Often, when a CAT aspirant begins her/his CAT preparation or joins a CAT coaching institute, she/he expresses an apprehension. Usually, it is something similar to “I am weak in Quant” or “I didn’t have Math after class 10th”. Or some other version of ‘Quant-phobia’. It is probably the single most prevalent disease among CAT aspirants :)....Read More

Over the next few months, I will share with you snippets of stories of several young students who were in the exact same place that you find yourself in today. They were unsure just like you may be today; they were faced with the challenges of CAT prep just like you are today; and they finally overcame those to garner...Read More

Many of you would have begun your CAT preparation in the last calendar year. While that might have been just a few weeks ago, it was still a different calendar year. So, when you began your CAT prep, CAT 2026 might have seemed a distant event. It was something that would happen ’next’ year. That...Read More

The major Aptitude Tests such as CAT, the first stage of the selection process for MBA Colleges, are over. Many of the results, including that for the CAT, have been declared. In that sense, your CAT Prep has come to an end. As usual, many of our students have excelled and scored a top-notch percentile....Read More

So, what is the main purpose of your CAT preparation? If you are finding it tough to express it in a few words, let me try and help you get there. So, try and answer the following to start with. What is the purpose of practice matches before a big series/tournament? What is the purpose...Read More

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Around this time of the year, many students write to me expressing their fear of writing AIRCATs. In case you feel that way at this stage of your CAT prep, you are not alone. And that suggests that it is natural to feel this way. There are so many who feel similarly. A very bright...Read More

Let me start with a simple question. What is the one habit that can change (it for) you and enable you to make the most of your CAT Prep. This question has its roots in the book ‘The One Thing’ by Gary Keller. I first read it a few years ago. Counter intuitive at first,...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 preparation is concerned, the QA section ends up getting a lot more attention (focus, anxiety,...Read More

As you continue with your CAT preparation, the role of mock CATs (AIRCATs at MBAGuru) begins to gain importance at this stage of your CAT prep. 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 question...Read More