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@awkwardpanda455 hours agoBelgium
BCG CCA: how should you divide your time between reading the case and answering the questions?
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When I practice case-based assessments, I either spend too long reading everything up front or I rush into the questions and keep going back to the case information.
For BCG CCA, what's a sensible balance between understanding the case first and preserving enough time for the actual questions?
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