If it happens that you have a below-par performance in your CAT exam despite having studied hard, don’t worry there are other ways available to get admission. Most of the colleges accept different entrance exam score. If you get fewer marks in CAT, then do not worry and give different entrance tests whose marks are considered in that college. If your dream college does not accept any other entrance exam score then make sure to enrol for CAT exam next year and give 100% on that attempt, so that you get admission smoothly. Usually, it happens that some aspirants get frustrated that even after studying hard; they did not get a high score. Do not panic, you still have a chance to enrol next year rather than taking admission in any average college.
Consider a scenario where there are two people who opt for CAT exam, Person A and Person B. Both have scored less than they desired. Person A thinks that it will be wastage of 1 year if he/she wants to get in his/her dream college and takes admission in average college. On other hand, Person B thinks he/she can study hard and can achieve the score to enter the dream college and can wait for another year rather than taking admission in average college. In a span of 1 year, he/she studies hard and does an internship or some certification course, which would help him/her in the future. As we can clearly see the difference in the thought process of Person A, which is limited., However, person B sees that 1 year as an opportunity to learn new things. Therefore, it is totally based on your thought process.