CAT 2026 Last 15 Days Preparation Plan: What to Study and What to Skip

With CAT 2026 exam approaching in 15 days, you need not worry about what to do and what not to do. If you've been preparing for sometime now, you'll be already 90 percent ready for the CAT. In the last 15 days before the exam, cover the remaining 10 percent. Here's how.

CAT 2026 Last 15 Days Preparation Tips

CAT 2026 exam is only 15 days away. Now is the time to do focus on the exam day plan and capitalize on your current performance in the CAT mock tests. Get your short notes together and work on your strengths.

Your aim should now be to focus on the CAT percentile you’ve been consistently scoring and improve on it. For example, if you’ve been scoring around 95 percentile, you can reach up to 97 or even 99 if you focus on key aspects of CAT 2026 in the next 15 days. Here are some practical tips to help you utilize your last 15 days in the best possible manner.

CAT 2026 Last 15 Days Preparation Plan: What to Study

Previous Years’ CAT Question Papers: Solve last 5-year CAT question papers in a time bound manner. Note the main topics and question types that appear in every year in VARC, DILR and Quantitative Aptitude sections. Analyse which ones are from your strength areas and which ones are your weak points. You will need to stay clear of such questions in the CAT exam 2026.

Download Previous Years' CAT question paper PDFs with solutions (2024-2017)

High Weightage CAT Topics: Keep the focus of your revision and practice on high weightage CAT topics. Quantitative Aptitude has maximum questions from Arithmetic and Algebra so focus on them. Profit and Loss, Ration Proportion, Time Speed and Distance will be the key areas. In Algebra, focus on intergers, maxima-minima and functions.

Continue practicing LR and DI sets (2-3 each per day). In VARC too, keep practicing 2-3 RC passages on a daily basis for the next 15 days.

Formula and Errors: Revise CAT quant formulas every day. Use your notes to see the recurrent errors to fix them. If unable to do so, keep a note to avoid such questions in the CAT exam.

CAT Mock Tests 2026: Keep practicing sectional and full-length CAT mock tests. In the next 15 days aim for 4-5 full length and 10-15 sectional CAT mocks to keep the momentum going. Analyze each mock test result to see your scoring pattern, errors, and tricky areas. These observations will be helpful decision making during the CAT exam, as to which question to attempt and which ones to choose.

Exam Day Practice: You must have already downloaded your CAT admit card 2026, and know your exam slot. So, utilize the last 15 days to practice for the exam day. Attempt all your full-length CAT mock tests and previous year CAT question papers at the time as your CAT exam slot.

Also Read:

• CAT VARC Strategy to Score 30 Marks and Get 95 Percentile
• CAT 2026 DILR Strategy to Score 26+ Marks & Get 95+ Percentile
• CAT 2026 Quant Strategy to Score 25 + Marks and Get 95 + Percentile
• CAT VARC Last Week Tips: Key Sections and Strategy

CAT 2026 Last 15 Days Preparation Plan: What to Skip

New Topic: Skip everything you’ve not been able to touch so far. Now is not the time to study a new chapter. Given that all of you’ve been following a CAT preparation plan based on high weightage topics, it is most likely that only a minor topic was left behind. Don’t worry about it and work on what all you have mastered so far.

Guess work: During the CAT mock tests or practice sessions, stop doing guess work now. You have to be very careful of not doing guess work in the actual exam too. So, give up that habit, in case you have it. If you’re not able to guess the correct answer or you’re running short of time, leave the questions instead of making a blind guess.

Overdoing Mocks: Do not practice CAT mock tests daily, now. It is time to work on the lessons learnt from previous mocks and not attempt new mocks. As mentioned above on this page, stick to a limited number of mocks during the last 15 days of CAT 2026. By now you must have started getting a consistent score, which is a good sign.

Overanalyzing Mocks: The mocks you give, during this phase, need to be analyzed in a balanced manner. Check if there are major lapses. Minor error of judgements can be fixed. Don’t fret over them.

Peer Comparison: Don’t stress over other's CAT mock test scores. You need to focus on your score and further progress. Work on time management and improving accuracy. With each practice set, or revision, you should be able to reduce margin of error further.

Overall, last 15 days before the CAT exam 2026 is to prepare yourself for the exam day. Leave what’s left behind. Make the best of what you know. All the best!