A perspective post today’s CAT: No one (but the IIMs) really knows the right answers to the questions. (And they will share the same in early December.) No one (including the IIMs) really knows, as of this moment, how lakhs of aspirants did and hence, what score would get what percentile? (This will become clear...Read More

CAT 23 is almost here. One phase of your CAT Prep journey is coming to an end. It is important to  take a bigger picture look at this moment. Success at CAT, as at most things challenging, depends upon the following 5 factors: Your Ability – this is something all of us possess in different...Read More

Some practical fundas for the final stages of your CAT Prep for CAT-23: 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 you are feeling even a little bit jaded, don’t attempt any more...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

We (in Delhi) are banned from using matches to light up crackers on Diwali. But we loved the cracker of a match between India and Pakistan in the T20 World Cup last year. The timing of that match and Virat Kohli’s knock could not have been better. And 1000s of aspirants in the final stages...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

From the form of a batsman in the ongoing 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 mind....Read More

I hope you didn’t miss out the writeup about how simple things are powerful. How the simplest things can bring the biggest gains in your CAT prep often overlooked. Hope you have made some progress there by analyzing your recent mocks. If you’ve realized the scope of improvement in picking more from the easy questions, here’s...Read More

The toughest part of any big challenge is the first 30 to 50%. It holds true if you want to start a new business, bat in tough conditions, form a new habit or kick an old one! It holds true for CAT preparation as well as something like preparing for a marathon. There are so many...Read More

Regardless of the stage of your CAT prep, chances are that you believe Quant and/or DILR to be a bigger challenge than VARC. The one thing you might want to do right away is to check your accuracy over 4-5 mock CATs (AIRCATs) and see whether your assessment is correct. You might be not-so-pleasantly surprised....Read More