Long long ago in what seems like a different galaxy, I did not get admission to VJTI in Mumbai since my mark was half a per cent below the cut off which was a modest 84%. If my dad had been a defense personnel or better still SC/ST , I would have been in. Not having such luck, I joined B.Sc and life went on quite smoothly in spite of this admission hiccup. I had some 10 marks grace for having been in NSS (National Social Service) under whose umbrella for wo years, I read to a brilliant blind person by the name of Ramakrishnan. I used to read Statistical equations to him and he would instantly grasp it. The point is that if I and my fellow NSS mates had maxed our papers in 12th and had grace marks, the cut off could have been 101 % .
I heard that there were 880 eligible students with a cut off of 100%. Not surprising at all. The irony is that if they didn't have that as the cut off , someone who got 100% could be denied admission.
It is high time we had an exam like SAT which would be common for the state boards, CBSE, ICSE , NIOS and the lucky home tutored students. It is a standard test which can be taken any number of times at convenient times. You do not have to worry if you happen to catch the flu or have a hairline fracture in one of your fingers. And you get the same score irrespective of the evaluators. Sounds heavenly.
The least we can do is track these 100% club members and see where they land up after a decade. That would be an interesting read. TOI, DH , Businessline, are you listening?
Thursday, June 16, 2011
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