Jaipur boy Atul Agarwal emerged the topper of CA Final June 2018 exam by scoring 618/800 marks (77. 25%). The 22-year old All India Rank 1 is also the only candidate in the history of ICAI, to score the highest ever marks (83) in Audit paper. And, he achieved this double feat by relying on self-study more than any other aspect of CA preparation.

Atul completed his Class 10th and 12th from Kothputli, Jaipur. Once he completed his Higher Secondary (Commerce stream) he immediately moved on to CA as it was his childhood dream.

Although Atul was confident that he will secure AIR rank 1 in the CA Final June 2018 exam, he was nervous on the result day. Even though he didn’t believe his CA rank initially, his teacher and mentor wasn’t surprised as he was confident of his student’s capabilities.

In a brief chat with Shiksha, Atul shared his CA journey and revealed that the concept of studying for 18 hours to crack CA is not a good idea. One has to be consistent throughout. “After completing CPT, IPC and training, I got a six month preparatory leave. It was only during this leave that I increase my time from 2 and 2:30 hours to 8-10 hours,” he said. “For CPT and IPC, I used to do self-study for 2 hours besides attending my classes,” he added.

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