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How Did I Score A 100%ile In The LRDI Section?, Ft. Ashish Yadav, CAT'21 LRDI 100%iler

How Did I Score A 100%ile In The LRDI Section?, Ft. Ashish Yadav, CAT'21 LRDI 100%iler

Every year amongst the many CAT topper stories, there are some stories of aspirants who stand out due to their exceptional performance against all odds! Such is the story of Ashish Yadav, an Instrumentation & Control Engineer from NSIT, Delhi who aced CAT 2021 with a 99.74%ile and also a perfect 100%ile in the LRDI section. His remarkable performance enabled him to convert IIM Calcutta despite his low past academics. The LRDI section of the CAT exam is generally considered the Achilles heel for many aspirants due to its difficulty and increasing unpredictability year on year. Read on to know Ashish’s strategy for acing the LRDI section.

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Percentages | Arithmetic | CAT Preparation 2022

Percentages | Arithmetic | CAT Preparation 2022

Based on the last five year's trends of the CAT exam, Percentages as a topic forms the base of a large chunk of the QA and DI-LR sections. Thus, it's crucial for you to have a firm grip on Percentages. To help you, we have a detailed concept explainer video on Percentages, with a seasoned CAT trainer, Parag Chitale. He is a JBIMS alumnus, MBA preparation mentor with about 20 years of experience of helping thousands of students get into top B-schools like IIM (A, B, C, L, K, I), FMS, XLRI, SPJIMR, JBIMS, MDI, NMIMS, MICA, etc.

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"Around 50% Marks Will Fetch You 99 Percentile On CAT" - Ananya Vasisht, CAT 99.75%ile, FMS Delhi

"Around 50% Marks Will Fetch You 99 Percentile On CAT" - Ananya Vasisht, CAT 99.75%ile, FMS Delhi

Ananya Vasisht is a B.Sc. Mathematics honors graduate from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University, and will be joining FMS, Class of 2024. She scored 99.75%ile in CAT 2021 in her first attempt by self-preparation in just 4 months. Her scores in 10th, 12th, and graduation are 95, 95.2, and 81.4 respectively. In this interview, she has detailed her CAT preparation strategy and her advice to future CAT aspirants!

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How I Came Back Stronger In My 2nd Attempt On The CAT?, Ft. Prachi Gupta, CAT'21 99.6%iler

How I Came Back Stronger In My 2nd Attempt On The CAT?, Ft. Prachi Gupta, CAT'21 99.6%iler

My first attempt at CAT was in 2020 for which I had prepared very diligently. With the overall %ile being 96.5, with 98+%ile in QA and 96+%ile in VARC, I could not make it because I could not clear the sectional cut-off in LRDI in which I had gotten a mere 60+%ile. I had made silly mistakes that cost me 9 marks in that section. The weight of those silly errors was so heavy that I could not perform as well, as I could have in XAT and let my chance of getting into a B-School straight after graduation go. It took me a solid 2-3 months to make peace with the situation, take all the learnings, and move forward. It was only in July that I again started preparing for CAT 2021. 

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How Can You Crack CAT And Make It To The Best B-Schools? Ft. 99.6+ %ilers, IIM A, B Students

How Can You Crack CAT And Make It To The Best B-Schools? Ft. 99.6+ %ilers, IIM A, B Students

To make it to one of the Holy Trinity is the dream of every CAT aspirant. For this, aspirants are required to crack CAT. But how should you prepare for the CAT exam inorder to achieve a top percentile? How do top scorers plan their journey? How should you take mocks? What are the common mistakes which might affect your results? To answer these and many more questions around CAT 2022 preparation, watch the recorded webinar below where we invited Sajag Prakash (CAT' 21 - 99.88%ile | IIM A' 24) and Pallavi Mishra (CAT'21 - 99.64%ile | IIM B' 24) 

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How I Scored 99.73%ile On My Second CAT Attempt - Vivek Banerjee, IIM A Co'24

How I Scored 99.73%ile On My Second CAT Attempt - Vivek Banerjee, IIM A Co'24

Vivek has an academic record of 92.29% (10th ICSE) and 93.4% (12th ISC). He is a graduate of NIT Jamshedpur where he has a CGPA of 9.48/10. After graduation, he is working for one of the largest tire manufacturing firms in India in the Industrial Engineering role since 2018. He secured a CAT percentile of 99.73 in 2021 and is joining IIM Ahmedabad for PGP 2022-24. Read on to know his preparation strategy, and his advice for future CAT takers!

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Is It Possible To Convert FMS and IIMs With 2.5 Years Gap?

Is It Possible To Convert FMS and IIMs With 2.5 Years Gap?

The CAT journey is usually very long and arduous and aspirants face multiple obstacles. While preparing for the exam and scoring well is challenging in itself, the process of preparing and doing well in interviews is another herculean task. One hurdle that a large number of aspirants are concerned about is the presence of gap years on their resume. Aspirants often assume that the presence of gap years would mean direct rejection or fewer marks in interviews. This opinion has an adverse impact on their preparation as well as confidence.

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How To Make The Best Of Your CAT Preparation In The Last 6 Months, Ft. 99+ %ilers - IIM B, FMS Students

How To Make The Best Of Your CAT Preparation In The Last 6 Months, Ft. 99+ %ilers - IIM B, FMS Students

We are almost 6 months away from CAT 2022! This is the time when aspirants get serious with their preparation. They get several queries about how to pace up their performance, mock taking strategies, specific sections, etc. To help them channelise their efforts, we've invited 2 of the CAT 2021 toppers who've led the same journey in the past and have nailed it!The panellists will guide the aspirants to optimize their overall performance.

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