{"id":12405,"date":"2021-06-07T19:23:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T13:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.2iim.com\/cat-exam\/blogs\/?p=12405"},"modified":"2021-06-14T19:08:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T13:38:53","slug":"6-conundrums-faced-by-cat-aspirants-everyday-how-to-deal-with-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.2iim.com\/cat-exam\/blogs\/cat-preparation-strategy\/6-conundrums-faced-by-cat-aspirants-everyday-how-to-deal-with-them\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Conundrums faced by CAT Aspirants everyday – How to deal with them?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Conundrums faced by CAT aspirants – How to deal with them?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Do you still remember that beautiful Sunday morning? You entered the examination center. You hit the start button and started going through the question paper. And you see a question. The question seems easy to you, you pick up your pen and now you’re trying to solve it. 10 minutes have passed by since then and finally the question throws you off and now you’re lost, asking yourself – what the hell just happened? Welcome to the world of a regular CAT aspirant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article we will look at the Conundrums faced by CAT Aspirants in their daily lives, and we will also try to figure out ways to resolve them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re faint hearted, please stop reading this now, and get the hell out of this page, because we’re going to have some hard truths as we proceed. So let’s get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The epic problem of constantly thinking of being victimized<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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“My friend X, who has stellar academic records, and has also graduated from IIT. He is naturally good at Maths. I don’t even stand a chance. The entire system is rigged against me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me be blunt and tell you something, you can stand on the top of the tallest building that you have in your city and scream at the top of your voice for 24 hours, but it will not change a jot to the system. Now that I’ve told you the truth, let me tell you something. In Africa, every morning a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will<\/em><\/strong> be killed. Similarly, every morning in Africa a lion wakes up, it knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re the lion or a gazelle. When the Sun comes up, you’d better be running<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you’ve graduated from a tier 1 college or a tier 3 college, it doesn’t matter once you’ve taken the plunge to crack CAT. You have to run and you have to put up a brave fight. Activate your beast mode, buckle up, and blitz ahead. Instead of whining, read 5 wonderfully hand-picked articles from Bharath’s Curated Reading List<\/a> and take the Reading List Rewind Quiz on our Instagram<\/strong> page<\/a>. Solve 25 Quant questions from our 2iim question bank<\/strong> <\/a>and try to solve 2 DILR puzzles from our question bank<\/strong>. “If you do not like how the table is set then turn over the table<\/em><\/strong>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rhetoric of “My job is killing me and it’s impossible to prepare for CAT along with my job”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is the BS rhetoric that you’ve been constantly telling to yourself. If you have a job then consider yourself among the privileged and blessed. Because now there are millions of people who do not have a job, and they are desperately looking for a job. So if you have a job then consider yourself lucky and for the love of God, please DO NOT QUIT YOUR<\/strong> JOB.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A job gives you a social identify and most importantly, “it de<\/strong><\/em>–emphasises <\/strong>the outcomes of <\/strong><\/em>CAT <\/strong>exam<\/strong><\/em>” and helps you immensely in your preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Try to have plenty of “Joie de vivre ” bursts during your preparation cycle. While reading an article from Bharath’s Curated Reading List <\/strong>during your lunchtime tell yourself that I’m going to have some fun while reading this article. I am also going to learn something new from this article today. Recently I read an article from The<\/strong> Economist<\/strong> which talks about the importance of solving puzzles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we’re trying to solve a high quality DILR puzzle <\/strong>basically we’re learning the art to bring an order to the chaos. If you look around the world now, you’ll be able to notice that there’s a chaos everywhere around the world. So solving a puzzle everyday during your breaks from work can teach you the art to bring an order to the chaos, which is an extremely useful skill to learn in today’s world. If you just do these small mental adjustments, you’ll notice that you’re actually having a lot of fun preparing for CAT, while working full time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch this following video to know in such detail as to why we strongly advocate having a job while CAT Preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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