Goof up #1

I can clearly remeber my CAT attempt...

i had given GATE in my 3 rd year and didn't qualify..i was wondering what i would do after college ..and one sleepy sunday, my friend called me to take up a mock CAT test...i anyway had to go to a friend's house in annanagar that day to return some notes....(i never took notes during classes and hence always borrowed from others..sometimes even other colleges....) and the test venue was on the way..so why not, i thought and dropped in for the mock CAT...

i have one philosophy..whether i study or not, i always give my best shot in the exam..so i gave my best shot to the mock CAT..and forgot about it..somedays later, i was chatting with a college mate when the topic of the mock CAT came up..and then i figured out that i got 96 percentile....yay!!! now i know, what i can try..GATE was never for me anyway......


and thus began my CAT preparation..and midway through my CAT preparation, my father had to take VRS because of downsizing in his company and i got a job via campus placement.......so, i was not that motivated in pursuing higher education, job was a priority....and then CAT November 2003 happened.....i did prepare, and as usual , i gave my best shot in the exam hall..i was eager to see where i stood...the results would tell me how good my best shot was......

i came home only to realise that there would be a re-exam as the question paper was leaked......
:((

and so , i got another hall-ticket and the exam date was set to feb..my preparations got worser.....i was way too content, finding a job and a certain amount of security for the future....

so, came feb 15, i got ready and my sis accompanied me to the exam hall...i prayed to God, and took my hall-ticket from the pooja shelf...and off we went..it was only after reaching the centre did i notice that i had brought in the wrong hall-ticket,i had brought the hall-ticket for november test...and not the re-test hall ticket...and so that year, i could never give my best shot in the exam..and hence never knew where i stood......

I felt pretty bad about my carelessness.....and i was sulking when someone came and enquired as to why i couldnt write and i told the reason..there were others like me too...they had come late and hence were not allowed to write..some were crying out loud...they were only minutes late....and they had worked real hard unlike me..i felt bad for them...

the next day, in morning paper..all our stories were printed..as to why some people could not attempt CAT..and they made it a point in my college to paste the article in the notice board to make students realise the importance of coming early to exams....i felt horrible about my carelessness!!