With 45 days to go for CAT, candidates often have several doubts in their minds regarding their preparation strategies. Is there a need to change strategy at this point? Should I increase/decrease the pace of my preparation? Should I increase the time I have been devoting to practice? Should I start attempting more mock tests?
In 2020, approximately 2.3 lakh aspirants have registered to appear for the CAT 2020 exam, of which (based on historical trends) between 80-90% are actually going to appear for the exam. This means that you'll be competing with just over 2 lakh aspirants for a few thousand coveted seats at the top-IIMs in the country. With your level of preparation and confidence, we're sure you can achieve your target score, but it always pays off to keep options open for yourself.
Kritika Mittal graduated with a B.E. in Computer Science from Thapar University and got a job as an analyst in JP Morgan. After a couple years of working here, Kritika decided to pursue an MBA. Hence in 2018, she attempted the CAT. Not happy with her performance, she decided to rewrite the CAT in 2019. Working 12-18 hours a day and preparing for CAT was not an easy task. But Kritika managed to score 98%ile and convert IIM Bangalore. Find out her tips, tricks, and hacks to crack the CAT in this video!
"Visualize your dream!", following this motto for more than two years, I have realized that motivation doesn't come from procrastination, but it comes from visualizing your dream.
Atishaya Jain is presently studying at IIM A, the dream college for many MBA aspirants. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT Mandi, 2014-18) with a bachelor's in Mechanical engineering (8.79 GPA), he had scored 10 CGPA in SSC(class X CBSE, 2012) and 92.6% in HSC(class XII CBSE, 2014). Post-engineering, he worked for a few months as a sales officer in HPCL and later moved on to explore the educational sector where he worked as an IIT JEE maths faculty at an educational firm. Here is the entire journey of Atishaya during his CAT preparation and how he managed to score 189.43 with 99.84%ile [VARC: 50.48, 95.47 | DILR: 64.91, 99.86 | QA: 74.03, 99.76 ] in his first attempt.
“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.” -Colin Powell Only 45 days are left for you to bell the cat, and now is the time for you to apply your full potential and optimize your time and work on key areas where you feel you can do better. There will be many who started late for preparation in this sprint think that they have lost this sprint.
Devesh Bansal is currently studying in IIM Kozhikode, he completed his graduation in Economics Hons from Kirori-Mal College, DU with a CGPA of 7.78. He scored 9.2 CGPA in his 10th standard and 96% in the 12th. With a work experience of 8 months in an emerging startup, he managed to score 177.87 marks with 99.65%ile ( VARC: 96.87%ile; DILR: 99.5%ile; QA: 99.6%ile). Here is the entire experience of Devesh from his first attempt with 95%ile to finally achieving 99.65%ile.
Digvijay Singh, presently a student at IIM Calcutta, worked as a senior business analyst at Axis Bank worked for 30 months. He completed his mechanical engineering from BITS with a CGPA of 8.11, XII with 77.8%, and X with 9 CGPA. His CAT score is 196.72 with a 99.90%ile(A OS - 56.5 OP- 97.45 %ile DILR OS - 68.2 OP- 99.92 %ile QUANT OS - 71.98 OP- 99.67 %ile). As a working professional, Digvijay has shared some tips with us which helped him personally to ace the CAT exam in his first attempt.
With 45 days to go for CAT, candidates often have several doubts in their minds regarding their preparation strategies. Is there a need to change strategy at this point? Should I increase/decrease the pace of my preparation? Should I increase the time I have been devoting to practice? Should I start attempting more mock tests?
In 2020, approximately 2.3 lakh aspirants have registered to appear for the CAT 2020 exam, of which (based on historical trends) between 80-90% are actually going to appear for the exam. This means that you'll be competing with just over 2 lakh aspirants for a few thousand coveted seats at the top-IIMs in the country. With your level of preparation and confidence, we're sure you can achieve your target score, but it always pays off to keep options open for yourself.
Kritika Mittal graduated with a B.E. in Computer Science from Thapar University and got a job as an analyst in JP Morgan. After a couple years of working here, Kritika decided to pursue an MBA. Hence in 2018, she attempted the CAT. Not happy with her performance, she decided to rewrite the CAT in 2019. Working 12-18 hours a day and preparing for CAT was not an easy task. But Kritika managed to score 98%ile and convert IIM Bangalore. Find out her tips, tricks, and hacks to crack the CAT in this video!
"Visualize your dream!", following this motto for more than two years, I have realized that motivation doesn't come from procrastination, but it comes from visualizing your dream.
Atishaya Jain is presently studying at IIM A, the dream college for many MBA aspirants. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT Mandi, 2014-18) with a bachelor's in Mechanical engineering (8.79 GPA), he had scored 10 CGPA in SSC(class X CBSE, 2012) and 92.6% in HSC(class XII CBSE, 2014). Post-engineering, he worked for a few months as a sales officer in HPCL and later moved on to explore the educational sector where he worked as an IIT JEE maths faculty at an educational firm. Here is the entire journey of Atishaya during his CAT preparation and how he managed to score 189.43 with 99.84%ile [VARC: 50.48, 95.47 | DILR: 64.91, 99.86 | QA: 74.03, 99.76 ] in his first attempt.
“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.” -Colin Powell Only 45 days are left for you to bell the cat, and now is the time for you to apply your full potential and optimize your time and work on key areas where you feel you can do better. There will be many who started late for preparation in this sprint think that they have lost this sprint.
Devesh Bansal is currently studying in IIM Kozhikode, he completed his graduation in Economics Hons from Kirori-Mal College, DU with a CGPA of 7.78. He scored 9.2 CGPA in his 10th standard and 96% in the 12th. With a work experience of 8 months in an emerging startup, he managed to score 177.87 marks with 99.65%ile ( VARC: 96.87%ile; DILR: 99.5%ile; QA: 99.6%ile). Here is the entire experience of Devesh from his first attempt with 95%ile to finally achieving 99.65%ile.
Digvijay Singh, presently a student at IIM Calcutta, worked as a senior business analyst at Axis Bank worked for 30 months. He completed his mechanical engineering from BITS with a CGPA of 8.11, XII with 77.8%, and X with 9 CGPA. His CAT score is 196.72 with a 99.90%ile(A OS - 56.5 OP- 97.45 %ile DILR OS - 68.2 OP- 99.92 %ile QUANT OS - 71.98 OP- 99.67 %ile). As a working professional, Digvijay has shared some tips with us which helped him personally to ace the CAT exam in his first attempt.
