A Long Shot To Success - Japish Aggarwal, TAPMI

The road to success is a long and treacherous one. And struggle is a part of that journey. My earliest childhood memories involve being competitive with my cousins and trying to excel in academics. As a result, my parents pinned their hopes on me that I would amount to something big. While pursuing B.Com, I realised that this isn't my calling and I was ambitious to get into a good B-school. When I attempted CAT for the first time, I got a decent score which pushed me to believe that I can definitely do better the second time around. The preparatory phase was very dispiriting because I lost a loved one during this time.I didn't even realize when I slid into depression. I confined myself in my room, refusing to speak to anyone. The desolation affected my studies and bouncing back was really hard. My family kept pressurising me to study and I couldn't concentrate properly. My mock scored were dipping and so was my confidence. But three months to CAT, I found peace in meditation and yoga, studied harder than I ever thought was possible and got a good enough score to apply to some of my Dream B-schools. Through sheer hard work, I cracked the interviews of three of them and chose TAPMI. They say when you lose someone, you find God. I found my true purpose in life.