75 → 99 Percentile: How to Improve?

Asked by Priyanshi Jain on 2026-10-04 in General MBA Doubts

I’m currently scoring around **75 percentile in CAT mocks** and want to reach **99+ percentile**.

What should I focus on most — **concepts, practice, mock analysis, accuracy, or question selection?**

Also, what would be the **ideal number of questions to attempt in VARC, DILR and QA** at this stage?

Would love to hear from anyone who has made a similar jump. What strategy worked for you?

1 Answer

Abhi · 2026-10-04 · 2 helpful

going from 75 to 99 is less about new concepts and more about accuracy, selection and mock analysis. the biggest lever right now is mock analysis itself, not fresh practice. spend 3-4-5 hrs analysing every mock, identify silly mistakes, wrong set selection and topic gaps. this is literally where the 75 to 99 jump happens. after that comes question selection, 99ers dont attempt more questions, they attempt smarter ones. then accuracy, aim for 85%+ on whatever you attempt. concepts are rarely the issue at 75 percentile.

for ideal attempts at 99+ aim for roughly 20-22 out of 24 in VARC with 85%+ accuracy, 12-14 out of 20 in DILR (around 3-4 sets) with 90%+ accuracy, and 18-20 out of 22 in QA with 85%+ accuracy. total around 50-55 correct lands you at 99.

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