Today’s a historical day in my life! For the first time in life I failed in an exam and that too not in one subject but 3. Will have to write all those crap subjects again

My performance in exams has been degrading over the time. I remember my childhood primary school days when I used to get 90% , even in secondary school till 10th standard I kept up, never let it fall below 80.  12th I almost screwed it when I  got exposed to c++ and got 70.  I entered college 2 years ago with promises to myself to bring back the golden school days and if not atleast get distinctions. But soon after I realised what am I doing ? I am in Bangalore, the tech hub there’s a lot more interesting stuff going on than mugging the subs. Thanks to God, I got a lot of breakthroughs — Microsoft student partner, Orkut Guru, app with lot of users on Orkut etc… I was actually able to create something of my own which people around the world  were using. Also I met a lot of good, motivating,  folks namely Lakshman, Lalit, Sumit,  the msp gang who always inspired me to do something innovative.. My skills to code & knowledge about computers were growing each day. I could prototype my ideas. At the same time in academics  the downfall was still there. 1st sem I got 62, 2nd sem some 56 not even first class. I managed to pass the exams.. and some kinda balance was there.

Now things look a bit scary. If a balance is not stricken now, they would surely go out of control and these backs will pile up. This 4th sem also.. 1 month has gone and till now I didn’t even care to purchase book of 1 subject. That’s insane.

Many say that the education system in India is to be blamed for scenarios like this. But bringing a change will require something really big to start off. I am not here to do that.. I have some dreams, aspirations and to fulfill them will have to take whatever life throws.

March will mark a new beginning. There are no internal exams in March. I have 1 full month to get hold of subjects of this sem and prev 3 .

I can’t pull the plug from my computer immediately. I won’t undertake any new project  now.. will try to put the older ones on hold. I may not be available on IMs, social networks, the best way to catch me is through email, or mobile phone. I may behave strange enough, act weird, deny PC support requests… please bear with me guys!

Thanks to my family and friends who have strong belief in me, supported me in bad times like this.

{EC, DMS, M3} FIND THEM, KILL THEM!

This post will keep reminding me of the pushing back the ‘backs’  VTU has thrown.

[UPDATE -2PM] This is just too much confusing after an article in today’s TOI & some friendly advices. Thinking of waiting for reval results and till then reading current subs properly.

[UPDATE -08-09-2009] Whoa!! these guys failed me in C++ in 4th sem!! I have been doing C++ since my 10th standard and even remember scoring 90/100 in 12th CBSE board exams. VTU sucks big time. Think twice before joining the college’s affiliated to ‘Visvesvaraya Technological University’. They want you to mug the code written in prescribed books and replicate exactly the same in exams. I have completely lost interest in marks and this Engineering degree. Wish I could bring about a change…

[UPDATE -21-02-2010] So finally cleared EC! This time the evaluator was nice. scored 88/100 in C++. See how screwed the system is.

[UPDATE 01--06-2010] Just to let you guys know that I have cleared all these exams!! just one more year of engineering left, and its not only me who’s counting back..why is it so?