A few years ago, I stumbled upon an article on a blog (on codersrevolution.com) and sometime later I figured out that there are several YouTube videos about it. But, even for something so well known, it had a shocking revelation. And it is surprising how well connected it is to the process of your online preparation...Read More

The “make it large” ad for a liquor brand is aspirational in nature. Everyone wants to make it big! But very few do. And till you make it big, what do you intend to do? Do you intend to just sit and wait for your glory day? Or just hope, wish and pray? Or just feel...Read More

The toughest part of a 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 things...Read More

Imagine you are just starting – either you’ve just joined the best CAT coaching institute, or you feel you haven’t made much progress so far even if you began your CAT preparation classes some time ago. So, in your mind, you are just beginning now and you have a mountain to climb in just a...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

What is the purpose of practice matches before a big series/tournament? What is the purpose of rehearsing several times before the actual event? It is to get a sense of what is likely to happen, learn to adapt to the demands of the finale, to identify areas of improvement and correct, to experiment to improve....Read More

There are imagined problems, there are real problems, and then there are epic ones. Quant in CAT is a bit of all of these. Despite being equal in importance to the other 2 sections in CAT as far as CAT exam preparation is concerned, the QA section ends up getting a lot more attention (focus,...Read More

As you continue with your online preparation for CAT, the role of mock CATs (AIRCATs at MBAGuru) begins to gain importance at this stage of your preparation. As an enthusiastic CAT aspirant, you may have access to multiple test series and therefore, find yourself flooded with a huge number of tests available for practice. A...Read More

Should you be writing AIRCATs right now even if your course is not finished? If you have been suggested to go ahead for the AIRCATs as per your batch’s course coverage, you should. Else, you should wait just a little longer. Taking online tests is a habit that will take some time to develop. You...Read More

When you think about how to prepare for CAT, you evaluate yourself, right? And you think you know? You think you know what is it that you are not good at? Let’s say you think you are bad at X (X could be quant, or English, it could be learning something new or anything else...Read More