From 44% In Maths In 12th To IIM Kozhikode | Non-Engineer's Mantra To Crack Quant, DILR For CAT
One of the most recurring demands from InsideIIM's eager community of CAT aspirants is of CAT preparation tips from non-engineers who, despite weak academic profiles, managed to make it to India's top IIMs. Today, we bring to you an insightful and inspirational story of a hotel management graduate who managed to crack the CAT exam and is now heading to IIM Kozhikode. This non-engineer went from scoring only 44 percent in Maths in 12th to acing the QA and DILR sections of the CAT exam in his very first attempt. So how did he do it? Find out in this video filled with unmissable tips to crack the CAT exam.
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Debansu Mukhopadhyay is a hotel management graduate from IHMCTAN Mumbai, and after spending some time working with Oberoi Hotels and Resorts, he decided to quit his job and prepare for the CAT exam with the dream of making it to one of India's top IIMs. However, the odds of cracking CAT were stacked against him: he was a non-engineer who was not only very weak at maths but also had not been in touch with Quantitative subjects after high-school. To further complicate matters, Debansu's academic profile is one that would be considered "below average" by IIM standards. Despite every indication of a tough road ahead, Debansu began his CAT preparation from the month of March and buttressed his weak areas (QA and DILR) by practicing daily and gaining concept clarity.
In this video, Debansu dives deep into his CAT preparation and provides excellent insights as to what one must to do crack this exam and feature amongst the top-1% of all test-takers. Regardless of whether you're an engineer or non-engineer, if you're afraid of the CAT exam's QA and DILR sections and need a strategy that actually works, this video is a must-watch for you.
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This is by far the most motivating video, because it not only said how and where to prepare from but also to calm down and say its not the end!
@aabhashsinha2750
2 жыл бұрын
I reckon u too r appearing for cat this year😇
Thankyou & Congratulations. Rightly mentioned RODHA. It has removed my Maths phobia.
Very well articulated! Thank you for the lovely insights, Debansu.
Really appreciate inside iim for bringing such videos to boost up our preparation
love the insight, started prep from this month, hope it goes well 🤘🏻
This speech was really needed. Finally someone is who normal and thinks cat is not the end of the world. 😀
@InsideIIMKonversations
6 ай бұрын
We totally agree!
Very practical! loved every bit of it. Thanks, Debanshu!
Very practically spoken and and you gave a clear roadmap for the upcoming months and especially mock journey💯..
This was genuinely an excellent piece of advice. Thank you man.
I really found this helpful as well as motivating! Beautiful video🙌
Finally a normal student
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Finalllly a normal comment
@yourmomsuxsmydxxx
Жыл бұрын
@@InsideIIMKonversations komedy
@harshvardhanketan
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@gungunsingh1719
Жыл бұрын
Yesss...
@humanyukabeer353
Жыл бұрын
Exactly Similar score line in 10th 12th grad 😅
Excellent and eloquent speaker...
Much needed motivation.....thanks insideiim....
Practical, insightful, helpful….everything!!! Deba OP🔥❤️
You truly are an inspiration for someone like me. Thanks for making my day❤️
Thanks for your help, Debanshu sir!!
Congratulations Debanshu ! 😊 It takes a great deal of perseverance to actually work on something that you aren't really good at. All the best for your future endeavours ❤
Thank you so much for this video InsideIIM . Being from a non maths background ,just when I was doubting my quantitative skills ......I am so grateful that I came across this video. It has surely boosted up my confidence 🙏
This guy is excellent.❤️
Thank you so much for this video... It was so goddamn relatable... From the coaching mess to the phobia of maths... It was really inspiring
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
This video is filled with the crazy stuff that boost the confidence of the people who prepare on there own great work inside iim❤️
By far the best,,I used to watch every videos here,,but I don't have habit of commenting..but this one urge me to appreciate this fella..Very pragmatic and practical view and providing great motivation for people like me..
@debansum
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Roshan, that means a lot :) I'm very happy the video was helpful.
