CAT Preparation Tips: MBA Students - Alumni

How Chirag Tibrewal Cracked CAT And Made It To IIM Ahmedabad, And How You Can Too

Have you ever wanted to know the mindset of a CAT 99 percentiler? What is their decision making process? How are they able to select only the right questions to solve, while skipping questions others may waste their time on? How did they achieve perfect time management to do well across all three sections? To help you find answers to these questions, we bring to you this video with a CAT 2018 99 percentiler who is currently studying at IIM Ahmedabad.

Team InsideIIM05 Jul 2022

How I Scored 99.93%ile In CAT 2021 Without Any Coaching | Ankan C., FMS Co '24

Ankan is a fun-loving person who loves to play, watch a lot of TV series, travel, and eat out whenever he can. He has always done well in his academics, scoring 95+ in both 10th and 12th. He went on to do B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Durgapur. Not only academics, he actively played cricket throughout his school life and led college clubs too.

Team InsideIIM05 Jul 2022

From Scoring Single-Digit In DILR To 99.64%ile In CAT 2021 | Shivam Nakod, IIM B Co'24

I hail from the city of Amravati in Maharashtra. Born and brought up in my hometown, I did my engineering at the Government College of Engineering, Amravati. Ardent LinkedIn networking helped me get a front-end consulting role at Draup - Zinnov based out of Bangalore. Owing to brief but meaningful experience in the sphere of management consulting, I converted IIM Bangalore and all other old IIMs, FMS, XLRI etc. My academic credentials : 10th- 95.40% | 12th- 93.38% | B.Tech- 8.23 CGPA. I have work experience of 16 Months at Draup/Zinnov Management Consulting Ltd Bengaluru.

Shivam Nakod04 Jul 2022

Why I Received 0 Calls Despite 99.41%ile In My First CAT Attempt- Sayan, CAT' 21 99.94%ile, IIM A Co'24

Sayan Ganguly comes from a small town called Bankura in West Bengal. From his surname only, I think you have guessed his nickname in college it's 'Dada' of course! He loves painting and he has been doing that for the last 17-18 years. He graduated from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad (NIT, Allahabad) in 2020. Talking about his academic profile which you all have been eagerly waiting for, he got a CGPA of 10(95%) in his class 10th, 94.8% in his Class 12, and 87.30% during his undergrad. (a 9-9-8 profile ) . He has been workings as a software engineer at Optum, for the last two years. He has scored a stellar 99.94%ile on CAT 2021 and is currently a part of IIM Ahmedabad's Co'24 cohort. Read on to know how his preparation strategy and his preparation suggestions for future aspirants!

Team InsideIIM01 Jul 2022

How To Prepare For The Quant Section? - A Non-Engineer's Perspective | Prachi Gupta

It is a common phenomenon in the MBA world to see people coming from a Non-Engineering background struggle with the Quantitative Ability section of CAT, XAT and other OMETs. No matter how easy and straightforward the syllabus seems or actually is, it is indeed true that people from Non-Engineering backgrounds, including me, had to and have to put in more effort in this one section to be able to shine through.

Prachi Gupta29 Jun 2022

How To Manage Full-time Job And MBA Entrance Exam Preparation

In the past few months, many aspirants have reached out to me asking how I managed CAT and other MBA entrance exams and my full-time job. So, I thought I should share my experience to give everyone some insights on how they can do the same. Well, the fact of the matter is that it is not an easy thing to manage. Working professionals know better than anyone how unpredictable work can be at times. Urgent reports or presentations, client calls, random team meetings, etc. And ever since work from home has started 9-5 jobs have become 9-9 jobs at times. Work-life balance itself seems like an urban myth; then how can we even think of studying for such highly competitive examinations. So, what is the answer?

Paritosh Nair25 Jun 2022

VARC Myths Busted By IIM Bangalore Student | Roshni Bhattacharya, IIM B'24

For the majority of the candidates appearing for one of the most competitive gateways to the top B-schools of our country, Common Admission Test (CAT), the VARC section tends to remain a challenge. We will be sharing some of the tried and tested tips for acing the section but before we get into it, let’s get to busting some myths around this infamous section.

Roshni Bhattacharya24 Jun 2022

From Not Joining IIM I In 2020 To Joining IIM C In 2022 With A Near-Fatal Accident - Shivam Jha, CAT 99.75%ile

Shivam is a mechanical engineering graduate from Delhi Technological University - Class of 2020. He has two years of work experience in consulting, split across PwC India and McKinsey & Co., where he worked as an Analyst in the Procurement & Product Development division under the Operations practice. He has previously worked with PwC in the Data & Analytics division of their Tech Consulting unit. He is also the Global COO of 180 Degrees Consulting, which is the world's largest social impact consultancy. Shivam's Academic Profile: 10th: CGPA 10 12th: 94.2% Grad: 77.3%.

Team InsideIIM18 Jun 2022