CRACKED THE BLACKI !!!!

Hi guys, before I sound pompous. Let me preface by saying that's not what it's about at all. I graduated college in 2024, landed a job and cat wasn't in my plan that year at all. BUT I Always wanted to run my own buisness, loved finance and investing, and dabbled with stocks and crypto since i was very young as well. Then I broke up with my first love ( mutual) but the break up was traumatic af. And some other personal problems just one blow after another. I didn't eat , sleep, worked like a zombie , found out the so called love( who I had so much respect for) replaced me with a girl he met a month ago. Accused me of a lot of things in what I thought was a good relationship. I've always been an Overachiever academically, I was what you called a gifted child, top grades tier one college and topper in school as well. For the first time I lost it. My job was a dead end and so was I.i spent many nights sleepless, wanting to leave the city I was born and raised in because I couldn't stand being there.Idrank myself to sleep a couple of nights , stopped working out ,let myself go into a spiral of toxicity. I started CAT prep because I was going insane. I wanted to keep busy , I wanted to focus on my goals ,find myself again, and not be this sore version of me. I knew I deserved better. I gave everything I had into cat prep , studied by myself , balancing work and cat , joined a gym again became fitter than ever. No distractions. I was still breaking down at nights, but everyday I woke up set reset and studied hard.

Then came cat, I had varc in the bag. Dilr was mY strength but I had a big panic attack. What if I fail ? What if I couldn't get it ? How will I do it allover again ? I tried so hard to pull myself together and finish the remaining 2 sections. It wasn't my best attempt but it ended up being good enough. Got the IIM calls , and ended up cracking 5/7 top IIM calls.

CAT IS Insanely competitive and crazy but it helped Me find myself again. The girl that was crying, lost , unhappy , weak and suffering from anxiety, that felt like she wasn't good enough, felt heart broken , and beaten up, now a happy successful hopeful woman again. I smile looking forward to my future, no man or nothing can shake me! I'm more sure of myself than I ever was !

So if you're reading this , going through CAT feeling like you're not good enough or heart broken and ambitionless or depressed remember, YOUR Future self will one day look back and be proud of you! Do it for you. Do it for you alone. There is so much more waiting that you feel like you don't deserve right now , but you will get it ! BTW

I'm a general engineering female, 97%/97%/9.0 , 6 months corporate experience.