CAT Topper: This blogs covers the detailed journey of a CAT 2025 topper “Vinayak Agarwal” who scored an amazing 99.99%ile in CAT 2025 and is a iQuanta student. Let’s see his CAT preparation strategy in a detailed manner.
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CAT 2025 Topper: What’s His Initial Expectations?
In his words: Coming from a mathematical background, I initially had a very simplified and quite frankly distorted idea of the CAT examination. I was of the impression this is a Maths dominated exam where I won’t have any difficulty getting a decent score. VARC too, in my mind would be something of a passage based QnA with a higher level than I did in school. However things changed drastically once I gave my first mock examination.
CAT 2025 Topper: Vinayak’s First Mock
In his words: VARC was a mess. I was unaware and simply not ready for the kind of reasoning and understanding I needed to attempt even one of the questions. LRDI and QA were humbling. I watched questions, thought I’ll attempt this in the second round and then I saw the time run out with me barely reaching the 20 question mark.
CAT 2025 Topper (99.99%ile) CAT Preparation Journey
In his words: The preparation itself had its highs and lows. From days scoring 120s in mocks to merely getting one RC right, it was a rollercoaster. The lowest points were even lower. Overthinking, stress, anxiety and a million other things in mind; what kept me motivated was always trying to see the bright side. Friends and families also motivated me to do my best. Topper journeys at IQuanta gave me a vision and I kept going. OTTs were also a constant source of support.
CAT 2025 Topper Vinayak Agrawal’s Message for Teachers & Peers
“A THANK YOU to all my teachers at iQuanta iQuanta Doubts
At last, I want to dedicate this post to my teachers at iQuanta. From Raj sir’s marathons to Indrajeet Singh sir’s QA250 and LRDI series, the array of Questions helped me master speed in the LRDI and QA sections. A big thank you to Shabana IQuanta ma’am. After my fumble in the first mock, I had to find a whole new plan to tackle this section. Her lectures helped me get past this fear and made me truly ready for the exam.
A note to my peers
To everyone out there checking out there results and/or preparing, I know it is very easy for me to say that results don’t matter or it’s just a number and you would think I am just blabbering. But the truth is it is. After the examination I personally had started preparing for XAT alongside a mini job hunt as well. It all happens for a reason is a philosophy I believe in and this has always helped me to HOPE.
So here’s to HOPE, for a good reason for everyone because it all happens for a reason.
Congratulations to all and All the Best for your journey!”