Rockstar, Deb!
Preparing for gre quants as an ad grad with all the engineers around me. This video helped. Thanks.
@InsideIIMKonversations
3 жыл бұрын
Best of luck!
@varshamishra3340
3 жыл бұрын
All the best 😄
@gauravchawla8050
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@gauravchawla8050
3 жыл бұрын
@Karan j thank you for saying that, i need all the positivity at this time!!! Hahaha:)
This was really helpful!!
Your video is truly encouraging for someone like myself who left maths a long time ago.
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Archita for your kind comment. My aim behind making this video was to reach out to anyone who struggles with the subject as I know how stressful it can be. If I could do it, anyone can. All the best!
Very Motivating ! For one's coming from The HM backgrounds ,as we guys always feel disgusted but here you are whose this story would play a game changing role for us
@debansum
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Kaustubh! Treat your background as a blessing and not something to be disgusted by :) all the best!
@InsideIIMKonversations
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for watching this one
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@arshiya56
3 жыл бұрын
For how many mba exams did he prepared beside cat?
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
@@arshiya56 I only wrote CAT and XAT.
@arshiya56
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum did u have coaching for xat too?
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
@@arshiya56 I didn't take coaching for CAT or XAT
@karankhare1908
2 жыл бұрын
@@debansum Hello Debansu Bhaiya, Myself karan & I'm a Btech student, right now in a 5th semester. I've some doubts reagrding CAT prepration, I sent you a request on LinkedIn please accept my request, I've some doubts! 🙏😊 Thank you! ❤
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excellent advice!!!!!
He is a warrior he doesn't get demotivated even hea very weak in maths and winning a exam consisting of 60 marks maths
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Rodha ❤️
This was one of the most relatable and motivating video. A normal student!
@InsideIIMKonversations
10 ай бұрын
Glad you liked the content! Keep checking this space for more such videos.
The best one👍
Best interview ever seen
Thank u bro ❤️ I think I watched this video at the right time ,felt it was a clear guidance for someone like me who has no idea about how to start the preparation,will remember u for long time 💗 all the best to u for u r future👍😊
@InsideIIMKonversations
Жыл бұрын
You're most welcome
@debansum
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much buddy, wish you all the best for your preparation journey!
What an inspiration! Sir please guide me too. 🙏
Thank you for being so elaborate and informative. Could you please share which all mock tests did you subscribe to for your preparation?
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Shachi, I took the mocks from IMS and Career Launcher.
thank you so much 🌟
Congratulations bonsai ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you and congratulations Debanshu !!
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Glad this was helpful
Really motivating. Thank you 😊
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
Finally kisi ka to academic score mujhse match kiya😭😭😭
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Relatable!
Very Motivational
I gave upon CAT but gonna still try
Really helped getting motivated 🙏
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot
Takshzila is the best source for cat prep💯
THE ONLY SPEAKER I GOT MOTIVATED BY HERE AT INSIDE IIM
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
Feels great to hear that Shubhadeep :) all the best for CAT 2021.
As a Hotel Management student at IHM Mumbai myself, who wants to get into an IIM soon, this video really motivated me. Thanks a lot InsideIIM!
@debansum
2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome Aryaman, always great to see someone from IHM Mumbai! All the best for the prep, feel free to reach out via LinkedIn for any help you may need.
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
This made our day!
Thank you so much for this video. I have a very similar background. I also did my graduation in Hotel Management form IHM kolkata. And I can relate so much to the problems faced here. I was very worried about whether anyone from my background would get selected for the top B-schools. This helped me gain some more motivation to prepare better for the CAT exam this year.
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Atul! As I mentioned under another comment, there are plenty of hotel management grads who join the top B-schools every year. I was just lucky to get highlighted. All the best for your prep!
@atalantadasgupta161
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. Would really like to connect with you as we have so similar backgrounds.Have a lot of questions. Is it ok with you? I have sent a request on LinkedIn. Name is Atalanta Dasgupta.
