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How To Make The Best Of The 4 Months To CAT 2022?, Ft. Gejo Sir, CAT Mentor, Career Launcher

CAT 2022 Notification is out and with this, we are left with just 4 months for CAT 2022. Now that aspirants know the exam date and format, they are looking for strategies to optimize their performance in a 2-hour test. To guide you with all the queries around preparation, mocks, and analysis and make the best of the 4 months we've invited a seasoned CAT taker and mentor, Gejo Sreenivasan (Business Partner & Educator at Career Launcher & IIM C Alum), for a live session brought to you by InsideIIM & Career Launcher!

Team InsideIIM01 Aug 2022

Art Of Analyzing Mocks: Road To 99%ile | Guide By Soumadeep, IIM Ahmedabad

We often say that mocks are the most important tool you have to improve your score. We need to take as many mocks as possible. But do you wonder why your score is not increasing even after taking so many mocks? Is your score stagnated and you are clueless about what to do? This article will address exactly that. Only taking mocks would not suffice. A proper analysis is a must for your score to improve. But what is a “proper analysis”? How much time should you ideally spend analysing?

Soumadeep Banerjee30 Jul 2022

Must-Know Tricks To Solve Para jumbles Correctly, Ft. Ishbani B., VARC 99.85%iler | VARC Acer

Parajumbles are a very important part of the VA section. These are asked in the CAT exam as Type-In-The-Answer-Type questions where there is no negative marking and correctly answering these can give a huge jump to your VARC overall score. Aspirants generally find it very tricky to manage the difficulty level of CAT PJs and to help you with the same, in this video lecture of VARC Acer, Ishbani Bhatia (CAT' 20 98.78%iler, VARC 99.85%iler) teaches how to solve para jumbles correctly in the CAT exam.

Team InsideIIM28 Jul 2022

My Journey From Getting Zero Calls To 99.5%ile & Converting 17 Bschools! Ft. Shreya B, IIM Calcutta

Shreya Bendigeri is an IT engineer from MIT College Of Engineering, Pune. Shreya had attempted CAT in 2019 where she scored a 92%ile. Unfortunately, this score wasn't enough for her to get into the top B schools in the country. Hence, with the intent to crack CAT 2021, Shreya prepared hard again and ended up scoring a 99.5%ile overall (VARC- 96%ile, DILR- 99.75%ile, QA- 98.3%ile) and also converting 17/17 interview calls which she had received. In this video, Shreya shares her journey of preparing alongside a hectic job at Deloitte, juggling between sections, struggling with mock scores and maintaining a mental and emotional equilibrium.

Team InsideIIM27 Jul 2022

Tricks To Improve Your Quant Attempt In CAT 2022, Ft. Vishal Gowda, 99.92%ile

In this video, Vishal Gowda (CAT 2021 99.92%ile, IIM A) solves a couple of QA questions from Slot 1 of CAT 2021. He explains how he was able to reach the solutions faster when he used some observational skills instead of the conventional methods. This helped him save a lot of time and get such a high score eventually.

Team InsideIIM25 Jul 2022

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!

Team InsideIIM25 Jul 2022

'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

Learn How To Identify Traps In CAT RCs | VARC ACER | CAT VARC | CAT 2022

The RCs in the CAT exam come from various genres like history, geography, science, politics, technology, etc. Aspirants are generally not comfortable with the wide range of topics and hence, it's important to practice RCs of different kinds. Our video series, VARC Acer: A Comprehensive Guide To Ace VARC, is designed with the intent to enhance your VARC skills. In this episode of VARC Acer, Devesh Tripathi, (IIM L Alum, Deloitte Consultant) teaches how to approach a dense reading comprehension from CAT 2003, identify the death traps and use the elimination method to pick the correct answers.

Team InsideIIM20 Jul 2022