CAT Preparation

I would like to tell you that you must be good in maths for preparing for CAT as its portion is based on class 8th, 9th and 10th maths.

You can pursue your CAT preparation from the final year of graduation and appear for it. Having good resume or CV is most important for getting job opportunities and call Letters. You can quantity your skills and projects you have undertaken and add all technical jargons to make it look appealing.

You can follow Arihant published books and must follow previous solved papers.

You should start by second year of B.Com.

Go through Career Launcher's course, I found that good. An alternative that you can go for if you're dedicated enough is to get a comprehensive list of topics that are covered/asked in CAT, and then search for online tutorials on YouTube. For a fact I know that all QA and DA topics are covered. You can check for VA too.

Dear Indraja Naik,
CAT normally got three stages of preparation: first, you should start your own preparation first by getting material that is available in the market. Second, you should go for some excellent coaching center, third stage is to solve old papers.
All the best.

Get a clear idea of what the syllabus is. I hope you know that the exam consists of Quant, LR/DI, and English. Start practising. There are a lot of books available. Give time to all the four and to get an idea of the difficulty level of each, solve the previous years CAT questions. You can choose to take the test series of any coaching institute, later, if you think you need it.

I think, you must join a coaching center for CAT exam. If you are confident to manage yourself, then you can go ahead.

You need to prepare for CAT exam to get admission in IIMs. Apart from that, there are many other exams like SNAP, MAT, etc.

Arun Sharma's book for CAT preparation is the very best.
The candidates can also opt for the reading materials provided by the coaching institutions. Few reading materials of coaching centres that is easily accessible and can be preferred are-
i. IMS or CL
ii. T.I.M.E.