@karansharma2738
Жыл бұрын
@@debansum bhai , I am from arts background and you are from hotel management. both of the courses are weird category like rarest. you are in IIM kozikodhe so can you tell me the percentile of your classmate who belong to arts background and their grad score as well.
This is very good inspirational video love it keep making such videos
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
thats the goal
I passed by passing marks in 12th maths (33) 🥴
Which test series you took?
From where do you prepare for dilr
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, easy topics
@surajp4575
3 жыл бұрын
For u
same, for me too the arrangements are easier
@debansu hi, this was really informative. Im also following Arun Sir's books. Did you solve each question once or kept practicing the same questions again?
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, thank you :) I solved all the questions once and marked the ones I was unable to solve, took too long for or found challenging. I would periodically revisit the important chapters such as percentages and time, speed, distance every few weeks and solve the questions I had marked, once more.
@palak7043
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum thanks for replying! Did you also mark the challenging questions from mock tests, worksheets etc. to practice later? I'm really afraid of forgetting how to do a particular question after a few months...
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
@@palak7043 I did! IMS introduced the new feature of filtering questions from past mocks which was very useful. Before that, I would maintain a Word document where I would record screenshots of the difficult questions from each mock. I would practice it from time to time.
@palak7043
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum thanks a lot, I really appreciate it!
@__-kd3rw
2 жыл бұрын
@@debansum can you please share the KZread channel that you referred to other than rodha?
Which mocks to select??
Wholesome 👌
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a ton for the appreciation.
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you you liked it Refer our Test Prep Channel for content around CAT Prep: bit.ly/3I9UiGn
Where to give mocks??
I just have a query related to arun sharma quants book. Is it required to solve lod level 1 ques of all the chap and build concepts then jump to lod 2 of all chap Or solve all levels from each chapters from starting.
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
doing all the LOD levels doesn't make sense because CAT hardly asks questions from LOD 3 LOD 1 you should be thorough with And LOD 2 once you're done covering major portion of your syllabus.
What percentile did he score in cat?
i was looking for someone who managed to get into an iim from hotel management stream ( as i am a hotel management graduate) ..thankyou #insideiim for making me believe that even hotel management students make it to the IIMs😂❣ LOTS OF LOVE
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
I know a lot of people from hotel management who have gotten into the best B-schools in India :) it's not impossible
@sid1065
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum thankyou for saying that❣
@sid1065
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum currently scoring around 85 percentile in mocks...however i have a 2 year gap as i graduated in 2020...can you help me how to justify the gap? ( ihm goa passout 2020)
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
@@sid1065 that's great, if you're scoring 85 already you should aim to push that to 90+ by August and 95+ by October. About the gap in work ex, ping me on LinkedIn. I'll be able to help better once I have some background.
@sid1065
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum thankyou man!❣
Is it valid for ipmat too.. like i do have maths in class 12..but I'm not very good at it.. just average..so I'm not sure if I can manage to pull it off
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
IPMAT and CAT have a similar framework. Look for someone who can teach you the basics well, you'll be able to do it.
@prishacomar514
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum i have joined a coaching but recorded lectures aren't much helpful for maths i would need a teacher:((
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
@@prishacomar514 unfortunately I'm not aware about the syllabus for IPMAT, but if it's similar to that of CAT I'd suggest checking out the Takshzila videos on KZread to see if they're helpful.
@prishacomar514
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum okay tysm
I know people who are YD for 2 yrs and completed 4yrs engg in 6 yrs and are in IIM Ranchi and Kozhikode.... Reason??? You can guess...
@bandbug6
3 жыл бұрын
Where are you bro?
Boy. 😇
Can you tell us how many or which calls were able to manage from top iims/colleges given your average academics
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Apoorv, I had converts from IIMK, MDI and the CAP IIMs.
