Almost everybody in South India , at least Andhra Pradesh regrets a period in their student life when , with all the freshness , new , young spirit they join the corporate colleges where there energy is sucked , they are put under terrible pressure and stress only to crack the IIT-JEE !!! After schooling till tenth , every parent dreams his child would be an engineer or a doctor.Well , nothing wrong with it.The main reason behind it is they think we will be financially stable and happy in our future . These days even most of the kids aspire to be great engineers and doctors as they see their cousins , seniors , neighbours who passed out from IIT's living a rich and luxurious life but they dont realise that how much ever hard they work they need to get some techniques right and if they dont get them right IIT is not their cup of tea!!!
I was one of the victims of these corporate colleges where i blindly followed the lecturers but could never get the concepts right.But i realised it very late when i was doing pretty well in my engineering course.After spending two years of time in hell , completing Inter I could have my space and spend time peacefully in my engineering college for the next two years.Now , I am in third year and again the race for competitive exams such as CAT, GRE , GATE ,GMAT started again.
After two long years , mind is full of thoughts again.Thoughts like can i crack this exam or should i prepare for that exam ? Can I afford this course even if I crack it? What if I cant crack ? Are there any other options ? Oh yes , taking up job is still an option but will i get selected even if i get through the interviews and get selected will I be able to perform? And one of the most important things is I have been relaxing so much for the last two years that I do not have any extra curriculars . Now , my entire time goes for building my curriculars .
When i was 15 , my passion was to pursue engineering in IIT and that was prolly my passion cause i saw people in flying colors ! I followed the flock and ended up in a University in my city.Now , I am 19 and my passion is to pursue MBA in IIM's prolly the same reason again! I even joined a coaching centre for it and i am seeing the history repeat , not getting the concepts again! Am I following the flock again ??????