Has Anyone Cracked CAT in 3 Months? YES!! 🙌 With ONLY 15 Important CAT Topics 😮

CAT in 3 Months is Possible - Proof

Hi guys and welcome back to the channel.

This is that stage of CAT preparation

where a question comes to mind that

is it possible to crack the CAT exam in three months?

Not even CAT, a lot of you might be thinking,

can I get admission to any of the top 20 B-schools?

In that case,

let me first show you a blog post,

by 3 students of top B-schools here.

They have cracked the CAT exam by starting within 3 months.

In this post, someone like you asked this question

can the CAT exam be cracked in 3 months?

So they have been told by a student of TISS, a student of XLRI,

and a student of IIM Shillong

the CAT preparation strategy they used.

They cracked it in three months and so can you.

From these three responses and the experience of many students,

I understood one thing.

If you want to crack the CAT exam in the given time

it is very important for you to prioritize

those chapters and the syllabus,

which are repeated again and again in the CAT exam

and carry more weightage.

For that, I am showing you the syllabus of CAT 2023.

In fact in the 3 sections inside this particular syllabus,

I am going to highlight the

chapters that come most frequently in this exam.

and the ones that have the highest weightage in the CAT exam.

I recently conducted a Zoom session

with the CAT 2023 aspirants.

I have noticed in this Zoom session,

there were 2 types of students.

One who have already started their preparation and

have also completed their syllabus.

But they are not getting marks in their mocks

and are feeling stuck.

Others are those category of students,

who have either started in July or August,

or are still planning to start,

and have not started yet.

They need a plan so that in the given months

they can crack the CAT exam.

The solutions to both these strategies and problems are completely different.

That is why, in this video,

I will share a plan for those who have just started

or started 1 or 2 months ago.

For them, it is still essential to cover the basic syllabus.

But those students whose marks are not improving

they can wait for 1 or 2 more days.

The next video will be published regarding

how you can improve your marks?

So let's start with those 5 questions asked in the Zoom call

whose answers I will also share with you

because you may not have attended that Zoom call.

Should You Buy a Crash Course

The first question I was asked was

whether we should take coaching at this time or not.

Many coaching institutes must have launched their crash courses

and it was a common question

should I take coaching at this time?

Or should prepare for the next year's reattempt?

First thing, when any coaching institute launches a crash course

that courses are kind of fast paced.

This means that they tell the basics

but will not cover them in depth.

Another thing you need to know

that any person who can take next year's CAT exam

no need to take a crash course right now.

This means if you have such a situation that

you have to be admitted to any MBA college this year.

In that case, investing in a crash course can help you.

So one of the options for these crash courses

is iQuanta's Crash Course which you can consider

that is going to start in the month of September.

They have partnered with me for this video

to inform you that they have only 250 seats.

For their different sections

they have launched different initiatives.

For Quant, they would do a Mega Marathon

in which each topic will be practiced with 100 questions.

Similarly, for Resioning section,

they have launched LRDI 70.

which will be a special series dedicated to this section.

For verbal,

they made videos on different RC

through which you can practice different topics of RC.

Inside this, you will also get the iCAT mocks

which are their Artificial intelligence-based mocks for CAT 2023.

Apart from this,

you will get the facility of 24x7 doubt solving

in which, your questions will be resolved within 15 to 30 minutes

Its timetable will look something like this

September onward,

you will have a conceptual class from 7 to 9 pm.

And from 10 to 12 at night

you will have an application class.

After that, throughout the day you will do your rigorous practice.

You will have a mock test over the weekend.

This means, that every week you take a mock

you will attempt 15 to 20 mocks

so that you become efficient in attempting the mocks

as well as analyzing them.

If any of you wish to join iQuanta's crash course,

I will add the details as well as its link in the description

by checking pinned comments and descriptions,

you can also check all their other courses

or links to the Facebook group.

How to Cover Syllabus in Less Time

The second question that was asked to me on the Zoom call

is a very interesting situation.

So many students said that

because the syllabus of Quant is very detailed,

that syllabus is bothering us.

If there are 5 topics

we are not able to complete any one topic properly.

We are done with only the Arithmetic topic,

and the topic of Geometry and Number systems has been haunting us

that how will we cover the complete syllabus.

It has a very simple solution,

approach it in such a way

that first, you complete your syllabus.

after that solve the concepts of your syllabus.

So just take a chapter,

watch its videos and solve past year's paper.

Take the second chapter and do the same exercise.

When the full syllabus is covered

after that start practicing questions for each chapter.

This strategy is called, covering the length,

and not the depth.

Basically, we are not covering the depth of any chapter

and not making any chapter solid.

We have just covered lengthwise our syllabus.

Confidence comes from that,

we get an idea of whom

we are going to fight.

I know how much is the syllabus and what is it like.

And I want to be strong in every chapter

The third question was asked to me

When Should You Take Mocks

that I am scared to attempt mocks because

I have just started my syllabus.

If I have started in August

and if I will take mock, I will be very scared.

When you take the first or second mock,

and take it with the intention that you get to know

actually how the CAT paper looks.

What exactly is CAT all about.

Those who have completed their syllabus

at this point in time when they are taking mocks

their criteria will be that they should know

in which order do they have to attempt the paper,

or how much time to give per question

what we call an attempt strategy.

So you don't take any mock from 1st to 13th September.

After giving the first 2 mocks,

try to complete your syllabus first.

How Much Percentile to Target

The next question was asked to me,

It was asked by all the students in different variations.

I was tired of answering this,

which was,

If I have X, Y, Z marks in 10th, 12th or in graduation,

and I want to go to A, B, C college,

how much percentile do I need in the CAT exam.

If I tell you that you will need this much %tile.

Suppose, you need 95%tile

can you ensure

that I will come with exactly that much paper attempt?

You should prepare as much as possible

Your attempt will be 100%

and your preparation will also be 100%

of your capacity and your ability.

After knowing how much effort you have to put

for how much percentile

what will change?

If you are now giving your 100%

you will get the same percentile as it is.

You can never be certain about this exam

until the the day.

The final question was asked to me regarding the profile.

Profile, Quitting Job & Gap Years

It was in the minds of many students

whether they should quit their jobs at this time.

The next 3 months should be devoted

to CAT preparation.

In that case, I recommended to them,

If they are not happy with their jobs

or anyway want to switch from their job.

In that case, it is a good idea to leave their job right now

rather than 3 months later.

Many students are working professionals.

When they prepare for the CAT exam,

they leave their job exactly at this time.

So that he can devote more time to CAT preparation.

In a follow-up to this, I was asked

that if we leave the job,

or anyway have graduated

or have a gap year of 1 and 2 years,

will that gap year affect our admission or placements?

I would like to answer this once and for all,

a gap year does not matter at all during admission,

or your final placements.

No one asks about them

And even if someone asks, you can justify by sharing

that you were preparing for the CAT exam as simple as that.

Last year I got a comment on this channel.

There was a student who got admitted to TISS

despite a 5-year of gap.

So don't worry at all about your gap years

they don't matter.

So this is my suggestion to all of you.

We have to complete limited chapters by September

and to get stronger,

have to take mocks in October and November.

Apart from this, if any question is coming in your mind

you can always comment below.

All the future Zoom calls,

will be mentioned in the IG broadcast group.

You can join it on Instagram

or I will add it to the community post on YT.

Stay tuned for that guys and thank you so much for watching this! :)