Last Week Preparation Tips for MAT 2025 Exam

MAT Last Week Preparation Tips 2025

As the MAT 2025 May PBT is scheduled on May 31, check below 6 key tips for last week preparation of MAT exam 2025. 

1. Revise and Apply- In the last one week of MAT 2025 preparation, each day is crucial. Therefore, plan it well. Check MAT 2025 syllabus one more time to go through the topics which are important or difficult and revise the basics. Read the short notes you would have made earlier to recall tricks and shortcuts of solving questions.
2. Mock Test- Practice one MAT mock tests in the last week and analyse your performance. If you are still weak in a few topics, note them down and skip questions on those in the exam. Shiksha offers free MAT sample question paper and online MAT mock test for practice. Take benefit of this facility as it is highly probable that questions from the past may reappear in the upcoming exam.
3. Short Notes- When preparing for MAT exam 2025, candidates should prepare short notes. These short notes are very helpful in last week revision. If those notes are in place, all that a candidate needs to do is, revise them anytime, anywhere. It also provides clarity on the topics covered.
4. Do not attempt any new topic- In the last week of MAT preparation 2025 candidates must not start a new topics. This is a strict ‘NO’ as it creates unnecessary confusion. Just think, is it possible to grasp the fundamentals of fresh topics in a short time? Remember that you will have to balance new chapters with the revision exercise of already covered topics. Would it not add to the pressure? Devote time on revision and be confident of whatever you've prepared so far.
5. Time Management- As per MAT 2025 exam pattern, there will be 150 questions and the time duration will be 2 hours. Practically, candidates will have 0.75 seconds to read and solve each question. So improve the time management skills that you have developed while practicing MAT mock tests. You do not have to solve all the questions, attempt only those which you can solve accurately. MAT has negative marking so do not waste your time on questions you are unsure of.

6. Do not ignore Economic and Business Environment section- Although the score of Economic and Business Environment section is not considered while calculating MAT percentile, test takers need to focus on this section for overall score. Candidates must revise general awareness topics in the last week. This trick will help them sail through the Indian and Global environment section effectively. It will also help then in GD/PI rounds of MBA admission.

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Last but not the least; understand that as compared to CAT, XAT, SNAP and other MBA entrance exams; the difficulty level of MAT exam is low. If students who have appeared for any of these tests, they can easily crack the MAT exam by making intelligent choice of questions, they can score well.