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Hardwork and dedication the mantra to crack
CAT, say toppers
Thursday January 12, 2012 10:11:15 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai/Thane: A bunch
of students made Maharashtra proud by cracking the tough Common
Admission Test (CAT) - some scoring a perfect ten while some
followed close at 99.99 percentile. Hardwork and dedication with a
bit of luck are the keywords, they said.
Srikanth Lanka, a final year student of chemical engineering at
the University Institute of Chemical Engineering, Mumbai got a
score of 99.99 percentile. Lanka said: "I was thrilled to see my
CAT score. Getting so close to the perfect mark was overwhelming."
"With all the hard work and preparation, I had expected to get
above 98 percentile," Lanka told IANS.
"However, not scoring 100 percentile does not bother me because I
have already got a score which ensures a call from the coveted
Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). I wouldn't ask for more if
I get through IIM-Ahmedabad," he added.
Scoring a perfect ten was Ajinkya Deshmukh, 24, from Ambernath
town in Thane district. He says he just cannot wait to get back to
college and enjoy his days in a classroom. The IIT-Madras graduate
is one of the nine MBA aspirants in the country to secure the top
score this year.
Deshmukh is currently employed with a business analyst firm in
Mumbai, which he joined after finishing his BTech in Computer
Science. This was Ajinkya's third attempt at clearing the CAT.
Two B-schools on Deshmukh's wish list are IIM-Ahmedabad and IIM-Bangalore.
"I'm excited to go to the classroom once again after two years of
job experience. But the experience will help me understand
management studies better," he said.
Also partying hard are two brothers from Thane city, Vishal (23)
and Amish (21) Thakkar cracking CAT by scoring 99.81 and 99.99
percentile, respectively.
Vishal works as an analyst in a private company, while Amish is a
final year electronics engineering student at Veermata Jijabai
Technological Institute.
This was Vishal's third attempt.
Nine out of the 1.85 lakh students who took the CAT scored 100
percentile. Eighteen scored 99.99 percentile and over 1,800
candidates scored between 99 and 100 percentile.
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