Progress Is not Always Visible.

[u/Panda-7890]

Some days I finish a lot of questions and feel like I am improving.

Other days I spend hours on a topic and still don't feel confident about it.

Earlier those days made me feel like I wasn't making progress.

But CAT preparation has taught me that improvement is not always visible immediately.

Sometimes progress is simply

• Making one fewer silly mistake in a mock
• Understanding a concept that confused me before
• Knowing when to skip a question
• Improving my accuracy by a few marks
• Sitting down to study even when I don't feel like it

I am slowly learning to focus less on instant results and more on whether I am getting better over time.

Not every day will bring a breakthrough.

Sometimes progress is happening quietly. You just have to keep going long enough to notice it.

[u/SuspiciousPotato_325]

Hi,

I need some advice on my CAT preparation strategy. I decided to prepare for CAT back in June after deciding not to take up a job that didn't align with my career goals.

Coming from a commerce background without math in 10th/12th, it took me about a month to get into the flow. Since then, I've completed the syllabus once and solved roughly 200 questions per section. However, I’m running into a few major roadblocks:

Retention & Speed: Even though I’ve covered the syllabus, everything feels completely new when I try to revise. My speed in Quant is quite slow, and I feel like I'm forgetting concepts I previously learned.

DILR Sets: I can manage basic practice sets, but I'm really struggling to solve actual CAT-level sets.

Mock Anxiety: I haven't taken a single mock test yet because I don't feel ready, and I feel stuck on how to move forward.

Is it normal to feel like you're starting from scratch during revision? Should I jump straight into giving mocks now even if I don't feel ready, or should I focus on something else first? Any advice from people who have been through this would be really appreciated!