~tring ~tring. I lifted the phone."You have cracked JEE,"dad said.I sprang from the bed with shock!For a moment I thought I was dreaming.I asked dad how could he even check the result knowing it was impossible to expect even to qualify the exam.He said,"Do you remember Rajender uncle?He took your hall ticket number long time back as his daughter was also giving the same exam.He checked your result and congratulated me."
Firstly,I remember Rajender uncle without whom I wouldn't have ended up in IIT although cracking JEE,that would have been most pathetic thing.I didn't take coaching for IIT,never seen H C Verma book in my life,gave only one JEE(including model tests) in my entire life and I cracked it the first time!(I am not exaggerating,some bare facts.)
"what will you do now?"my friend asked another friend at the farewell of class 10th.Many ideas came up,very distinctively in various directions.If the choice was to become an engineer,how about IIT? "It is very difficult to crack JEE,almost impossible","Even lecturers cannot solve those problems,how can we?",words like these struck my mind strongly along with a reasoning of risking the EAMCET(entrance exam for local engineering colleges).That was the moment when I decided to take coaching only for local entrance exam.
Those were the days of intermediate two years(equivalent to 11th,12th),in the first year,I remember the first day of junior college,no uniforms,some strict rules which are often broken,it was like a whole new world. The whole year passed by as I was busy roaming,watching movies and TV.
Luckily I got short listed to the so called 'star batch' on merit.Our classes used to be held in a girls residential complex! this was because of impossibility of girls to come to boys campus.Classes were from early morning 6 to noon and after that 'study hours' from 1 pm to 10pm! Staying in the same room between four walls 16 hours a day is very difficult and irritating.Every morning I used to have an 8 Km motorcycle ride from home to college which was exciting initially but later on I felt lonely,yet I enjoyed rides in night at times.Food was the worst I have ever had,later on I found even the food at IIT is very delicious!The most awkward part was while having dinner in a huge mess hall filled with many girls where as boys were very few in number. I had seen what hard work and concentration really mean for the first time among the residential students,some had parents who were farmers who work real hard just to educate them.I remember lecturers cracking jokes on JEE books comparing them with pillows.Exams were approaching and I had no clue how much I remember what I had learnt in two years.
Here comes the part that changed my life.I was very angry at lecturers for making us apply for JEE forcibly though we had no chance of cracking it,I thought it as just waste of money for application form. Without the compulsion I would have never given JEE.During a class,some words spoken by a sir had most impact on me and I can say they played a major role in changing my view of examination and attitude towards it.He said,"Students,your seniors could have easily cracked any test but only because of one reason they couldn't,that is "JEE..."[sounded by stretching it] a very difficult exam which they were confident that they cannot crack.After the exam they could easily solve the paper in class room.So change your attitude towards it and assume it as any other normal test."Through out the JEE, I kept these words in mind.
The day of JEE has finally approached! There was a model test before main JEE which I missed!The final JEE was the first time in my life,it was first time I had ever given a test for 6 hours! First 3 hours went on well and the later 3 hours were filled with misery and impatience.Somehow I have completed the exam and came out of the examination hall.Later on the key was announced,I didn't even check how many marks I have scored.
The day I found out the result,I had no idea how to react since it was not the plan of my future I was expecting to look forward to.I had found out one thing,that anything is possible,just we need to believe in ourselves,have hope and a pinch of faith.
Not even a single night lying on bed,looking at the roof pass without wondering with surprise"What place in the world I have ended up!!"
Firstly,I remember Rajender uncle without whom I wouldn't have ended up in IIT although cracking JEE,that would have been most pathetic thing.I didn't take coaching for IIT,never seen H C Verma book in my life,gave only one JEE(including model tests) in my entire life and I cracked it the first time!(I am not exaggerating,some bare facts.)
"what will you do now?"my friend asked another friend at the farewell of class 10th.Many ideas came up,very distinctively in various directions.If the choice was to become an engineer,how about IIT? "It is very difficult to crack JEE,almost impossible","Even lecturers cannot solve those problems,how can we?",words like these struck my mind strongly along with a reasoning of risking the EAMCET(entrance exam for local engineering colleges).That was the moment when I decided to take coaching only for local entrance exam.
Those were the days of intermediate two years(equivalent to 11th,12th),in the first year,I remember the first day of junior college,no uniforms,some strict rules which are often broken,it was like a whole new world. The whole year passed by as I was busy roaming,watching movies and TV.
Luckily I got short listed to the so called 'star batch' on merit.Our classes used to be held in a girls residential complex! this was because of impossibility of girls to come to boys campus.Classes were from early morning 6 to noon and after that 'study hours' from 1 pm to 10pm! Staying in the same room between four walls 16 hours a day is very difficult and irritating.Every morning I used to have an 8 Km motorcycle ride from home to college which was exciting initially but later on I felt lonely,yet I enjoyed rides in night at times.Food was the worst I have ever had,later on I found even the food at IIT is very delicious!The most awkward part was while having dinner in a huge mess hall filled with many girls where as boys were very few in number. I had seen what hard work and concentration really mean for the first time among the residential students,some had parents who were farmers who work real hard just to educate them.I remember lecturers cracking jokes on JEE books comparing them with pillows.Exams were approaching and I had no clue how much I remember what I had learnt in two years.
Here comes the part that changed my life.I was very angry at lecturers for making us apply for JEE forcibly though we had no chance of cracking it,I thought it as just waste of money for application form. Without the compulsion I would have never given JEE.During a class,some words spoken by a sir had most impact on me and I can say they played a major role in changing my view of examination and attitude towards it.He said,"Students,your seniors could have easily cracked any test but only because of one reason they couldn't,that is "JEE..."[sounded by stretching it] a very difficult exam which they were confident that they cannot crack.After the exam they could easily solve the paper in class room.So change your attitude towards it and assume it as any other normal test."Through out the JEE, I kept these words in mind.
The day of JEE has finally approached! There was a model test before main JEE which I missed!The final JEE was the first time in my life,it was first time I had ever given a test for 6 hours! First 3 hours went on well and the later 3 hours were filled with misery and impatience.Somehow I have completed the exam and came out of the examination hall.Later on the key was announced,I didn't even check how many marks I have scored.
The day I found out the result,I had no idea how to react since it was not the plan of my future I was expecting to look forward to.I had found out one thing,that anything is possible,just we need to believe in ourselves,have hope and a pinch of faith.
Not even a single night lying on bed,looking at the roof pass without wondering with surprise"What place in the world I have ended up!!"
