Mock CAT Tips And Strategies To Boost Your Percentile
“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”
“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”
Being the topper of my school, I always thought that I owe a responsibility to take the name of the school forward, to make my teachers proud and to serve as an inspiration to my juniors. After judging my abilities and areas of interest, I decided to go for MBA from a top b-school. But in today's competitive world it is easier said than done. This was my third CAT/XAT attempt but in terms of serious preparation, the count of attempts is two. I appeared for CAT/XAT for the first time in the final year of my graduation. After not getting the desired results, I joined Infosys thinking that having work experience will increase my chances of getting admission in a top b-school. Two years later I decided to prepare again when there were just 5-6 months left for CAT but I found it difficult to take out enough time in which I can feel refreshed. The primary reason behind that was I didn't like my job and I felt exhausted. This is when I thought that I have to make a choice whether I want to remain in a job which I hate and prepare half-heartedly for MBA exams or to take a risk and give my best shot. I chose the second option and started my preparation 4 months before CAT. Here are a few tips from my side:
For those who consider VARC their weakness, here are a couple of tips that may come in handy. I've been asked a lot of these questions over the past couple of weeks and I'm glad to pen them down at one place.
"Before anything else, preparation is the key to success". These are the words of Alexander Graham Bell, a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.
How I started: Testing Waters
So here is how an average student, with a very ordinary profile and zero extracurriculars, secured admission in MBA. If this helps even a single aspirant then my purpose is fulfilled. Background: 10th -91.67%, 12th -85.60%, Grad (E&E Engineer, Manipal University)-9.45/10(85.90%, Worked hard here, and was 2nd ranker of my batch).
Gursimran Ahuja from Ludhiana graduated from IIT Roorkee, secured a stellar 99.83 in her first attempt in CAT and converted the Holy Trinity: IIM A, B, C. She went on to study at IIM Ahmedabad and is currently working as a Senior Associate Consultant at Bain and Co. Here, she has penned down her tips and strategy!!
Soumyadeep Chakrabarti, an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, had scored a double whammy by securing a 100 percentile each in CAT 2015 as well as IIFT. The article gives you some tips from the man who truly tamed the CAT, that too upon his first attempt.