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Last Week Before CAT || Debdoot Das, IIM Calcutta '22

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Now, only one week is left! The moment you've been preparing for the past few months. It all boils down to two hours next Sunday! What can you do for the next few days before those two hours, which determine how you spend the next few months(or years) of your life? First and foremost, align your sleep schedule according to your exam slot. For example, if you have a morning slot, adjust your sleep schedule to be completely awake and attentive during that time. Try waking up in the mornings and practice going to bed early in this case. In case of an afternoon slot, try to change your sleep cycle to not feel sleepy during that time. (This is especially important for people who nap every afternoon :P). One week is sufficient to adjust your sleep schedule. Also, try to get enough sleep. For most people, it would be about 7-8 hours daily. The last thing you want is a sleep-starved version of you on exam day. Next, STOP giving mocks. Seriously. It's been quite a few months, and you've probably given enough mocks. Giving mocks last week won't be of much help. Also, bad mock scores in the last few mocks will demotivate you, while good mock scores can make you overconfident, both of which you wouldn't want just before the actual CAT. If you think you need to prepare, sectional tests might be a better option than full mocks in the last week. Keep reading news/magazine articles to increase your knowledge, not for practicing the CAT VARC section. You can try solving LRDI sets just as puzzles and brain teasers instead of thinking about them from a CAT perspective. Instead of looking at the clock and checking how much time is left, for once, maybe try looking at how interesting the problems are and think of how they are formed. In a nutshell, I'm trying to say that you should relax for the last week, even if you want to practice. For the QA section, looking at cheatsheets is a good idea. Going through the formulae of different topics would help you a lot to recollect any which you might have forgotten. If you had made notes while preparing for quants, go through them to reminisce what you had done in the past. Try to remember the concepts you had struggled with and how you overcame them. One thing I personally did for one week before CAT was meditating daily. Every day, I would find time to meditate for thirty minutes. For people who already meditate regularly, this will be easy. For others, it might not be easy, so it's an optional step. The reason I meditated daily was to calm my mind and stay composed. At times, we feel a lot of pressure to perform, and as a result, fail to concentrate properly on any subject. In my opinion, this was one of the crucial reasons I could calmly do the QA section even after goofing up in the LRDI section. In the end, all I want to say is RELAX. Listen to songs. Watch a movie. Talk to friends (over phone/internet obviously) and family. And as always, remember CAT is just an aptitude test. Your performance during those two hours on D-Day does not define your competence. All the best.
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