CAT Topper 2013: How Anubhav achieved 99.73 Percentile in CAT exam?

For the benefit of CAT 2014 aspirants, MBAUniverse.com is bringing a round of CAT Topper 2013 success stories. In this second article in CAT Topper 2013 series we present the success story of Anubhav Kunnel, a CAT Topper who scored a percentile of 99.73 in CAT 2013. His sectional scores were: QA-99.73, QADI-99.79 and VALR-96.32.

Apart from CAT, Anubhav also excelled in other MBA entrance exams too. He scored 99.38 percentile in XAT, NMAT-230 score(99.81 percentile), IIFT-58.74 score and SNAP-99.73 percentile.
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Q. What was the CAT 2013 prep strategy?
Ans. I started my CAT 2013 preparation keeping in mind that accuracy is a key factor. As I started giving many mocks, I was able to realize that RCs were proving to be my weak-point. I analyzed my mocks till then and found out that it was due to more number of attempts and low accuracy. Quickly, I figured it out. As for QA and LR, I never had any problem.

Q. What was the strategy in testing room to attempt the question from different sections: Quantitative Ability & DI, Verbal Ability & LR?
Ans. During the test, in the first 5 minutes I identified all the easy questions in QADI and solved them in the initial 40 minutes. In the last 30 minutes, I tried to identify if any time taking but solvable question was there and solved those questions.

Coming to the second section, I decided to attempt all the LR questions first. Luckily, since I practiced a lot, I was able to solve all the LR questions very fast. This gave me a lot of time to solve the VA part. From my experience in the mocks, I decided to solve only the questions which I was 100% sure of and where I could maintain a good accuracy. This strategy worked as I scored OA-99.73 QADI-99.79 VALR-96.32.

Q. Apart from CAT which exams did you appear? How did you prepare for them after CAT? What score did you get?
Ans. Apart from CAT, I wrote NMAT, IIFT, SNAP and XAT. For NMAT, I decided to go on a rapid solving spree since there is no negative marking. For IIFT and SNAP, I maintained a 100% accuracy in the LR section and chose the questions in the other sections wisely and finally for XAT, I was wary of the decision making section and focused mainly on that. My scores in these exams are XAT-99.38 percentile, NMAT-230 score (99.81 percentile), IIFT-58.74 score and SNAP-99.73 percentile. Read More..

Q. How many GDPI did you take part in?
Ans.I attended the GDPI of 8-10 B Schools

Q. Which are the institutes that offered you admission?
Ans. XLRI, IIFT, MDI, XIMB, NMIMS, IIT Bombay, IIM Kozhikode (currently waitlisted but will convert) have offered me admissions. Read More..

Q. Which is the institute that you have decided to take admission and why?
Ans. I have to choose mainly between XLRI and IIM Kozhikode as both are prestigious institutes with a great history.

Q. What advice and tips you would like to share with the candidates preparing for CAT 2014?
Ans.Try to identify the areas that you are strong in and the areas that need improvement. This is possible only by a careful analysis of the mocks. Finish the preparation at least 3 weeks before the test. The last few days should be spent only in revising and not in learning new topics. Read More..

Q. Your message to CAT 2014 aspirants.
Ans.Relax! CAT is just like any other test. Try to brush aside any tension and get the best out of the mocks. Read More..

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