Venkata Satya Srikar Medisetti
I scored 98.44 overall percentile in CAT 2019; 92.78 percentile in VARC section; 97.64 in DILR Section and 98.64 percentile in Quantitative Ability section.
CAT Topper Interview: How Venkata Satya Srikar Medisetti Cracked CAT 2019 with 98.44% to Join IIM Udaipur
Loving your hobbies, discharging your duties at work place and yet pursuing your dream of cracking CAT with high percentile, is not an easy task. On the top of it getting admission in one of the top B-School of India – IIM Udaipur makes you come out with flying colours. This is what Venkata Satya Srikar Medisetti, a B.Tech from NITK Suratkhal, a working professional with pharmaceutical company, hailing from a small picturesque town Tuni in Andhra Pradesh managed to do balancing among his hobbies, job and preparation.
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Venkata Satya Srikar Medisetti scored 98.44 percentile in CAT 2019, got interview call from top B-schools, and converted All the CAP and new IIMs including IIM Udaipur, SIBM Bangalore, Hyderabad, IMT Ghaziabad, Hyderabad among others. Of course, his journey wasn’t a cakewalk. It required persistence, focus and ability to effectively juggle multiple roles. MBAUniverse.com invited Venkata Satya Srikar to understand his CAT preparation plans, how he cracked IIM Udaipur interview and more.
I was trying to balance out all the sections so as not to neglect any of them.
I was selected for all the new IIMs and IMT for the final selection round. This includes all the CAP participating new IIMs including IIM Udaipur and other eight IIMs, SIBM Bangalore, SIBM Hyderabad, IMT Ghaziabad and IMT Hyderabad
IIM Udaipur’s growth curve was far better than all the new IIMs. The vision established by the board was well planned. Transparency was another factor.
I scored 98.44 overall percentile in CAT 2019; 92.78 percentile in VARC section; 97.64 in DILR Section and 98.64 percentile in Quantitative Ability section.
Apart from CAT, I appeared in SNAP and converted SIBM Bangalore and Hyderabad
Apart from getting final admission offer from IIM Udaipur for MBA 2020-22 batch, I converted all the new IIMs that participated in CAP round, SIBM Bangalore, SIBM Hyderabad, IMT Ghaziabad and IMT Hyderabad. I finally decided to join IIM Udaipur
I have done B. Tech with 65% from National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Suratkhal. In 10th I scored 93.5% marks and in 12th I scored 96.2% marks. I belong to Tuni in Andhra Pradesh. My interest areas are Animation, VFX, Swimming. I have 32 months work experience in a pharmaceutical company. My father is Sr. VP in Aurobindo Pharma and Mother is Homemaker.
For DILR and Quant I kept solving as many questions as I could. I tried to compile all the formulas at one place for Quant as it helps a lot during revisions.
VARC was the slightly weaker section for me where I had to spend more time.
I solved many mock papers including previous year papers and I felt that they do play significant role to get into the examination mindset and to understand the time constraints.
I felt I was fine with self preparation so that’s what I did.
I woke up with a clear mind and I reduced my preparation over the last couple days to relieve stress. As I said I collected formulas in one place, I carried it along with me to read on the way.
I was well prepared for the CAP interviews as I had already faced a couple others. Most of the discussion was around my work experience and on why I wanted to pursue an MBA.
My WAT-PI was conducted offline
Do not be afraid of how the exam will be. Just go with the flow and do not get stuck on a particular question. Move on and come back to it later.
