First of all get hold of a book called Face to Face with the CAT by Arihant Publications . It contains the CAT questions divided by topic . Now divide the number of topics in each subject by the number of weeks of prep you have .assign one week to each topic. End of the week carry out an evaluation by cracking the CAT questions from that topic. Any other queries let me know or PM Me
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Tanveer,
Thanks for the info. I have started my prep using Arun Sharma. I have TIME's material too.
What I wanted to ask is how worthy is preparing using the book you have mentioned?
Arent you people afraid that not joining coaching is dangerous,i am also thinking of joining only test series,but it gives me shivers when i see most aspirants are joining coaching, whould self prep be enough or should i join only test series(1 or 2).do u know any person who has cracked cat only with self prep?
Arent you people afraid that not joining coaching is dangerous,i am also thinking of joining only test series,but it gives me shivers when i see most aspirants are joining coaching, whould self prep be enough or should i join only test series(1 or 2).do u know any person who has cracked cat only with self prep?
Yes Sir,I have cracked CAT with self preparation only and appearing for AIMCATs.Donot underestimate yourself buddy.U can do it urself what they teach in these coaching centres.Buy some books and materials and study them.Learn from your mistakes and donot repeat them.Take time bound tests and believe me you can.I studied for 3 hours everyday after office and it was enough.
I've been part of coaching classes from TIME,CL as well as IMS.Coaching classes helps but to a certain extent.The best part is the peer group you get.But CAT after all is an aptitude exam.It requires basic of everything.No over the top maths or tough English to solve.Just see the previous year questions and you will understand. Have proper planning and prepare hard and not to forget join a test series to get the feel of the meow.
Arent you people afraid that not joining coaching is dangerous,i am also thinking of joining only test series,but it gives me shivers when i see most aspirants are joining coaching, whould self prep be enough or should i join only test series(1 or 2).do u know any person who has cracked cat only with self prep?
Yes buddy there are many who have cracked IIM's with self prep....Coaching classes are good because they give you a rythm to study...But if you can study devotedly..then you are good to go..
Yes Sir,I have cracked CAT with self preparation only and appearing for AIMCATs.Donot underestimate yourself buddy.U can do it urself what they teach in these coaching centres.Buy some books and materials and study them.Learn from your mistakes and donot repeat them.Take time bound tests and believe me you can.I studied for 3 hours everyday after office and it was enough.
Hi Your words have been an inspiration. I sure do hope that self prep is enough. In my case due to odd working hours. coaching centers have not been able to accomodate me. I hope i can do well on my own
Add me to the group of guys doing self preps. PG threads are going to be followed devotedly, lets see what happens i have tried TIME material, too easy and in their tests its rocket science
PG threads are good though of very high standard for average ppl like me anyway, all the best to everyone. Hope u all crack it ppl
Arent you people afraid that not joining coaching is dangerous,i am also thinking of joining only test series,but it gives me shivers when i see most aspirants are joining coaching, whould self prep be enough or should i join only test series(1 or 2).do u know any person who has cracked cat only with self prep?
Add me to the group of guys doing self preps. PG threads are going to be followed devotedly, lets see what happens i have tried TIME material, too easy and in their tests its rocket science
PG threads are good though of very high standard for average ppl like me anyway, all the best to everyone. Hope u all crack it ppl
Ya buddy but time material is awesome...they make you learn it in a easy way....and ya even i am trying to adjust in super complex QA threads....!
Some of us (including me) have said that we have had problems in enforcing strict discipline for CAT prep. I just found this CAT planner from the forums. I thought that using this planner would help us in enforcing self discipline. Also it will give an idea on how much more is left.
Even though its kinda late, i thought i still could share this. It will be of some help. All the best puys.
Some of us (including me) have said that we have had problems in enforcing strict discipline for CAT prep. I just found this CAT planner from the forums. I thought that using this planner would help us in enforcing self discipline. Also it will give an idea on how much more is left.
Even though its kinda late, i thought i still could share this. It will be of some help. All the best puys.
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This is nice thanks for sharing it....even though i have made something like this.....
Can anybody plz share their their TIME/CL login-ids for the Sectional tests and Mocks already taken in pdf/word format? Plz PM me... I plan to take up TF full-length mocks towards end of June and can share them. You can trust I won't eat up your unattempted tests 😃 Anyone interested, plz PM me...
Even I am appearing first time for CAT 2012 and i am doin that all alone i.e without any coaching. i find it very difficult to concentrate on my studies along with work. I have just signed up for the AIMCAT's. Hope to get a decent score.
Can anyone share his CL/TIME's id-password of old account, just need to download pdf! Also, Can you tell me how to avail CL's test series in 1999 for the new season.
I don't have any last year's account.. but i can surely help you with study material.. and i have an idea about CL's test series at 1999.. if u want to know more please pm me ur email id.. please don't post ur email id here
Hi guys me too new in this forum and need help regarding this study materials and test series can u pls help me out...
I have been taking CAT for 3 yrs and finally this year have been at least waitlisted by MDI. My weaknesses at the beginning were in all 3 sections. Reached 98.67 %ile from 70%ile during the struggle.
Here are my 2 cents on what free resources you can use (i am great follower of free resources .I would want to suggest you minimum of resources as I used to get distracted by other books and materials,and being repetitive ate up most of my time )
VA - I found TF verbal package (can be bought separately) quite helpful for concepts in RC,CR,SC,PJ and grammar. For parallel understanding of these concepts ,you can walk through verbal articles at Totalgadha.com For practice of Parajumbles,Sentence correction PG threads are a good source For practice CL sectional tests are good and Arun Sharma's verbal book is also good.
LR - TIME LR book ,TIME online sectional tests. For further practice ,brain teaser/puzzle books by George Summers These should be enough apart from full length tests.
DI - TIME DI book,TIME online sectional tests For further practice , you can just practice with full length tests from any of TIME/CL/TF offline tests.(CL gives 22 offline full length tests)
Quant - For concepts you can follow articles at totalgadha.com For practice you can start by completing TIME quant books and can follow PG quant thread. In all these 3 resources you will find quality and different questions.
\Hope this helps. P.S: last year i did self preparation
Hello everyone. Fistly thanks for starting dis thread i was waiting for dis for a long time nw. Me too think dat we all can bell d Cat without coaching given we provide full devotion n perseverance in whatevr we do. 😃
I've been part of coaching classes from TIME,CL as well as IMS.Coaching classes helps but to a certain extent.The best part is the peer group you get.But CAT after all is an aptitude exam.It requires basic of everything.No over the top maths or tough English to solve.Just see the previous year questions and you will understand. Have proper planning and prepare hard and not to forget join a test series to get the feel of the meow.
Yes Sir,I have cracked CAT with self preparation only and appearing for AIMCATs.Donot underestimate yourself buddy.U can do it urself what they teach in these coaching centres.Buy some books and materials and study them.Learn from your mistakes and donot repeat them.Take time bound tests and believe me you can.I studied for 3 hours everyday after office and it was enough.
.I would want to suggest you minimum of resources as I used to get distracted by other books and materials,and being repetitive ate up most of my time 
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