If I Had Just 30 Days Left For CAT 2026, This Is EXACTLY What I'd Do — Transcript

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1. 0:00It helped me a lot during my
2. 0:01preparation journey. Earlier, I
3. 0:03couldn't even sit for 2 hours. As soon
4. 0:04as the third section, Quant, came after
5. 0:06the second section, I used to feel
6. 0:07restless. I used to feel like, man, let
7. 0:09me just finish this quickly and get up.
8. 0:10We have roughly 30 days left for CAT
9. 0:152026. And believe me guys, the last 30
10. 0:18days of your preparation are going to
11. 0:20be the most effective as well as the
12. 0:22most crucial part of your entire
13. 0:24preparation. In this video, I am going
14. 0:28to tell you the five things you should
15. 0:31pay extreme attention to during the
16. 0:33last 30 days. And the fifth point is
17. 0:36going to be a game changer. So make
18. 0:37sure that you stick to this video until
19. 0:39the end. Point number one: have an
20. 0:42optimistic mindset. I have seen many
21. 0:44such people, guys, in my batch who were
22. 0:47preparing with me and had no
23. 0:49preparation at all for last year's CAT
24. 0:51exam, but in the last 30 days something
25. 0:54changed, and no one understands how
26. 0:56while we are in the process. Speaking
27. 0:59about myself. My exam was on November
28. 1:0213, 2025; roughly a month before, in
29. 1:04October, I took a DILR sectional test.
30. 1:08And I was not able to solve even a
31. 1:09single set in that. Cut to November 13,
32. 1:12during my exam day, I solved 2 and a
33. 1:15half sets. So it is very, very much
34. 1:19possible, doable, and achievable that
35. 1:21in the next 30 days you prepare so well
36. 1:24that whatever score you are getting
37. 1:27today, you can score much higher marks
38. 1:29and a much higher percentile on
39. 1:31November 28th or 29th, whenever our CAT
40. 1:34is. So first of all, be optimistic and
41. 1:37have faith in your preparation. 30 days
42. 1:39is not a small amount of time for us.
43. 1:41There is still sufficient time.
44. 1:43Provided we plan strategically and use
45. 1:47our time wisely. Point number two:
46. 1:49focus on your strengths. The biggest
47. 1:52mistake aspirants make is that in the
48. 1:55pursuit of making weak topics strong,
49. 1:57we don't revise our already strong
50. 2:00topics. We don't practice them enough.
51. 2:03So what you need to do is keep making
52. 2:06your weak topics strong alongside. Keep
53. 2:09studying new topics. But at the same
54. 2:12time, keep revising the topics you
55. 2:13already know well, the ones you feel
56. 2:15are your strong areas, and the ones you
57. 2:17feel confident about. Keep solving a
58. 2:21few problems from them, if possible, in
59. 2:23fact preferably previous year questions
60. 2:25, slowly and steadily alongside. It
61. 2:27should not happen that we spent so much
62. 2:29time on weak topics. Neither did those
63. 2:32become strong, nor could we practice
64. 2:34the topics that were already strong. So
65. 2:36now, we are left with nothing. This
66. 2:37should not happen. We must avoid this
67. 2:39mistake. Point number three: give as
68. 2:42many sectional tests as possible. I
69. 2:44have mentioned this in one of my
70. 2:46previous videos, which you can find in
71. 2:47the i-button above. Sectional tests are
72. 2:50very important and way more important
73. 2:52than full-length mock tests. Many times
74. 2:54, after studying, we feel that we have
75. 2:55understood everything. But when we are
76. 2:57in that exam kind of environment. Then
77. 2:59things don't get solved. Which means
78. 3:01that we need either more practice or a
79. 3:02better understanding of our concepts.
80. 3:04So make sure that you are giving at
81. 3:06least one or two sectional tests every
82. 3:08single day. It won't take much time. A
83. 3:10test is only 40 minutes long. If you
84. 3:13are giving two tests or even one test
85. 3:15of any one section every single day, it
86. 3:17is not only going to help you in
87. 3:19assessing your performance but also
88. 3:21help you in making sure that you are
89. 3:23sitting with undivided focus for 40
90. 3:25minutes on a particular section. The
91. 3:28fourth point and the fifth point are
92. 3:30very related and very underrated. The
93. 3:32fourth point is that we must give at
94. 3:34least one full-length mock test a week.
