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Do Not Micromanage Your Schedule, It Will Frustrate You | 99.78%ile, IIM C

Do Not Micromanage Your Schedule, It Will Frustrate You | 99.78%ile, IIM C

Rajat Srivastava, joined IIM Calcutta this year. He graduated in 2017 from IIT Kharagpur after completing integrated Masters. He worked for ONGC for 27 months as a field officer, had 90.2% in Xth, 84.8% in XIIth, and a CGPA of 8.23 during his UG. He is also a CFA L2 candidate and was successful to score  184.52 in CAT with 99.78%ile ( VARC, 62.51, 98.69 | LRDI, 43.88, 97.14 | QA, 78.13, 99.85). Here is how Rajat’s journey to crack 99.78%ile  looked like.

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Always Remember You Are Solving What A Fifteen-Year-Old Kid Is Able To Solve| Modit Singla; 99.25%ile

Always Remember You Are Solving What A Fifteen-Year-Old Kid Is Able To Solve| Modit Singla; 99.25%ile

Modit Singla did his schooling from DAV Public School, Panipat. Having secured 90.0% in X and 95.2% in XII, he took the usual route and went on to pursue B.tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from DCRUST, Murthal. MBA was on the cards till CAT 2014 gave him a reality check. He later went on to clear SBI PO 2016 and worked there for more than 3 years. Six on-job transfers, 5 years, and a monotonous routine later, he mustered courage and attempted CAT again. 99.25 percentile is what he achieved after 70 hour weeks at work. He got an admit from IIM Lucknow and had converted MDI and IIFT. Presently, he is studying at IIM L. Here is how Modit went through this journey of achieving 99.25%ile with a 163.31 score | VA: 51.60, 96.03 | DILR 46.12, 97.92 | QA: 65.58, 99.29

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Myths About VARC Preparation - 5 Tips By 99.91 Percentiler | Krunal Kshirsagar

Myths About VARC Preparation - 5 Tips By 99.91 Percentiler | Krunal Kshirsagar

The night before my CAT D-Day was exhilarating. The electricity at my place was unavailable and mosquitoes didn't let me sleep till 4 am. I had the first slot of that day. So I got up at 6 am. Now when you get only 2 hours of sleep just before your slot, you are pretty much done with your normal mind. Now on top of that, when the first section you see is VARC, and by your sheer bad luck, it comes as the most difficult one, all you can trust is your practice and brain cells. All this happened on that day and still, I scored 99.91 percentile in VARC. This surely makes me think I should really share some tips which will help you score well even if you face,  god forbid, a situation like I did. So now let's talk about these 5 myths which I constantly heard during my preparation and which you should ignore. I hope It will make our road to preparation easy.

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