Yashvi Bansal
A keen reader and writer, a fresher and BBA Marketing from Auro University Surat, Yashvi Bansal cracked CAT 2020 with 94.72 percentile in first attempt and converted nine IIMs including IIM Udaipur. Yashvi preferred to join IIM Uadipur due to its academic rigour, top notch faculty, updated curriculum, transparency and the core values that resonated with hers. Read her CAT preparation strategy and success mantra
CAT Topper Interview: How Yashvi Bansal Cracked CAT 2020 with 94.72% to Join IIM Udaipur
IIMs are no more the MBA destination only for Engineers or candidates with work experience. This has been proved by Yashvi Bansal who has done BBA Marketing from Auro University Surat and is a fresher without any work experience but has cracked CAT 2020 in her first attempt with 94.72 percentile and has joined IIM Udaipur MBA 2021-23 batch. Yashvi converted all the nine new CAP participating IIMs including IIM Udaipur but preferred to join IIM Udaipur for various reasons. During her preparation, she found herself weak in some areas, but with her preparation strategy she turned it into her strong area. She has proved that it is the smart preparation for CAT exam and your keen interest in reading and writing that can lead to admission in your dream IIM as was achieved by her by converting IIM Udaipur and many other top B-schools.
Yashvi belongs to a modest business class family of Surat in Gujarat. MBAUniverse.com invited Yashvi Bansal to understand her CAT preparation plans, how she cracked IIM Udaipur interview and more.
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I made sure that I had high accuracy in my strength areas, major focus was to get high accuracy and then worked on speed. I worked on different strategies to get better at selection and elimination.
I was shortlisted for the PI by IIM Udaipur, IIM Tiruchirappalli, IIM Kashipur, IIM Raipur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Jammu, IIM Sambalpur, IIM Sirmaur, GIM
Apart from getting final admission offer from IIM Udaipur for MBA 2021-23 batch, I converted all the new IIMs that participated in CAP round and GIM. I finally decided to join IIM Udaipur.
Key reasons that motivated me to join IIM Udaipur were: • Academic Rigour- Top notch faculty with updated curriculum • Core Values resonated with mine • Transparency
I have done BBA-Marketing from Auro University Surat. My father is a businessman, we trade in sarees, based in textile market of Surat, Gujarat. We originally come from Rajasthan. My mother is a home-maker. We’ve been living in Surat for the past 30 years. And I have a twin-brother, who is pursuing Chartered Accountancy currently. My hobbies include Reading and Writing.
I scored 94.72 overall percentile in CAT 2020; 88.56 percentile in VARC section; 92.53 in DILR Section and 93.45 percentile in Quantitative Ability section. CAT 2020 was my first attempt.
Apart from CAT 2020, I appeared in XAT 2021 and scored 98.489 percentile
I studied from IMS Surat, my sister had prepared from the same so I knew it was a good institute. Attending a coaching centre worked the best for me as I had access to material and good faculty mentors.
I was weak at DILR initially, practiced at least 3-4 sets with different concepts in a day. Tried to understand the difference in the approach in the solution and mine, then worked on lowering the gap.
For VARC, I worked on elimination of options as selection is difficult since options are close. Eliminate the options which contain information not mentioned in the RC passage.
For DILR, I practiced set selection. 3/6 sets are doable, so tried to select the right one. Also, practised a lot so that I was familiar with the concepts.
I made sure I was able to solve questions from my strong areas, so I identified the easy ones and attempted.
I started attempting mocks from around May, mocks are really important. Analysed mocks, IMS mocks were great, close to actual paper. Mocks is the only way I could implement the strategies so that I could finalise the one that worked the bets for me.
As for the last minute preparation, I had prepared notes from the beginning, used to note all the important formulae, concepts and any bit of information that seemed important. I went through that in the morning, I had the evening slot, so I made sure I was well-slept. I used to practise giving mocks on the same timings as the slots (even before the actual slots are given, you can gauge the slot timings based on past years data). As for the stress, of course panicking is normal. I just made sure when the timer starts, my only focus is to solve the questions. I didn’t talk to many people on the day of the test. Also, made sure that I was thinking about things other than CAT and stayed away from the news of how the slot previous to me was.
I used the question bank floated by IIM Udaipur for PI Preparation itself. I read and watched news everyday. I worked on the common questions and since I was a fresher, I revised my concepts to make sure I was able to answer all the acad-related questions. • Why MBA? • Tell me something about yourself • What is your family background • Specific Academic related question from BBA-Marketing • Questions on accounts and economics (grade 11 and grade 12)
My PI was conducted online, it was a very good experience because as there was time consumed in travelling, I gave more time to the actual PI preparation.
