CAT Preparation Tips: MBA Students - Alumni

My Preparation Strategy For CAT 2019 | Soutik Ray, IIMC - MBA 2020-22

Practice! Practice! Practice! I remember myself thinking day and night about the sections of CAT, and how to ace it. Thankfully I had my mentors from a coaching institute and online portals like InsideIIM that helped me through my journey. More importantly, they helped me keep my confidence up even when I was on the verge of losing hope. It's tough to realize the toil one has to put emotionally when you're continuously scoring low in mocks.

RISHI KUMAR31 Aug 2020

CAT Is Not As Important As We Perceive It To Be | Debdoot Das IIM C'22

When going through any MBA related website in India, we see a lot of articles like "How to ACE the CAT," "Crack the CAT in 60 days," and so on. Along with the MBA prep centers, these make it seem like CAT is the final hurdle, overcoming which you can get into your dream B-School for an MBA. The newspapers also don't help much. 1st or 2nd-page articles highlighting the number of 100 percentilers from the city/state are published just after the CAT results are declared. And, most aspirants reading them think just like other entrance exams, cracking CAT will get them into their dream institute(in this case, a B-School).

DEBDOOT DAS28 Aug 2020

How To Ace CAT With No Physical Coaching During COVID?

At the time of writing this article, I realized, a year ago around the same time I started my CAT preparation and had only 100 days before the D-Day.

Apeksha Gupta28 Aug 2020

How Stan Lee’s Recruiting Strategy In The Avengers Might Help You Ace CAT

Besides the mark that Lee left on the so-called modern pop culture and the world of superhero comic books and entertainment, Lee is also a fantastic example of collaborative work. He called it the “Marvel Method.”

Ankit Tandekar28 Aug 2020

How To Prepare For Different Sections Of CAT - Abhinav Sahni

How To Prepare For Different Sections Of CAT

ABHINAV SAHNI28 Aug 2020

Online Preparation Strategies For CAT 2020

With the Covid-19 pandemic and the shutting down of physical coaching centers, preparation for CAT 2020 will mostly be online. While attending coaching classes in person may no longer be an option, there are a lot of resources available on the internet that you can use for preparation. So, with three months to go, how do you start preparing?

Aishwarya Nair25 Aug 2020

3 Tips To Bell The CAT | Cyril Prince

"It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer."-Albert Einstein It's not just the amount of work or hours that you have put in preparation for any exam that will set you apart from your competitors, but it is also about the quality of work that you have done. Since there are a lot of articles comprising data, jargon and strategies about CAT and other exams available online, in this article I have shared three tips which I found from TED talks and other resources that I tried and found to be useful in my preparation for CAT 2019.

Cyril Prince25 Aug 2020

CAT 2020: Blueprint To Get Your Dream B-school

Hola Amigos! How are you? You must be thinking, "Buddy, it's pandemic all over the world, and you know the answer." Yeah, I know the answer. But for CAT 2020 aspirants, it is a blessing in disguise. In his book -The ONE thing, Garry W. Keller tells us to narrow down our focus on one crucial thing. For all the B-school dreamers out there, one thing is the Common Admission Test 2020, and this pandemic has given you a chance to sit at home and narrow down your efforts effectively and strategically.

Dhokane Saurabh Manoharrao25 Aug 2020