read More
The toughest part of a big challenge is the first 30 to 50%. It holds true for CAT preparation as well as something like preparing for a marathon. Why? For one, your conviction in yourself is generally the weakest at the beginning of a new challenge. Doubts run high, quitting is easier, and so on. And then,...Read More
Imagine you need to run that 42.2 kms in a few months from now. And that you haven’t run even a km for a while if you’ve ever run that. How do you start? How do you plan? How do you get better at it? Do you see a few people who are already completing...Read More
Your CAT Coaching offers you a lot – classes, (extra-classes, level-wise homework if you are at MBAGuru), study material and extra-material for practise, doubt clearing sessions, tests of varying difficulty levels and at different levels such as topics, sections, overall, and then you have online groups, communities and channels that are on practically 24×7, and...Read More
If you aren’t doing too well on your Mock Tests/AIRCATs, CAT preparation can seem a laborious journey. It can just scare you out of your best shot at CAT. To increase your probability of success at CAT, you need to break it down into simpler, solvable parts instead of thinking of it as one big...Read More
Taking a test is pointless if it is not analysed well. Make sure that whenever you take a test, you analyse it thoroughly. If you spend an entire day in taking a test and analysing it well, it is a day well spent! I highly recommend the following process: 1. Take the test just...Read More
This is a slightly dated mail but still absolutely relevant for most of you. Nidhi Bansal was one of the most demanding students I have come across – demanding not just of MBAGuru but of herself to.Read More
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