I planned to write a bit abt my "pre Campus XL xperience " around 2 months back ; finally i m doing tht .I started by giving CAT '07 which ,as usual did enuf to get another 94 %.Thn came IIFT which as usual I did well.IIFT have a habit of calling me on an annual basis and then outrightly rejecting my candidature.Its like mocking me "Fir aa gaya tu macha " .
On 7 January '08 one of friends turned up out of the blues and 1 am in the morning we were in a bar ,happily njying ourselves ,wen I realised I hv XAT next morning.
After the disaster of CAT and other exams ,I wasn't really concerned ,still went off n slept by 3 am.
Came out of the xamination centre nxt morning having an air of feel good abt me ,I actually "thought" I did well.My feel gud feeling was suddenly turned into a feeling of "wat cud hv been" wen I realised tht not only did I carelessly marked 1 wrong answer ,but I missed 3 easiest Ques of DI becoz two pages in my paper were "actually" pasted together !! (4 ques in quant make whole lot of diff ) Bad luc .Yeah quant was a disaster.
Cm bk n was dreaming in my room of wat cud hv been wen suddenly got a call from my galfrnd who had a minor accident.In a blink of the eyes i was at Hyd ,totally forgetting abt nything related to "XLRI".
Unbelievable as it was ,XAT results came within 10 days of the paper.My galfriend wanted to see my results but I disagreed.I chkd out my percentiles first only to realize that after getting sufficient in Eng and DI ,i cud manage only 83+ in Quant.Hmmm ...XL dream over .Still I thot let Xl confirm it...I was tlking to my galfriend and simultaneously we were chking My result on internet (technology as they say ) to see if by any luc i got a call .
I entered my XAT id to chk if I had a BM call , sigh !!"No call" I said wen I heard a jubilient voice on the other side "Yippie ,u got thru ". What????Yeah tht moment defined it all ,my girl brought me luc :).I got a call from PMIR from one of the premier institute of India.I just scraped thru Quant but in ny case I had an XLRI call.
Wasnt able to prepare much for my interview coz my workload suddenly increased as and when my interview came nearer.Nyways On the D - Day I had a "weird" interview(described earlier in one post ) n i cudnt really make nything out of it.
Results came soon as usual ,my galfriend chkd as usual and yeah I got thru (pretty unusual)....or did I ???
"You have been Waitlisted 24 " it said ,hmmmm ...."so close yet so far".
April 25 ,first WL announced ,13 cleared ...
May 13 ,Wl 23 cleared , unbelievable but it was true tht I was left stranded at WL 1 .
Everybody was now sure of me getting thru .In nycase Wl 1 gv a lot of optimism.I told my manager about my resignation ,started preparing and calling Xl everyday in hope of getting thru.
As days started passing by my hopes also started vanishing ,man WL 1 ??? How can this happen to me .Finally on the auspicious occasion of my Bday i.e. 30 th May ," I am sorry to say the waitlist movement has been freezed,better luc nxt time" ,came the dreaded news . Better luc ??Yeah I needed tht ,hw can possibly my luc devoid me to such an extent.It was like destined that I 'll get tht news on my bdy .Drank tht nite not becoz i was disappointed or sad ,but man it was my bday ,I had to celebrate :).
I was too freaked out with my luc so decided to tk a brk and went for trekking n den to Shimla.
On 10 th of June , i reached back and was getting ready to rejoin office wen a number flashed on my cell "XLRI calling ".
Wht now ??
"Anupam ,U hv got thru XL ,plz join day after tmrw".
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????
I was left blank ,no reaction .I just smiled and asked her for a few more days to prepare.After all i had to complete the tough task of my resignation :).
Didnt actually got time to "bask in the glory" of my "success".It was one roller coaster ride , had to do everything -resignation ,shopping,fees , reservations and wat not.Nyways smhw finally reached XLRI 0n 20th of June .
10 th of June onwards and I lost track of time .Ithas been like flying at a breathtaking speed.I didnt get time to actually rejoice ,to sit and think "yes I made it to XLRI".I reached here at 7 in the morning and at 8 I was i was attending my first class.Yeah it has been a roller coaster since thn ,n I m luvin it.
