"From An ICU To Scoring 99.83%ile In CAT" - How Shashwat Made It To IIM Calcutta Against All Odds

Shashwat Awasthi is joining IIM Calcutta for their MBA batch of 2022-24. He is born and brought up in Lucknow and has done is 10th with 94.83% in ICSE and 95.50% in ISC from City Montessori School, Lucknow. He is a fresher and completed this Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering from NIT Raipur with a grade of 96.70%. He made it to IIM C in his maiden attempt. In this article, he has shared his preparation strategy, and how he went against all odds to make it to IIM Calcutta - from being in ICU due to COVID-19 and then getting dengue two weeks prior to CAT 2021. Read on to know his inspiring story!

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"How I Scored 99.83%ile On My Third CAT Attempt” - Anirban Pal, IIM Indore Co'24

“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” – Earl Nightingale. From a distant desire to pursue an MBA somewhere in the future, to make it to one of the top B-Schools in India, Anirban’s journey has been nothing short of unrelenting hard work, bits, and pieces of goof ups in between, being completely overwhelmed by the exam in the first attempt to calming down himself and acing CAT 2021 with a 99.83 percentile. But what has been the most remarkable feature was his unyielding belief in himself to do well, even when most of those around him had either lost faith in them or had become highly sceptical about his dream after his not-so-successful first two attempts. On top of that, Anirban has also secured a job in the Ministry of Home Affairs alongside his CAT preparation and a highly hectic IT Job. Anirban believes that good preparation can help you ace several exams and, in this write-up, he tells us about his journey.

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How I Scored 99.73%ile In My Second CAT Attempt And Made It To IIM Ahmedabad - Khushboo Rao

Khushboo is a 2021 Mechanical Engineering Graduate from Rajasthan. She scored 10 CGPA in class 10th, 84% in class 12th, and a 7.5CGPA in under graduation. She has worked with ZS Associates for almost a year as a Business Operations Associate. With a steller 99.73%ile in CAT 2021, Khushboo has joined IIM Ahmedabad PGP'24 cohort. Read on to know how she ace the CAT in her second CAT attempt. Read on to know more!

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'Use Smart Methods For Calculations To Save Time' - CAT Tips By CAT 99.92%iler | Kartikeya M, IIM C Co'24

Kartikeya, also known by his pseudonyms 'escanor' or 'bawa', hails from Dehradun. A significant time of his day goes by playing different sports and watching different genres of movies and series. He has an academic profile of 9/9/7 with a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and close to 11 months workex in the Ed-Tech sector. After scoring 99.92 percentile in CAT this year, Kartikeya has joined IIM Calcutta. In this article, he shares his experience of his journey. Read on!

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99+%ile In CAT 2022! Possible? CAT Guru Answers It, Ft. Gejo Sir, CAT Mentor, Career Launcher

As days are passing by and we are drawing closer to receiving CAT 2022 notification, aspirants are getting anxious about their preparation. They have several doubts and questions like how to improve mock scores, how to identify the gaps in their preparation and fix them, how to read effectively and comprehend better, how to eliminate options, & much more. To help you resolve all these queries and structure a plan for the coming months before CAT 2022, seasoned CAT taker and mentor, Gejo Sreenivasan (Business Partner & Educator at Career Launcher & An IIM C Alum), shared his 2 cents on CAT preparation and specifically VARC prep for the remaining months! Watch here!

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"As A CA AIR, Failing In CAT 2020 Was Difficult To Process" - Harshit Paresh Shah, CAT 98.85%ile, IIM Lucknow

Harshit Shah is a Chartered Accountant and a B.com graduate. He was born and brought up in Mumbai. He secured 94% and 89% in his 10th and 12th Boards respectively. He completed his graduation from Narsee Monjee College of commerce and economics. He secured an All India Rank (36th) in his Final CA examination on May-19. Post qualification he has been working with Vodafone Idea Limited under their Vodafone Idea Leadership program. Currently, he works as an Assistant General Manager with their Corporate Planning and decision support team. In total, he has a work ex of 30 months.

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5 Tips To Ace Verbal Section In CAT | Kriti Upadhyay, CAT 99.83%iler, FMS Co'24

VARC is the trickiest section in CAT because, unlike LRDI and Quant, there is no finite set of rules and formulae that can help you get the correct answer. Getting a good grasp on the language requires prolonged practice and a lot of dedication especially if you are from a non-English medium background. However, the section can easily be conquered and one can score well with a smart strategy.

Kriti Upadhyay06 Jul 2022

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Had Just One Negative Mark In CAT 2021 Because Of My Focus On Accuracy | CAT Prep Tips By Shreyas, 99.11%ile, IIM A Co'24

Shreyas is born and brought up in Nashik. He has completed his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the Government College of Engineering Pune (COEP). He has had a consistent academic, co-curricular and extracurricular record. He scored 95.80% in the 10th standard and 86.31 in the 12th standard both from the Maharashtra board. His team was the winner of the national level Mapathon'20 organized by ISRO, IIT Bombay, and AICTE. He is an athlete and has represented his college at university-level competitions. He has a keen interest in the startup ecosystem and was the head of Events and Networking at Pune Startup Fest'20 and was the Core team member at Bhau's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Cell, COEP. He loves to follow geopolitics and discuss its implications with respect to the ongoing world order. Currently, he is working as a sales and operations intern at Interview.io (A startup backed by Kunal Shah (Founder of CRED), Titan Capital, etc.). He has also done a summer internship at PMRDA and was posted on-site for the Pune Metro project.

