How should I start my preparation for CAT?

Hi, CAT is not only about giving entrance exam, you need 2 years to prepare yourself for MBA. Entrance test is the easiest part among the steps involved in MBA. Things you should start doing- 1- Start reading Newspaper daily (at least 2 and read opinion and business page) 2- Start building your resume (Do certifications, join NGO, Write research papers and articles) 3- Start working on your Hobby and answer to tell me about yourself 4- Identify your weak areas and forte. 5- Then devise a strategy to improve your weak areas and refine your areas of excellence All the best.

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CAT (Common Admission Test) is one of the toughest exam to crack. It is the gateway to getting into prestigious IIMS and other top B-schools of India. A lot of CAT aspirants ask me how to prepare for CAT. Here I am sharing a few tips around the same: 1. Understand the syllabus 2. Begin with an aim in mind 3. If you have a lot of time, you can go for coaching. However, if you are into a hectic job and get very little time to study, you can prepare on your own without wasting that time in going to coaching. 4. Get CAT preparation material of some good coaching institute/ authors 5. You should be very much familiar with English. 6. The only way to improve your verbal score is to read a lot of good books written in Standard English. These can be fiction, non-fiction or anything, just written in good English. 7. Most coaching institutes try to set the Mock Question paper to be as near to the real exam as possible. Subscribe to a test series which is more difficult than actual CAT. You may find it difficult to score good in the mock tests. But it will boost your confidence when you will find the actual CAT to be easier than the mock tests. Many good test series are available. I hope these tips will help you in preparing well for CAT. All the best for getting into an IIM.

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CAT is a highly competitive examination which requires thorough preparation. Toppers usually recommend continuous preparation rather than short-term rigorous preparation. 1. To begin with, you should go through the syllabus very carefully. 2. Understand what sections are your strengths and what are your weak areas. 3. Make a time table where you give more time to your weaker areas. If you concentrate better at night, make a time table accordingly and if you learn better during the day, plan your studies according to that. 4. To build your confidence, pick your strong subjects, it will make a flow, then gradually go to the tougher sections. 5. Make short notes of each chapter for later revision. 6. Do written practice of the problem-solving sections. 7. Complete your syllabus atleast 2 months before the exam. 8. Next step is time-bound practice to boost your speed in the main exam. 9. Practice as many sample papers as you can, and they should be clocked for 2.5 hours, to keep last 30 minutes for checking. 10. In the last month before CAT just focus on the notes and sample papers. Lastly, take ample sleep and keep a balanced diet to ensure that you do not fall sick and waste time of preparation.

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Start self study the study material from IMS / TIME / Career Launcher as your first resource. Some of the Books recommended for CAT are- 1.How to prepare for Data Interpretation for the CAT   TMH / Arun Sharma 2.Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude and Data Intrepretation for CAT by Nishit Sinha 3.Quantum CAT by Sarvesh Verma

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I will give simple points that helped me in preparation. Start giving and analyzing mocks is most important step. Don't worry if you are not prepared with topics, just give mocks to learn time management and test taking skills. Analyze mocks religiously. Schedule your week's work according to my performance. So, for example, if you did badly in verbal, then focus more on verbal in next week. For Verbal- start reading articles of diverse topics. Make a habit of reading 1 hour daily. I cannot emphasize the importance of reading enough because verbal comes naturally there is no formula to it. If you develop reading habit, then you can cruise through VA section LRDI- give sectional and practice tests. The more you some the better you become. I scored 99.99 in lrdi and never solved any book but only focused on mocks and sectional tests. Quants- get basic understanding of all topics and solve books of Arun Sharma or T. I. M.E. Don't leave any topic as you can get easy question out of anyone. If you are not comfortable with some topic then just read it's basics, so that you can solve conceptual problems. Be regular in preparation. Don't even skip a day. If you are extremely busy than also spare some time for reading a good article. Regularity and discipline are the key to scoring good as motivation can take a toll if you score low scores in mocks consistently. Do relevant study - don't focus on topics not asked in CAT like grammar, word meaning, probability, complex number systems. Rather focus more on RC (24% weightage), quick calculation (help in 32 LR and 34 quant questions), arithmetic geometry and algebra (together comprised almost 80 %of quant questions).

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I would suggest you to first start with self-preparation and stick to it for few weeks and revise your class 10 and 12th maths (CBSE/ICSE if possible) to strengthen your basics. You may join some good coaching institute which offers quality coaching for CAT and various other management entrance test. Regularly give mock test, based on your performance in mock tests you may know in area you are strong and in which areas you need more hard work. Best of Luck.

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Hello Divyanshu The easiest part among the steps involved in MBA. Things you should start doing- 1- Start reading Newspaper daily (at least 2 and read opinion and business page) 2- Start building your resume (Do certifications, join NGO, Write research papers and articles) 3- Start working on your Hobby and answer to tell me about yourself 4- Identify your weak areas and forte. 5- Then devise a strategy to improve your weak areas and refine your areas of excellence.

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Hi,I would suggest you to follow the below-mentioned tips: 1. Understand CAT 2019 Exam Pattern & Syllabus It is very important to understand the CAT exam pattern which has gone with perceptible changes since 2014, not only in its structure but also in the content. 2. Take Mocks to check your current CAT Exam Preparation Level To check your current level of CAT exam preparation, taking CAT Mock Tests sectional as well as full length can help you to identify your weak area. After that, you will be able to focus more on your weak areas in CAT exam preparation. You may enroll for CAT test series at some good CAT Preparation Institute like TIME, CL, IMS, Bullseye among others. They will help you overcome many weak areas.

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