{"id":12532,"date":"2021-06-08T19:31:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T14:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.2iim.com\/cat-exam\/blogs\/?p=12532"},"modified":"2021-06-08T19:49:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T14:19:53","slug":"my-journey-to-iim-calcutta-non-engineer-achievers-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.2iim.com\/cat-exam\/blogs\/cat-preparation-strategy\/achievers-talk\/my-journey-to-iim-calcutta-non-engineer-achievers-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"My Journey to IIM Calcutta | Non-engineer | Achievers Talk – 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Achievers<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In this series of blog posts we will look at the CAT Journey of some of our (2IIM’s) students. As we update new articles, the links will be made available below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post 1 – My Journey to IIM Calcutta | Non-engineer | Abhilash Maji<\/a>
Post 2 – Belling the CAT with a History of Mediocrity | SPJIMR<\/a>
Post 3 – Journey to the “Red” Building of Dreams | FMS | Pranay Seth<\/a>
Post 4 – CAT Preparation with DROP Year | Journey to SPJain<\/a>
Post 5 – Adverse circumstances and lack of resources stopping you from achieving your dreams? | DoMS IITM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Common Admission Test aka CAT always has a unique journey for each MBA aspirant and on those lines my story too is a bit off the beaten path. Couple of reasons behind it. Firstly, I am not a typical MBA aspirant as I am 31 (psst psst, those who ask if 26 is too old to get into an IIM, look at this) and have had experience primarily in a single sector, namely academia. I have pursued the study of a single subject, Economics, for over a decade and technically have zero corporate experience.  Secondly, I made the decision to apply for CAT quite late and thus had to devise a method which played on my strengths and allowed me to secure 99.84<\/strong> percentile in CAT 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why MBA?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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My decision to MBA was prompted more of a necessity than a part of a long-term plan. After finishing my undergraduate studies in Economics from IIT Kanpur, I moved to the Netherlands to pursue my dream of being a doctorate in Economics. Unfortunately for me that was not in the cards and after 6 long years I returned from Europe without a doctorate but with a valuable experience of having pursued deep research in the subject I love and a plethora of other ancillary experiences like running a field experiment, presenting my research work at various stages of my research, debating at an international level and so on. Hoping to start a career in finance I soon moved to the financial hub Mumbai with high hopes but soon realized that my knowledge though quite advanced in some respects lacked a lot which could be impossible to acquire in the short run. A few conversations with my friends who had the MBA experience convinced me that this was the path to go, but I still harbored hopes of landing a finance job and such paid scant attention to CAT preparation until late August 2020. The following paragraphs show how I managed to use the next 3 months to ace CAT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 3 Month Preparation regime<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Start<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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I have been a voracious reader for a long time and as such VARC was something I was comfortable with and having spent a long time pursuing a subject as quantitative as Economics, I was confident about the QA section as well. The Achilles heel was DILR which took a lion\u2019s share of my preparation. Before Aug 2020, I had sporadically tried the preparation by following some books on VARC & Quant, but I soon realized this was a very inefficient <\/strong><\/em>way for me to prepare.  So, I did something unthinkable and without any preparation of any kind gave 3 mocks to see where I stood. I realized, that even though VARC & QA would require some cleaning up I was atrocious in DILR having barely managed to solve 1 question out of 6 in 40 mins. That made the next steps quite simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Grind<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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I searched for solved DILR questions and found a rich database in 2IIM website<\/a> which had questions from previous years CAT papers divided section wise. In September, I only solved questions from all three sections, but paid special attention to DILR. My methodology was simple, I picked a section (for e.g., VARC from 2017 Slot 1) and after spending an hour solving it, I reviewed the section looking at my mistakes and attempting questions which I couldn\u2019t during that hour without any time limit. Although, this strategy worked very well in QA & VARC it failed miserably for DILR. So, for DILR I switched to just trying to solve problems without looking at the time limit. It took some serious practice, but eventually I gained confidence in DILR, and then I switched back to my previous methodology for DILR too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Last leg<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mid-October onwards I started giving mocks and overall, I would have given about 15-20 mocks during my entire preparation period. I attempted mocks in the morning aligning my body clock to my actual exam and then after a short break spent the rest of the morning and afternoon going through the entire mock. I analyzed each and every question<\/strong>, looking into my mistakes as well as questions which I was not 100% confident but did manage to answer correctly. For DILR, I made sure I solved all the questions<\/strong> and if I couldn\u2019t do so even after making a serious attempt, I looked at the solutions spending time understanding the methodology so that I could solve such questions in the future. In between I often needed to revise some concepts both for QA and DILR for which I mainly used web resources as they were more efficient than books. Keeping up motivation is essential during the preparatory phase, and solving questions all day long can get a bit boring. I made sure I took enough breaks and I often spend those breaks reading books or news articles or opinion pieces<\/a> which helped me relax as well prepare me for VARC & future PI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volatile Mocks? It is universal!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I continued this process and I could observe that my mock performance which was initially a bit volatile gradually became more uniform, and I was hitting 99.5+ percentile consistently which helped boost my confidence. But believe me, it takes time and effort to get there. Lots of effort. It does not happen magically. Eventually, the D-Day arrived, and I wasn\u2019t satisfied with my QA performance (99.08 percentile)<\/strong> having a made couple of silly mistakes or my DILR (96.59 percentile)<\/strong> where I attempted 13 questions but still got 3 wrong. My saving grace was VARC (99.95 percentile)<\/em><\/strong> which was the most difficult among all slots and I aced it beautifully boosting my overall percentile to 99.84.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GD PI WAT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Next step was pretty long and the PI process lasted from 5th Feb (my first interview IIM Rohtak) till 22nd April (FMS) but that part owing to my unique background I mainly focused on my motivations behind my previous academic career and why an MBA now as these questions were asked in almost every interview I gave. Apart from that as I come from an Economics background, I brushed up the basics, my research work and did a lot of analysis on current affairs from an economic\/financial perspective as I was expecting those questions to be asked.  All in all, the PI experience was a roller-coaster ride, but I managed to give pretty decent interviews, eventually converting my dream school IIMC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most important lesson I got from this experience was that it is possible to ace CAT with 3 months of preparation if you play to your strengths<\/strong> and have a thorough understanding of your weaknesses<\/em><\/strong> and the work to be done to rectify those. Yes, it will be an uphill battle and your motivation and self-confidence might take a lot of hits, but at the end of the day you will succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article penned by Abhilash Maji<\/a>, IIM Calcutta, batch of 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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