In recent years, CAT was conducted over 2 slots to accommodate the large pool of candidates appearing for the exam. In 2020, however, the CAT exam was broken down into 3 slots, owing to the challenges posed by the pandemic and the necessity to maintain social-distancing.
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!
“Should I drop a year?”- this is a dilemma we often face for any competitive examinations, and there is no absolute answer to this question.
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:
In one point or the other, this is the phase every aspirant might go through. After a start, things seem to not go anywhere and then comes the decline, because there are so many external factors that get associated with your preparation. Simple things like your friend posting a photo on Instagram with his office colleagues in a foreign country or the impressive mock results of your friend make you question yourself. And you simply can’t keep up with the journey and focus. Keshav went through the same thing in this prep journey last year. How did he deal with it, you ask? Well, he talks about that in this video.
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!
Past year CAT papers are very often the first touchpoint for many aspirants looking to start their practice for CAT. But it can get overwhelming sometimes since some common questions arise in the minds of aspirants. Should I start my preparation with solving past CAT questions? How can I adjust the time element from previous year papers? Are the questions relevant today with new paper patterns? Till how far back shall I go to solve past CAT papers?
What is the first thing that often crosses your mind when you start something big! For some it's the mammoth task that is ahead that scares them, for a few it's the day one of their long battle ahead. But, for many, it is the beginning of their procrastination phase. A phase that our CAT aspirant Keshav underwent severely. In this Vlog episode, Keshav talks about how he fell into the procrastination trap like many aspirants and how you can get over it! Sounds like something you have also undergone! Well, then this video is just for you.
