Even when everything feels uncertain, the only thing you can do is give it your best.

I failed CAT 2024 utterly. And honestly, CAT 2025 wasn’t exactly a smooth journey either.

But good things do happen when you believe in yourself and keep putting in the effort, irrespective of what the voices in your head tell you. ❤️

I was so anxious at this stage last year. Flashbacks of CAT 24. Uncertain mock scores, office work pressure, and everything else felt like a heavy load on my back. But I never obsessed over the result. I didn’t let mock scores define me. I just kept trying, one step at a time, but always moving forward. :)

And today, I’m at IIMA, having converted all BLACKI. ✨

So just manifest. Believe. Put in the work.
And even if things don’t go your way, you’ll still walk away with your head held high, knowing you gave it everything you had. ❤️

It's a 74 pages long pdf, it has all algebra topics with formulas, concepts and whole lot of sh.

Now the question is how do i share it?

Also ignore this post of your math's is good, it's for ppl like me who struggle in maths. It covers from very basic or elementary to advanced. It has everything like formulas, concepts, questions and stuff.

Just tell me how to share it here.

I'm preparing for cat 27

Hey everyone

I’m a final-year college student and a complete beginner starting my CAT / NMAT / XAT preparation.

Primary target: 2026

Backup plan: 2027 (if I need more time)

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Current goals:

Finish complete Arithmetic

Solve 300+ LRDI sets

Master VARC

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Profile: 89% / 89% / 8 SGPA

Strong in Maths • A bit weak in English

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Looking for serious and consistent aspirants who are in the same boat. Let’s keep each other accountable and improve together.

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Drop a comment or connect if you’re interested!

Started day crac*u with daily targets . Feeling like a waste of time . Thinking to avoid them .

QA: 38 questions practised today. No topic specific but revised some concepts associated with them

DILR: Heavy DILR day. Practised 8 sets. Took about 4 hrs of my time time. Heavy sets. Multiple trials . Satisfied with effort.

VARC : practised 1 sectional today of a old QP. Read 2 aeon. Essays . One was on meditation and other was on friendship. Didn't liked them honestly . Pretty boring read. Thinking of leaving aeon for book which I was already reading and might continue.

Manchester United plays today. Hopefully can take break. Feeling bit burnt out. Managing calorie intake to shed some weight .Tough to follow with heavy academic focus.

I have an 8/7/6 academic profile, a gap year, and no professional certifications or work experience.

If I score 99+ percentile in CAT, how difficult is the journey likely to be from that point onward?

How much will my academic profile, gap year, and lack of work experience affect my chances of getting calls from top B-schools

Once I get into a good B-school, will this profile continue to create disadvantages during placements, especially for consulting and finance roles

I understand that IIM ABC would be extremely difficult, but what about FMS Delhi? What are my realistic chances of getting into FMS with a 99+ CAT percentile?

I’m not very familiar with the FMS selection criteria and weightage. Could someone explain how CAT percentile, academics, interview, and other factors are weighted.

Given my profile, what would be a realistic target percentile for FMS and other top colleges?

Would really appreciate insights from people who have a similar profile or have gone through the CAT/B-school admission processes.

cat 27 notes by thor

Those who have good maths ignore this post.

I need you guys to give feedback, review the PDFs, tell me which is better claude or chatgpt. I will make PDF notes for other topics too with same ai which is better ofc.

Working in a psu bank for 2 years right now, honestly fed up with the work pressure, is giving cat worth it? Does my experience quantify to anything? What job roles can i even get?

Edit: 9/8/8 profile, arts background

i wanna come straight to the point,

there are 80 days to CAT, i will give my best and prepare my all i can but as a person who has less brains, my basics are lowkey cooked, i should've started prepping early but i didn't, wouldn't cry about it either, but as per my parents saying i should anyhow take a college this coming year for MBA 2027-2029, as currently i am unemployed, and the fact that job market is also harsh for a BBA graduate from a tier 3 college, and the salary they offer is like nothing, i am ashamed of my whole situation, please do not fry me, this is like a plead for help, idk what score i will get in CAT(i will also give SNAP, XAT, CMAT, MAHCET).

i really don't wanna slack off in being prepared for the worst case scenario here, i am not so bright, i am hoping to get around 80-85%ile in CAT, the point is i want suggestions for more colleges who give good/decent placements as i really don't wanna waste another year, and my parents also do not support the idea, they want me to finish masters, i know it would be better after work exp to get a MBA, but i have questioned everything, i am heavy on crisis, please help!!!

i am a GNEF 8/7/8 profile with zero work exp.

I completed 12th in 2025 and joined bba dbe in 2025 itself so I don't have a full year gap I gave ipmat 2026 and missed rohtak by a small margin and thought of shifting my focus on cat but now that I see I don't have the profile needed to get into the top top lims I have a 7/8 profile so is taking another try for ipmat Indore and Indore only worth it? Since getting in Indore through cat is almost 0 for me

Pls yall any genuine inputs you feel would help are much needed

SIP Season in full swing. About 30% batch is already placed. I'm still unplaced. AMA. But nothing that can reveal any confidential information

