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CAT 2025 Countdown: Where You Should Be by Now

CL Team July 23 2025
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CAT 2025 Countdown: Where You Should Be by Now

Strategic Checkpoint for CAT Aspirants | Career Launcher South Ex

Introduction

With June ending, CAT 2025 is officially under six months away. The early prep phase is over — now is the time for serious strategy, mock discipline, and performance tracking.

Whether you started in January or just picking up pace now, it’s critical to assess your current standing and act fast.

At Career Launcher South Ex, we guide students to align their preparation with the exam timeline. In this blog, we break down where you should be by now, how to catch up if you're behind, and what to focus on moving forward.

Where Should You Be Right Now?

By mid-year, a well-prepared aspirant should have:

  • Completed core Quant topics: Arithmetic, Algebra, and basic Geometry

  • Developed a regular RC habit — with tracked accuracy

  • Started solving mixed DILR sets

  • Taken at least 3–5 mocks with detailed review

  • Identified strong and weak areas

Even if you’re behind, the key is not to panic but to act with urgency and clarity.

Section-Wise Focus Areas (June–July)

Quantitative Aptitude (QA):
You should have covered major Arithmetic and Algebra topics and begun applying them to mixed questions. Prioritize speed-building with mental math and shortcuts.

Verbal Ability & RC (VARC):
Read for 30–45 minutes daily. Focus on editorials, economics and science topics. Practice para-jumbles, summary questions, and develop a strategy for RC accuracy.

DILR:
Start daily practice of one set. Alternate between logic-based sets and DI-heavy puzzles. Set selection is key — work on identifying doable sets quickly.

Mock Tests:
Begin with one mock every 10–12 days. Focus not just on scores but detailed analysis — why you got something wrong, what you guessed, and where time was lost.

Sample Questions: Practice Set for This Week

Quantitative Aptitude:

  1. A train travels at 60 km/h and covers a certain distance in 6 hours. If it had gone 20 km/h faster, how long would it have taken to cover the same distance?

  2. If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 3:2, and there are 60 students in total, how many girls are there?

  3. The simple interest on a sum for 2 years at 6% p.a. is Rs. 360. What is the principal?

VARC:

  1. Read the following paragraph and identify the most logical summary.
    “While AI continues to evolve rapidly, experts are warning that the gap between ethical regulation and technological advancement is widening. Several companies have already adopted AI tools without clarity on user privacy, bias, or algorithmic transparency.”

a) AI has solved many ethical issues.
b) Technological advancement is not dependent on ethics.
c) AI's ethical regulation has not kept up with its advancement.
d) Companies avoid using AI due to legal concerns.

  1. Identify the odd sentence out:
    A) Data privacy is a major concern in tech.
    B) The company released its new AI model last week.
    C) Users often ignore app permissions.
    D) Regulations for digital security are still evolving.

DILR:

  1. A group of five friends — A, B, C, D, and E — are sitting around a circular table. A is to the right of B, who is opposite C. D is not next to C or B. Who is sitting to the left of E?

  2. A bar graph shows the number of books read by students in five months. (You may sketch your own data.)
    If the average books read in Jan, Feb, and March is 10, and the total in April and May is 30, what is the total number of books?

Key Mistakes to Avoid Now

  • Spending too long revising instead of testing yourself

  • Not practicing full-length mocks

  • Ignoring DILR until August

  • Being overconfident in RC without tracking accuracy

  • Delaying analysis of performance and feedback

What If You’re Behind Schedule?

If you haven’t covered enough ground, here’s what to do:

  • Pick two high-weightage topics in Quant (e.g., Percentages, TSD) and revise with practice

  • Do one RC passage and one DILR set daily — consistently

  • Start taking mocks, even if your syllabus is incomplete

  • Join a structured program with faculty-led checkpoints and weekly assessments

How Career Launcher South Ex Supports You

At South Ex, our CAT coaching system is designed around milestones, mock integration, and adaptive support.

We offer:

  • Smart curriculum coverage with practice drills

  • Live doubt sessions and performance feedback

  • DILR and RC workshops every week

  • Mock test analysis sessions

  • Goal-setting check-ins every two weeks

Our mentors guide you to build not just knowledge, but exam temperament — one section, one test, one improvement at a time.

Final Thoughts

CAT is not about being the smartest — it’s about being the most prepared.
By June, your prep needs to evolve from theory-heavy to application-oriented.

Take mocks seriously. Build a performance mindset. Practice what matters.
And if you feel stuck — don’t stay there. Reach out. Realign.

At Career Launcher South Ex, we’re here to help you make these next 5 months count — one decision at a time.