VARC is one of the most scoring section. But most scoring is not equivalent to being the easiest. A lot of people struggle with this section because of Reding Comprehensions (RCs), Inferences, Para jumbles, time constraints, lack of reading habit etc. Here are some must-read blogs that will help you for VARC in CAT 2020:
Hello, I am Pallavi Beniwal and currently, I am pursuing the 2-year PGP at IIM Bangalore. I hope my experience and strategies will help and motivate you in the last leg of your preparation journey. Before we go ahead, here's a brief about my profile: my academic scores in the order of 10th/12th/graduation are 95/89.7/88. I studied B.Tech. Dairy Technology from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal and worked for 20 months with Nestlé India Limited.
Shirin Nizar is a mechanical engineer, born and bred in the city of the 3C's Thalassery, Kerala. He did his 14 years of schooling and scored 9.6 in his X and 82.6% in XII. He also completed his 4 years of bachelor's from Thalassery with a CGPA of 7.41. A 2019 pass out, he didn't take up any job offers as he wanted to give his everything towards CAT because he knew this would be a life-changer for him. Since he realized that the potential would be massive, the experience and exposure from a top b-school would be immense, and so he gave a good 4 months to CAT and finally got 99.45%ile and calls from all the IIMs except B. And presently, Shirin is studying at FMS. Here is the entire journey of Shirin how he was able to get 99.45%ile(VARC, 77.55, 99.88%ile | DILR, 52.93, 99.15%ile | QA, 38.28, 92.74%ile|)in the CAT exam.
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.
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.
Charandeep Bagga is currently studying at IIM Bangalore. His 10th CGPA is 10 and 12th - 96.46%. He completed his Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur with 9.11 CGPA. He scored 99.87%ile in his cat with (VARC - 69/68.52, 99.39; DILR - 51/56.06, 99.45; QA - 69/67.89, 99.48). Here is how he did it.
Divij Kishore Jain is currently studying at IIM Ahmedabad( 2020-2022) He scored 9.8 GPA in his Xth, 94.8% (PCM with Eco) in XII, . Later he completed B.A. (Hons.) Economics, from CVS - DU with an 8.19 GPA. Here is the entire journey of Divij's CAT preparation and how it managed to score 99.39%ile in his first attempt.
VARC is one of the most scoring section. But most scoring is not equivalent to being the easiest. A lot of people struggle with this section because of Reding Comprehensions (RCs), Inferences, Para jumbles, time constraints, lack of reading habit etc. Here are some must-read blogs that will help you for VARC in CAT 2020:
Hello, I am Pallavi Beniwal and currently, I am pursuing the 2-year PGP at IIM Bangalore. I hope my experience and strategies will help and motivate you in the last leg of your preparation journey. Before we go ahead, here's a brief about my profile: my academic scores in the order of 10th/12th/graduation are 95/89.7/88. I studied B.Tech. Dairy Technology from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal and worked for 20 months with Nestlé India Limited.
Shirin Nizar is a mechanical engineer, born and bred in the city of the 3C's Thalassery, Kerala. He did his 14 years of schooling and scored 9.6 in his X and 82.6% in XII. He also completed his 4 years of bachelor's from Thalassery with a CGPA of 7.41. A 2019 pass out, he didn't take up any job offers as he wanted to give his everything towards CAT because he knew this would be a life-changer for him. Since he realized that the potential would be massive, the experience and exposure from a top b-school would be immense, and so he gave a good 4 months to CAT and finally got 99.45%ile and calls from all the IIMs except B. And presently, Shirin is studying at FMS. Here is the entire journey of Shirin how he was able to get 99.45%ile(VARC, 77.55, 99.88%ile | DILR, 52.93, 99.15%ile | QA, 38.28, 92.74%ile|)in the CAT exam.
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.
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.
Charandeep Bagga is currently studying at IIM Bangalore. His 10th CGPA is 10 and 12th - 96.46%. He completed his Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur with 9.11 CGPA. He scored 99.87%ile in his cat with (VARC - 69/68.52, 99.39; DILR - 51/56.06, 99.45; QA - 69/67.89, 99.48). Here is how he did it.
Divij Kishore Jain is currently studying at IIM Ahmedabad( 2020-2022) He scored 9.8 GPA in his Xth, 94.8% (PCM with Eco) in XII, . Later he completed B.A. (Hons.) Economics, from CVS - DU with an 8.19 GPA. Here is the entire journey of Divij's CAT preparation and how it managed to score 99.39%ile in his first attempt.
