Anecdote #23

It is the seasons of entrance exams and like many others I happened to appear for one of them, the law entrance, CLAT. Prior to that I had appeared for the AILET. Though I have no intentions of doing law I went ahead with these exams as I had registered for them months ago. When I reached the remote location in Pitampura to give the AILET, I was pretty intimidated by the sheer number of aspirants and some of them seemed to be much older. The panic began to set in, after a lot of inconvenience my father and I had found a parking spot but post that we were struggling to find my room number on the notice board. It was finally time to enter the premises, as soon as I entered the classroom all eyes were transfixed on me as though all of the aspirants were expecting me to make a mistake. Later I could see why, there was a lot of chaos; people were entering the wrong room; sitting on the wrong seat and creating confusion. I patiently waited for the paper and as soon as I got it the difficulty level shocked me beyond belief. I had given a lot of mock tests and knew that the standards of NLU Delhi were very high but this was something else. The only response I could manage was a laugh as I knew this was inconsequential for me and I did the best I could. This experience taught me that curveballs are best handled with a cool head. I tried to act like Kohli, hitting a sixer in questions I was sure of and avoiding bouncers which I knew I couldn't attempt. All in all I was happy and ready to take on CLAT.
So during the week before CLAT I studied a bit of GK to apprise myself of certain important events which I found interesting. After reading up, an interesting fact I stumbled upon was that my father's former boss was now the President of INS! This went on and finally Sunday arrived.
I was eager to go not because I was thoroughly prepared but because I was ready for a new experience. CLAT is a computerised test so there are a limited number of students per centre due to the paucity of desktops. Most of the people there were known faces as our coaching institute had advised all of us to undertake synchronised registration. This made me feel very much at ease. The checking there was extremely strict and I was frisked from head to toe violently (of course by a woman) which left me scandalized. Post the biometric registration and demo exam we finally began! Mind you, I went in at 1:30 PM and came out at 5:30 PM. The exam was to my utter delight simple and straightforward. Though time was a constraint I was satisfied with it.
I can conclude by saying that I know that I will not be one of the toppers but I surely know I will be one of those who can say "pass to ho hi jayenge."