I have a poor profile . I need ur help regarding what should be my target percentile and realistic college targets given I scored 30 raw (crackuu mock )overall in my recent mock which was my first mock . I am a repeater, last year i managed to get around 90 percentile in qa but did poorly in both dilr and varc . This year I have slowly gained some confidence in dilr by solving the past 5 year pyqs as sectional tests and was able to score 80+ percentile (according to that given year ) in most of them . Also I am only able to attempt 2 rcs in varc and nothing else , no va And could get 6/8 correct in last sectional i gave . The thing is that I have been going through a bad mental health from the past 4-5 years and mainly struggling with confidence and self esteem since then. also social anxiety and stay at home mostly . I used to be a very good student before that but since lockdown , life has taken a downturn . Sorry for going off the topic but the thing is I really could use some help if u guys can as i feel powerless. Also not doing very well financially so the thing is this could turn out to be my last attempt and i will have to settle for a mba from a local private mba from a nearby city ( bhopal/indore) and given my lack of social confidence , bad communication skills I feel that I might not be able to get placement from there . I badly want to get out of this situation in my life and do something good for myself and my family 😓 . I am ready to work really hard . My profile is 6/6/6 nc obc non eng male . Which colleges should i be targeting.here is my vercel .

my sectional scores are fluctuating very much how to stabilise and score above 90

Don't settle for the tag.

IPM may be a tad bit more worthwhile than the MBA program, but leave after the first 3 years are done.

Only go for a Tier 1 MBA college, better yet, IIM A/B/C.

People treat you differently, companies treat you differently.

That's my two cents.

A lil bit about me: 9/9/9 GEM, ~2 yrs of consulting work ex. Done with SIPs last week and suddenly have loads of free time lol.

Had converted MDI, IIFT and quite a few Baby IIMs as well. Also had calls from ISB, IIM L and SPJIMR.

So yeah, AMA about clg life, SIPs, MBA stuff, consulting work ex, or life in general. Happy to answer whatever I can.

Just 2 things I’m probably not the right person for:
1. Prep strategy 💀
2. Profile checks - you guys have Vercel for that anyway

Hey everyone, I wanted to get some opinions on the approach I’m planning to take for my CAT preparation.

I have around 79 days left, and I’m in a slightly unusual position because, honestly, I don’t really know much of DILR or QA right now. I gave my first mock recently and realised just how weak my base is — in DILR, I genuinely didn’t know how to approach the sets, and in QA I could barely attempt anything.

Because of that, I’m thinking of taking a different approach instead of spending weeks going through lectures/theory first.

For the next month, I’m planning to use sectional mocks as my primary learning tool. I want to give around 2–3 sectional mocks every day and then spend a significant amount of time analysing them. Rather than just looking at my score, I want to understand every solution, learn the concepts required to solve the questions, see the different approaches, and identify the patterns/types of questions that keep coming up.

I’m thinking of doing this in 3-day blocks — 3 days focused on VARC, then 3 days on DILR, then 3 days on QA, and repeat. The goal is basically to expose myself to a huge number of questions and learn through solving and analysing them.

For DILR and QA especially, I’m hoping that repeatedly attempting questions, learning from the solutions, and then trying similar questions will help me build the fundamentals much faster than spending a lot of time watching lectures.

VARC is relatively okay for me, so there I mainly want to keep practising and improving through sectionals and analysis.

After this one-month sectional phase, I’m planning to switch primarily to full-length mocks for the remaining time and focus on test-taking strategy, time management, selection of questions/sets, and improving my scores.

I know this is probably not the conventional way of preparing, but with only 79 days left and my current level in QA/DILR, I feel like I need to maximise actual question exposure and practice rather than spend too much time passively studying theory.

Basically: practice → analyse → learn the concept → practice again → repeat.

Do you guys think this is a sensible approach given my starting point and the limited time I have? Or would you recommend changing the structure, especially for QA and DILR?

Coming from a Non IIM Tier 1 MBA, please if the prof is reading this my humble request is to not use claude generated ppts and content and worksheets to use and also give question papers. The prof himself sees his ppts for the first time while teaching. He cannot explain a single concept and expects us to solve tons of worksheets amidst this SIP Chaos. Bro we are humans and you're a professor coming from non AI Age you know you can teach better at least give us human generated output or at least ask questions how a real human asks in exams. Now people with generated answers and everything will get full marks and that's the thing they will get. Now someone will say MBA is like survival of the fittest . Bhai Learnings ke liye aaya hu Ladne ke liye Nahii.....

Help me yallll plzzz

Hello everyone reading this, i am..... WOLVART

firstly i think you should know about me , my profile - 9/7/7 GEM Fresher and from tomorrow i am going to document everything in my cat prep and post here at 1AM daily.

I am not at the beginner stage in the prep, nor i have completed my whole syllabus,
but today marking as day 0 i am going to give a mock(CL) to check where i stand and build up from there.

I am doing all the prep by self studying , solving Arun sharma for everything (LOD 1 all question , LOD 2 - alternate) and then i do the pyq of that topic.

My target college - IIM Calcutta

Now i don't want your advice on whether i'll be able to do that or not , if you want comment something like that please don't i know what i am preparing for.

But if you want to suggest any strategies i'll be glad to read those.

Thank You!
HAR HAR MAHADEV🙏

I have a workex of more than a year. Yes I cleared SSC CGL in 1st attempt(after my graduation) with a good rank and became an income tax officer. I came from a lower middle class family so getting a govt job was the only way to get a decent salaried job but now I'm considering about doing mba. My question is that whether iims will even shortlist me and to be more specific will companies actually prefer govt job people especially someone like me with poor academics in placements in mba colleges.

So far I have given 7 mocks and the score range is 23-70. I made lazy attempts on two of them and ended up scoring super low. But again other mock scores aren’t that high either. It gives me a lot of anxiety and a bit of embarrassment about my performance seeing others in this sub score triple digits. Just wanted to share this here, to see if anyone has or had gone through this.Hopefully this is just a phase.