CetKing A lot of CAT students struggle to nail down their timing on the Quant section. If you’re in this situation, you can’t just tell yourself that you’ll work faster next time. Instead, with the help of this post, figure out where your timing problem is coming from. Then you’ll know exactly how to fix it. … Read more
There’s a particular exercise for students who overthink Reading Comprehension and Critical Reasoning problems. It involves answering GMAT RC and CR problems without looking at the passage or the argument. With a little training, students can often reach 50% accuracy or better! Four specific problem types on the CAT reward boring, wishy-washy answers. Those problem … Read more
We find ourselves explaining the difference between the terms “few” and “a few” – a subtle, but very important distinction which has, on occasion, completely changed the meaning of a sentence. Hence, we realized that a post on this difference is warranted. “Few”, when used without a preceding “a”, means “very few” or “none at … Read more
Download PDF with 200 formulas on Geometry and Mensuration PDF About 12 to 15 percent of the questions are related to geometry. Putting a few easy tips into practice can help you to perform your best on geometry questions. Memorize Formulas As you prep for these questions, it’s a good idea to memorize some basic … Read more
Hello again, everyone! It’s time for another Challenge Question, this time from the verbal side of the exam. Try your hand at this Sentence Correction question, log your answers and explanations in the comments field, and we’ll be back with the official solution and an important lesson regarding Sentence Correction. And now, for today’s Challenge … Read more
Estimation Some problems ask you straight up, “Approximately how far has the train gone when…” When they tell you that you can approximate, always do so! But even when they don’t, you may be able to estimate. Train yourself to glance at those answer choices periodically while you work to see how far you really … Read more
In the winter/spring of 2016, Donald Trump is everywhere – always on your TV screen, all over your social media feeds, on the tip of everyone’s tongue, and, yes, even lurking in the answer choices on your NMAT verbal section. Why are verbal answer choices like Donald Trump? Is it that they’re only correct 20% … Read more
In studying for exam, we often come across a strategy for how to handle complex questions – simplify them until they become a problem that we know how to solve. But how exactly does one simplify a complicated question? Let’s try to understand this with an example today: Twenty-four men can complete a job in … Read more
Some students aren’t satisfied with the score they receive the first time they take the competitive exams, so they make the decision to retake the test. Naturally, these students want to know how to improve their scores so they can perform well on the test the second time around. Let’s take a look at some … Read more
For students who know how to quickly do these computations, they are rewarded with extra minutes that can be spent double-checking their work and critically thinking about whether their answers make sense. A second saved is a second earned on the CAT, but it doesn’t matter if those extra seconds come from being faster at … Read more