@apoorvgoel876
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum if possible can you tell the percentile you got, just to get an idea, since I also have similar acads
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
@@apoorvgoel876 unfortunately I can't share the percentile, but if you're a non-engineer with work ex you should aim to be in the top 1000-2000 candidates :)
@apoorvgoel876
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum thanks for the info :)
@ArambhHaiPrachand99
Жыл бұрын
@@debansum99 percentile 😏
What was his cat percentile?
Please lower this background music it's disturbing
Debansu ma mahn!
Good video 👍
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed
@debansum
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Hello Debansu Sir, I am also from IHM kolkata, and thinking to give CAT in the upcoming years. Is there any way I could connect with you ?
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Shreyan, you can connect with me on LinkedIn.
@shreyansarkar4641
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum surely
@ishandubey9723
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum When did you start preparing ?
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
@@ishandubey9723 0:57
Best video on internet 💫 I love your channel but I like this man more 💙....tyms
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😀
@debansum
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Chahat! That's very kind.
@chahatsingh1665
2 жыл бұрын
@@debansum 💙
Hello guys can you please say that you are.. using as a backgroundmusic!..
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
It's there in the credits at 11:05
Anyone can teach me mathematics for entrance exam! That's would be needful.
@AshwajeetKamble
2 жыл бұрын
refer Rodha youtube channel...it's the best
Should I do MBA after CA? Please, tell!🙏
@sanchitjain.
3 жыл бұрын
Ya that will make your career more stronger and you can easily get admission in top IIM'S at lower percentile like 90 or something if you complete ca
@joyal_thomas
3 жыл бұрын
I'm also thinking of it
Can you share your preparation for VARC ?
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Prahalad, I've been a reader since childhood and hence didn't have to put in much effort for the VARC section, which is why I didn't mention it in the video. With that said, a few things I would suggest are - improving reading speed by reading a newspaper end-to-end and at least 25-30 pages of a book daily. Apart from that, follow the Aeon blog. They post articles from across different topics, just like you can expect on the CAT exam. In fact there have been a few instances where RC passages have been picked from Aeon on the actual exam. One resource I would highly recommend, that personally helped me greatly in my RC accuracy is a blog called The Cat Writer by an IMS faculty, Tony Xavier. You can find it with a Google search. Just go to the 'verbal strat' section and go through the posts. Incredibly helpful. Let me know if I can help with anything else!
@_kalam_e_jazbaat_39
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum Thank you for your precious reply, really means a lot to me. I'll definitely go through the resources that you've suggested. I'm sure it'll help me in my preparation.
Hello Devanshu Sir....I am Final year student of Hotel Management fromSIHM Durgapur.....Sir I am preparing for cat....Is there any way I can connect with you ?
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Raktim, you can connect with me on LinkedIn.
@raktimchoudhury5864
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum Ok sir.. Thank You Sir
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
@@raktimchoudhury5864 no need to call me sir please :)
@raktimchoudhury5864
3 жыл бұрын
Thik ache tahole dada bolei dakchi
How much did he score in CAT ?
@c.b.i1926
3 жыл бұрын
99%
This was so informative, what was his %ile tho?
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! IIMK has a policy of not disclosing percentiles of students because of which it couldn't be put on the video.
@sakshi3480
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum can I contact you anywhere else?
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
@@sakshi3480 sure, you can reach out to me on LinkedIn.
@sakshi3480
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum can u share your link i cant find your acc
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
@@sakshi3480 unable to post the link for some reason. Just search for 'Debansu Mukhopadhyay', there can't be too many people with that name
1000s of like for the last line
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching
What did you say for your gap question?
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
If you're asking about the interviews, I shared the details about my job that weren't allowing me to focus properly on CAT preparation which was why I quit. Also, to answer your other question, I took the IMS and CL test series.
Remove background music 🎵 😢
Match my personality
Where’s the Radha squad at ??!!
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
Do you mean Rodha :p
General category?
What was your CAT percentile?
