CHENNAI: C. Sai Praneeth Reddy, an IIT Madras student, is one among the 20 toppers in Common Admission Test (CAT) 2017 with 100 percentile marks in the test, which is the gateway to India’s top business schools.
The results of CAT 2017 were declared on Monday. Totally 1,99,632 candidates had appeared for the exam from 140 cities from across the country.
While the top 20 candidates in the previous CAT were male and engineers, this year two female candidates and three non-engineers feature in the list.
Sai Praneeth Reddy, who is pursuing final year in electrical engineering at IIT Madras, said, “I was hoping for 99.99 percentile. The 100 percentile was a pleasant surprise.”
He has scored 232.11 out of 300 marks in the test. Of 1.99 lakh students, 100% of them scored less than the 232.11 marks (A percentile represents how many students scored lesser than the candidate's marks).
“I want to join either IIA-Ahmedabad or IIM-Bangalore. But I have to clear another round to qualify for admissions,” he said.
In the next round, the shortlisted students have to appear for writing ability test, group discussion and personal interview.
He is preparing for the exam for last one year. “Though I got 100 percentile in Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, the section was very difficult in CAT 2017. I scored little less In English (95.65 percentile). But, I am happy to get 100 percentile,” he said.
His father Surendra Reddy is the businessman in Anantapur and mother Sandhya a homemaker
Based on CAT score, group discussion, writing ability test and personal interview the 20 IIMs will admit students for the two-year management courses.
There around 4,000 seats in these management institutes. “The students have performed exceedingly well in CAT compared to the last year. Apart from the Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning section which was difficult this year, the students got good scores in other two sections,” said Arvind Mantry, centre director, TIME, Chennai.
The shortlisted candidates will soon receive call letters from the IIMs. The admission will be based on the five parameters including the CAT exam, academic performance, group discussion, essay writing and personal interview.