For CAT 2021 aspirants, my message is: • CAT isn’t as difficult as we think it is • Practice makes everything easy • While solving the paper, focus must be just to solve the questions on the screen, doubts about the marks shouldn’t be entertained at that moment • CAT is a different exam, not difficult or at least not as difficult as you think it is
Nitesh Padhi
Nitesh comes from a modest family of Bhubaneswar, Orissa. His father is a businessman and mother is employed. He has a younger sister studying in class 10. Nitesh has a consistently good academic record to his credit. He did his class 10 with 8/10 CGPA, class 12 with 79.40% marks and did his BBA in Finance from NMIMS Mumbai with 75.12% marks. Nitesh had gained a work experience of 10 months with Genpact India in Gurgaon before joining IIFT MBA (IB) 2017-19 batch. Nitesh Padhi not only scored 99.44 percentile in IIFT entrance exam, but also scored 96 percentile in CAT 2016 and 99.07 percentile in CAT 2015 and above 98 percentile in NMAT. However, Nitesh preferred to join IIFT instead of any IIM or other B-school.
Nitesh Padhi NMAT Exam Topper 2016
Sharing with MBAUniverse.com, Nitesh highlights his experience in preparation journey to IIFT and modestly attempts to give the ‘success mantra’ to the IIFT 2017 aspirants
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Amit Chakraborty
I scored 99.34 overall percentile in CAT 2022. I scored 96.53%ile in VARC, 97.95%ile in DILR and 98.95%ile in QA.
How Amit Chakraborty Cracked CAT 2022 with 99.34%ile & XAT 2023 with 99.55%ile; Why he Chose XLRI over NITIE, SPJIMR, MDI - MBAUniverse.com Interview
MBAUniverse.com in its series of CAT 2022 topper interviews, brings before you a success story of CAT, XAT, IIFT and NMAT exam topper Amit Kumar Chakraborty, who cracked CAT 2022 with 99.34%tile, XAT 2023 with 99.55%ile, IIFT with 98%ile and NMAT with 255 score and was offered admission by XLRI, MDI, NITIE, SPJIMR, but he preferred XLRI to any other top B-school. Coming from a modest Family of Durgapur (West Bengal), Amit Kumar Chakraborty is a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University. After completing his graduation, Amit joined Hindalco as a GET and worked there for 12 months. Then he gained 8 months of work experience at Protiviti as Technology Consultant. Amit scored high percentile in all the MBA entrance exams with his well devised preparation strategy and support from Mindworkzz Coaching Institute. Amit’s father works at Bhilai Steel Plant as ED (MM). Amit loves listening music, reading and travelling.
MBAUniverse.com invited Amit Kumar Chakraborty to share his CAT, XAT preparation and exam day strategy, how he cracked CAT, XAT, IIFT and other exams, why he preferred to join XLRI instead of MDI, NITIE, SPJIMR and other B-schools. Read below his Interview with preparation strategy
Nandagopal V
I scored 99.15 overall percentile in CAT 2022. I also appeared in CAT 2021 in which I scored 99.17%ile
‘XAT Not More Difficult than CAT’ Nandagopal V Busts the Myth; Scored 99.99%ile in XAT 2023; Declines Top IIMs to join XLRI Jamshedpur - MBAUniverse.com Interview
MBAUniverse.com is excited to present inspiring success stories of XAT toppers who secured admissions in XLRI and after taking judicious decision made it to their dream B-school. Get motivated from their well-planned preparation strategies, valuable insights on MBA entrance exam readiness, Personal Interviews, and MBA college selection. Today, meet Nandagopal V from Kochi. He busts the myth that XAT is a higher difficulty exam. In his view XAT is not more difficult than CAT. He scored higher percentile score in XAT than in CAT. Nandagopal cracked XAT 2023 with 99.99 percentile and CAT 2022 with 99.15 percentile. He declined admission offers from IIM Lucknow, IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode and joined XLRI Jamshedpur PGDM-BM 2023-25 batch as XLRI conforms to his criteria of choosing the best B-School.
