What would lead to your preferred career path always stays uncertain. For some, it is a clearly charted course, but for majority of students, it is a self-searching path that leads them to what they love. We spoke to one such students, Bitan Banerjee, who after his engineering found his love for HR and never looked back. These are the excerpts of the interview:
Haven’t we all seen those Wall Street or Dalal Street movies and awed at the characters and their smart, calculative moves? Or read about Warren Buffet’s simple rules of investment and thought that “Well, I could do this”. Or heard yelling and commotion in their heads while picturing a stock market trading floor?
There is always a divided opinion as to how should one best utilise time this close to the exam. The stress of approaching exam is further made miserable by the sense that there is an overwhelming amount of information to be consumed in ever-dwindling time. Even spending time with friends, intended for relaxation, can just be a reminder of the exams you’ll be sitting together and the work you ought to be doing. This article aims to lay emphasis on certain negative emotions we all experience before any important moment in our lives and it is no surprise that CAT is one of the career-defining events for most of us.
I am Ankit Doshi, Creator of InsideIIM, and I welcome you to the second episode of a brand new program called Growth Stories with Ankit Doshi. This is a 30 Day Program where I will help you think about key decisions and moments in your personal and professional life.
Episode 1 - Always Overestimate Yourself
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.
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.
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.
What would lead to your preferred career path always stays uncertain. For some, it is a clearly charted course, but for majority of students, it is a self-searching path that leads them to what they love. We spoke to one such students, Bitan Banerjee, who after his engineering found his love for HR and never looked back. These are the excerpts of the interview:
Haven’t we all seen those Wall Street or Dalal Street movies and awed at the characters and their smart, calculative moves? Or read about Warren Buffet’s simple rules of investment and thought that “Well, I could do this”. Or heard yelling and commotion in their heads while picturing a stock market trading floor?
There is always a divided opinion as to how should one best utilise time this close to the exam. The stress of approaching exam is further made miserable by the sense that there is an overwhelming amount of information to be consumed in ever-dwindling time. Even spending time with friends, intended for relaxation, can just be a reminder of the exams you’ll be sitting together and the work you ought to be doing. This article aims to lay emphasis on certain negative emotions we all experience before any important moment in our lives and it is no surprise that CAT is one of the career-defining events for most of us.
I am Ankit Doshi, Creator of InsideIIM, and I welcome you to the second episode of a brand new program called Growth Stories with Ankit Doshi. This is a 30 Day Program where I will help you think about key decisions and moments in your personal and professional life.
Episode 1 - Always Overestimate Yourself
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.
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.
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.
