Direct dil se – Smart CAT Cracker

Ever since Niraj, Gejo and I started taking webinars for CAT’12, there have been regular demands from students for a full fledged CAT/MBA entrance preparation program built around our way of handling the paper. In this world of specialization, the three of us (and many others in CL) are not subject experts but CAT experts and while each one of us has a favourite area but we are equally comfortable in handling almost all parts of CAT. Our holistic approach along with the ability to use common sense methods for solving questions (of all areas) and use of choices to solve seemingly difficult questions seems to have stuck a chord with CAT aspirants

When I prepared for CAT, my preparation consisted of 20 Full Length Tests over a period of 4 weeks. A typical day for me would mean taking a test and then analyzing my performance in detail, as given in my blog-post – Things you must-do after every mock you take. So a 3 hour paper required 6 hours for analysis and another 2 hours for revision. Identification of Important questions for revision and checking if I had missed out on any easy questions was the focus of my analysis. Refer to my blog-post – Are you choosing the right questions in your Mock CATs?. This helped me in the following ways:

  1. I was preparing only those topics or type of questions that had a chance of appearing in CAT.
  2. My focus was to understand the way of solving questions and not the theory behind the solution. Application of the concept was more important rather than the concept.
  3. I was continually identifying the question types that I should definitely attempt or leave so my question selection in the paper improved.
  4. Because I was working only with MCQs, I had sufficient practice of using choices and unconventional methods to get the answer.

The Smart CAT Cracker is designed on the above principles with a focus on CAT and other MBA entrances. Its key features are:

No high funda concepts or theorems
I am never tired of saying this to CAT/MBA aspirants: CAT and all other MBA entrance test check Maths and English of class X. If the question requires some high-funda, then either you have not understood the question or it is unlikely to come in CAT.

In Smart CAT Cracker, no attempt has been made to prove our knowledge (and waste your time) by including questions/topics that are beyond the scope and level of the CAT. The topics are sharp and guided by the trend of the tests from the last few years. Practically all the questions in this program are from past CAT, XAT, FMS and JMET papers.

From Questions to Fundas and Choices to answer
I believe that the best way to learn the CAT related funda is to travel from questions to the funda and not spend too many hours learning all the theory first. Excessive theory tends to scare/confuse most of us but when we can see the application of theory in a question it is easy to understand. We have also, as usual, explained how choices are to be used in solving questions.

So, in Smart CAT Cracker I have focused on taking a problem, solving it and going back to revise the funda (if any) in a few minutes.

Learn from the Experts, Anytime, Anywhere
Smart CAT Cracker delivers the entire program at home or at work, into the device of your choice, and also brings the senior most faculties of CL (and of aptitude testing) to you. This will be you personalized CAT preparation program in the comfort of your home. I am sure that you will enjoy it as much as our beta volunteers.

Designed and Vetted by Students
Over the last few months, a large number of students have contributed to the development of Smart CAT Cracker, from ideation to fine tuning the design. Some of these students had cracked CAT last year or missed it by a whisker. Many students are currently going through this program for their CAT preparation. These students gave us valuable inputs about making the program smart and insightful.

Flexible Program Design
One size fits all is passé. You can build the program that you are keen to have. Smart CAT Cracker helps you focus on the areas that you think you need to strengthen. It means you can enroll for only the Quant Cracker or Verbal Cracker or any other component individually. Of course, many of you might want to enroll for the entire program, which is available too.

The Trial Room is open:
I am delighted to share with you that we have created the opportunity for every CAT aspirant to experience Smart CAT Cracker in a ‘free trial room’. All you need to do is to click on the URL below and go through the trial sessions free of cost. Hopefully, you will find them good enough to not just give me your feedback but make it your vehicle to crack CAT this year and find your way to a top B-school including the IIM.

All the best for your CAT preparation.

34 Comments

  1. sir I’m a career launcher student in a two year program batch but my sis account videos are not playable I’m unable to watch your videos even though I have downloaded the recommended puffin browser mentioned on your site it’s still showing videos not playable plss do help me.

    • Lavanya, you need to have adobe flash player installed on your laptop/desktop. Also, check your Chrome settings. Go to advanced settings–>content settings–>flash–> enable “block sites from running it” to “allow sites to run flash”. If this doesn’t help, get in touch with the CL support through the CL helpline number.

