{"id":2408,"date":"2017-08-20T15:03:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T09:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iquanta.in\/blog\/?p=2408"},"modified":"2021-12-31T11:55:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T06:25:45","slug":"my-journey-from-nowhere-to-iim-bangalore-the-place-to-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/my-journey-from-nowhere-to-iim-bangalore-the-place-to-b\/","title":{"rendered":"My journey from nowhere to IIM Bangalore, the place to \u201cB\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2409 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13653383_862014677264395_8750253982822255698_o-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13653383_862014677264395_8750253982822255698_o-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13653383_862014677264395_8750253982822255698_o-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13653383_862014677264395_8750253982822255698_o-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/13653383_862014677264395_8750253982822255698_o.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Atul Kumar Jha <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>IIM Bangalore<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>CAT %le 99.24<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><b>CAT 2012<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My first encounter with CAT was in my 3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> year, NIT Jamshedpur when I found my roommate buying coaching institutes course material. Being a mechie (engg) all I wanted then was a decent job with good pay. However, peer pressure made me enrol in one of the coaching institutes. Spent (rather wasted) Rs 30,000 as I hardly opened any book or took any of the mocks. Very soon 4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> year came and I got busy with my placement procedures. CAT was scheduled in Nov as usual, but I chose to skip it (a big mistake) and decided to go for the companies coming that day. Got rejected from that company as well. However, destiny worked in my favour and got placement in BPCL. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>CAT 2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After joining BPCL on JUNE 13, I completely forgot about CAT because the work pressure had taken the better of me. However, I tried to remain in touch with my institute materials and few Facebook Cat groups. But they were not enough. From August\u201913 I finally decided to put more efforts into my CAT prep. I had the Arun Sharma set and decided to complete it before Oct15. I had already got frustrated with my job. I was posted in a remote location where no coaching institute was available. Self-study was the only way for me to crack CAT. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had booked the slot for Oct 20 morning slot. This was going to be my first ever CAT. I was not very much confident about my preparation. I could not even cover all the topics of QA and had not given any single mock (another mistake). But I took CAT and attempted 18\/30 in QA and 22\/30 in VA. I was pretty satisfied with my performance given that my slot was one of the toughest ones. A very close of my friend rang up and said he attempted 16 QA &amp; 17 VA. This tensed me up a bit for I felt I might have got carried away especially in VA.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the result day, I was very anxious as I hoped for something 98+%. I was in my office when my friend watsapped me. He had got OA 98.2%ile. Immediately I checked for mine. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QA : 70.XX%ile \u00a0\u00a0VA : \u00a094.6%ile \u00a0\u00a0OA : 91.XX%ile \u00a0(XX means I don\u2019t remember the exact score). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was shocked. Even with 8 questions more than my friend I had miserably performed. Especially in QA where I expected the most. Later through FB groups, I came to know that normalization had affected the score of many and few guys had even gone to the extent to file a case against the normalization process.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whatever be the reason I was screwed. I felt blank and had nowhere to go. Phones kept ringing for my result and I felt like burying myself in some deep abyss. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My same friend managed to convert IIMB.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>CAT 14 (The last and ultimate strike)<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6855 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/i.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/i.jpg 1235w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/i-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/i-1024x599.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/i-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/i-718x420.jpg 718w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/i-640x374.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/i-681x398.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It took me few months to recover from that shock. Job had become quite frustrating and I wanted to run away from it. Still I pulled myself up and geared up for CAT 14. I bought TIME material, enrolled for its mock series and most importantly prepared a time segmented target for myself. I worked from 8 to 8 in the office (sometimes this could stretch to even 12 in the night) , returned back and studied till 2 o clock. I hardly used to get 3-4 hour sleep. Most of my time in office was spent solving TIME booklets or flash cards for vocab. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then one day I accidentally bumped into the FB group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/Rockthecat\/\">CAT Preparation-iQuanta<\/a>. The group had just started at that time and had very few but very talented members. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/indrajeetsinghrock\">Indrajeet<\/a> was one of them. He is one of the best guy in quant I had ever seen and that too at such a young age. Slowly I became active in that group. I made many friends, solved variety of questions and before I knew the group had become my second home. I spent hours solving questions that came on to the group. Indrajeet used to conduct tutorials and mini mocks and we actively participated in it. From Jan\u201914 I had become one of the most active member of the group and I could feel the improvement in my QA standards. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the hectic job was always a problem. With 4-5 hour sleep for around 3 months my productivity had lowered. And finally in the month of June I took a \u00a0very risky decision of quitting my job. I contemplated for like one month whether I should or shouldn\u2019t quit my job. But after like days of counselling I finally resigned and from July I committed myself to cat preparation. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Things were going pretty smooth now. QA had become easy unlike previous year, basically because of the numerous questions I solved on the group and different new and very useful fundas that Indrajeet and few other faculties used to give on the group. VA prep was also moving smoothly though I never liked it (another mistake) and devoted relatively less time on it. