CAT-2023 is around 170 days from now, just a little under 6 months! Your CAT Prep should assume CAT is held as per its usual schedule. That’s what we should be preparing for. Some exams such as the NMAT generally commence earlier, and yet others such as the XAT usually take place much later. But the...Read More

So many concerns of CAT aspirants who reach out to me revolve around time management and discipline in their CAT Preparation. And I try and address those in several ways, trying to find a better way to explain each time.While everyone wants that final selection to a terrific B-School, we also know thata) it won’t happen...Read More

I will keep this short. And I will take up why this WILL work 100% in doubling the effectiveness of your CAT prep,in one of the future blogs. But these are 3 simple steps to make your CAT Prep upto twice as powerful. You can start these today. Infact you can start right after finishing this...Read More

I am a late riser but I got up at 4.30 AM today. I am more likely to sleep at that time than to get up. (My personal CAT Prep journey honestly isn’t an example worth emulating!) But I chose to convert this rare occurrence of getting up early into something more useful. So I...Read More

So, you have your college/job and your CAT preparation, your club activities and the upcoming exams. And possibly much more on your mind. Managing time is an uphill task?Here’s one way to look at it in simple, clear terms. In essence, take a close look at the resource you are investing and see how can you...Read More

In some ways I am glad I never took the normal, typical, assembly line CAT Coaching that were the only ones that existed when I cracked the CAT. My IIM Bangalore Interview was aeons ago – so, pardon my memory but a part of it went like something like this. Interviewer 1: So, which newspaper...Read More

Sometime ago I wrote to you about the Top-2 Test to assess your priorities. And I hope you have made an effort to re-prioritize things and realign your efforts with your goals. But the more specific question was whether CAT preparation is one of your Top-2 priorities for this year. Assuming that it is, there is...Read More

When we think about how to prepare for CAT, our thinking is often limited to covering the course for CAT really well. We plan on taking enough tests to get a hang of the actual CAT entrance exam. We focus on ensuring the best classroom CAT coaching or the best online CAT coaching experience for...Read More

As your CAT Coaching and/or self-prep progresses, there will be several phases you will go through. You will begin from the basics; get to know your weaker and stronger areas. Then you will begin working to remove the weaknesses to the extent possible.Then you will start practicing tests – sectionals and AIRCATs, and the right strategy...Read More

Last week saw a disappointing culmination to India’s T20 World Cup campaign once again. If you are an Indian cricket fan, you would have been heartbroken. But you would also be getting used to it by now. Your reactions could range from trying to justify the team’s poor show with some logic to exercising the...Read More