CAT Preparation Tips: MBA Students - Alumni

How To Prepare For CAT 2021 Ft. SPJIMR Mumbai Students Co'23

Here are a few insightful snippets from the CAT 2020 journey of SPJIMR students along with their words of advice for CAT 2021 aspirants. While CAT is a daunting exam for a lot of students in India, trying to cram at the last minute is not the way to go about it. Most of the times students forget the basics because of their stress. To make the most of the time, your focused attention should now be on revisiting and strengthening what you have learnt, taking Mocks, identifying and improving upon your errors, and further strengthening your strong areas instead of starting anything new. It is not only your good CAT exam preparation but also the CAT test-taking strategy that helps to improve your CAT percentile. Time management is an essential ingredient to crack the CAT exam and make it to your desired B-School. Managing one's time includes balancing speed with accuracy, handling the pressure and uncertainty, and apt decision making.

Shakshi Sodhani15 Jul 2021

"Don't Try To Follow All Available Materials And Books" - Swaha Swayamsiddha, CAT 99.92%iler, IIM A'23

Swaha worked as a Trainee Market Analyst, at Axxela Advisory, before taking up the admission offer from IIM Ahmedabad. She graduated from NIT Rourkela in 2020, with a B.Tech degree in Civil Engineering. Prior to that, she had successfully appeared for her 10th and 12th standard Board Exams; conducted by CBSE, in 2014 and 2016 respectively. In this interview, she talks about her CAT preparation journey and her advice to future aspirants.

Team InsideIIM29 Jun 2021

"Your Target Should Be To Do Really Well On The D-day Rather Than Being A Mock Mauler" - Sagar Tandon On Making It To IIM A In His Fourth CAT Attempt

Sagar is a Chartered Accountant by qualification where he was All India Rank 24 in the intermediate level, he completed B.com from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata where he scored 81% and was ranked 6th in his batch. He has also qualified CFA level 2. He did his schooling from Delhi Public School Megacity, Kolkata where he scored 92.2% in Xth and 95% in XIIth. Post qualifying CA he worked as an Equity research analyst covering the pharmaceutical sector for 7 months. He appeared for CAT 2020 realizing that MBA would play a crucial role in the progression of his career, where he scored 99.60%ile and got calls from IIM A,L,K,I,S where he managed to convert all of them. He is joining IIM Ahmedabad's PGP Co'23. Read this preparation journey, and his advice for future aspirants here!

Team InsideIIM28 Jun 2021

"DILR Was Toughest" - Ayush Tiwari, IIM A'23, CAT 2020 DI-LR 100%iler

Ayush Tiwari is an engineering fresher (GEM) from NIT Raipur who scored 99.99%ile in CAT 2020, with 96.77%ile in VARC, 100%ile in DILR, and 99.93%ile in the Quant section. He will join IIM Ahemdabad this year. Here's more about his preparation journey:

Amrita Mishra24 Jun 2021

A Working Professional’s CAT Preparation Strategy To Getting Into IIM Kozhikode - Prakriti Mishra

In today's CAT Topper Series, we bring to you Prakriti Mishra's story, who has made it to IIM Kozhikode's Class of 2023. She always had a dream of joining one of the old IIMs (BLACKI). Her journey had started in June 2020, while she was working as a consultant at one of the 'Big 4' and balancing her work and CAT preparation wasn't an easy task for her. Here, she talks about how she cracked CAT by following the right strategy. Read on!

Team InsideIIM23 Jun 2021

"Build A Mindset For CAT So That You Can Handle Any Stress" CAT Preparation Tips And Strategy By Muskaan Chauhan, CAT 2020 99.45%iler, IIM A'23

Muskaan was born in and did her schooling in Shimla. In class 10, she scored a 10 CGPA, and she took up science in class 12 and scored 93.2 percent. Despite being a science student, in class 12 she started to develop an interest in business and Economics, and decided to pursue the same. She did her bachelor's in Economics from Shiv Nadar University, where she also took up courses in management. These courses further increased her interest in management and she decided to appear for CAT in her final year. After scoring a 99.45percentile in her first attempt, she is now all set to join the PGP program at IIM Ahmedabad. In this article, she talks about her CAT preparation strategy, and her advice to future CAT aspirants. Read on!

Team InsideIIM15 Jun 2021

CAT Preparation Tips And Strategies By A CAT 99.9%iler || Shivani Agarwal, IIM A'23

Shivani Agarwal is an Electronics and Telecommunications engineer, from VJTI, currently working at PwC as a technology consultant. She scored a 99.9 percentile in CAT 2020, received calls from all IIMs, and will be joining IIM Ahmedabad this year. In this interview, she talks about her CAT preparation strategy and her suggestions to future CAT aspirants! Read on!

Team InsideIIM14 Jun 2021

Advice From The IIM Lucknow Grad Who Won The Director's Medal, Ft. Sauhard Gupta | Top MBA Achievers 2021

Today, we bring you the story of Sauhard Gupta, who won the Director's Medal at IIM Lucknow. We talk to Sauhard about what was his motivation behind joining MBA, how did he prepare for CAT, and his interview at IIM Lucknow. He also tells us about what motivated him to win this award at IIM L and gives his advice to the incoming batch of 2023 about the b-school life and academics. Find out all the things that he has to say here.

Team InsideIIM09 Jun 2021