Team InsideIIM06 Jul 2022

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"From An ICU To Scoring 99.83%ile In CAT" - How Shashwat Made It To IIM Calcutta Against All Odds

Shashwat Awasthi is joining IIM Calcutta for their MBA batch of 2022-24. He is born and brought up in Lucknow and has done is 10th with 94.83% in ICSE and 95.50% in ISC from City Montessori School, Lucknow. He is a fresher and completed this Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering from NIT Raipur with a grade of 96.70%. He made it to IIM C in his maiden attempt. In this article, he has shared his preparation strategy, and how he went against all odds to make it to IIM Calcutta - from being in ICU due to COVID-19 and then getting dengue two weeks prior to CAT 2021. Read on to know his inspiring story!

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"How I Scored 99.83%ile On My Third CAT Attempt” - Anirban Pal, IIM Indore Co'24

“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” – Earl Nightingale. From a distant desire to pursue an MBA somewhere in the future, to make it to one of the top B-Schools in India, Anirban’s journey has been nothing short of unrelenting hard work, bits, and pieces of goof ups in between, being completely overwhelmed by the exam in the first attempt to calming down himself and acing CAT 2021 with a 99.83 percentile. But what has been the most remarkable feature was his unyielding belief in himself to do well, even when most of those around him had either lost faith in them or had become highly sceptical about his dream after his not-so-successful first two attempts. On top of that, Anirban has also secured a job in the Ministry of Home Affairs alongside his CAT preparation and a highly hectic IT Job. Anirban believes that good preparation can help you ace several exams and, in this write-up, he tells us about his journey.

Team InsideIIM08 Aug 2022

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How I Scored 99.73%ile In My Second CAT Attempt And Made It To IIM Ahmedabad - Khushboo Rao

Khushboo is a 2021 Mechanical Engineering Graduate from Rajasthan. She scored 10 CGPA in class 10th, 84% in class 12th, and a 7.5CGPA in under graduation. She has worked with ZS Associates for almost a year as a Business Operations Associate. With a steller 99.73%ile in CAT 2021, Khushboo has joined IIM Ahmedabad PGP'24 cohort. Read on to know how she ace the CAT in her second CAT attempt. Read on to know more!

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'Use Smart Methods For Calculations To Save Time' - CAT Tips By CAT 99.92%iler | Kartikeya M, IIM C Co'24

Kartikeya, also known by his pseudonyms 'escanor' or 'bawa', hails from Dehradun. A significant time of his day goes by playing different sports and watching different genres of movies and series. He has an academic profile of 9/9/7 with a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and close to 11 months workex in the Ed-Tech sector. After scoring 99.92 percentile in CAT this year, Kartikeya has joined IIM Calcutta. In this article, he shares his experience of his journey. Read on!

Team InsideIIM21 Jul 2022

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99+%ile In CAT 2022! Possible? CAT Guru Answers It, Ft. Gejo Sir, CAT Mentor, Career Launcher

As days are passing by and we are drawing closer to receiving CAT 2022 notification, aspirants are getting anxious about their preparation. They have several doubts and questions like how to improve mock scores, how to identify the gaps in their preparation and fix them, how to read effectively and comprehend better, how to eliminate options, & much more. To help you resolve all these queries and structure a plan for the coming months before CAT 2022, seasoned CAT taker and mentor, Gejo Sreenivasan (Business Partner & Educator at Career Launcher & An IIM C Alum), shared his 2 cents on CAT preparation and specifically VARC prep for the remaining months! Watch here!

Team InsideIIM20 Jul 2022

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"As A CA AIR, Failing In CAT 2020 Was Difficult To Process" - Harshit Paresh Shah, CAT 98.85%ile, IIM Lucknow

Harshit Shah is a Chartered Accountant and a B.com graduate. He was born and brought up in Mumbai. He secured 94% and 89% in his 10th and 12th Boards respectively. He completed his graduation from Narsee Monjee College of commerce and economics. He secured an All India Rank (36th) in his Final CA examination on May-19. Post qualification he has been working with Vodafone Idea Limited under their Vodafone Idea Leadership program. Currently, he works as an Assistant General Manager with their Corporate Planning and decision support team. In total, he has a work ex of 30 months.

Team InsideIIM12 Jul 2022

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5 Tips To Ace Verbal Section In CAT | Kriti Upadhyay, CAT 99.83%iler, FMS Co'24

VARC is the trickiest section in CAT because, unlike LRDI and Quant, there is no finite set of rules and formulae that can help you get the correct answer. Getting a good grasp on the language requires prolonged practice and a lot of dedication especially if you are from a non-English medium background. However, the section can easily be conquered and one can score well with a smart strategy.

Kriti Upadhyay06 Jul 2022

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Had Just One Negative Mark In CAT 2021 Because Of My Focus On Accuracy | CAT Prep Tips By Shreyas, 99.11%ile, IIM A Co'24

Shreyas is born and brought up in Nashik. He has completed his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the Government College of Engineering Pune (COEP). He has had a consistent academic, co-curricular and extracurricular record. He scored 95.80% in the 10th standard and 86.31 in the 12th standard both from the Maharashtra board. His team was the winner of the national level Mapathon'20 organized by ISRO, IIT Bombay, and AICTE. He is an athlete and has represented his college at university-level competitions. He has a keen interest in the startup ecosystem and was the head of Events and Networking at Pune Startup Fest'20 and was the Core team member at Bhau's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Cell, COEP. He loves to follow geopolitics and discuss its implications with respect to the ongoing world order. Currently, he is working as a sales and operations intern at Interview.io (A startup backed by Kunal Shah (Founder of CRED), Titan Capital, etc.). He has also done a summer internship at PMRDA and was posted on-site for the Pune Metro project.

Team InsideIIM06 Jul 2022

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