Shit happens; RIP EML
I regret not having written in a long while. Frankly, things weren’t going well and blogging about defeat only leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
In spite of my best efforts and ample preparation, JEE just didn’t go my way. It was a paper fraught with too many tedious calculations and too little time to do them the proper way. The use of log and antilog tables simply accentuated this fact. One didn’t need to know the theory well enough as long as one knew the direct formulae. At the end of the day, it’s the IITs who decide which meritorious students they will teach.
The irregularities in the paper have been discussed to death and all the righteous rage over it has boiled over and disappeared. The corrections simply scorned educated public opinion and were only directed towards wasting enough time to prevent a re-exam. The Hindi aspirants, however, are a happier lot. In spite of a completely messed up paper and apathetic remedies, their selection trebled from 175 odd last year to over 500 now. I wonder how that happened to be.
On a separate note, JEE abolished the EML altogether this year granting a measure of relief to the thousands who got selected for the main list. The cutoff, as per my expectations, shot up and probably crossed 195 for an 8500 rank in the CML. We’ll know the exact figure in a week.
My rank, 4222, was in the range I had expected it to be. It could have got me something in BHU till last year but now that it is an IIT, it will be prefered over the newer institutes.
So much for a guy who was ranked 9 in the last Bansal test.
I will just fill in my counseling choices and wait for the AIEEE results.
Incidentally, your physics teacher Amit Gupta was my batch mate at IITD (We both graduated in 1999 ) he was in Karakoram and I was in Kumaon Hostel.
That’s awesome. I can give you his phone no. if you want.
Congrats on clearing IIT JEE.
In one of my earlier comments you had not revealed your name (anonymous blog), but anyway I figured out your name (it is very difficult to remain anonymous on the internet). And your name is “*b*i*h*k *u*t*”. Please confirm if I got it right
. It was fun trying to figure out your name.
Good luck for your B.Tech. Degree.
Thanks for the congratulations.
The name you have put across is probably Abhishek Gupta, which is incorect. I don’t have ‘i’ in my name.
As you might have noticed, I am not trying very hard to preserve my anonymity. I gave you the exact ranks I got, which makes it rather simple. Heck, I have even put a link that leads to my social networking profile.
Everything short of mentioning it explicitly. Good Luck.
Though I couldn’t locate the link to your social networking site I think I figured out your name this time right It is *.k *i*w*a
Btw, I would love to connect to you on facebook and linkedin. I think that you would go a long way in life. Hope to see you in some big place 4 years from now.
All the best. (I like your blog!)
As I mentioned earlier, I don’t have ‘i’ in my name.
However, I have found your profile and am sending a friend request now. I will join Linkedin after I join college.
congo… whateva it is..ur an iitian n always will e one..
…reali happy 4 you!
Well, I will have to be satisfied now.
I will most probably go through BITSAT or AIEEE.
the best in your life is yet to come….all the best..and merit is something that will remain wid u 4eva….no1 can take it away from you…no f***ing jee or aieee/bits…im sure even you know your better than many..and no1 needs to tell you dat..so you dont “have to be satisfied”… conquer the next..and this tym..let no1 beat you!
Thanks for your encouragement.You’re right. At the end of the day, they’re just institutes. And IIIT Hyderabad is just as good.