10…9…8…The countdown has already begun. Heartbeats getting faster with every passing day. The preparation still not adequate. This describes the state of a couple of lakhs of students appearing for CAT in a few days time.
Some will be rest assured of a good percentile owing to months of intense preparation. These types of people believe in copy book stuff ala Rahul Dravid. Intense hard work, oodles of discipline, picture perfect planning epitomizes these guys. They generally have a rock solid technique and can never put a foot wrong. I am sure most of them, if not all, will do well and crack into the top B-schools of the Country.
Then there are guys who mix caution with aggression. These guys seem to have some sort of an inborn talent. They never study too hard but perform exceedingly well during the exams. These types of guys never allow pressure to get the better of them and maybe that’s the reason they fare so well.
Finally, there are guys like me who believe in last minute slogging. Whether it is a University exam or CAT it is all about hitting fours and sixes in the slog overs, never mind getting caught in the process. This is not a new phenomenon to me. I try to slog everytime, get out, decide not to repeat it again and finally end up in the same precarious situation again. This time too, the situation is no different. I have just got bamboozled yet again. But let me just try to put my best foot forward and hope that my sixes and fours go well and the score just bulges up. Else I have to wait for one more exam to rectify my mistakes and I am damn sure that I will end up in the same boat again.
As they say---“Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body but rather to skid in sideways, get totally bruised, shouting---“F***!!! What a ride”. Maybe I have taken this statement a bit too seriously.
Cheers-
