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This is my CAT Journey . It is not an extraordinary one but it is my biggest achievement yet. I would like to share with you this roller coaster ride of mine.
It is a bit lengthy but I think some of you may relate to it.
https://abanaspires.wordpress.com/2020/07/03/an-n-shaped-cat-journey/
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Long post Alert so kindly bear with me. After my 12th, like every other teenager, took engineering. Stared the journey enthusiastically but the syllabus which were being taught in Engineering was outdated and naturally I started loosing my interest in Engineering. I couldn’t do any internships during my engineering as I had to help my dad with out family business whenever I had time. The college was 5 days working so traveled a lot from Mumbai-Aurangabad over the weekends to help my dad. Since, I didn’t do any internships I couldn’t see myself working as an engineer anywhere so I started exploring other options. Having being part of organizing teams for various events during my college time I was naturally inclined towards Management and thus I decided to give CAT. Part 1(CAT 1st attempt - 2017):- After deciding that CAT is what I will investing all my energy in, I enrolled for the T.I.M.E coaching weekdays batch. So everyday after attending college from 9–6, I used to attend MBA classes from 6.30–8.30 on weekdays while I used to spend most of my weekend back in my hometown. I never really had much time for self-study after engineering classes and CAT coaching so I started missing classes which a huge impact on my grades. Balancing both CAT and Grades proved very difficult but I started managing both by compromising on all other activities and dedicating all my remaining time for CAT. I has my eyes on ABC, XL and FMS and I was not going to settle for anything less. During my 4th year I decided I won’t be sitting for placements as MBA was my ultimate goal. The prepration was going smooth, I was scoring decently in Mocks(95–99.5) until the schedule for semester exams was declared. The last of my exam was to be conducted 2 days before CAT and my center for CAT was(talegao-Pune). So the month before CAT I couldn’t prepare anything and I panicked on the day before. I booked a hotel near my CAT center and went there a day before. With the thought that I’m well under prepared I couldn’t sleep. Went to the center with half a positive mindset while being totally sleep deprived. VARC section went unexpectedly well but couldn’t solve a single set in DILR in the first 30 minutes. I was sweating like a pig and panicking like a dog. I could see my percentile in 80s right at the moment. I somehow controlled myself, refocused and solved 2 sets in the remaining 25 minutes. After getting a bit more confidence solved Quants with a positive intent. Overall I knew I under-performed but I was confident of getting some calls. I realized I need to invest the time that is left for XAT preparation but it proved almost impossible as I had to handle my family business from 10–9. I still prepared for XAT but 3 days before XAT18, i fell seriously Ill and could not even get out bed and thus I could not even attempt XAT. CAT results were out and I scored 98 percentile and I knew this is not going to be enough for any of the calls I was hoping for but I still prepared for interviews of New IIMs and MDI. The realization that I could be without a job in few days started to drawn upon me. While preparing for the interviews I started applying to various companies. The WAT-GD of MDI was pathetic whereas PI was ok so naturally I didn’t convert MDI. Same scene with new IIMs as I could not convert any except Sambhalpur and Bodhgaya. I gave the interview for Cracku and got the job offer. I was happy as I could now focus more on my prepration while working too. Part 2(CAT 18):- Started working with Cracku as a content manager. The colleagues were amazing all preparing for CAT so I had just the right environment to study for CAT. So with full energy I once again started preparing for CAT. I enrolled for TIME and IMS test series and was scoring well in mocks(even came in top 10 in some mocks) so I was very confident about this attempt. In Nov I got the job offer from BYJUs and joined. weekends being the most important in BYJUs the manager didn’t gave me any leave on saturday. So after working for whole day on saturday I traveled at night in a private car and thus was exhausted beyond anything.The exhaustion was clear as I could not concentrate at all in the VARC section. After solving 2 passages I decided to sleep for 10 minutes to regain my focus. After 10 minutes I was in a better position and I solved rest of the paper better than those initial 30 minutes. I knew I haven’t done well at all so I started preparing for MBA-CET(Aiming for JBIMS). The job at BYJUs was going smooth. I generated a revenue of around 5.25L in 2 months post training and was already my manager’s favroite. CAT result came. I scored 97 percentile with 82 in VARC I was not so sad as I knew this all along. It was 20th January when I got the call from my mom. I was in a conduction so I didn’t pick up the call straight away but my mom kept calling. I realized it’s urgent and excused myself. The next 2 minutes were the most difficult 2 