I never saw myself as someone who could crack CAT. Coming from a non-engineering, Arts background, the exam always felt like unfamiliar territory — especially with all the Quant-heavy talk around it. Ironically, the one section I thought I’d be comfortable with, VARC, turned out to be the hardest. Reading Comprehension would leave me exhausted. I'd finish a passage and still feel unsure about what I’d read. The options felt like a blur, and I kept circling back, second-guessing everything. I wasn’t just struggling with accuracy — I was struggling with belief.
One night, while taking a break from prep, I ended up watching a video on YouTube by Sumit Sir — something about a 60-day challenge for CAT. His tone was calm but confident, and something about the way he said, “There’s still time” stayed with me. It wasn’t motivational fluff — it was practical, grounded advice that made sense. That night, I decided to stop overthinking and signed up for CATKing’s program.
What I liked about the course was its simplicity and structure. It didn’t push unrealistic schedules or pressure. Instead, it focused on small, consistent improvements — daily RC practice, focused VARC drills, and those evening sessions that slowly rebuilt my confidence. There’s one thing Sumit Sir said that completely changed my approach to RCs: “Read it like a story. Don’t try to attack the passage — try to understand it.” That advice flipped a switch for me.
Gradually, the numbers started improving. My mock scores in VARC began to rise, my accuracy issues started fading, and for the first time, I wasn’t afraid of the section anymore. I even started enjoying it — something I couldn’t have imagined just a few weeks earlier.
On the day of CAT, VARC turned out to be my best section. And for someone who had struggled so much with it, that felt like a personal victory. It wasn’t just about getting answers right — it was about rewriting how I saw myself as a learner.
If you’re in the final stretch and feel like time is running out, take a breath. Sixty days is more than enough to change direction — if you have the right plan and the will to follow it through. I’m not sharing this as advice, but as someone who’s been through the same doubt — and came out stronger.