95. 3:37Obviously, one objective will be to
96. 3:40know what level our preparation is at
97. 3:42today. To know where we stand. But more
98. 3:46importantly, we have to give the test
99. 3:48so that we can practice patience. We
100. 3:51can practice sitting in one place for
101. 3:53two hours to solve the paper. We can
102. 3:55make our mind habitual. See, it is not
103. 3:59as if we don't use Instagram all day,
104. 4:00scrolling through reels and shorts. So
105. 4:03our attention span has decreased. And
106. 4:05it’s very understandable. It’s very
107. 4:07normal these days. But in an exam
108. 4:09setting, perhaps this is a very
109. 4:11underrated thing. If you work on this
110. 4:14separately—on your attention span,
111. 4:16your patience levels, and your
112. 4:19capability for undivided focus—it is
113. 4:21going to reward you in very unexpected
114. 4:24ways on the day of the exam. Which you
115. 4:27might not be able to measure. You might
116. 4:29not be able to attribute your result or
117. 4:32success to this thing. But it really
118. 4:34changes the game. It helped me a lot
119. 4:37during my preparation journey. Earlier,
120. 4:39I couldn't even sit for two hours.
121. 4:40After the second section, as soon as
122. 4:41the third section, Quant, would come. I
123. 4:43used to feel restless. I used to feel
124. 4:45like, man, just finish this quickly and
125. 4:46get up. But the more I started
126. 4:48practicing mock tests with the primary
127. 4:50goal that I just have to sit. Whether
128. 4:53the scores are low or high, mistakes
129. 4:55are happening, or questions aren't
130. 4:56being solved, I just have to sit with
131. 4:58undivided focus and with the utmost
132. 5:00patience I can portray at that time.
133. 5:03And lastly, the fifth and most
134. 5:05important point: solve at least two
135. 5:07DILR sets every single day. And I will
136. 5:10also tell you where you need to solve
137. 5:12these from. Use previous year questions
138. 5:14. From 2020 to 2025, you have 15 papers
139. 5:19, with three sets each. Each one will
140. 5:22have three to four questions. You
141. 5:24easily have 60 DILR sets. Pick up two
142. 5:26DILR sets daily. Now, there is a very
143. 5:28important disclaimer here. You won't be
144. 5:30able to solve all the sets. And that is
145. 5:32not our objective for solving them
146. 5:33either. You know what the biggest
147. 5:35problem in DILR is? First, see what the
148. 5:37patience issue is. We don't even
149. 5:38realize whether we are spending too
150. 5:40little time on a set or if we have
151. 5:42spent too much time. So, that is a time
152. 5:44management or patience-related problem.
153. 5:47Even bigger than that are our internal
154. 5:49thoughts that trouble us a lot. We go
155. 5:52to a set. We spend 4 to 5 minutes there
156. 5:54. And we observe that we aren't able to
157. 5:56solve the set. There is a lot of
158. 5:57self-doubt that creeps in. There is a
159. 6:00lot of restlessness that creeps in,
160. 6:01which tells us that maybe I should move
161. 6:03to another set. Maybe I should spend
162. 6:05more time on this same set. All these
163. 6:07thoughts start to come in. And when
164. 6:09these thoughts come, our focus shifts
165. 6:11away from that set. And we get lost in
166. 6:14our own internal dialogue. So, we have
167. 6:19to solve two DILR sets daily with the
168. 6:20objective that I will sit for 40
169. 6:22minutes with full patience, full
170. 6:24devotion, and full focus. I have to
171. 6:27train my mind so that seeing a DILR set
172. 6:29doesn't trigger that internal dialogue.
173. 6:33Instead, seeing that set should put me
174. 6:34in a problem-solving mode. I should
175. 6:35enter a curiosity mode and think about
176. 6:37how to solve the question. My entire
177. 6:38focus and attention should be on that
178. 6:40thing. This is very, very important,
179. 6:42guys. Once we have developed this. Once
180. 6:45we have taught this to our mind. Sets
181. 6:47will start getting solved on their own.
182. 6:49You already know the concepts. What
183. 6:51kind of questions can be formed. You
184. 6:53already know. And you are already
185. 6:55practicing. So if you are still unable
186. 6:57to solve the set, it might be because
187. 6:59our internal dialogue is somehow
188. 7:01restricting us from solving the set. So
189. 7:04yes, these were the five points that
190. 7:06you need to really, really take care of
191. 7:07in the last 30 days. Which is the most
192. 7:09crucial part of your entire CAT
193. 7:11preparation journey. If you have any
194. 7:13doubts or any comments, then let me
195. 7:15know in the comment section below. Like
196. 7:17the video, share it with a friend who
197. 7:19is going to appear for CAT 2026. And we
198. 7:21will meet in the next video. Till then,
199. 7:23stay happy, stay healthy, and stay
200. 7:25focused. Jai Hind, Jai Bharat. Hmm.