CAT Preparation Tips: MBA Students - Alumni

Keep It Simple, Silly! - CAT 2021 Tips By Nikita Warkar, IIM A, CAT 99.44 %iler

Back in Dec 2018, I had a sudden realisation. I wanted to pursue management studies and not prepare for UPSC, which was an aspiration instilled in me from an early age. Next up was telling my parents and trashing their dreams of me moving around in a flagged car, especially with the premise of me being considered flighty around my career choices. Surprisingly, things went smoothly, and the next day, I was sitting across from an admission counsellor. I joined a coaching institute as I knew I needed a competitive environment, discipline and a structured approach.

Nikita Sanjay Warkar16 Aug 2021

How I Jumped From 20%ile In Mocks To 99.93%ile In CAT 2020 Ft. Kaivalya Shah

Kaivalya Shah is a fresher and a civil engineer from BITS Pilani. He has also cleared FRM Part 1. Having seen the ups and downs of the CAT, he loves to guide future aspirants to find their right approach. He believes in cultivating a profile as a whole, not just for a CAT, but for an MBA. In this video, he shares a thorough preparation guide for CAT aspirants.

Team InsideIIM07 Aug 2021

$How Can Non-Engineers Prepare For Quantitative Aptitude In CAT 2021 - Shirajith Anton, IIM C'23$

How Can Non-Engineers Prepare For Quantitative Aptitude In CAT 2021 - Shirajith Anton, IIM C'23

QA (Quantitative Aptitude) is probably the most dreaded section for every non-engineer appearing for CAT. As a commerce student myself, I was very much afraid of quants for a vast part of my preparation. There was a point of time during which I wanted to quit my CAT prep just because my quant mock scores were very low. But I kept practicing without losing hope and eventually got a 97.1 percentile in QA. It may not be considered as an excellent score but it was a great improvement from my first mock score of 42 percentile and being afraid of not clearing sectional cut-offs for QA. Here are a few steps/tips which can help a non-math student crack the QA section.

Shirajith Anton05 Aug 2021

"Do Not Google 'Can I Crack CAT In X Months?' - CAT 2021 Prep Tips By Sujala Bansal, IIM A'23, CAT 99.73%iler

Sujala was employed with Texas Instruments, Bangalore, from July 2018 to September 2020. She is an Electronics and Communication Engineering graduate from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi. She secured an overall CGPA of 9.49, held Department Rank 2 in college and was awarded Merit Scholarship for all four years of her graduation. She completed her schooling from Delhi Public School Dwarka, Delhi. She got 95% in class XII and was offered the INSPIRE Scholarship for being in top 1% of the AISSCE 2014. She secured a CGPA of 10 (9.833 with all 6 subjects) in class X. Sujala is also a Government of India licensed amateur radio operator. The license allows her to communicate over the radio for non-commercial purposes. She is deeply interested in bringing a positive change in the society and is presently volunteering with Delhi based NGO, Wishes and Blessings. In her free time, she loves to draw mandalas and play. She has also represented her company twice in inter-corporate sports events. She has joined IIM A's Class of 2023. In this article, she talks about her interview preparation strategy, her tips and advice to future CAT aspirants, and more!

Team InsideIIM05 Aug 2021

How A Non-Engineer Scored 99.31%ile In CAT 2020 - Ritika, IIM C'23

Ritika is a 2021 graduate and has done her bachelors in Business Administration. She has always been dedicated towards studies and has scored 96.4/94.6/9.05 in 10th,12th and graduation. CAT 2020 was her first attempt, and she scored 99.31%ile. Ritika has made it to IIM Calcutta. Let's find out how she was able to score such a high percentile in CAT in spite of being a non-engineer.

QURESHI BUSHRA ABDUL AZIZ31 Jul 2021

How Anyone Can Ace Verbal Ability, LRDI, and Quants On CAT | Tips From CAT 99.7+%ilers

If you’re wondering how you would ever do well at Verbal, we’ve got you covered in this article. Not only that, we’ll help you out with LRDI and Quant as well! We invited two IIM Calcutta students and CAT Toppers - Mridul Jain (CAT 99.75%iler) and Shantanu Date (CAT 99.88%iler.) to share how they approached the three sections on CAT such that they scored 99.7+%iles!

Team InsideIIM26 Jul 2021

Tips Before You Start The Mock Season

Well,so another season of mocks is around the corner.Aspirants have started enroling for the mocks of TIME,IMS and what not!

Vignesh P Nambiar22 Jul 2021

"Pressure Handling Is The Fourth Hidden Element In CAT" - Anshu Pandey, CAT '20 99.92%iler, IIM A'23

Anshu is a mechanical engineering graduate from IIT Kanpur with 3 years of work experience across management consulting, strategy, and product management roles pre MBA. His last designation was that of a Product Lead at ShareChat where he was leading consumer experience and social-connect for the next billion vernacular Internet users. He was the board topper for the AP state board in class 12th with a 98.3% and scored CGPA 10 in class 10th and 7.3 in UG. Outside of work, his interests lie in dancing and UX design. In this interview, he shares his CAT preparation strategy and his advice to future aspirants. Read on!

Team InsideIIM19 Jul 2021