  3. Sir, i purchased smart CAT cracker course. However the video lectures are not playing properly at all and there is a lot of distortion in the voice and a lot of bufferring takes place every min. All the youtube hd videos play perfectly fine in my laptop. i have an internet connection with 4 mbps speed. i mailed at your support staff email id but i am unhappy with their response. I dont know whom to ask for help except them so I am writing this to you. I love the videos and would like to start watching them. Pls help.
    id- chintakshah88@gmail.com

  4. Hello GP Sir,

    I am a CL student appeared for CAT,15 but failed miserably. I am planning to take CAT,16.Please suggest me a course that suits my purpose. I am a working professional. While analyzing my drawback, less practice and slowness in exam contributed to my bad result. This time its do or die situation for me.

  5. Get Comfortable section in Smart CAT Cracker has to be updated . It still contains information related to Past CAT format of 60 Questions. Please replace it with information related to CAT 2014.

  6. Hello Sir,
    I have enrolled for the smart cat cracker 2014 program,and it says validity of the product is till 5th Jan only.I would like to access this program till MHTCET viz around March.
    So please help with the same.
    Thanks.

  7. Sir
    I have completed my btech this year and recently developed a strong interest in mba….have my fundas clear in maths & english, but never before sat for a conventional cat preparation.
    With 3 meagre months left in hand, I am looking for a genuine advice from you regarding what course of action(and CL) to take…whether test gym adaptive will suffice, or shall i take test series along with it….if I take SCC, will i be able to utilise the course fully in just 3 months(in which i have to devote time towards mocks too).
    The confusion is only killing my days, so plz help me out!!

    • Dear Himanshu,

      If you are able to study regularly and sincerely during these three months, then that should be good enough. Test Gym Adaptive will help you develop conceptual clarity and build up your speed. Test Series will enable you to get a feel of CAT and will hep you develop a sound test-taking strategy. SCC will help you learn the basic concepts and better/faster ways of solving problems. Each of these thus serves a separate purpose.

    • Debanjan,
      also, apologise for the delay. I was focusing more on clearing the admission queries rather than the sales query.

  9. Sir, due to my work schedule I was able 2 attend CAT coaching Classes in CAT @)!# & my percentiles reflected that, Now this year I wanna go on full throttle..Please tell me whether this SMART CAT CRACKER will help me in scoring as great as classrooms too?? I mean if I’m looking 4 a score of suppose 99 %ile above, will it suffice ?? or its useful only when taken alongside Classroom coaching?? please help

    • Debanjan, SCC and Classroom programs focus on different kinds of students and do not need to be taken together.
      If you are disciplined enough to take out a couple of hours every day and do not really need faculty guidance then SCC is the right program but if you are not then a classroom program should be preferred. Since this is a retake, if you do not need support in building up your fundamentals then go for SCC.
      The SCC variants that you can consider are:
      1. Smart CAT Cracker Comprehensive Plus
      2. Smart CAT Cracker Comprehensive

  11. With due respect GP Sir even after spending 35K in CL for CAT preparation I need to spend some more to get these QUALITY SESSIONS is something which I am not able to understand or rather accept.
    Part waiver doesn’t help Sir. In any case looking forward to attend your Smart Quant workshop.

    Regards

    • SK, these are different programs and a students needs to enroll for a program that best suits their requirements. In any case the fundabook discussion, the Mock analysis and other similar sessions (webinars and recorded sessions) will take care of your requirement of the quality sessions that you are looking forward to.

  12. Sir I am a regular classroom student of CL and just read above there is partial fee waiver for us but as of now I don’t have any information regarding the amount of waiver and all that stuff.
    Could you pls. clear the air on this ?

  13. Sir i have purchased the course(Smart CAT Cracker) today but am not given access to the course . The login credentials are invalid is the message . kindly look into the matter as soon as possible.

  15. Sir,
    i am interested in taking the online CAT online prep full course but however there are some topics especially entire verbal reasoning which is not available at the moment , when will these topics be available ??

  16. Hello Sir, please advise if there is a special fee for CL students as it becomes difficult for us to shell out another 12 grands for this course.

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