We have partially answered this question above. However, a clear unambiguous answer would be “No, live sessions are not as good as the pre-recorded ones”. Let’s see why!

From content perspective, both the live sessions and the pre-recorded sessions will have the same content. As far as the question of having any doubts and getting them cleared is concerned, we have separate sessions for doubt clarification.

He should indeed attend the live sessions, but only if he has time, but he should not allot time separately for this activity. The live sessions that are uploaded later, are edited and are, therefore, of much shorter duration than the actual live sessions.

Much of the time in the live sessions is spent in giving time to the student to solve the questions, an activity that we think is a waste of time. In online cat coaching, the student should not invest time in something that he can think he can do on his own.

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 is not. Most of us have this feeling that as far material is concerned the more the better, but this is precisely the problem with most students.Since free content is readily available, CAT aspirants keep on collecting one set of material after another until they reach a point where they don’t know what to do with that free material. If you are serious about CAT online preparation, you should enrol for some online CAT coaching and dedicate yourself entirely to learning from it.
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The biggest challenge of online CAT coaching is self-discipline. The aspirant has everything at his disposal, the problem is how to optimally use the available resources. Here we have brought for you a list of a few dos and don’ts. Click here to read more

This is one of the questions that really bothers aspirants the most. What should be their mode of preparation? Whether this book is enough, or whether that course would suffice? These are the questions which I shall try to answer in this blog. There is no doubt that online preparation needs greater self-discipline and motivation. But whether online coaching is enough to crack depends on many other factors.The first is are you preparing for cat for the first time; the second is how good you are in doing things on your own, without much spoon-feeding; the third is how good you are inherently in general aptitude; the fourth is the availability of time, and the availability of better substitute for online cat coaching. To understand the impact of each of these factors, read more

Online study has become a fad, so much so that it seems to be gradually replacing the traditional way of studying. But it has its own pros and cons, and by being aware of these pros and cons a CAT aspirant would be better able to orient his prep to suit his requirements, which varies from student to student.
For instance, most aspirants would love to have video solutions for every concept and question, but I have come across students who feel video solutions result in significant loss of time. Thus what is good for many may not be good for some. There are, however, a few things that are common to all. These things should be kept in mind before you choose online CAT coaching. I will first present the pros of CAT online coaching followed by a few cons. To read more, click here:

People with poor academics always have one concern: Will they get calls from top IIMs; in other words, they want to know, will they 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 academics are really bad, you will have a tough time getting calls from the old IIMs, but that may not always be the case. All the old IIMs give you calls based on your composite score To read more about these criteria, click here