Strategy Which Got Me 99.91 Percentile In CAT, Ft. Ananta Chhajer, IIM Ahmedabad

When Ananta Chhajer attempted #CAT Exam 2017, he scored 99.21 %ile. He realised that his dream of getting into IIM A, B, or C would remain just that - a dream. This is why Ananta decided to write CAT a second time in 2018. He finally scored 99.91%ile and converted a call from #IIMA as well as IIMC. In this video, find out how Ananta changed his #CATstrategy and managed to reach his goal of cracking the IIM Ahmedabad selection.

Summary:
Ananta, an engineering graduate from Jadavpur University, realised that he wanted to accelerate his career and hence decided to pursue an #MBA after having worked for some time at ZS Associates. He started preparing for CAT while working. This meant spending significant amounts of time for CAT prep. He shares how he spent his weekends diligently preparing for CAT.

He shares how he was disappointed with his marks in his first CAT attempt, as his score would not land him his top 3 colleges - IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, or IIM Calcutta. This is why he chose to write CAT a 2nd time in 2018. He shares how his CAT strategy the first time around was all about speed and solving as many questions as possible. But he changed this on his 2nd CAT attempt and instead started focusing on accuracy. He shares how, in order to improve one's VA-RC score, reading is really the best bet. He talks about attempting the easier questions in the DI-LR section first and then going for the tough ones, as this improves accuracy. He talks about attempting multiple questions in the Quant section to improve accuracy.

He shares how your attitude on the day of the exam is really important. He talks about being calm, collected, and changing your strategy based on the paper difficulty level if needed. If you want to know what it takes to get a shortlist from IIM Ahmedabad, this is a must-watch for you.

Key Takeaways:
- Before attempting mocks, focus on core topics, and prepare for those.
- As a working professional, you'll need to make sure that you're persistent in your preparation, even if you have to spend weekends over CAT prep.
- To strengthen your Verbal quotient and to learn speed reading, simply read more!
- Since you can't be sure of your own accuracy in the VA-RC section, a good strategy is to attempt all questions. Even if you're not confident about the 4 parajumbles, you can at least solve the remaining 30 questions.
- Reading speed is really important for cracking the VA-RC section in CAT since you've to attempt all 34 questions if you want to boost your score.
- To prepare well for Quant, gain expertise over each topic first. After this, you can work on sectionals and mocks for prep.
- You can attempt all 34 questions even for the Quant section, but this may compromise accuracy if the paper is tough. In this case, you can change your strategy and attempt the easy questions first.
- To crack the LR-DI section, your strategy can be skimming through all the sets and picking 4-5 easy ones to solve. If time permits, you can work on the rest.
- If you're well prepared and calm on CAT day, just answering a few extra questions will end up being the difference between someone who scores a 99 versus someone who scores a 99.91 percentile.
- You may attempt fewer questions in CAT, but 100% accuracy is what's important.

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1) How I Scored 100 Percentile In CAT 2019 | Ft. Rishi Mittal - https://bit.ly/3fGYLSq
2) How I Scored 99.91%ile In CAT 2019 | Ankit Desai, IIM A 2020-22 - https://bit.ly/3dIayho
3) How I Scored 99.96 Percentile In My First Attempt - Riya Parwani, FMS Delhi - https://bit.ly/2Lt6lC4
4) How A Non-Engineer Cracked CAT In Two Months And Made It To IIM Indore - https://bit.ly/2LrjnAk

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