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CAT Strategy
How to actually prepare for CAT — section strategy (QA, VARC, DILR), mocks, planning, and the calls you have to make in your prep year.
Hindi-medium aspirants and CAT: bridging to English without losing speed
CAT is in English. Most Madhya Pradesh aspirants have studied through Hindi medium. Whether and how to make the linguistic transition — without sacrificing the speed and accuracy that CAT rewards.
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CAT 2026 strategy: a month-by-month plan from May
A practical month-by-month plan for CAT 2026 prep starting from May 2026. Monthly milestones, weekly hours, mock cadence, sectional priorities — the structure the IMS Indore senior batch follows.
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The T20 framework: the 20 skills that actually carry CAT Quant
The T20 skills framework from Bell the CAT — the twenty specific quantitative skills that drive CAT QA performance. Saurabh Mundra (99.99 percentile in QA) maps each skill to specific practice methods.
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Mental conditioning for CAT: the real difference between 99 and 99.9
What separates a 99 percentile from a 99.9 in CAT is not more practice — it is mental conditioning. The framework that Bell the CAT calls Mind over Matter, applied to the Indore cohort.
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The Five Pauses Technique: how to read CAT RC passages without losing time
The Five Pauses Technique from Bell the CAT — five deliberate stops while reading an RC passage that improve comprehension without slowing you down. Explained by IMS Indore VARC specialist A. Deepti.
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How to analyse a CAT mock: what most students get wrong
Spending two hours on a mock and 30 minutes on analysis is the most common waste of time in CAT prep. The IMS India methodology for analysing a mock — four passes, in this order.
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Indore to IIM: why Madhya Pradesh produces more IIM converts than you would expect
You don't need to move to Delhi or Mumbai to crack CAT. 2,512 IIM calls in CAT-25 came from the IMS Indore + Bhopal centres alone. Why MP prep works, and what local students should know.
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How a non-engineer cracks IIM-A: the four moves that actually matter
Over 80% of IMS Indore's CAT-25 IIM call-getters are non-engineers. The four prep moves that distinguish a non-engineer who cracks IIM-A from one who plateaus at 95 percentile.
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You don't need a 99.5 on CAT — and the CAT-25 data proves it
The persistent myth that you need 99.5 percentile or higher to convert an IIM is wrong. The actual percentile floor for each tier, drawn from 149 named CAT-25 IMS Indore converts.
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