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IIFT Tips and Tricks by a 99.99 Percentiler




How  did  Siddharth Tripathi score  99.99 Percentile in IIFT?

In our BQuest Toppers series we bring to you this  exclusive article  from IIFT 2016 Topper Mr.  Siddharth Tripathi, a student at IIFT Delhi (2016-18 Batch) who scored  99.99 Percentile in IIFT 2016. 


About the Author

Name- Siddharth Tripathi
Student of  MBA in International Business at IIFT DelhiGrad School- Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur (B.Tech in IT)Work Experience- FresherIIFT Percentile- 99.99 (Score-70.58)Hobbies- Non-Fiction Novels, Blogs, Quizzing, Movie Buff

IIFT Winning Strategy

I consider myself as someone with an average intelligence; which is substantiated to a certain extent through my grades (73% in 10th, 78% in 12th and 72 in graduation). I feel the factors that really got me through were a slight tinge of luck and loads of Systematic Preparations.
I started my preparations an year before the exam. Being an ardent reader, I was a little more comfortable in Verbal as compared to my engineering peers, which gave me an initial edge. I also worked my way through Quant because of my background but I really had to put in a lot of effort for LR DI- Which to this date is my weakest section.

The key to any examination, or for that matter any skill in this world is Practice- I utilized all my materials to the fullest, I gave loads of Sectional and full length Mocks and followed it up with thorough Analysis. 

Strategy for  Quantitative Ability 

For QA – I would recommend getting acquainted with all the formulas and shortcuts initially and then going all out by giving sectionals within the stipulated time limit. Giving mocks is essentially very important because it is extremely critical to develop a perfect test taking strategy by identifying your key strengths and weaknesses.

Strategy for  Verbal Ability 

The key to Verbal is developing a Reading Habit thereby preparing for the RCs. One should start of by developing a Basic vocabulary either by Solving Word Power or from any other similar source. If you haven’t cultivated a reading habit, start off by slightly milder materials like Fiction or TOI editorials or any other blog (I usually Read Sports, films and tech blogs), and then graduate towards more challenging material like HINDU editorials, Guardian Long Read. (Guardian Long Read is my personal Recommendation.) . You can also solve RC99, a pdf available on the Internet.

Strategy for  GK

What really paved my path to the high score was the GK section. By putting in little effort accompanied by structured course material you can score a stellar score in negligible time.

Strategy for  Logical  Reasoning 

LR is mostly like solving a puzzle and some people are naturally good at it. (Unfortunately I wasn’t), but like any other skill, it can also be acquired by long hours of grunt work and practice.

His Mantra

Finally, a week or two before examination, Try to fix your sleep schedule and be calm. And as Matthew McConaughey rightly advised Leonardo in the ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ -“You Gotta Stay Relaxed”.

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