Hi Shweta, I am currently working in a corporate role while preparing for the CAT alongside my job. However, I am finding it difficult to manage my time effectively. I struggle with planning how to divide my preparation time, which has made me inconsistent.During weekdays, I hardly get any time or energy to study due to work commitments. On weekends, it becomes challenging to allocate sufficient time because I feel mentally fatigued after the entire week.Could you please guide me on how to manage my time better and maintain consistency in my preparation? I aim to score 99 percentile in CAT, but I am unsure how to structure my routine to achieve this.
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Rashmi Sinha · 2026-03-29 · 3 helpful
Same concern I am also a working prof. What I am doing is keeping my sat's first half free. That makes me feel that I gave myself recovery time esp after fri eve and then I start studying sat evening. I give 2-3 hours on saturday and 3-4 hours on sunday first half. I dont study on sunday evening. That gives the feeling that I am not giving my entire weekend to CAT
Shweta Arora(Mentor) · 2026-03-31 · 2 helpful
Hey, like Rashmi said you can allocate specific hours for studying. It is understandable that you would not want to spend all your weekends studying for the exam, but the alternate is to take out 1-2 hours early morning/late night. That's how most working professionals manage.