At the suggestion of our students and subscribers, in addition to “Article of the day“, we have started a series on “How to read a passage”. CAT aspirants often complain about their “poor reading skills” and their “slow reading speed”, which we believe are the two primary causes of their not being able to perform […]
It is difficult to give numbers to answers of those questions in which there is a great deal of subjectivity. It is like asking how much should I eat to remain healthy and strong. There cannot be a standard answer to such questions. However, in this article we will try to come to a specific […]
Writing CAT mock tests is one of the most important steps of any aspirants’ CAT preparation plan. CAT mock test is the final stage of your preparation, a stage that tests whether you are ready and prepared for the exam or not. With regards to CAT mock tests, it is very important that the aspirant […]
There are a number of myths with respect to the amount of work experience optimum for CAT. But while answering this we also have to take into account, the quality, the relevance and the uniqueness of the work experience. Most of the students with high work experience think that they are not eligible for the […]
People with poor academics always have one concern: Will they get calls from top IIMs; in other words, they want to know, will the get calls from the old IIMs. This is not an easy question to answer because we don’t know what you mean by poor academics. There is no doubt that if your […]
If you are good at making out the difference between “good content” and “bad content”, then online cat preparation is a very good idea. The online space is full of free content ranging from free questions, pdfs and e-books to free videos and free tests. Some of that content is really good, while the rest […]
Every CAT aspirant who is all set to write the exam wants to know the things that he must be mindful on the exam day. There are three things that will decide the outcome of the exam: The amount of sincere efforts that you have put in the months and weeks leading to the exam […]
Critical Reasoning questions evaluate a test taker’s ability to understand, analyze, criticize, and complete arguments. The arguments are contained in short passages taken from a variety of sources, including letters to the editor, speeches, advertisements, newspaper articles and editorials, informal discussions and conversations, as well as articles in the humanities, the social sciences, and the […]
In CAT verbal section, some of you may be wondering at this point about a commonly heard piece of advice that you should read the question first, and only then turn to the passage. You should, of course, feel free to try this strategy and use it if you find it helpful. It is our […]
Key highlights: Here is a story of a student who jumped from 20 percentile in CAT 2016 to 95 percentile in CAT 2017. When he started preparing for CAT, he realized that his vernacular medium background made it difficult for him to correctly interpret the sentences. The first thing that stunned me was the no […]