Hi Harshit,

It’s not necessary to take coaching to crack the CAT exam. There are hundreds of examples of CAT toppers who revealed that consistent self-study in a time-bound manner and solving mock test papers regularly are good enough to crack the exam. However, it’s important to know that mentoring is very necessary at the time of preparation because you need to know whether the preparation is going in the right direction or not. You would need an expert to analyse the mock tests and that’s where test series from coaching centres comes into picture which is certainly crucial towards the final days of your preparation.

Read the interviews of some toppers who have topped the CAT in the past with great percentile:

How to prepare for CAT 2018: Give sufficient mocks and analyse the output, says Soumyajit Ghosh, CAT Topper

CAT 2017 Topper Interview: Classroom coaching is not necessary for CAT, says 99.98 percentiler Shikhar Sachdeva

CAT Topper Interviews

Also, get the tips on how to prepare for CAT without coaching by exploring the link below -

How to prepare for CAT without coaching?

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All the best.