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

A question that often comes up for most aspirants during their CAT Prep is – what’s the ideal accuracy?At the sectional level and overall. There is no single number (apart from 100%) that can be termed as ideal accuracy. But a more useful parameter to consider is desirable accuracy. And needless to say, this too...Read More

It seems impossible to move forward when you have too many tasks on your list. That could well be true for the state of affairs of your CAT Prep this very moment! On that really long task list, the sheer number can bog you down. Therefore, it is crucial to tick off a few as...Read More

As you prepare for CAT, you would go through phases where you feel a strong lack of progress. You may unable to hit the next level. To get what you have never got, you must do what you have never done. If you keep doing what you’ve been doing, you will keep getting what you’ve...Read More

I tend to relate a lot of cricketing stuff with CAT Prep. Tendulkar was really good when he was just 14 years of age. He was smashing school records and dominating the best bowlers in the Mumbai circuit. He wasn’t a novice when he played against a formidable Pakistan pace bowling attack as a 16-year old...Read More

Imagine this: You are a B.Com. graduate from DU(SOL) aiming to undertake the arduous CAT prep journey. You then did your fashion designing from Pearl Academy. You’ve been working for a while and are out of touch with academics. You do not have exceptional academics. Your initial SWOT shows QA as a major weakness. What...Read More

Over the last few days, I wrote in detail about how to excel in the VARC section in CAT. Please go through MBAGuru blog, if you haven’t already. Final step: All other steps are useless unless you put them into practice Here is a list of the authors and their books I suggest you read from now...Read More

What I write here has little to do with my data analysis skills at CAT; it certainly has more to do with basic data interpretation and some common sense (which can often get fogged with emotions).When the lockdown happened, the kind of media hype that was there across the globe, perhaps due to lack of...Read More

So, you’ve already begun your CAT coaching or are on the cusp of doing so. But the lockdown and the negative news about the entire economy has you on tenterhooks. Doomsday proclamations and prophecies abound. And you are confused about whether this is the worst time to do your MBA.  On the contrary, if you...Read More

Uncertainty has a way of causing a brain-freeze, be it in sports, life or in your CAT Prep. Inaction comes most naturally as a reaction to something unknown and possibly horrific.  But my not having written for a while wasn’t inaction. I was simply busier than ever. The lockdown has been a magnificent challenge. It has forced, naah...Read More