Before someone rise there is always a downslide to the story. My downslide started when I completed my Class 10th. I got 9.2 CGPA but it was not enough for me to get admission in the morning batch of my school. The same school where I was studying for last 11 years. I was forced to join the afternoon session and I have to leave the FIIT-JEE batch which I was assigned according to my rank. I joined a weekend batch instead. Now my school was over only by 4pm and 5pm to 8pm I had FIIT-JEE classes. Everyday I was too exhausted for self-study. Even on weekends I had classes unlike other students. I was not able to cope up with the pressure. I knew very soon that I am not on track to crack IIT-JEE and my board preparation was also suffering a lot. But the pressure of not disappointing my father was to big for me to think rationally and analyze my situation. It was after the preboard when I decided not to try preparing for competitions anymore and just concentrate on boards. But it was too late. I scored mere 78.8% with 60 in Mathematics. I scored poorly in AIEEE obviously I had no chance in IIT-JEE. When you don’t know who you are and you aim too high, it back fires in most occasions. I had no options but to drop one year, because I didn’t have the guts to tell my father that even in AIEEE there is no certainty so we didn’t fill the form of many other reputed colleges. Down and dejected I was feeling hopeless when AIEEE results came. But something very dramatic happened, my father used to scold me a lot and always used to warn me of the consequences we might face. We were going through financial crisis for last five years and he was doing his best to provide me all the resources needed. But today he was the most supportive person out of all. He stood by my side and told me that it is okay and it is not that big a deal to perform bad in exam and it is just a part of life. I realized that throughout the two years he was more concerned about the process and not the result. That day we break a wall and effective communication started between the two of us.
The rise started from here. He told me to access myself and prepare for AIEEE if want to. I decided to prepare for AIEEE first. I also decided to give improvement for Mathematics too. This time I was assertive and there was transparency between me and my father. I scored much better this time. Not enough to get into NITs but still a decent college where I got category C scholarship after they conducted the interview. I scored 89 in improvement exam in Mathematics which increased my percentage to 84.6%. One might argue that I didn’t achieve any thing big. But I think differently. Let me tell you what I gained out of all this. Firstly, I got into a college where fee was 13 lacs but with that scholarship I paid just 5.5 lac. It was a great help to my father financially. This time I was ready for the college life with the hard work I had done in past one year. I scored 86.2% in B. Tech Electrical Engineering. I gained a lot of confidence and I had a great peer group who helped me prepare for CAT. Today I am in IMT Ghaziabad from pursuing the course I always wanted to. I have helped others achieve their MBA aspirations as well. But most importantly I have a father who believes in me.