minutes of my life. My mom on the other line told me that my dad met with an accident and has been admitted to the ICU. I couldn’t think straight, I called my manager and he arranged a cab for me to go back home. I went home straight away. After reaching, I was informed that my dad is out of danger but has a paralysis attack rendering the right part of his body useless. The effect, doctor said, is not permanent thought and with proper care he might recover soon. Knowing my dad I knew he’ll recover soon. I started handling our business all alone while taking care of my dad. I gave MBA-CET with preparation with whatever little time I had. I scored 139/200 whereas the cut-off for JBIMS went 143/200. I was heart broken as 1 set could have been my life changer. On the other hand I was happy that my dad was recovering well and was on the way for a full recovery. In June we did the necessary tests and the results stated that my dad has fully recovered. I was very happy but I already gave on my MBA dream. On day my dad asked me how my preparations were and I told him that I gave up on it. My dad at that moment told me, “Beta apne dreams ko hamare liye mat sacrifice kar, hum jo bhi kr rahe hai tere liye kar rahe hai agar tu aise give up krega to hamara aaj tak ka kiya hua sab waste ho jayega. Tu ja mumbai and prepare kar acche se, idhar ka tension mat le me handle kr lunga sab”. I was weeping like anything but now I had my inspiration back. I knew I would not be able to focus on my preparation while taking a drop so I started searching for Job and I got one with ICICI Prudential. Part 3(One final attempt - CAT19) I joined ICICI on 16th July and I was focused on acing the CAT come what may.This was going to be my last attempt so I knew I had to give it all. I decided on a fixed schedule and started working on the plan accordingly. I skipped all the parties, movies, TV series and was solely focused on acing the CAT this time. I took a leave of 10 days before CAT and worked double hard in those 10 days. So before CAT I had given 65+ full length mocks of TIME, IMS and CL. My only concern was my fluctuating marks in DILR(from 80–99.99). CAT day - I had forenoon slot so I had a proper Breakfast, took the blessings of my parents and off I went. Reached the center an hour early, got done with necessities and settled in my seat 35 minutes before the CAT, had a quick nap in those 35 minutes. VARC was the most difficult section of CAT19 but I didn’t knew that at that time. I found the passages interesting and was able to complete the section in 55 minutes. I decided to rest for 5 minutes and making myself ready for the most difficult section. To my surprise the DILR was pretty easy and I was able to solve 4 sets within 50 minutes. I started solving the 5th set and was just able to complete it 1 minute before the section end time. I was not very confident about the same so decided I won’t tick it. Quants was easy too and I could solve majority of the questions. Coming out I had this nagging feeling that I didn’t do well and 5 more question could have done the trick. Fast forward to CAT result. I didn’t had the courage to check the result. My roommate checked my result and he said I got 99.78. I could not believe him and then I had to check for myself. After seeing those numbers I almost started crying, all the efforts have finally paid off. I knew I’m one step away from C/FMS. XAT20 went really well barring DM, I scored 99.52 in XAT but could not clear the sectional cut-off for DM. I started preparing for interviews with all I could. I had my first interview of IIFT. I was under prepared but surprisingly it went well and I was pretty sure i’ll atleast convert IIFT-K. Next interview was of SP Jain in Banglore. I went till the last round but I knew it’s a reject as soon as I came out. All the interviews were practice interviews for me as I had my eyes on IIM C interview. My C interview was scheduled on 23rd March but corona happened and it was postponed and so was my L and MDI interview. C interview along with L and MDI were to happen online. C was the first and I was well prepared and confident for it. To my surprise I was grilled on Electrical Engineering. Obviously I got a straight reject. I wept like a baby after checking my result. 2nd in line was MDI interview. It was the best interview I had in all these 3 years so I knew it’s a convert. I had L-abm call so naturally the interview revolved around Agricultural sector. I was prepared for it and could answer most of the questions. After 15 days my friend texted me asking me about my L result. I checked and to my surprise I had converted it. I beyond happy. I could not control myself but more than me my dad was happy for me. He said, “mehnat rang layi”. That was all the validation I needed. 2 days later I converted MDI too. Till this time there was no communication from FMS as to what will be the procedure they are going to use for final selection. I was happy for MDI and L convert but was anxiously waiting for FMS. One day out of the blue FMS directly released the list of candidates selected while waitlisting at 172. So a little hopes there as the WL 131 has converted in the 3rd list. My learnings form this journey - Come no matter what never give up on your dream. What is yours will come to you when the time is right. Kudos.