"The last guy in " ,they say I got lucky ; did I ??I dnt knw ...I didn't got time to think !!!
Sm day though I wud sit bk ,think and find out wats its all abt yeah ,luc ,"tht thing called luc ".
On 7 January '08 one of friends turned up out of the blues and 1 am in the morning we were in a bar ,happily njying ourselves ,wen I realised I hv XAT next morning.
After the disaster of CAT and other exams ,I wasn't really concerned ,still went off n slept by 3 am.
Came out of the xamination centre nxt morning having an air of feel good abt me ,I actually "thought" I did well.My feel gud feeling was suddenly turned into a feeling of "wat cud hv been" wen I realised tht not only did I carelessly marked 1 wrong answer ,but I missed 3 easiest Ques of DI becoz two pages in my paper were "actually" pasted together !! (4 ques in quant make whole lot of diff ) Bad luc .Yeah quant was a disaster.
Cm bk n was dreaming in my room of wat cud hv been wen suddenly got a call from my galfrnd who had a minor accident.In a blink of the eyes i was at Hyd ,totally forgetting abt nything related to "XLRI".
Unbelievable as it was ,XAT results came within 10 days of the paper.My galfriend wanted to see my results but I disagreed.I chkd out my percentiles first only to realize that after getting sufficient in Eng and DI ,i cud manage only 83+ in Quant.Hmmm ...XL dream over .Still I thot let Xl confirm it...I was tlking to my galfriend and simultaneously we were chking My result on internet (technology as they say ) to see if by any luc i got a call .
I entered my XAT id to chk if I had a BM call , sigh !!"No call" I said wen I heard a jubilient voice on the other side "Yippie ,u got thru ". What????Yeah tht moment defined it all ,my girl brought me luc :).I got a call from PMIR from one of the premier institute of India.I just scraped thru Quant but in ny case I had an XLRI call.
Wasnt able to prepare much for my interview coz my workload suddenly increased as and when my interview came nearer.Nyways On the D - Day I had a "weird" interview(described earlier in one post ) n i cudnt really make nything out of it.
Results came soon as usual ,my galfriend chkd as usual and yeah I got thru (pretty unusual)....or did I ???
"You have been Waitlisted 24 " it said ,hmmmm ...."so close yet so far".
April 25 ,first WL announced ,13 cleared ...
May 13 ,Wl 23 cleared , unbelievable but it was true tht I was left stranded at WL 1 .
Everybody was now sure of me getting thru .In nycase Wl 1 gv a lot of optimism.I told my manager about my resignation ,started preparing and calling Xl everyday in hope of getting thru.
As days started passing by my hopes also started vanishing ,man WL 1 ??? How can this happen to me .Finally on the auspicious occasion of my Bday i.e. 30 th May ," I am sorry to say the waitlist movement has been freezed,better luc nxt time" ,came the dreaded news . Better luc ??Yeah I needed tht ,hw can possibly my luc devoid me to such an extent.It was like destined that I 'll get tht news on my bdy .Drank tht nite not becoz i was disappointed or sad ,but man it was my bday ,I had to celebrate :).
I was too freaked out with my luc so decided to tk a brk and went for trekking n den to Shimla.
On 10 th of June , i reached back and was getting ready to rejoin office wen a number flashed on my cell "XLRI calling ".
Wht now ??
"Anupam ,U hv got thru XL ,plz join day after tmrw".
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????
I was left blank ,no reaction .I just smiled and asked her for a few more days to prepare.After all i had to complete the tough task of my resignation :).
Didnt actually got time to "bask in the glory" of my "success".It was one roller coaster ride , had to do everything -resignation ,shopping,fees , reservations and wat not.Nyways smhw finally reached XLRI 0n 20th of June .
10 th of June onwards and I lost track of time .Ithas been like flying at a breathtaking speed.I didnt get time to actually rejoice ,to sit and think "yes I made it to XLRI".I reached here at 7 in the morning and at 8 I was i was attending my first class.Yeah it has been a roller coaster since thn ,n I m luvin it.
"The last guy in " ,they say I got lucky ; did I ??I dnt knw ...I didn't got time to think !!!
Sm day though I wud sit bk ,think and find out wats its all abt yeah ,luc ,"tht thing called luc ".
