So, here we are in the final lap of your CAT Prep. Some practical fundas for the final stages of your CAT Prep for CAT-25: Write AIRCATs/mocks only if you are feeling good about the same. Or if you can stay unaffected by the scores and can simply do it to stay warmed up. If...Read More

What does CAT Preparation have to do with Harvey Spectre? For those among you who’ve seen Suits on Netflix, you would know the pompous Harvey Specter. His claim to being the best closer in NY legal league would surely be at the top of your memory. Closer home, we had the pleasure of seeing someone else...Read More

(Strange topic this – because chance and luck can be used interchangeably in many, probably most, cases.) Be it sports, the financial markets, or even CAT Prep, some things are common and common sensical. If you want to increase your probability of success in any of these areas, you need your share of luck. When we think...Read More

From the form of a batsman in a World Cup, to your chances of ensuring that your efforts in guaranteeing that your CAT prep actually pay off big, it is about how you think, and what you believe. It is amazing how what you think begins to become the reality. It’s all in the state of...Read More

Be it the data that your CAT preparation process throws up continuously, or the performances that a sportsperson or a sports team strings together – performance, good or bad, almost always reflects patterns. I would even go to the extent of saying that performance, more often than not, is because of patterns. The most recent events affect...Read More

So, cracking the CAT is your dream but the odds don’t look that good, eh? Leicester’s run during the 2015-16 Premier League season defied the odds, literally. They had 5,000-to-1 odds of winning the title that season. And yet, they clinched their first trophy in team history. (5000 to 1 is similar to only 45...Read More

We (in Delhi) are banned from using matches to light up crackers on Diwali. But Diwali reminds me of that unbelievable India-Pak match in the 2022 T20 World Cup. The timing of that match and Virat Kohli’s knock could not have been better. And 1000s of aspirants in the final stages of their CAT preparation...Read More

Nothing gets the message home better than stories do. Stories of belief, determination, and beating the odds. Stories that show that dreams do come true. Stories that are not limited to the CAT Prep journey, but traverse well beyond. Stories that transcend time. The stories that inspire us and motivate us not to stop. Nothing...Read More

This write-up follows the context of the previous one that talked about the impact of on-campus classes on your daily CAT Prep time. A few hours will be effectively taken away daily by travel and some inefficiencies of on-campus classes. So, you should then begin thinking on how you can make up for the same....Read More

As a CAT-24 aspirant, you are luckier than the aspirants of the past few CATs in a way. You get to pursue your college studies as well as CAT Prep via physical/offline classes. The joy and effectiveness of interactive learning in a real classroom are still unmatched. The social element of education hasn’t been replicated...Read More