- Believe in yourself and practice mocks + sectionals at least once every fortnight right from start and increase the frequency at your own will. Don’t be under the impression that you would do it once you finish the entire syllabus because there is no end to that.
- Stop looking for advice from multiple sources and coaching institutes. Choose wisely to select a mentor or two for your preparation and join Social Media pages of CAT preparations (for info only), though devote more time to personal study improvement.
- Try to read each & every question under the star, because the more the better. Don’t be scared of a question if you haven’t read that lesson or concept. Just read it through, try for a few moments and try learning from the question itself. This will instill in you a fearlessness of uncertainties and will make you realize that the real goal is not about solving but appreciating the simplicity of the problem and developing concepts.
- Analyse mocks. Don’t rush into things and give all of them at once. Analysing a mock is as much as important as giving a mock. If you give a mock for 3 hrs make sure you spend at least 2 hrs analyzing and understanding where you went wrong.
- And lastly, like Batman, face your fears and make them thy ally. Practice the concepts which you fear the most and remain in touch with your most polished ones throughout the preparation. There is no room for confusion as you have to be adept at knowing which ball to leave and which one to hit over the covers.
“The night is darkest before the dawn”, write it and paste it on your walls. Take a deep breath when things are rough and the caselet is tough because after all, it’s just an exam that tests your cool-headedness.
Robin Williams said,"There is no shame in failing. The only shame is not giving things your best shot."
With the hope of seeing all the readers of this article in the best B Schools of their choice, I take your leave.
Thank you for your precious time.
ATB for the prep!
Pip Pip!!
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Jeetesh Varshney
Jeetesh Varshney holds an MBA from the IIM Udaipur and was a member of the InsideIIM Student Team and representative of Placement Preparation Committee of IIMU. He has previously completed his Computer Engineering from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur and has work experience in software development. He is an avid reader and loves travelling and exploring new places and cultures. He is someone who learned a lot from InsideIIM while preparing for his management entrance exams and now writing stories on InsideIIM to share his experiences for the benefit of the future aspirants.
Well written Tushar. Hope it helps future aspirants.
8 Aug 2018, 01.01 AM
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Tushar Joshi
Tushar is a student of IIM-Lucknow with a 3-year work-ex at Tata Motors. He likes to read anything and everything under the Sun & believes that a yawn is a silent scream for coffee!
Thanks Jeetesh !
8 Aug 2018, 02.47 AM |
Ujjwal Deep Agarwal
An engineer by heart and a manager by choice, Ujjwal will be living out his dream to pursue his MBA from IIM Lucknow in the 2019-21 batch. Ujjwal did his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Allahabad and is currently working at Tata Motors. An auto enthusiast and an avid cricket follower, he lives by the motto of Never Back Down.
A well written article sir. This is the motivation that I needed at this stage of my preparation :)
9 Aug 2018, 11.51 AM
Ashirwad Tomar
creativity and innovation is my only persuit
Nice
17 Aug 2018, 09.48 AM
Harish Joshi
Worker
Well written
21 Mar 2019, 03.32 PM