Converting top B-schools such as IIM Calcutta, ISB Hyderabad YLP, IIM Indore and IIM Shillong resulted in true dedication, consistency and efforts towards the dream of pursuing management after graduation. This journey is not as easy as it looks, she slept only 3-4 hours a day, consistent preparation with the full-time hustle finally becomes a successful story of getting an outstanding result in the CAT exam.
This iQuanta student breaks all the barriers to pursuing her management dream from top MBA colleges in India. Let’s discuss her inspiring journey from sleepless nights to converting IIM Calcutta, ISB Hyderabad YLP, IIM Indore and IIM Shillong with dedication, consistency and hard work.
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She Slept 3-4 Hours A Day & Converted Top B-Schools
Talking about the academic qualifications, Anushka scored 96.8% in Class 10, 91.4% in 12th and 8.68 CGPA in graduation with 22 years of work experience. She was always very inclined towards an MBA with her interest in management and desire to solve various problems across industries. With this, ultimately she decided to appear for the CAT exam and planned to go for consulting after it. Being a working professional, carrying a dream and managing time for the same is quite complex, although she tried to manage both at the same time with dedication.
Anushka later joined iQuanta to be consistent towards her CAT exam preparation journey. Let’s discuss the same in the next section in a detailed manner.
Role of iQuanta in Anushka’s CAT Preparation
Anushka first connected with iQuanta through Instagram by seeing their outstanding achievement of 500+ 99+%iler in the CAT 2024 exam and their feedback. This whole thing convinced her to try the iQuanta CAT mocks, where she loved the dashboard, relevant content, and most importantly, exam-level difficulty. One feature of iQuanta’s CAT mock test series is the error tracker, which helped her a lot and saved her hours of analysis.
She joined the January 2025 batch and loved the journey, from class timings and schedule to peer-learning environment, questions’ quality and application classes which made conceptual understanding better. The application-based approach was new compared to other coaching, but the structure helped her retain concepts. She even bought the books and loved the design, clear solutions, and covers that made her want to study.
During her entire CAT exam preparation journey, her schedule allows her to sleep only 3-4 hours a day, with anxiety and regret keeping her up at night. Prior exhaustion was the issue during solving mocks that killed her focus in both VARC and LRDI. Things are actually starting to convert to a positive side when her parents stepped in and supported her during preparation.
Her CAT 2025 Exam Attempt
She found the CAT 2025 slot 3 Quant section lengthy, and her strongest section also let her down. After her exam, she came back home and cried about the attempt, fearing she wouldn’t get 99+%ile in the final result. Since, in that situation too, her parents consistently stood by her, and finally she got 99.13%ile and converted to IIM Calcutta, ISB Hyderabad YLP, IIM Indore and IIM Shillong.
Final Words
Anushka’s story is really inspiring not only to the students but also to the working professionals who fear giving the CAT exam attempt due to their hectic schedule and work pressure. She also gave two two important statements to the future CAT aspirants who are preparing for this competitive examination.
“Chase consistency, not intensity. Build fundamentals. Show up even on bad days. Focus on the process, not the result.
Surround yourself with people who believe in you. Parents, family, friends.”
