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LR Troubles You? Stop Trying to “Master” It.
Logical Reasoning troubles most CAT aspirants. And honestly, I understand why. LR can be incredibly frustrating because you can spend 20 minutes on a set, feel like you are getting somewhere, and then suddenly realize that one tiny observation was all you were missing. You start questioning yourself. “Am I just bad at LR?” “Why can everyone else see the logic?” “Should I leave LR and focus on something else?” No. On a serious note, if LR is troubling you, don't try to magical
2 days ago3 min read


You Can Solve It in Class. So Why Can’t You Solve It in the Exam?
For all those who keep watching the clock and keep taking unnecessary anxiety during mocks and exams — this one is for you. You sit in a live class. A question appears. You read it, think about it, apply the concept, and solve it. No problem. Then the same kind of question appears in a mock. Suddenly: “Shit, 27 minutes left.” “Have I spent too much time on this?” “How much time should I have left?” “I need to hurry.” And before you know it, you are spending more time looking
2 days ago3 min read


From Acing VARC to Managing All 3 Sections: Building a Balanced CAT Strategy
I have uploaded one of the session here with Aspirant permission and the actual post session report so you can see what you receive after a 1:1 here Vaishnavi came into the session with a very different problem. She wasn't struggling because she wasn't studying enough — she was already putting in around seven hours a day and had taken four full mocks. Her VARC was clearly her strongest section, but high attempts weren't consistently converting into accuracy. DILR confidence a
4 days ago3 min read


Why Your First Mock Should Be a Diagnostic, Not a Judgment
I have uploaded one of the session here with Aspirant permission and the actual post session report so you can see what you receive after a 1:1 here Starting CAT Preparation: Why Your First Mock Should Be a Diagnostic, Not a Judgment Bhavya is at a stage many CAT aspirants find confusing: preparation has started, but there is no reliable data yet to tell her what is actually working. She had begun working on RCs, Arithmetic, Algebra and basic LR sets, but had not taken a full
5 days ago3 min read


From 55 to 99+ Percentile: What One CAT Aspirant Needed to Fix
I have uploaded one of the session here with Aspirant permission and the actual post session report so you can see what you receive after a 1:1 here Saumya is preparing for CAT 2026 and came into the session with a mock score of 53 marks, roughly translating to the 55.7 percentile range. Her syllabus coverage was actually much better than her score suggested: Quant was largely covered, RC practice was already a strength, and she had worked through several LR/DI concepts. The
Aug 223 min read


Taking 10 CAT Mocks But Still Stuck? Here's What May Be Going Wrong
I have uploaded one of the session here with Aspirant permission and the actual post session report so you can see what you receive after a 1:1 here Harsh is a BAF fresher preparing seriously for CAT 2026 and currently studying around nine hours a day. Despite putting in significant effort, his mock performance has remained volatile: 10 mocks attempted, with a highest percentile of 34.43 and lowest of 1.04. VARC is his biggest weakness, DILR is inconsistent, and Quant concept
Aug 223 min read


Stuck Between a Job and CAT Prep? A Practical 3-Month CAT Strategy
I have uploaded one of the session here with Aspirant permission and the actual post session report so you can see what you receive after a 1:1 here Khushi is a BBA graduate currently working in customer support and preparing for CAT alongside a demanding work schedule. She had attempted CAT before and had been preparing seriously since August 2025, but her preparation had become inconsistent. Her recent mock performance was around the mid-50 percentile range, with VARC aroun
Aug 223 min read


Earn Your Stripes: The IIMwalaBanda Badge System
CAT prep is a marathon dressed up as a sprint. You put in months of work — mock after mock, topic after topic — and most of the proof of that work lives in a spreadsheet only you look at. I wanted something that actually felt like progress along the way, not just a percentile you check once every few weeks. So we built badges. Fifteen of them, across three categories, each one marking a real milestone in your prep — not participation trophies, but genuine markers of where you
Aug 204 min read


