How Percentilers Helped Hardik Dhawan to Get into IIM Bangalore

Cracking a competitive examination is undoubtedly one of the proudest moments of one's life. The satisfaction, confidence, and peace you get after the selection is matchless. The CAT is no different; it is among the toughest exams in the country. Thorough research and practice are required while preparing for this exam.
You are perhaps the most intelligent and informed individual about everything, But what if you don't know how to channelize the resources and efforts to reap maximum benefits from your preparation. This is where the role of qualified guidance becomes necessary. With the direction of veterans, you can easily sail through the ocean of competition with flying colors.
This is what happens with Hardik Dhawan, alumni of IIM Bangalore and past student of Percentilers. He secured a 99.64 overall percentile in the 2020 CAT examination with an individual percentile of 96.77 in VARC, 99.77 in DILR, and 98.39 in QA. He was a member of our full-time program and participated in all the workshops, special sessions, GD, mock tests, and PI.
The Internet is filled with plenty of CAT success stories, and today you will learn about the experiences of Hardik and what worked for him to get into the prestigious B-School of India.

Hardik Dhawan’s Strategy for CAT preparation

Like every other aspirant, he was full of enthusiasm and dedication to start the admission journey with high hope for selection. Hardik makes a strong foundation and starts his preparation by understanding the syllabus thoroughly. After analyzing his current level, he began giving tests and found that an intelligent approach is required to crack this exam. He was not getting the expected results from his preparation.

He found three weaknesses to counter:

1. His reading speed was slow
2. Some of the concepts from quant were hard to understand my own
3. Taking too much time in solving quantitative questions

He then decided to enroll himself into an institution to resolve these problems quickly because the time was less and the syllabus was more. 

How Percentilers Helped Him? 

After spending quite a bit of precious time, he found Percentilers to be a reliable companion for his journey. Without wasting much time, he started preparing with them. After spending a few days with them, he started seeing the changes. His reading speed improved, concepts took less time to clear, and the quant section became easier to solve.

They focused more on his strengths while improving his weaknesses. They designed a unique strategy as per Hardik'sHardik's potential to ensure maximum return. Along with the academic part, they also brushed up his essential soft skills like problem-solving, people management, interviewing, and leadership skills.
Percentilers helped him understand the CAT pattern well and conducted complete mocks and sectional mocks to build confidence. Together, all of that enabled him to ace the exam and got into IIM Bangalore to fulfill his dreams. Hardik gives credit for his success to the Percentilers.

Hardik's Advice For CAT Aspirants

 After getting to the desired college of his choice, he is sure that anybody with a decent preparation strategy and supportive guidance can clear this. He said :"Anyone disciplined, informed, and sure about his goal of why he or she should do an MBA can excel this exam and make their way in the list of CAT toppers success stories."

According to Hardik, every candidate must include these points into consideration to succeed:

• Regular pattern analysis is a must
• Nothing can replace the value of mock tests
• Make previous years question papers an indispensable part of your life
• Short tricks come in handy while solving quant questions
• Revise, Revise, and Revise what you have studied till now, and don't wait for the last moment
• Manage those three hours efficiently in the examination hall, and please don't panic
• Don'tDon't rush towards solving every question because the wrong answer will harm you by one mark

With the help of his intelligence and guidance from Percentilers, Hardik made it to the final list of selection. His dedication and belief helped him to top this exam. He is undoubtedly an inspiration for lots of aspiring candidates out there.
I hope you learned some key points from his success and apply them in your preparation to succeed in this exam.