@InsideIIMKonversations
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Nitesh! Since IIM Kozhikode has a policy of not revealing the CAT percentile of any of its students, we've not been able to mention it in the video. All we can say is that it takes a very good CAT percentile to make it to IIM Kozhikode! :)
@niteshbadgujar4127
3 жыл бұрын
@@InsideIIMKonversations definitely it does take a great percentile ... Wonderful to see such great content from you guys. Love your videos✌🏼✌🏼❤❤
Can you get into iim k with less than 60% in 12 th?
@InsideIIMKonversations
3 жыл бұрын
Please refer to this: bit.ly/2HMKELI
He is from which quota? General or ews or?
@myronp5764
3 жыл бұрын
he's general category
Percentile kya hai?
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Watch the whole video to find out. Watch this as well kzread.info/dash/bejne/hoCTz6innKfceMo.html
RODHA SUPREMACY 💪
Very inspiring.. What percentile he got??
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Watch the full video for that. Stay tuned for more
What was his cat 2020 percentile?
Percentile ??
@bandbug6
2 жыл бұрын
99.89
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Watch the full video for that.
how much did he score in cat?
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Watch the full video for more info. around his CAT score.
I've got a similar story. A CAT Aspirant this year, I graduated from IHM Mumbai and spent a couple of months working with ITC hotels group before I quit my job and started preparing ! A hell of an inspiration this video is! Thanks a lot senior! Will do justice to my preparation and make IHM proud! ☺️✨️
@InsideIIMKonversations
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked the video You can watch more such stories here: kzread.info/head/PLMYr1HHzGSR1XXCz75DCqRHjW5PMTGt3T
@atuldwivedi3959
Жыл бұрын
How is your math preparation going?
@debansum
Жыл бұрын
That's wonderful to hear Swagata! All the best for your prep journey :)
@debansu even I am preparing on my own through arun Sharma books, I had a few doubts if you could share your social media handle or mail id it would really be helpful. If not here are a few questions. I have been following Arun Sharma, so in the dilr section there are mock tests where your score to percentile converter scale has been given, I wanted to know how accurate it is to the real cat because I have been getting around 90 percentile but there are few ones where I have even got 96-99 and less than 85 as well and a similar question to quant section, should you be able to solve all the questions of lod 1 and 2 or atleast how many of them should you get it right assuming each has 100. All these because want to know where i exactly stand. And if you could share your knowledge on which online mock tests to take
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Trishul, you can message me on LinkedIn, my full name is Debansu Mukhopadhyay. Sharing my thoughts on the questions you asked - I'm not aware of the score-to-percentile scale on Arun Sharma's DILR book as I haven't used it. Percentiles usually tend to fluctuate a fair bit because the difficulty levels change. However, the best way to benchmark yourself is one of the past year papers. Solve it in a test format and check online what the percentile corresponding to your score in that year was. Usually you will see that that percentile is slightly higher than mock tests. When it comes to the QA book, I would say don't look at a fixed number of questions you should be able to solve in LOD 1 or 2 because they are for practice and improvement. Mark any question you get stuck on or find difficult so that when you come back later you can practice it again. However if I had to give a broad guess, if there are 100 questions in LOD 1 you should be able to solve 80-85 (without any time limit). If you have any more questions, you can connect with me on LinkedIn.
@trishulks3513
3 жыл бұрын
Oh okay thank you, last thing which online mock test should one enroll for
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
@@trishulks3513 I had enrolled for IMS and Career Launcher. Would definitely recommend IMS, apart from that you can choose either CL or TIME.
Bro again took nine months
Did he clear CAT in first attempt???
@debansum
3 жыл бұрын
Hi! Yes, CAT 2020 was my first attempt.
@shikhasoni2389
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum Amazing 🙌
@praveenkollipara6913
3 жыл бұрын
@@debansum what is ur percentile bro ?
@tromboner6061
3 жыл бұрын
98 percentile. there is another video on the channel where he, harshita arora and some tiwari guy were interviewed
@myronp5764
3 жыл бұрын
I think he got 99 Percentile ..In some other video his Percentile was mentioned