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To Attempt Or Not To Attempt - That Is The CAT’s Question

To Attempt Or Not To Attempt - That Is The CAT’s Question

When you are taking a competitive exam like CAT it is not important whether you know more than others, how you attempt the paper makes all the difference. In the limited time at your disposal, number of correct attempts has to be maximized, by attempting questions from your areas of strength. The only difference between a 99 percentile scorer and an average scorer is the correct choice of questions; the number of attempts doesn’t differ much.

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Energy Is Everything When It Comes To Belling The CAT

Energy Is Everything When It Comes To Belling The CAT

As said by Aristotle “Well begun is half done”. The D-Day, which would test your months of hard work and determination, is now at an arm’s length. Whenever you start targeting something, you first visualise the success you will get after hitting that target; then you start building focus on that target and then try to shape up your efforts so that you can achieve that target.

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The Achilles Heel Syndrome - Work On Strengths And Not On Your Weakness - CAT 2016

The Achilles Heel Syndrome - Work On Strengths And Not On Your Weakness - CAT 2016

There are students who have been preparing for CAT for 2 years and there are few who just started a few months before the exam. So is there any such optimum time with regards to preparation for the CAT exam which will help one Bell the CAT? The answer is there is no such optimum time. There are students who prepare for 2 years and crack CAT, and also there are ones who start preparing for CAT a few months before the exam and crack the CAT. Even though different aspirants have a different pace of preparation, the secret to success lies in the simple fact that they know their strengths better than their weaknesses. While this may sound contrary to popular belief, but the fact of the matter is , CAT being an exam of relative marking and ranking, it all comes down to who plays their cards well with what they have and not with what they wished they had.

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'Don’t Get Demotivated After Seeing Your Mock Score, They Aren’t Definitely The Marks You Would See On That Day' - Sajal Gupta, 99.26%ile In CAT 2015 - IIM Udaipur

'Don’t Get Demotivated After Seeing Your Mock Score, They Aren’t Definitely The Marks You Would See On That Day' - Sajal Gupta, 99.26%ile In CAT 2015 - IIM Udaipur

Sajal  Gupta graduated in B.Sc. Maths(H) from Deshbandhu College, Delhi University. He scored 99.26 percentile in CAT 2015. He was born and brought up in Mathura. He comes from a middle-class business family. He has interned in ISKCON organisation. He has a keen interest in following Indian politics and watching documentaries.

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Time Management For CAT 2016 - Time And Tide Wait For None

Time Management For CAT 2016 - Time And Tide Wait For None

Time is the most limited resource and it is rightly said that if you cannot manage time, you cannot manage anything! With just 24 hours a day and merely 4 more days to go for the actual test –CAT, it becomes important that you balance your time between revisions, last minute mock tests and self-motivation.

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