In the previous post, we discussed the mindset with which one should approach a CAT retake; in this post, we shall look at a few more aspects with respect to a successful CAT retake. Since each one of you readers will have a different back story with respect to your first attempt and there will also be some non-IMS students among you as well, the focus of this post will be a bit wider. To take up classroom coaching or not The first voluntary disclosure from my side is that I took up classroom coaching for my first attempt. I attended classes regularly but I would put my regularity more down to the fact that I liked spending half an hour after classes chatting with a couple of my fellow aspirants who are still my closest friends. Another added factor is that I was not working and distances in a small city like Visakhapatnam were barely a hindrance. In recent times though there is a discernible trend — given the distances in metros, in some cases the … Continue reading How to prepare for a CAT retake – Part II