Now began the tussle, I decided to do the preparation along with my job and it made it even harder. When you’re working in IT, you know what your “in-time” is but you can never be sure of your “out-time”. To manage studies along with the job was a rigorous task. You had days when all you were working till 1 in the morning. To continue the rhythm was a task but my friends kept motivating me all throughout the journey. They kept refueling me whenever required.
For the initial 1-2 months, I began by brushing up the basic formulas and their application in Quant. I focused on my weak spots and tried to gain fluency in those parts. After that, I started with Verbal and DILR in which I was fairly confident in my abilities. I did everything without keeping any time constraint and just focused on getting the concept right. With time, I gained confidence in my question-solving skills. So, I decided to buy a test series. I went with TIME Institute's Test Series.
It was during July mid that I gave my first test of the series. I scummed to the newly added time pressure. I wasn’t able to complete even half of the questions. So, I decided to buckle up. I gave a few sectionals to catch up with the speed. Alongside this, I was still giving full-length exams. The most important factor during this time was the analysis of the exam. A thorough analysis and revision of the concepts that were incorrectly done was the major focus. It slowly started to show improvement in my results. During the final month, I increased the rate of giving full-length tests. I gave more attention to the concepts I was going good in. Also, by this time I became clear about the approach I wanted to have during the exam so that I am able to easily see all the questions and attempt the ones I am confident about.
My exam was in the afternoon slot on November 24th. I remember being all nervous before leaving my home for the exam. But then wishes from the family and friends helped me. I reached the test center well before the starting of the test. This helped to settle all my nerves and be well prepared to give the test. The test went as per my expectation. And after that, I came home and thought to switch off for a while.
The results came in the first week of January. Now, a long streak of the interviews lined up. The interview experience was very different, taking leaves from office, then giving back to back interviews in a day. Then in the middle of this, lockdown happened due to coronavirus and everything came to a standstill for a month and a half. No new interviews, no news on the pending interviews. This was a very tough phase. But from May onwards, things slowly started to fall back into place. All the interviews were shifted to online mode. Some colleges annulled their previous offline interviews and asked everyone to sit again for online interviews. Then the results started flowing in. It was a mixed bag of emotions as it always is. Some good results, some not so good. Finally, I converted 6 of the colleges including some Baby IIMs, IMI, IIT-K. After much of the thinking and taking advice from the seniors, I decided to join IIT-K at last.
Now, as I start my Journey with IIT-K, I want to take this opportunity to thank all my friends, who have been an integral part of this journey. Without them, I wouldn’t even have thought of daring and exploring my interests. I want to wish everyone joining me at IITK all the very best. Hopefully, we make a lot of memories, learn a lot, and evolve as a person after 2 years. Cheers!
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Aria Antony
Hey! What was your branch in thapar?
18 Aug 2020, 09.46 AM