u/Open_Assistance1185

Hello guys, probably the last AMA i am doing before joining IIM Lucknow. Just a small message from my side to all those who are worried about their respective profiles. Look i will be completely honest with you here, if i didn't belong to EWS category i wouldn't even have a call from IIM Lucknow at such a decent percentile(Fresher, so no workex points). So does profile matters? It matters so much. But i just want to share that if you have a call, you stand a chance to convert like any other person. So whatever is done in your past is done, work hard for CAT and aim for a high percentile. I am attaching few others call i converted. Questions that i open to take:

Coaching

Mocks

Strategy

my journey

or anything

Plese dont ask questions about profile and if you can share more about where you stand right now in your preparation, i then might be able to give you more personalised advice.

MY PROFILE - 75.16/75.33/71.52 EWS NON ENG MALE

CALLS I HAD- IIM L M JAP CAP ROHTAK VIZAG NAGPUR IITB IITD

Converted- IIML, IITB ,JAP ,ROHTAK, VIZAG

Didn't attend- CAP, Nagpur

This is my account with 300+ good players. I am open to listen to your offers. Expecting a good price

This is my very old account, not expecting much but open to listen to your offer

Hello guys, i have been doing this to help out future aspirants as they plan to excel CAT-2026. Feel free to ask your doubts regarding preparation. A little bit about me.

CAT'24- 67 percentile

CAT'25- 99.67 percentile

A lot of people get worried about explaining reason for bad acads but trust me in none of my interview i was asked about my past acads. If you will end you scoring a decent percentile (99.5+), your acads wont be an issue as you have proved yourself. Again, this is my personal experience. So if you are preparing for CAT'26, feel free to shoot your questions. I was from EWS Category, Non eng, fresher and joining IIM Lucknow this year.

For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:7

I was 15 years old when I lost my father. Things changed a lot for me after that, more mentally than financially. My brothers and I had to move to a government school after that. When I look back at my life, I was always one of those kids who used to entertain the class, never bothered by marks and always used to smile. Even after my father’s demise, I remained the same kid for a really long time. When I was finally in the second year of college, I used to see how my mother would pressurize my elder brother (who was 23 at that time, graduated, and unemployed) to get a job and start earning. That was the time I looked at myself—an average kid, with nothing in my CV that would separate me from the rest—and that really moved me.

So I decided to appear for CAT-2024, and it couldn't have been more miserable. I ended up scoring a 67 percentile, and at that time I still believed that I could do it. So when the answer key was out, I knew I had messed up. I didn’t bother myself with my score. I just sat there and solved all the sets that came in my slot, and I could literally do all of them. It was at that moment that I realised that I could do it; it was just about the right amount of effort and consistency.

Fast forward to CAT-2025: after endless mocks and 12+ hours of studying every day, I ended up scoring 99.67 percentile. I was so over the moon that I did it, and I was right all this time. Now the catch comes: I was rejected by ABC because of my past academics, and everybody I talked to told me it was nearly impossible to get into a top IIM with that profile. But I didn't let that get to my head and gave my best in all the interviews.

So when results started coming in, IITB was the first college where I was waitlisted in a convertible number, and I was really happy because even if it was IITB, I was genuinely happy as it is a tier 1 college. So I was hoping to convert IITB in the coming Monday. Having said that, I was not very hopeful about IIM Lucknow because of, again, a 7/7/7 profile and after viewing endless posts about how it is impossible to enter IIM Lucknow with such a low profile. I was not only worried about 7/7/7; I am a fresher and I literally had nothing on my CV. But when the result came today, I was out of words when I saw that I had converted IIM Lucknow.

I feel that God has a plan for everyone and that whatever you are doing in your life right now, you can change it if you want to. I am still that sporty kid with that backbencher attitude, but I believe responsibilities change people, and it was just my time. I want to give hope to everyone who has a bad profile and wishes to convert a college like Lucknow—it is possible. Never stop dreaming. I know I have EWS and everything, but still, I feel that if I can give hope to many kids with an average profile, I won’t shy away from that. So this is just my story, and thank you for taking out the time and reading this 🙏

I am just travelling right now from Udaipur to Delhi in a sleeper bus. I am a male 21 years old. This uncle(50s) came in and started turning AC towards him, and i was being nice and said oh i feel very cold already to which he replied that "you have a blanket on still feeling cold" and he placed his hand on my "di**", and this is the first time something like this happened to me, i had to adjust myself so that his hand stay out of my personal area. Again he is sleeping and as you can see in the photo, he placed his hand on my thighs to which i squeezed my thighs to right most and after that he again put his hand on my "di**". i simply took his hand and threw it towards him. This is the first shit experience i ever had, i feel so uncomfortable sharing this bus with him for next few hours.