1 on 1 Personal Diagnosis & Strategy Sessions @IIMwalaBanda
You don't need more advice. You need to know what YOU should do next. Every aspirant has a different problem. Maybe you're studying for hours but your mock scores aren't moving. Maybe you've finished the syllabus but don't know what to practice. Maybe you know the concepts but struggle with time, accuracy or question selection. That's where a 1:1 Diagnosis & Strategy Session comes in. What happens in the session? We look at your preparation from the outside and answer three q
Aug 191 min read


What Independence Means to a Middle-Class Boy | Power of an MBA
Independence means different things to different people. It isn't always about some grand idea of freedom. Sometimes, it is simply about having the freedom to build a life that your circumstances once made difficult to imagine. It is being able to take an education loan to pursue an MBA, knowing that one day you can pay it back yourself. It is being able to choose the kind of work you want to do, the industry you want to be in, and the problems you want to solve — instead of
Aug 152 min read


10 lessons I learned entering my 35th
Happiness is top priority and luckily it is our choice. Life is fairly laid out and pre planned throughout our 20s with tons of major events like college, independence, first kiss, first heartbreak, first job, first marriage (and hopefully last) but 30s are to be figured out! Freedom comes at a cost. We get to pay the price by figuring out things ourself, making daily life decisions from cooking our meals to taking out the trash, from paying rent and utilities to managing exp
Aug 122 min read


Why I Treat Every CAT Mock Like a Diagnosis
Someone messaged me last week with a question I get a lot. "Sir, which book should I start with?" I understand the instinct. When you decide to prepare for CAT, the natural next step feels like: pick a book, join a course, start solving. But I made that same mistake when I started. My first mock was around 60 percentile. And my first reaction was to just study harder. More questions. More hours. More books. It didn't work. What actually moved the needle wasn't more effort. It
Aug 112 min read


From 60 Percentile to 98.3: My CAT, IIM & Corporate Journey
About my Journey so far!
Aug 97 min read


CAT 2026 Preparation Strategy: How to Crack CAT in 4 Months
Can CAT be aced in 4 months? Yes—but only if you spend these 4 months doing the right things consistently. CAT is not an exam where studying for 10 hours one day and then taking three days off works. Four months is enough to build a very strong score if you focus on concepts, practice, and mock analysis. First, remember you're preparing for 3 seperate exams and you need to just nail one and sail through other two in top 10% performers to open gates of most of the IIMs and top
Aug 43 min read


How I Increased My CAT Percentile from 80 to 99
One of the questions I get asked the most is: "How do I go from 80 to 99 percentile?" The answer isn't learning hundreds of new concepts. It's changing how you prepare. When I started taking CAT seriously, I stopped chasing the syllabus and started chasing better decisions. Instead of solving more questions, I spent more time understanding why I got questions wrong. Here's what made the biggest difference: I treated every mock like the actual CAT. I spent more time analyzing
Jul 261 min read


CAT 2026 Syllabus: The Complete Guide to Every Topic You Need to Cover
If you're starting your CAT 2026 preparation, the first step isn't picking a book or joining a coaching class — it's knowing exactly what you're up against. The CAT exam tests you across three sections: Quantitative Ability (QA), Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation (LRDI), and Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC). Each has its own flavor, its own traps, and its own way of separating the prepared from the hopeful. Here's the complete breakdown, section by section,
Jul 152 min read


Do I need to crack all the three sections ?
No! also you cannot. It is always advisable to work on your strengths. If you are good at quant and bad at verbal. Then your mission should be to get really good and rather best in quant. This will increase your score and chances. Ofcourse you can't stay bad at verbal. So you keep improving your score and aim for atleast somewhere high percentile so that your overall score doesn't dip low. Now like in my case, you also have a love hate relationship with di lr. The only way
Jul 141 min read


Is it tough to crack mba enterance exams ?
Yes. But if you change the question. Is it manageable to crack mba exams ? Yes. It's a very straight forward exam. You have to be ready with basic mathematics and decent reasoning along with comfort of English language. Quant So I am a big fan of the complete syllabus of CAT but my personal favorite is quantitative ability. I was because of my practice of quant, I was able to get 99 %ile in quant and an overall 98.3 and got me to IIM Rohtak. You can easily watch short videos
Jul 102 min read
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