How to improve my quants

First of all, please stop regretting the time you've lost. You can't change when you started, but you can control what you do with the next 45 days. Being from a non-maths background doesn't mean you can't improve in Quant.

Here's what I'd suggest:

**1. Don't try to complete the entire syllabus.** Focus on high-priority topics, especially Arithmetic (percentages, ratio-proportion, averages, profit & loss, SI-CI, time & work, and TSD). Then cover selected Algebra topics based on your progress.

**2. Build concepts first.** Start with basic questions and gradually move to CAT-level questions. Don't jump straight into difficult problems and then judge yourself based on them.

**3. Practise Quant daily.** Set aside 2–3 focused hours if your schedule allows. Learn a concept, solve 15–20 questions, and analyse every mistake. Focus on understanding rather than just counting questions.

**4. Don't postpone mocks until your syllabus is complete.** Take a diagnostic mock soon, even if your score is low. Use it to identify your weak areas, then take mocks regularly and analyse them properly.

**5. Keep VARC and DILR going too.** Don't spend all your preparation time on Quant and let your other sections suffer.

And please remember, a drop year isn't a failure, and starting late doesn't mean you're incapable. You may not be able to cover everything in 45 days, but you can still make meaningful progress. Don't compare your preparation with someone else's.

See what and which section works for you for example,if you are good at geometry or number system do that but aslo do arithmetic atleast 4 topics from that

firstly dont waste time on searching asking for solutions and start doing prep rather thna regreting just do imp topics now arithmetic and algebra etc

Hey.. actually i am also a non engineering student and really scared of maths so what i am doing is solving all the 9-10 year pyqs from the all topics of arithmetic and algebra and extracting 20 most important & most repeatative questions from there and writing it all patternwise and also bcz of the my math fear i am not jumping towards the full syllabus completion instead i am making my stronger topic (SI-CI, P&L, Percentages, Ratios, etc.) even more stronger. You can pick your strengths too and go for it.. my target for mock is only to pick 8-9 questions straight from these topics. and trust me it is really helpful as well as sufficient to score good percentile. Hope it helps:)