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CAT Mocks·11 Aug 2026·8 min read

My 20 CAT Mocks: 41 to 91, With Every Crash Left In

Three months of real mock scores, section by section, including the mock where I scored 40 two days after scoring 96. Not a success story - a log of what the aggregate number hid.

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CAT VARC·10 Jun 2026·7 min read

CAT VARC Preparation: A 3-to-39 Score Range Across 23 Mocks

My VARC score has run from 3 to 39 across 23 mocks - a 13x swing in the same section. A note I wrote myself after one sectional explains most of the gap: "could have gotten 35 though - always look carefully and eliminate extreme options."

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Study Habits·5 Jun 2026·6 min read

How to Build a Study Streak: 5 Habits From 135 Active Days

340 sessions, 135 active days, one 190-minute outlier against a 59-minute average - and a streak that has broken more than once. Here is what my own Karma Yogi data says actually keeps a study habit alive.

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CAT 2026·1 Jun 2026·7 min read

CAT 2026 Study Plan: 340 Sessions and 23 Mocks So Far

My CAT 2026 exam is on 29 November. Here is the actual month-by-month shape of my prep so far - 340 sessions, 23 mocks, one four-day stretch that went 96, 40, 94 - and what changes for the 13 weeks left.

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Written between mocks. Edited between sits.

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