Two students from Rajasthan score perfect 100 in CAT

JAIPUR: Two students from the state have scored 100 percentile in CAT — Jitesh Mittal from Jaipur and Aaryan Kapoor, a native of Punjab studying engineering from BITS-Pilani. They are among the nine who aced the exam. Mittal is an IITian from Gandhinagar while Kapoor is a final year student of electrical and instrumentation at BITS-Pilani.
Kapoor, who comes from business-cum-academic family background and chose to complete his graduation in engineering, always wanted to do something in finance.“I have taken up finance along with my engineering,” said Kapoor, who believe that the lockdown and the comfort of his home gave him the luxury to ace the test.
At BITS, he joined an initiative titled Nirman by teaching children of underprivileged families in Baas villAge. “I would like to work towards making education accessible to all,” said Kapoor, who is eyeing to study MBA from either IIM-Ahmedabad or Calcutta.
Two other students from Jaipur missed the top score by a few decimal points. Gaurav Sharma scored 99.95 percentile and Kaivalyn Shah 99.93 percentile score in the exam. Around 20 students have scored in the elite bracket of 99 percentile and above which can fetch a berth in IIMs.
Kapil Dixit, an expert in CAT exam, said Jaipur students have performed well despite getting less time to prepare for the exam due to the pandemic. “Now, students who have qualified sectional cut-offs and overall cut-offs will wait for IIMs to release list for interviews based on academic profile that includes X, XII and graduation percentage,” said Dixit.