This IIT Madras boy scores 100 percentile in CAT

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Sai Praneeth Reddy hailing from Andhra Pradesh has scored 100 percentile
in the CAT 2017 exam.

By Deepa Mansukhani |

January 8, 2018

The results of the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2017 have been declared
today morning, January 8. Sai Praneeth Reddy hailing from Andhra
Pradesh has scored 100 percentile in the exam.

While speaking with India Today Education, Sai Praneeth Reddy shares his
joy, ''I am feeling very excited that I have achieved 100 percentile, I hope to
perform well in the upcoming rounds of Group Discussion (GD) and
Personal Interview (PI) with the same spirit and get into IIM-A."

Here's his score card:

Verbal Ability and reading comprehension:

Scaled score: 64.43

Percentile: 95.65

Data interpretation and logical reasoning:

Scaled score: 73.87

Percentile: 100.00

Quantitative ability:

Scaled score: 94.01

Percentile: 99.97

Total overall scaled score: 232.32

Overall percentile: 100.00

His preparation strategy:

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"I used to write mock test from 9 am to 12 noon without fail and this was
proved very crucial in cracking the test. I was very good with quantitative
and DILR sections. I concentrated more on English in the last one month.
These are the basic things I followed during preparation and it did pay well."

Switching from IIT to IIM:

"I realised that I can excel in the technical field but there are areas where
you have to get your work done by others. For which you need to have team
management skills and there is no other better place to learn those skills
than IIM in India."

Family background:

His father, Surendranath Reddy is a businessman in Anantapur village

(Andhra Pradesh), and his mother Sandhya Readdy is a house wife.

Future plans:

"I won't say I'll be going to IIM right now, I also have a job offer in hand, so I
haven't decided yet what to do first but both the options are opened for me."

Advice for CAT 2018 aspirants:

"Learning from mistakes is the main thing that will help anyone get better in
life. Don't miss AIMCATs. For English, start reading novels and articles, it
helps a lot. For quantitative ability section, be strong with basics."

India Today Education team wishes him the best for his future endeavors.

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