How can I prepare for CAT exam?

I am a BA final year student. I don't have any good CAT coaching institute in my neighborhood.

168 Views|Posted 2016-08-11 15:50:41
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9 years ago
Hi, The most common way to prepare for CAT is by joining an institute such as TIME or Tathagat. Depending on the region you stay in, you can find out the most renowned institute in your locality and choose. Also, there are multiple books that are available. You can also sign up for online courses t

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Sajan Sibichan
2016-08-11 16:58:51
Minimum 50% is enough to appear for CAT exam. Its not that easy to score good in CAT. You have to take time & have to prepare well. Most of the CAT aspirants take from 1 year or above to prepare well in order to get a good score. You can try now & know about the difficulty & patterns about it. I wou

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Sajan Sibichan
2016-08-11 17:11:51
I would suggest you to take a year after graduation and prepare for it, else you will not score well. I have experience in this regard as I also wrote CAT exam last year. For a college going student it is very tough to prepare. You can also try MAT as it requires less preparation time and you can ge

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