As an MBA aspirant, regardless of the exam you're focusing on, one thing is common across most top B-schools in India — interviews. These are, in most cases, supplemented by group discussions (GDs), written ability tests (WATs) and/or extempore. Collectively, you'll come across them as ‘GDPI rounds’ during your B-school entrance prep journey. And yes, they are super important!
When you start your CAT preparation, there's one line you're bound to hear from mentors and fellow aspirants: "VARC is a non-engineer’s friend and an engineer’s worst nightmare." Well, this may or may not be entirely true. The VARC section has often acted as a life jacket for non-engineers, significantly boosting their overall percentile. Speaking as a non-engineer myself, I would agree with that statement. In this article, I’ll share my insights on VARC Preparation Tips for CAT 2025 ultimately enhance your overall performance in it.
In this conversation from Universal Ai University, India’s 1st AI University, Dr. Simon Mak, the founding Vice Chancellor and India’s first American VC, shares his unique journey—from growing up in Hong Kong to studying at MIT, working in Silicon Valley, launching startups, and finally finding his calling in academia. Dr. Mak believes in pursuing opportunities over passion and dreams, emphasizing the importance of adaptability in a world increasingly shaped by AI.
Hi, I'm Ritabrata, an incoming MBA student at IIM Lucknow. Having completed a Political Science major from Hindu College, I secured 99.56%ile in CAT '24, and cleared CFA L1 alongside. Here, I share my heartfelt thoughts on embracing this path and clearing the hurdles while hailing from a non-technical educational background.
What three CAT attempts taught me about preparation, pressure, and perspective. If you assume this is a consistent improvement story, think again. Because the truth is, repeating CAT doesn’t always mean a better score. There are some things that no one tells you about, and even if I do, you would probably understand it on your D-day.
When I began preparing for the VARC section of the CAT exam, I had no clue what I was doing. I consistently scored low in mocks and often struggled even to understand what the questions were asking. It wasn’t just about reading slowly—it was about feeling disconnected from the content.
This interview was conducted with Aniruddha Sharma, who will join the IIM Ahmedabad 25-27 batch after 3 years of UPSC preparation. It is a Journey of Purpose, Perseverance, and Redirection. His Profile:
70- 80 % of aspirants who come here to read this will be engineers, and yes, I am an engineer too. VARC—engineers a never-ending love story, and Hold your nerve, Mock scores in VARC are like stock market fluctuations: sometimes they're 5 and sometimes even 50.
As an MBA aspirant, regardless of the exam you're focusing on, one thing is common across most top B-schools in India — interviews. These are, in most cases, supplemented by group discussions (GDs), written ability tests (WATs) and/or extempore. Collectively, you'll come across them as ‘GDPI rounds’ during your B-school entrance prep journey. And yes, they are super important!
When you start your CAT preparation, there's one line you're bound to hear from mentors and fellow aspirants: "VARC is a non-engineer’s friend and an engineer’s worst nightmare." Well, this may or may not be entirely true. The VARC section has often acted as a life jacket for non-engineers, significantly boosting their overall percentile. Speaking as a non-engineer myself, I would agree with that statement. In this article, I’ll share my insights on VARC Preparation Tips for CAT 2025 ultimately enhance your overall performance in it.
In this conversation from Universal Ai University, India’s 1st AI University, Dr. Simon Mak, the founding Vice Chancellor and India’s first American VC, shares his unique journey—from growing up in Hong Kong to studying at MIT, working in Silicon Valley, launching startups, and finally finding his calling in academia. Dr. Mak believes in pursuing opportunities over passion and dreams, emphasizing the importance of adaptability in a world increasingly shaped by AI.
Hi, I'm Ritabrata, an incoming MBA student at IIM Lucknow. Having completed a Political Science major from Hindu College, I secured 99.56%ile in CAT '24, and cleared CFA L1 alongside. Here, I share my heartfelt thoughts on embracing this path and clearing the hurdles while hailing from a non-technical educational background.
What three CAT attempts taught me about preparation, pressure, and perspective. If you assume this is a consistent improvement story, think again. Because the truth is, repeating CAT doesn’t always mean a better score. There are some things that no one tells you about, and even if I do, you would probably understand it on your D-day.
When I began preparing for the VARC section of the CAT exam, I had no clue what I was doing. I consistently scored low in mocks and often struggled even to understand what the questions were asking. It wasn’t just about reading slowly—it was about feeling disconnected from the content.
This interview was conducted with Aniruddha Sharma, who will join the IIM Ahmedabad 25-27 batch after 3 years of UPSC preparation. It is a Journey of Purpose, Perseverance, and Redirection. His Profile:
70- 80 % of aspirants who come here to read this will be engineers, and yes, I am an engineer too. VARC—engineers a never-ending love story, and Hold your nerve, Mock scores in VARC are like stock market fluctuations: sometimes they're 5 and sometimes even 50.
