My +2 Results are out, aka the Numbers that determine my life
May 17, 2008 | 7:39 pmThis year was an extremely, needlessly stressful one for a lot of people, involving myself. The reason being the +2 exams which determine whether you go to a college where the professors think that Windows was written in VB or to one where the professors argue with the students about the advantages/disadvantages of microkernels vs monolithic kernels. However, some fella with a brain the size of a rat’s meal figured out that the best test to see whether you were fit enough for the second category is testing if you can remember enough Chemistry equations with all the speeeling and grammer mistakes in it.
Anyway, I somehow managed to come out alive (though not mentally unscathed), and last week (yes last week. I am lazy), I got my marks. Here they come!
YUVARAJ PANDIAN T ( 675154 )
|
Subject |
Marks |
|
French |
184 |
|
English |
184 |
|
Physics |
187 |
|
Chemistry |
188 |
|
Computer Science |
192 |
|
Maths |
194 |
|
Total |
1129/1200 |
There you go. Those are the “numbers” which will impact my life pretty heavily. I have ’bout 94% of marks, and a Science Cut off (Physics/4 + Chemistry/4 + Maths/2, used for Engineering Admissions) of 190.75/200. Sounds good on paper, but in reality, it’s not. I could get any college I want, except the really good ones. Sigh.
Hope I get a good college. Wish me luck, ‘coz that’s how lives are decided here.
(If I sound a tad, err, pissed off here, then it’s because I am. I’ll put in a new post ’bout why I’m pissed off at this education system soon)
Dude !!! ur marks are cool ... It does not
Dhawal Yogesh Bhanushali | May 17, 2008 | 9:46 pmDude !!! ur marks are cool … It does not matter which college u are in untill you are a geek. More So the professors dont teac you anything. You have learn yourself.
@Dhawal: Well, I think you too will agree that the
Yuvi | May 18, 2008 | 4:04 am@Dhawal: Well, I think you too will agree that the quality of the students you study with matters? (ie the ones who compare actresses vs the ones who compare kernel architectures)
Hi Yuvi, Congrats for your marks.Don't forget to post on the
LakshmiNarayanan | May 18, 2008 | 10:09 amHi Yuvi,
Congrats for your marks.Don’t forget to post on the college you join(I want to imagine the fate of that college’s professors in your hand).Your 190.25 will fetch you a good college,I hope.(Even though there are 5000 students above 196.Sigh!)Professors are not considered to be part of the college education at all(Do they know anything other than in textbook?).It all depends on the quality of the students you are studying with.All the best.So don’t worry.
Hmm you were talking of prof. earlier n now of
Dhawal Yogesh Bhanushali | May 18, 2008 | 3:12 pmHmm you were talking of prof. earlier n now of studs ……. Anyways.. Apart from the usual ways of grading colleges Look out for communities in those colleges. Some small colleges have very good communites/clubs, student partners. I am not from chennai so cant give u any names. Do not go on big names. Do your own research.
Yep, researched 'em. My preference of colleges is mainly from
yuvipanda | May 18, 2008 | 3:53 pmYep, researched ‘em. My preference of colleges is mainly from first hand accounts of current students there
You are a tech guru in my sense (or a
Prasad | May 19, 2008 | 7:10 amYou are a tech guru in my sense (or a tech guru in training).
Don’t worry about the college.
I am sure quite a few companies would want to hire you, even now.
Good Luck!!!!
What prasad said. These marks dont really matter in your
Rohit | May 19, 2008 | 6:28 pmWhat prasad said. These marks dont really matter in your case.
well congratz. as said by above comments, college doesnt matters
parthasarathi | May 20, 2008 | 11:56 amwell congratz. as said by above comments, college doesnt matters for you.
if looking for a advice, i suggest you to finish your engg with high GPA, write GRE, get 1500+/1600 and go for MS in US (stanford or MIT
) as you got nice rapport with silicon valley geeks. so u can easily land up in stanford where larry page/brin studied and can come up with a startup 
on the lines of google 