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My AIWTSAC. I have divided the post with monthwise headings. Start reading from Novermber 2019 if you find it too long. 🙈 😂
July ‘19- The ignition
My plan always was to gain an experience of 2 years and then go for a MBA. So I joined in an oil and gas company, in remote location of Barmer, Rajasthan. One day while relaxing in my room after long day of boring induction lectures, my neighbour came in and started to chat. Just casually he said that he was planning to prepare for CAT and I, just to show my excitement said “Me too”. Next day he was in my room with books and I thought “Ok, he is pretty serious and I have gotten myself into a fix”. But as I was planning to go for it next year anyway, I thought studying an hour or two won’t hurt, especially since in Barmer, Rajasthan there was not much to do outside the hotel anyway.
I even started watching videos on YouTube on MBA and life after it and that reeled me in. I gave CAT 2018 mock without prep, scored around 94% (abysmally low in quant and high in VARC, yes I am a GEM). My plan was to just get a few calls, maybe the new ones and gain experience from the interviews and I set my target to 97-98 %.
I had strong 10th and 12th scores, hence was aiming for I,K in the best case, but again just to gain experience.
Aug ‘19- The push
As trainees we were visiting different sites (spanning Gujarat/Andhra/Rajasthan) and I had planned to study an hour/day during this tour. Kudos to my amazing roommates and friends (or colleagues) my study hour was peaceful and they took their games/partying to other rooms. While browsing casually through sites I found few of my alums scoring very high in CAT and that gave me a push.
My study intensity grew; I studied in during travelling and right back after coming from work. It was not all work and no play though. I visited gym/swimming as well as took occasional days off, although those off days would be somehow related to CAT i.e. looking at MBA experiences of others, CAT journeys etc.
September ’19- The Quant Prep
This month was reserved for Quants. I had planned to complete Arun Sharma’s book. The chapters were divided into strength and weaknesses and distributed across the month. I used to put on Kabir Singh songs and practice for two hours.
I gave a mock for practice scoring around 97% but the strange thing was that as my quant grew stronger, my LRDI/VARC grew weaker. So by the end of the month i had to start with LRDI.
October ’19- LRDI and VARC prep
Elitesgrid YouTube screenshots were taken which I used to solve while travelling and watch the video solutions after coming back to room or next day while travelling. (I had to travel for 2 hours daily)
Para jumbles were my biggest enemy and I watched videos on techniques on solving it. Working in Barmer, YouTube had been absolutely invaluable resource in my prep. RC practice was gained by 1000 RC and 99 RC (I also had been reading old Hindu editorials during my travels).
By October end, I planned and gave around 2 more mocks and the 2017 CAT paper as a mock. The ease of LRDI section blew me away and I realised the fluctuations that occurred in CAT exams. I had to be ready for anything and everything.
November ’19- This month needs no introduction
Leave Fiasco
In an ideal world I was planning to have a leave for a week before CAT but apparently the wedding season also culminates during this time. So there were 2 more people applying for leave during that time. Manager asked the three of us applicants to choose which one will go for leave and who will stay. The biggest problem was that I had not mentioned a thing about my CAT prep, as not getting in would have impacted my rating (this was suggested by a senior I knew) and hence I was not willing to take any chance. I didn’t lie to them but stated clearly that it is a very important matter and I had to go. So after cutting off my leave of a week and stating clearly to my manager that I will be leaving no matter the consequence, he finally budged late at night and I left for Pune on 23rd Nov.
The D-Day
I reached Pune a day before at 11pm and had the morning slot on the D-day. This was luck, absolute pure luck that my manager budged, the other guy applying for leave decided to stay and so believe me luck matters.
I reached early wintery morning to my centre. They stripped us of our wallets, belts and even footwear. The centre was good, I was an hour early and spent it looking around. Saw a gentle man I had seen a day before at Ahmedabad airport with IIM A bag pack (turns out he was prof Satish Deodhar, IIM A-FABM Director). Finally the hustle bustle of the students around me ended and although most of them appeared like a general entrance exam crowd, I was surprised to find many elderly looking people, which I guessed might be teachers from the coaching centres. Now please note that I had never planned this to be my best attempt and so I was relaxed. I had no targets in my mind. Just to give my best. I even went to the washroom twice, just to stretch my legs and walk a bit before starting every section. VARC went as expected
In LRDI I judged the relatively easy sets. I had to complete one complete set by hit and trail putting in options from different questions until I had a logically possible answer and it worked. I had my four sets.
I never had much accuracy in Quants and hence planned to only attempt the easy ones. So I systematically took one question after the other with aim of maybe 15 questions but to my surprise could do 21. Accuracy in quants was never my forte and hence was not expecting much.
