◆ Strategy

Your score blueprint

The exact, strength-weighted distribution we're engineering. Lean hard on your strongest sections; keep your weakest at a solid floor.

This example targets ~98-99, but the site fits any goal The split below illustrates a 98-99 plan. For your exact target (90, 95, 99.5, whatever you set), the Score & College Planner computes the required score and section split live. Your current target: 99%ile.

The target distribution - live for your 99%ile target

Section	Marks on table	Your target raw	≈ %ile
VARC	72	47	99.4
DILR	66	37	99
QA	66	34	96.5
TOTAL	204	≈ 86	99

These raw targets recompute the instant you change your target in the sidebar; for a split weighted to your own strongest sections, use the planner. Cross-check them against the full Percentile vs Marks table.

Read this carefully, it's the key mindset You do not need 99%ile in every section. A section at ~88-92%ile is plenty when your other two are strong. Stop chasing the hardest questions in your weakest section, and pour that time into making your strengths near-perfect. This single shift, leaning on strengths instead of grinding weaknesses, is what separates those who hit 99 from those who stall at 90.

What each target means in questions

VARC · ~16 RC + 8 VA

Aim ~13-15 correct at high accuracy. It's fine to skip one whole RC passage if it's brutal that day, quality beats quantity. Bank all the easy VA marks (3 TITA carry no negative).

DILR · 5 sets

Target 3 full sets solved cleanly = 12-15 correct. A fourth partial set pushes you to 99. You do not attempt all five, you pick the right three.

QA · ~22 questions

Target ~11-13 correct. Arithmetic + easy algebra/numbers/geometry. Leave the 4-5 time-burner "monsters" untouched, they are not your marks.

How marks add up to the target

Three clean DILR sets (~13), ~14 VARC, ~12 QA → ~34 correct → ~95-100 raw after the −1s on the few MCQ misses → comfortably in the 99%ile and above band. Notice how none of this requires a single hard QA question.

Everything in Percentyle, the routines, the section methods, the mock engine, exists to make this exact distribution your default performance, not your ceiling.

Next step See the year-on-year reality of these numbers in Percentile vs Marks (CAT 2026), then start building toward it with the Roadmap.