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My Profile

I'd like to share my pre-MBA academic and professional profile on this page. I don't intend to use this blog for professional purposes. But I have received enquiries from curious and confused MBA aspirants about my "profile", so they can get an idea of where they stand as well. This page is intended for this purpose. 

The fact that I secured a B-School admission should not be used to think that it is okay for you to have "gap years." In fact, I was asked about my "gap years" in all my interviews including the one at FMS. Some interviewers delved deep into this aspect.  At best, you can conclude that gap years don't kill your chances if you can explain them. But it's always better to not have a gap for more than a year, if possible. 

Academic Profile

SL No

Qualification

Score or Results

1

B. Tech Mechanical Eng.

8.16 CGPA or 78%

2

AISSCE (CBSE 12th)

81%

3

AISSE (CBSE 10th)

9.6 CGPA or 91%

4

2 Academic year gap as of the date of joining my MBA


CAT Test Scores

You can use this section to get some input on how scores are distributed at different percentiles. You can note that VARC is responsible for my performance while the improvement I made in DILR is responsible for my higher percentile later on. 

Exam

Overall

VARC

DILR

QA

CAT 2022

%ile

99.71

99.86

99.41

91.66

Score

99.03

48.55

31.96

18.52

CAT  2021

%ile

99.67

99.98

99.15

86.05

Score

111.70

62.42

34.24

15.04

CAT 2020

%ile

91.92

94.40

89.95

80.29

Score

67.41

31.72

20.14

15.55

CAT  2019

%ile

94.42

99.48

83.48

76.66

Score

116.49

69.53

26.17

20.79





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