u/Levi_Ackerman_2512

I am from West Bengal and I had applied for GDS in February 2026. My 10th percentage is 85%, applied in Assam Chachar division but not selected.

Again the GDS application will start from September this year.

Is there any chance for my selection and which circle would have the best chances for my selection.

Please guide me about it.

While attempting your first Full length mocks, there are few things to keep in mind.

✅ Don't stress too much about attempting your mock because it would affect your performance.

✅ Try to complete as much as syllabus as possible.

✅ Don't bother about the score right now, because it is not your final score card.

✅ Try to do a quick revision before mocks

✅ Don't neglect on analysis after taking the mock, it is most important part. Evaluate your performance and improve your weakness.

Best of luck 🤞🏼

Many aspirants often think that they have to win in every mock,win in every topic, win from everyone.

But I think these 364 days are there not for winning but to improving yourself, because only on the exam day you have to win and you would win if only you had improved in those 364 days.

Sometimes despite having clear concept on topics I tend to perform bad score at mocks. Often the problem isn't always knowledge rather performing under time pressure.

Now to correct it, I'm practice questions with strict bound time to enhance my time management.

I realised that giving a full length mock is just tip of the iceberg, real improvement comes from analysing it properly.

I usually start with skipped questions and I look for if the skipped questions could be done by me/ why I wasn't able to solve it.

Next I reattempt my incorrect questions. Here looking for the reason for the mistake. Is it a silly mistake or a concept gap.

Usually maintain an error log helps me to identify which mistakes I need to improve and which topic I need to revise.

When analysing I simultaneously watch the time I took for each question because time management plays an important role here.

Practicing form different resources is a good thing at certain limit, but always chasing new resources like new books, PDFs, new course, different yt playlist ultimately creates confusion and slows you down.

During this preparation time we live in a constant fear of missing something, but instead studying from different sources we should master from 2-3 good ones like course modules, an good author book, 1-2 good mock series and PYQs.

Because cat exam rewards depth of your preparation, not the number of resources you've collected.

Sometimes when analysing mocks you realised your low scores on LRDI or QA isn't because of lack of conceptual clarity or practice, it is because not reading all sets/questions within time.

This you realised you wasted lot of time on undoable questions and skipped the easy ones that you could easily do.

Many believe that they need to study for atleast 10 or 12hrs to be succeed, and often feel guilty for not studying that long. But often in reality consistency beats intensity.

Studying daily even 5 hrs with proper dedication and focused mindset leads to better results than studying long hours.

What do you think about it ??

I fill para summary is most challenging VA part.

Here your comprehension and critical reasoning ability is analysed.

Often para summary answer isn't the part of a passage or a straight conclusion.

The right option is that which includes the whole essence of the passage, all the main ideas, informations included. Not to narrow or not too broad.

In this preparation I realised how important adaptability is. You have to asap yourself for any situation and circumstances. Either it is your mock test, your syllabus or backlogs.

When needed you need to shift your focus a little more to your weaker sections, while maintaining your regular practice for other sections.

Many don't pay much attention to this, but improving your calculation speed would help you saving valuable time in exam.

In LRDI and QA faster calculation sometimes matter more than you think.

But this speed come from practice and number scenes, not just memorizing shortcuts.

So, for this we should regularly revise tables upto 30, square upto 30 and cubes upto 20, all fraction forms of important percentages.

A bad mock score does not define your CAT percentile.. The way you respond to a bad mock score often does.

Every CAT exam aspirant gets a low mock score at some point. The thing to do is to think of it as feedback from the test not as a final decision. You should look at what you did wrong learn something from it and then take the next mock test with a clear mind.

What is your plan for doing on the next mock test after you do poorly on one?

For me VARC was a big weak point. But with continuous practice and watching concept videos my accuracy has now increased than before (I won't say I mastered it completely).

This exam preparation teaches us that effort is all we need and with regular efforts anyone can improve their weak points.

In which section you have improved now and how you did it tell in the comments.

Many times internationally we tend to left behind some difficult questions or topics, and decide to do it later. But the times for doing those never comes after that. Rather we have to face our weak areas and try to improve it. By ignoring our weak areas we would never improve ourselves.

Recently after giving a mock when I analysed the LRDI section, I realised I made a big mistake, not choosing which sets to solve first. I simply picked a set I was familiar but ended up wasting time. Later realised I could have done 2 more sets in less time.

This I realised how important is to have an attempt strategy for LRDI section.

We should first read all the set sets and try to understand from which topics are those sets came. Solve first those sets that we are strong at and if after 5mins can't decide how to solve skip it.

To effectively solve most sets in LRDI daily practice, doing varieties of sets and solving PYQs is very important.

Somedays I don't feel my best or after a long hours of continuous studying I feel exhausted, and thus my mind don't work efficiently.

That's why during my study session not I am taking some 10-15mins small brake to keep my mind fresh and relaxed. Because a relaxed and calm mind learns faster.

When your mind is relaxed and free from the unnecessary confusions, you understand concepts more deeply and solve questions more accurately and make smarter decisions in mocks.

We have to eliminate our negative thoughts and try to keep our mind open and relaxed all time possible. Setbacks will be there somedays but instead we have to cheer ourselves for efforts we are putting and keep improving for our ultimate goal