A B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from BITS Pilani, Nandagopal has a work experience of 2 years in the Consulting area with ZS Associate, Pune from 2021-2023 where he drove customer engagement by 33%, and sales lift of 40% across the portfolio; Led end-to-end operations in the Digital Customer Engagement space for a Global 500 Client. His parents are Lawyers in the High Court of Kerala and his brother is currently in Class 12. A Quizzer, bits and pieces photographer, an avid cricket fan and a music enjoyer, Nandagopal’s CAT and XAT preparation journey is full of lessons. For instance, he overcome his weakness in DM section, and very well used previous papers and mocks to maximize on his strengths.
Tanish Jain
I scored 99.78 overall percentile in CAT 2022. In XAT 2023, I scored 99.9951 percentile overall and 99.62 in QA; 99.91 in Verbal; 99.90 in DM
XLRI Student Tanish Jain Cracks XAT 2023 with 99.99%; Reveals Why he Chose XLRI over FMS - MBAUniverse.com Interview
MBAUniverse.com is excited to present inspiring success stories of XAT toppers who secured admissions to top B-schools and after taking judicious decision made it to their dream B-school. Get motivated from their well-planned preparation strategies, valuable insights on MBA entrance exam readiness, Personal Interviews, and MBA college selection. Today, meet Tanish Jain from Dwarka, Delhi. He feels that Quantitative Ability in XAT is easier than in CAT exam. He scored higher percentile score in XAT than in CAT. Tanish cracked XAT 2023 with 99.99 percentile and CAT 2022 with 99.78 percentile. He declined admission offer from the high RoI B-School-FMS Delhi and joined XLRI Jamshedpur PGDM-BM 2023-25 batch as XLRI conforms to his criteria of choosing the best B-School.
A B.E. in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi, Tanish has a work experience of 12 months as Analysts and Senior Analyst with Bain & Company from June 2022 to June 2023. His parents are Doctors but he preferred to pursue his passion for management education. A reader of fictional novels, Tanish Jain’s XAT preparation journey is full of lessons. For instance, he overcome his weakness in DM section by practicing as many more questions, previous papers and mocks to maximize on his strengths. So, with this introduction, let’s get going with the interview!
Nipun Garg
XAT 2023, I scored 99.9577 percentile overall and 99.47 in QA; 98.52 in Verbal; 99.81 in DM
XLRI Student Nipun Garg Cracks XAT 2023 with 99.95%; Reveals Why he Chose XLRI over IIMs, MDI - MBAUniverse.com Interview
MBAUniverse.com is excited to present inspiring success stories of XAT toppers who secured admissions to XLRI and other top B-schools and after taking judicious decision made it to their dream B-school. Get motivated from their well-planned preparation strategies, valuable insights on MBA entrance exam readiness, Personal Interviews, and MBA college selection. Today, meet Nipun Garg from Panchkula Haryana. He feels that Decision Making section in XAT is fun to solve. He scored higher percentile score in XAT than in CAT. Nipun cracked XAT 2023 with 99.9577 percentile and CAT 2022 with 97.02 percentile. He declined admission offer from MDI Gurgaon, 9 CAP participating IIMs and joined XLRI Jamshedpur PGDM-BM 2023-25 batch as XLRI conforms to his criteria of choosing the best B-School.
A B.E. from BITS Pilani, Nipun has a work experience of 35 months (Almost 3 years) as Manager, Nirmaan Builders and Investments, Chandigarh from May 2020 to April 2023. His father is a businessman, mother is home maker and sister is a student. With all the support from his family and friends, Nipun continued his march to pursue his passion of doing MBA/PGDM from one of the top B-schools in India. Chess, Travelling, Geo-politics A keen observer and reader of Geo-Politics, Nipun loves playing Chess and Travelling. Nipun’s CAT and XAT preparation journey is full of lessons. For instance, he overcome his weakness in QADI section by practicing as many more questions, previous papers and mocks to maximize on his strengths.