Every CAT aspirant dreams of getting into a top IIM. Some students clear the exam in their first attempt. While others take more time to understand the exam, improve their strategy, and trust their potential. Because of this, every CAT journey looks different. What matters most is staying consistent and believing in yourself even when things become uncertain.
Today, we will talk about one such inspiring journey of MBA KARO CAT Topper Khushi Goyal, who converted IIM Kozhikode with a 95.97 percentile in CAT 2025.
Her story is not only about marks and percentiles. It is about taking risks, trusting herself, fighting self-doubt, and preparing smartly.
MBA KARO CAT Topper Khushi Goyal’s CAT Score & Sectional Performance
Khushi Goyal scored an impressive 95.97 percentile in CAT with strong sectional scores in VARC and LRDI.
CAT 2025 Performance
- Overall Percentile: 95.97
- CAT Score: 65.60
- VARC Percentile: 98.91
- LRDI Percentile: 90.62
- QA Percentile: 62.85
Her balanced preparation and clarity about strengths and weaknesses helped her secure admission to IIM Kozhikode.
MBA KARO CAT Topper Khushi Goyal’s Second Attempt Story
For Khushi, CAT 2025 was her second serious attempt after preparation. The decision to take a drop and prepare again was not easy.
After CAT 2024, she had calls from a few Tier-2 colleges. Like many aspirants, she faced a difficult question: should she settle for a decent college or take another chance at something better?
She decided to trust herself. According to Khushi, the biggest challenge was going against the advice of many well-wishers who suggested joining a college immediately. However, somewhere deep down, she believed she deserved more.
That self-belief became the turning point of her journey. She shares that her success is a combination of hard work, smart preparation, luck, and the confidence that she was meant for top B-schools.
MBA KARO CAT Topper Khushi Goyal’s Preparation Journey
When Khushi started preparing again, she already knew the CAT syllabus well. Instead of starting from zero, she focused on identifying her weak areas and improving them systematically.
For her, Quants was the weakest section. At the same time, she also invested heavily in her strongest section, VARC, which ultimately became her biggest strength in the actual CAT exam.
Khushi was not only a student at MBA KARO but also worked as an intern with the team.
According to her, MBA KARO always felt more personal than transactional.
She describes mentors Vidhi Ma’am and Pranav Sir as guides who constantly motivated her and reminded her of her capabilities during difficult phases of preparation.
She especially values the personalised mentorship and accessibility provided by MBA KARO. Unlike many online coaching platforms where students struggle to connect with mentors, she felt supported throughout her journey. She highly recommends MBA Karo to any student seeking personalised CAT coaching and a teacher who is reachable even beyond the screen.
This mentorship played an important role in helping her stay focused and emotionally strong during preparation.
MBA KARO CAT Topper Khushi Goyal on Consistency Challenges
One of the biggest struggles Khushi faced was maintaining consistency. Like many CAT aspirants, she experienced burnout after long study sessions.
So, she realised that she could sit for hours in a day and suffer from burnout the very next day, and it would waste a lot of her time in this routine.
The only thing that helped her was changing the definition of consistency. She started viewing consistency as her being able to come and sit at the study desk.
Even if it was for a 10-minute RC Drill, it meant she was consistent. This helped her with positive reinforcement a lot. Second, she made a lot of trackers on Excel sheets.
Trackers which showed what she did each day, and it helps to reflect on it. It motivated her to do a little more every other day.
MBA KARO CAT Topper Khushi Goyal’s Quant Strategy
Quants remained Khushi’s weakest section throughout her preparation. So, her strategy was to not aim at solving all or 15-17 questions. She just focused on getting 10 questions right.
She tried almost everything under the sun and still saw no improvement. What helped her the most were the sectional tests and reverse engineering questions.
It helped her gain a little confidence before D-Day. She skipped the topics which she knew she wouldn’t attempt in the exam, like logs or functions. It worked out for her, but she doesn’t know if it would work out for others.
She also advises aspirants not to spend excessive time trying to perfect their weakest section at the cost of their stronger ones.
According to her, CAT is ultimately about achieving a strong overall percentile, so students should focus on maintaining balance across sections.
MBA KARO CAT Topper Khushi Goyal’s VARC Strategy
VARC was Khushi’s strongest section and eventually became the biggest contributor to her CAT percentile. She took a lot of tests, sectionals, short drills and RC tests.
In this section, she finalised her attempt strategy in April and was practising in the same manner for months because she knew she had to attempt all 24 questions here. Even in the main exam, she attempted 22 and got somewhere around 40 marks as a raw score.
According to her, success in VARC is not only about reading books or Aeon essays regularly. She believes that taking a lot of practice tests and reflecting for just 5 minutes on each question- thinking about the question setter’s perspective, helps a lot! She focused a lot on understanding the mindset and perspective of the question setter while reviewing answers.
Khushi explains that over time, this habit helps students naturally understand elimination patterns and identify the logic behind correct answers. Eventually, your thinking process starts aligning with the examiner’s perspective, making VARC attempts much more accurate.
MBA KARO CAT Topper Khushi Goyal’s Mock Test Strategy
Mocks played a huge role in Khushi’s CAT preparation. She attempted roughly around 45-50 mocks before this CAT attempt. According to her, aspirants should fix 2 or a maximum of 3 test series and stick to them.
She believes that aspirants should not give random free mocks, which are available online, as they can hamper their confidence or set wrong logic in their head. Khushi suggests that you should pick your test series wisely. In terms of frequency, initially, 1 mock a week and towards October, 2-3 mocks a week are sufficient.
However, she strongly emphasises that mock analysis is even more important than simply attempting tests. A lot of students neither do analysis and just because of procrastination, they even stop giving mocks altogether, so that shouldn’t happen.
She also shares an important piece of advice for aspirants: if you’re unable to study or analyse sectionals, just give a mock instead. The practice shouldn’t stop.
MBA KARO CAT Topper Khushi Goyal’s Advice for CAT Aspirants
Khushi’s advice to future CAT aspirants is simple: don’t give up. She believes students should work hard, but in the right direction.
According to her, CAT preparation comes with confusion, self-doubt, and constant competition, but that is exactly what the exam prepares you for. She says that in a good B-school, students are surrounded by achievers and overachievers every single day, which can make imposter syndrome feel very real.
However, preparing seriously for CAT helps students become more comfortable with uncertainty, pressure, and challenges.
She also shares that it is completely okay to not feel okay during preparation. On difficult days, students should avoid questioning why they started preparing for CAT in the first place.
She believes the mind often pushes people towards giving up because it feels easier, but those are the moments when aspirants should push themselves a little more, whether it is taking one more lecture or attempting one more mock test. According to Khushi, the most important thing is to keep showing up for yourself consistently.
Conclusion
The success story of MBA KARO CAT Topper Khushi Goyal proves that CAT preparation is not always about being perfect in every section. It is about understanding yourself, building the right strategy, and staying consistent despite uncertainty.
From scoring a 95.97 percentile to converting IIM Kozhikode, her journey shows how mentorship, smart preparation, and self-belief can completely transform results.
At MBA KARO, students receive not just CAT coaching but also personalised mentorship, strategy, guidance, mock analysis support, and constant motivation throughout their preparation journey.
If you are preparing for CAT and looking for expert mentorship with personal attention, MBA KARO can help you build the right roadmap toward your dream B-school.