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7740 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-16-at-4.09.20-PM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"CAT exam\" width=\"487\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-16-at-4.09.20-PM-1.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-16-at-4.09.20-PM-1-300x57.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-16-at-4.09.20-PM-1-1024x194.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-16-at-4.09.20-PM-1-768x145.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-16-at-4.09.20-PM-1-640x121.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-16-at-4.09.20-PM-1-681x129.jpeg 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I took my first mock in the month of August and performed miserably. I only scored 88%ile. The mock score further disheartened me and I started suspecting if my reason to quit was wise enough or not. Perhaps I had become complacent with my performance. But then I increased my study hours. Solved numerous questions from different sites, books and coaching materials. But I religiously followed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/Rockthecat\/\">FB group <\/a>because this group helped me keep myself updated with my performance. Where else would you find a group of 1.85 Lakh plus members to compete with.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I enrolled with 2 more mock series. I gave time for self-study in the afternoon and for mock at night. There were days when I took like 3 mocks in a day. Slowly my mock scores started getting better. By October I was confident enough of my prep and knew that I could score a decent percentile.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But having no job was an added and continuous pressure that sometimes affected my performance.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A special mention to<a href=\"http:\/\/iquanta.in\/course\/full-course\"> I<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iquanta.in\/cat-online-coaching\/\">QUANTA <\/a>founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/indrajeetsinghrock\">Indrajeet<\/a> which acted as a repository of various concepts which one doesn\u2019t find in any book easily.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So finally I registered for CAT 14 and got the first-day first slot. The night before the examination was pretty intense and I couldn\u2019t sleep the whole night. Somehow I managed to get 4-hour sleep that night. Early morning I left for my centre confused regarding the no of attempts I should go for in the exam. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I started with QA. It felt really easy. I did all of them. Except for one DI rest were easy and was able to do the rest. QA was done in 70 mints approx. with total attempts 45\/50<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VA was never my forte. Got stuck in one LR which consume a lot of time. Somehow I managed 35\/50 which was good enough from what I usually attempted in mocks.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Total attempts :80\/100 and I was on cloud nine. However, I later got to know that in subsequent slots many had attempted close to 90+ and some even 100. \u00a0All I could do was cross my finger and wait for the results.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Waiting for the result day was more painful than preparing for the CAT. One month time seemed like a year. On top of it the results were delayed by like 7-8 days. However, finally the result came on around 28<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> December. I could see a flood of percentiles on my FB wall and various WhatsApp groups. Immediately started receiving messages from friends asking for my %ile. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Somehow I gathered the courage to open the result. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VA: \u00a095.6%ile<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QA : 99.5%ile<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OA : <\/span><b>99.24%ile<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My first expression was blank. I didn\u2019t know what to do. Honestly, I expected a little more but anything above 99%ile was good enough for me. Like everyone I checked my result twice and thrice to make sure it\u2019s really mine. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calls started pouring in from everywhere and my dream of seeing myself in IIM now seemed a step closer.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I got calls from all IIMS except A and C. The next step of PI preparation went smoothly and I converted all of my calls.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This whole experience, this journey to CAT taught me many valuable lessons. Some key takeaways:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) Never ever ever give up. If I can so can you. We just don\u2019t know it. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) Hard work pays always. You might get the result a little delayed but sooner or later you will earn the reward for your effort.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3) Don\u2019t rely on quant only like I did. I screwed my VA which affected my OA. Prepare for VA as well.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4) Don\u2019t get inspired by this article to leave your job and prepare for CAT. I have faced a lot of pressure while preparing for CAT just because I had no job. It\u2019s a risky decision and can be disadvantageous as well. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5) Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/iquanta.in\/cat-online-coaching\/\">iQuanta.<\/a> It\u2019s the best one. The concepts which are taught over there are not taught even in premiere coaching institutes. You will be benefitted. Trust me. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ATUL KUMAR JHA<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IIM BANGALORE <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PGP 2015-17<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">email id : atul.jha15@iimb.ernet.in<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7740 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-16-at-4.09.20-PM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"CAT exam\" width=\"502\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-16-at-4.09.20-PM-1.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-16-at-4.09.20-PM-1-300x57.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-16-at-4.09.20-PM-1-1024x194.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-16-at-4.09.20-PM-1-768x145.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-16-at-4.09.20-PM-1-640x121.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-16-at-4.09.20-PM-1-681x129.jpeg 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atul Kumar Jha IIM Bangalore CAT %le 99.24 CAT 2012 My first encounter with CAT was in my 3rd year, NIT Jamshedpur when I found my roommate buying coaching institutes course material. 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