By evening I came to know that VARC was difficult, LRDI was easy and quant was the same as 2018, and that left me wondering whether I had attempted the same paper as these reviewers.
Tried searching for a few memory based answer key, got one with 8 quant questions out of which I had 3 wrong. Closed the key and went for a movie with family pretending to be happy.
I had a gut feeling that I might get between 96-97%, enough for new IIMs maybe, but not enough for IIM I,K.
December 2019- The result
The day of answer key release I was at TVS service centre getting my scooty repaired. The result notification came and I drove a kilometre and stood on side of main road and checked. My heart was thumping and my mind was consoling me, that this was a trial attempt, chill, but my body refused to. Total score came out to be 160 with the 3 wrong in quant being the only three wrong. The hit and trail set in LRDI, all correct. In fact I made two silly mistakes in the easiest set. I called my dad and mom, they were elated and I too was surprised at the happiness I felt myself. We knew last year 160 meant a 99% which meant Indore and Kozhi calls.
January 2020- The "atleast give me a call" month
Was travelling from work when CAT score card was released and that was the day I was introduced to Pagalguy community. Thanks to the hacks I found I was able to download my score card in “incognito mode” and the 99.10% was more of a confirmation than a surprise.
Then the calls came in and I enjoyed all the “regrets” and “data not found” messages from A,B,C & L, all expected, nothing to surprise me.
Then came the day Indore calls were released. I was pretty chilled out again as I was ignorant of the fact that your board mattered and just scoring high won’t guarantee a call and also that diversity had been increased by 2% since last year. I opened PG (it had become a habit by then) and saw a few posts stating that ICSE, ISC student weren’t getting calls even at 99.5+ percentiles. My heart sank. No IIM I call this time meant no IIM I call ever, however high I go in next attempt. It was supposed to be the safety net next year. I told my mom and the day suddenly appeared to be duller and gloomier. We both were absolutely dismayed and shell shocked. The call that I was taking for granted was not even possible for me to achieve. With a heavy heart and just to have a closure I still went on to IIM I’s website and entered my credentials and behold, a “congratulations”, a f***ing congratulations, my first IIM call ever was staring at me in the face.I haad to read it three times before I turned the laptop towards my mom. She yelped and cried (literally) and said that you are going there if you convert. The day was suddenly bright again and me, the overconfident guy who took IIM I for granted was laughing and happy. I called my Dad and he said “This was expected right, why do you sound surprised?” He had no idea what we had faced, the dejection and then the bout of sudden happiness.
IIM K was the next shock, but still IIM I call acted as the cushion to help me take that blow. In fact I think my prep went well due to the fact that I had focused completely on IIM I interview. I read many IIM I interviews and knew that they were acad heavy and hence prepared my engg subjects well.
The End
Long story short, I had IIM I interview on 11th Feb and CAP on 12th Feb (luck is a thing guys, believe me as any other date would have meant again going through the leave fiasco) and I had a decent interview at IIM I and amazing one at new IIMs.
Fast forward 4 months, I was again at Barmer in 14 day isolation (as I had travelled from Pune) when the convert mail arrived. I called my family and friends. Didn’t know what much to do alone in a room.
Gave my resignation next week and enjoyed a month of less responsibility farewellish atmosphere at my job with people saying “Now is right time to pursue education” and me thinking “Is it?” and again going through the IIM I or better convert next year dilemma.
I contacted many alums to clear my doubts and take the decision. I soon realised that again I was taking this convert for granted and remembered the day I had almost not got the call and so my dear PG community this is IIM I PGP 2020-22 participant bringing his AIWTSAC to an end hoping to utilise this opportunity and make the best of it.
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Hello everyone!!! I just joined the telegram group for CAT preparation which help me clear my doubt regarding my subject with a professional guidance If anyone interested give me text.
Hello PG team, I have been a silent contributor to the PG community and learnt a lot from the fellow aspirants.
You all have been a source of Inspiration for me.
I didn't score 99 in Cat, but I gave my best and now I decided to move ahead.
Would be joining NITIE Mumbai.
Doing my own human revolution and outdancing the wind on my CAT journey.😄 A good read of learnings that I am hoping motivates you to go all out for your goals.
https://ajinkyajumde.medium.com/a-story-of-patience-and-perseverance-5092de12bc46
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Trying to make this the last post on PG, no more posts from me.
AIWTSAC II : Remembering a walk with friends
https://thearsenaloptimist.home.blog/2020/07/31/aiwtsac-ii-remembering-a-walk-with-friends/
You can take a look also at the DT scorecard below, as well as on the post.
Best of luck and ciao.
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