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While CAT is a daunting exam for a lot of students in India, trying to cram at the last minute is not the way to go about it. Most of the times students forget the basics because of their stress.
With only 3 weeks to CAT, preparation time is almost over and you should now be making strategies for the exam day. Your focused attention should now be on revisiting and strengthening what you have learnt, taking Mocks, identifying and improving upon your errors and further strengthening your strong areas instead of starting anything new. It is not only your good CAT exam preparation but also the CAT test-taking strategy that helps to improve your CAT percentile. Time management is an essential ingredient to crack the CAT exam and make it to your desired B-School. Managing one's time includes balancing speed with accuracy, handling the pressure and uncertainty and apt decision making. You should have a clear idea of how many questions you aim to attend per section. Attempting to solve the entire paper can lead to chaos and disruption of clarity.
Here are a few insightful snippets from the CAT 2019 journey of SPJIMR students along with their words of advice for CAT 2020 aspirants :