I just ran as hard as
I could, and then, the race started. <Part III, The Final Showdown>
The journey Of class
11th and 12th was indeed *******. But now after
all this, after getting into a medical college, I am being told, “The” race is
yet to BEGIN. Life is indeed a Bitch..
1st January 2012
The
fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world
makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for
base hits. There is just less competition for bigger goals. If you are
insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the
competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.”
–Timothy
Ferriss
2011 is over, 2012 is
here. This was going to be the most happening and hard year of my life. (Well,
I had no idea what happens in a college till then :p)
My pre-boards were
supposed to start next week, followed by Board Examinations. Then of course
came the Medical Entrances. AND also not to forget the weekly tests conducted
by my coaching institute. I was surely going to live the time of my life! :P
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February 2012: My Month.
Well, the pre-boards went
fine. Actually, nobody cared. Friends, I think that the most important time of
the two year saga was February 2012. This was the month, where I had an ample
time of self-study. Be it revising
your notes all over again, or having the teachers clear your doubts. The
teachers were also kinda not busy at this point of time as most of the classes
were called off. The teachers were
literally begging us to clear all our doubts and offered ANY help we needed. At
this point, I realized how useful it becomes to be in good books of your
teachers ;)
Another key thing I realized
was to revise the basic and the Needed things. Friends, these coaching
institutes make you study things way out of the syllabus. They said NCERT is
supposed to be the only bible, though made us cram hundreds of other material.
Friends, the truth this additional information does help A Lot, but not in
AIPMT. AIPMT being affiliated to CBSE is supposed to make the exam entirely
from NCERT. While the other exams, they have variable syllabus, thus making
this additional info necessary.
This proved to be the month where I really
furnished my knowledge to the final touch. And, not to forget, revising the
Class 11th course all over again.
However, many people held different views.
Many of my friends considered this month to be the perfect time to revise for
the boards, practice last year board papers, and improve handwriting speed. I don’t
understand why they feared the class 12th examinations SO much. Shouldn’t
our basic goal be to perform well in the entrances and get pass the cut-off
percentage needed to qualify for the entrances?
My friends, I am not sure if I m right or
wrong, Many of these friends of mine got really good ranks, many of them didn’t
get any. So, you are free to experiment.
;)
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Class 12th CBSE Boards.
Surviving the boards
was tough. You get so used to the MCQ format, especially in Chemistry and Physics,
where the questions become so conceptual or calculation based, it hard to mug
up all the definitions and diagrams, especially when you haven’t practiced before. :P :P
But luckily and unexpectedly,
I survived and the prep leaves before the exams seemed to be enough to get
descent scores.
It’s strange how
relatives heed so much to the board exams, hardly having any knowledge about
the entrances. They will never call on your birthday, but will die to know your
board result.
Frankly, I did not
expect much. Just wanted to get marks good enough to save me from irritating
remarks from my relatives, who just don’t seem to look at anything beyond the
board exams. The dream marks were 80+ in English and Physical Education, 90+ in
Phy, Chem, n Bio.
The dream was achieved
:p, and I got a % in early 90’s !! There were celebrations and
congratulations. My class-mates did even
better, getting percentages in late nineties. I wondered why did they study too
much for these exams, but I had no time, I had entrances coming up.\
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Entrances
There were around 10
exams I had to give, to get into any medical college. Sounds like many colleges
and many seats, eh ? No. With each college having around 100 seats and cancelling
the reserved seats, 3 out of every 200 students get selected. Ha !
Exams were good.
Though I did not perform as high as my teachers expected, I got a good enough
rank to let me into the 2nd best, Maulana Azad Medical College OR
MAMC.
I did not get through
AIIMS. As I said earlier, I was a border
line performer for AIIMS, good enough to become the twelfth man on a cricket
team, but not quite a player material.
Though based on my AIIMS rank, the Other 6
AIIMS started by the government this very year, invited me for admission. Being
a new institution and being unsure of its future, I decided not to go for it.
But at least I can
tell others, I left AIIMS for MAMC !! :p
:D
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Today, 15 August 2012
A very Happy Independence
Day to all my friends !!
The last two months have been AWESOME. I truly
had time of my Life !! Friends, Food,
Games, I It was just fantabulous! Tomorrow is the first day of my college. Hard
work and stiff life awaits me there!! But frankly speaking, after spending two
months doing nothing but fun, now I seriously want to do this. I want to study
and fulfill my dreams!
But Now, after all
this, after getting into a medical college, I am being told, “The” race is yet
to BEGIN. Life is indeed a Bitch.
I don’t have much of an idea as to how my college life is going to be. But, I am sure I ll take out enough time to continue writing this blog! Cheers!! :D