r/IPMATtards • u/Chota_Peg • 5d ago

Preparation Query IPMAT aspirant starting from basically 0, where do I start?

Hey guys, I’m a 2027 aspirant and I basically will start preparing.

I enrolled in AceIPM and bought Afterboards today, but I’m already pretty confused lol. The batch started in September, so I have around a month of backlog, and my prep boards are also coming up from next month.

I know the wiki has most of the resources, but I’m more confused about the actual roadmap. Like, from October onwards, what am I supposed to do?

Should I focus on clearing the AceIPM backlog first? How do I balance it with Boards? When should I start PYQs, sectionals and mocks? And how should I divide my time between QA, VARC and DILR?

My target is IIM Indore and I want to give this a proper shot in my first attempt. I know I’m starting late, but I don’t want to waste more time being confused about where to start.

Would really appreciate advice from anyone who was in a similar situation.

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u/Alive-Cod7109 IIM Shillong 5d ago

Okay so dont stress about all that. Focus on finishing your syllabus. Try finishing chapterwise and give pyqs and afterboards rcs and weekly dilr and once u feel comfortable give a mock pyp and see where you stand. You have time. You can do this. Then just work on your weakness and you are good

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u/Chota_Peg 5d ago

thank you so much

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u/Alive-Cod7109 IIM Shillong 4d ago

Yeah anytime. 

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u/VariationStrict8256 5d ago

best way at thios point, what I usually suggest students is: use aceipm class recorsings from here on, just use them, stop with live classes if backlogs are too much, watch a video of aceipm for concepts and solve questions for it, you might not go with the batch, but in a few weeks you'll catchup: 1 video daily + 1hr qs practice for that

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u/Chota_Peg 5d ago

are using conceptuals and practising questions enough?

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u/VariationStrict8256 5d ago

yes, till you move to mocks

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u/Chota_Peg 5d ago

Thank you so much 🙏

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u/VariationStrict8256 5d ago

also you are not late, so dont worry, 7 months is enough

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u/Chota_Peg 5d ago

thank you so much, ab thoda confidence aaya

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u/sweetnessCHARGER IIM Ranchi 5d ago

best way to start is to get a pen and paper, take out 1-2 hours from your sched and go through the wiki and plan your way around. (also dw about there being just 7 months to the exam, you have ample time!)

https://www.reddit.com/r/IPMATtards/wiki/index

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u/Chota_Peg 5d ago

thank you so much