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▲ 67 r/CATpreparation

4 log ky bolenge ye bhi tum sochoge toh 4 log ky krenge?

CAT 2025 ending feels less like an admission season and more like a full-fledged IPL auction at this point 😭

One side is fighting over ABCL vs FMS.

Other side is debating Nagpur vs Kashipur like it’s the India-Pakistan final.

And somewhere, poor baby IIMs are getting compared like relatives comparing wedding food.

But through all this chaos, just remember one thing:

No matter which college you choose, you’ll find hate about it somewhere. Reddit will tell you the campus is bad, LinkedIn will tell you placements are fake, Tg will tell you only toppers survive, and one random “trust me bro” will declare the college dead.

If you keep listening to everyone, you’ll end up needing CAT again just to decide where to go 💀

So,Do your own research. Talk to alumni, seniors, parents, peers. Compare opportunities, culture, location, fees, roles, your own interests and then take a decision YOU can live with.

Because after joining, nobody is coming to save you with:

“Arre it’s okay you got 6 LPA, you were from XYZ college na iykyk🥰”

MBA is still your game. Your effort. Your profile. Your networking. Your consistency.

And most importantly choose a place where you genuinely feel your next 2 years will shape you well. If you have options, use them wisely so later you don’t sit thinking:

“Kashhhh Yaar woh wala le liya hota…”

This whole journey itself was crazy honestly mock score breakdowns, percentile shocks, interview stress, waitlists, convert groups, LinkedIn stalking, random Excel comparisons… and now suddenly we’re actually about to start our MBA lives.

That younger version of us who once dreamt about getting an IIM/dream clg call would probably be proud already.

So to everyone joining somewhere this year:

Stop wasting energy proving your college is superior to strangers online. MBA itself is subjective. Outcomes change according to profile, interests, skills, work you put in, and sometimes pure timing too.

Listen to opinions. Don’t surrender your brain to them.

Take your decision. Back yourself. And forge ahead.

Hope all of us get the roles, growth, people, and life we’re dreaming of through this MBA journey ✨

ALL THE BEST 💖💖

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u/AdElegant7159 — 3 days ago
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This feels unreal...

Starting my CAT journey knowing it was a complete do-or-die situation for me. I took a drop year instead of a job, coming from a Tier-3 engineering college and a city with very limited exposure, where IIMs honestly felt like a dream.

I studied consistently for months but still couldn’t get the 99+ percentile I wanted. For some time, I genuinely felt I didn’t deserve much. But life surprised me I got calls from almost all IIMs except ABCS which honestly felt unreal maybe here my 10-12th hard work paid off.

I doubted myself a lot during interviews because the crowd felt insanely smart, and some people even trolled me for giving New & Baby IIM interviews despite having upper IIM calls as they thought it's too easy to convert being a female but I knew that i can be hard and i didn't wanted to take a risk so I still showed up and gave every interview my best.

And somehow, everything worked out.

Despite having not too great interviews and having no hope to convert any Today, I’ve converted multiple New & Baby IIMs, and it still feels unreal seeing how hard even one convert is for many people. I feel extremely grateful for this journey.

I joined this sub late after the cat result, but it genuinely helped me throughout the interview and selection process.

Thank you, guys ❤️ still can't process this that I'll be going to iim 🥹

In the end I just want to say one thing through the video!

u/AdElegant7159 — 6 days ago
▲ 137 r/CATpreparation

I'm fed up tbh to see posts like this or that specf about the current ctc vs blah blah clg like it's your life bro how can someone suggest you what's best for you? Like I do welcome questions like is this best for me types but bruh iim a vs FMS 30lpa vs mba like wth 🙂 you r future leader and can't even take basic decisions of your life?

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u/AdElegant7159 — 10 days ago