IIM Ahmedabad in 5 months on first attempt: Shriya's 99.18%ile roadmap | Rodha

IIM Ahmedabad convert Shriya reveals her 99.18 percentile CAT 2025 strategy on Rodha. From Non-engineer to first attempt IIM Ahmedabad convert in 5 months: here is what changed. In this Conversion Diaries conversation, Abhishek Sir sits down with Shriya, a first-attempt IIM Ahmedabad convert who cracked CAT 2025 in just 5 months while finishing her final year BSc Math Honours at Hansraj, also, around 7mins-in she shares that Math Honours gave her only a slight calculation speed edge in Quant, nothing more, and that every other section she built from zero like any non-engineer. You will hear her exact sectional reset: 600+ LRDI sets, 40+ full-length mocks, the fiction-reading habit behind her VARC 98, the mock analysis order (VARC first, LRDI next, QA last), and the ready-reckoner notebook she trusted in her final 4 days. The episode closes with her one regret, the probability mistake that cost her in the CAT exam itself. 0:00 Hansraj Maths Hons to IIM Ahmedabad in 5 months 3:15 Fiction reading since childhood: her VARC 98 edge 6:49 Why BSc Math Honours barely helps in CAT Quant 8:00 First 300 LRDI sets made zero sense: the grind to 600+ 9:52 Mock analysis order that delivered 99.18 percentile 15:30 Balancing Hansraj final year with Rodha lectures and mocks 19:30 IIM Ahmedabad interview: linear algebra, matrices, poster question 26:00 The probability mistake: her one regret before CAT Enroll for CAT 2026 prep (R6 Hinglish batch): https://www.rodha.co.in/courses/High-... Rodha Skill House: https://skillhouse.rodha.co.in/ Take a mock test: https://mocks.rodha.co.in/ Free CAT 2026 courses and material: https://www.rodha.co.in/s/store/cours... Subscribe to Rodha English:    / @rodhacatpreparation-inenglish   Follow us on Instagram:   / rodhaplanet   Join Telegram for free PDFs: https://t.me/rodhaplanet Follow our WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbBS... This video features Shriya, a CAT 2025 IIM Ahmedabad convert with 99.18 percentile, in conversation with Abhishek Sir on Rodha. Topics include first attempt CAT preparation, BSc Math Honours limitations in CAT Quant, 600+ LRDI sets practice volume, 40+ mock analysis strategy, fiction reading for VARC, IIM Ahmedabad WAT-PI experience, and the probability mistake on exam day. Intended for CAT 2026 aspirants, non-engineering MBA candidates, and final-year college students preparing for CAT. Part of Rodha's The Conversion Diaries series. #cat2026 #iimahmedabad #cattopper #rodha #catpodcast