Time has flown by, leaving all the CAT aspirants with 30 days to give it all before D-day. It is when most aspirants feel anxious and demotivated seeing their low mock scores and over the moon if they touch the 90s. In this post, we have shared a few strategies that you can implement alongside yours to maximize your score in 1 month.
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Unless there is something you can do in 3-4 days and leave, do not take any major topic. It might confuse you and the better approach would be to maximize what you have already done. You can however go through smaller topics like probability/ PnC or coordinate/mensuration if you have done geometry.
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If you are yet to take mocks or are done with only 4-5, dedicate one week to taking mocks daily and analyzing them properly. Then in the last 20 days, you can switch to taking mocks on alternate days and shift your focus to revising. For mock analysis tips and tricks, check this post.
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- Revise Your Mocks and PYQs
Besides analyzing mocks, revisiting important/different/ difficult questions in mocks will help you improve your scores, especially for the QA and LRDI sections. Previous Year Question Papers from 2017-2023 are a must-do to understand the repeating question types and recent patterns.
- Train Your Mind for Your Time Slot
Once you get your CAT Admit card, take mocks in your time slot. This is essential, especially for the Slot-1 candidates who are not early risers. Keep those two hours fixed for solving questions in one sitting.
- Stop the stress over low mock scores
Your main priority should be maximizing your raw scores instead of the percentile as even for the most famous mocks, the test takers do not equal the actual CAT-taking population of 3 lakh plus. Additionally, the mocks are usually tougher than the actual paper. Instead of the anxiety that comes with seeing the scores, focus on the improvement you can still make in 30 days.
If only one section drops your score target at least 3 hours for it each day. This should not include the time you set for mocks/analysis/ revision. For example, if QA is your nightmare, stop other things for two days and practice 10 questions from each topic of Arithmetic and Algebra.
| Week 1 |
Week 2 |
Week 3 |
Week 4 |
| Completing the Last Bits of Preparation |
Revise Quants |
Revise LRDI Sets |
Formula and Concept revision |
| Daily Mocks |
Switch to alternate Mocks(in your time slot) +
PYQs from 2017-2023 |
Mocks+Mocks Revision of important questions |
2-3 Mocks |
| Dedicate at least 3 hours to your weakest section. |
Relax and Unwind but do not give up on the flow and momentum. Do something daily but with less intensity. |
And after following every piece of advice, the most important factor in the two hours of your exam will be to control your anxious nerves. No one other than you can decide how you can manage your stress. Remember that CAT is an important exam that can change your life, but it is not the only exam.
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