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"I Always Kept Small And Achievable Goals For Each Of My Next Mock" | Digvijay Singh, IIM Calcutta, 99.90%ile

"I Always Kept Small And Achievable Goals For Each Of My Next Mock" | Digvijay Singh, IIM Calcutta, 99.90%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.

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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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