Sunday, August 1, 2010

Road to Thiagaraja

I've completed 12th standard and now am a college student. For the past two months, I've been writing many entrance exams . I wasn't sure of decent cutoff in my board exams and that's the reason why i wrote those entrance exams.The day i got my board exam result turned up to be an unforgettable day in my life.well, i call it a red letter day.more than anything i was glad i could enter a dote 1 college which happen to be my mom's dream. I personally wished to get into P.S.G college of engineering which is my goal right from the day i saw people talking greatly of my cousin who joined there.I look up to that college as a perfect place to learn and to grow.I hardly take any interest when people at my home think about putting me in TCE.
Most of the people I meet ask " what is your plan? whats your total?". The week that followed the results publish , I was busy partying. They way people looked at me changed. I felt proud ,worthy, confident. picking up the right college was my top priority. then my cousins came over for vacation and the holidays started moving faster.
I gathered enough information about the colleges I had in mind. my mom accompanied me to the TNEA counseling. the minute I entered anna univ i caught sight of a sea of over whelming parents and students. every single parent seemed to be more exited than the candidate. since I was in the safer side my mom wasn't tensed .all the candidates with the cut off of 197.25 were asked to gather in a hall to check the availability of seats in various colleges. I was dumb struck when i found that the CSE seats in P.S.G turned zero.i was so upset when i realised that i couldnt make it to my dream college.even when i write this part of the article i weep for i cant make it thru. after i lost P.S.G i dint show any interest in the rest of the colleges ,for all seemed the same to me ,whether SSN or TCE , it dint make a big difference .when it was my turn to pick my home for the next 4 years i went with my mom's wish(atleast she'll be happy).At first I found it hard to imagine me as a student of TCE .Then I heard from many of my close friends that they have chosen TCE . I got two reasons to be happy. 1.I can be in my home town for 4 more years with my mother. 2.I get to be with my best friends. I could hardly think of any other reason to rejoice. later I was 'okay' with that.

First day of my college was in front of me.I preferred to speak in monosyllable in the class.college atmosphere wasnt much different from my school.most of the people there were familiar to me.I dint even take any interest in knowing the names of the girls next to me nor any other person in my section.then i willingly went on for the post of class representative and now every thing is fine around me or atleast I am looking at things that way.