Time Management Tips – CAT Preparation

Time management is the key to success in any exam. It becomes even more important when you are appearing for CAT Exam. You have only 24 hours in a day. This may seem very less when preparing for such exams, but with proper Time Management Tips, you can do a lot more quality preparation. Now let’s have a look at some Time Management Tips that will be of a huge help to you while appearing for CAT exam. The CAT exam is worth 300 marks divided into 3 sections and you have 3 hours i.e. 60 minutes for each section to solve. If you find out how to managethese 3 hours time well, half the work is already done. While dividing time during preparation one should keep in mind the following:

• Find your own strategies.
• Know your strengths and weaknesses before you go in for the exam. Attempt the questions that you know you can sail through. The exam is no time for you to experiment.
• Grammar needs practice. Thus, spending time solving grammar exercises and practicing writing skills is a good idea.
• Data Analysis and Interpretation is calculation intensive and therefore requires rigorous practice.
• Reasoning can only be strengthened with regular practice.
• Go through lists of frequently used words and phrases to strengthen your vocabulary.
• Memorize your formulae beforehand.
• Remember solving techniques for Quant and LR.
• Attempt sufficient number of questions in each section.
• Do not attempt all 100 questions.
• Do not get emotionally attached to any question. Solving a difficult question would fetch you the same marks as an easy ones. So invest your time in questions that are worth it. Else drop them.
• Do not waste time rewriting questions on the rough sheet. Use the rough sheet only for calculations.
• Assign time to each question and stick to it. Drop a question if it is taking much longer than your assigned time-per-question. Assign time to each question and stick to it.
• Forget about the question you dropped. You are going to lose marks if you obsess over dropped questions.
• All you need is the right approach along with good strategies to reach your goal of cracking the CAT exam. So, plan effectively and just nail it.

All The Best!!!