"Everything in this world act in accord to god's wish" frequent saying by my grandee. I used to criticize her but an incident in my life proved it right.
Yes, i went to Chennai with an aim of a Chartered Accountant. Due to my successive failures in the entrance examination, i was irked and gave up my CA. The next option available to me was MBA. I joined a coaching institute to bell the CAT.I boosted my profile by attending many national and international conferences. I aimed for SPJIMR, Mumbai and it was my dream. I indeed toiled many sleepless nights to bell the CAT and get it into my favorite B-School.
The D-DAY November 16, a day i thought to be a turning point in my life and will answer my hard work. I was happy on seeing cat 08 paper. It was an easy one and was sure that my aim would come true. Every thing was fine till 12.50 pm and i calculated my marks which came around 90. But an intuition within me said that the last year cut off for SPJIMR was 110 and 20-25 marks required to achieve my aim. My clock showed me 12.53 and an instruction from invigilator that 10 minutes spare. I planned to give a guess for 15 questions on a calculation that if I get 8 out of 15 questions right, then i will achieve my cut-off(8*4=32-8=24, 90+24=114).
The exam was over and i didnt check my answers as i was not sure of the questions that i gave as guess. But the questions that i answered fetched me a total of 80 and was happy that i will get into SPJIMR. I really worked on my profile for SPJIMR and i was reckless on other management exams. January 9, the date of announcement of cat result. I didnt sleep that night awaiting my result. It was 01:17 am my result was announced. I was dismayed and cried with agony. I just scored 65 marks with 80.19 percentile. All the questions that i gave as guess went wrong,leaving me in deep pangs. I got rejected in SPJIMR and was filled with grief.
Days passed away and it was March 5th i saw an advertisement inviting applications for online CA entrance examination. On my brother's advise i registered for it. I prepared for it conceptually which i didnt do in my earlier attempts. It was March 20th, 8 days for my examination and my preparation was at its peek. At 02.15pm, my mobile was crying and it was an old man who informed me that my mom met with an accident. I rushed to the spot and took her to the hospital and the doctor informed me that she suffered ankle injury and she had to be operated. I was with my mom taking care of her. I decided that i would mess up the entrance and left the rest to god. My entrance examination clashed with my mom's operation. My Mind was full of grievances and confusions and prayed god to rescue me from the sorrow. The examination was very easy and i was able to answer the questions. My cat preparation helped me to crack the entrance examination. I didnt repeat the mistake that i did in cat and I answered the questions that i was confident of.
Finally i cleared my entrance with distinction and entered CA with an knowledge of approaching any problems conceptually and logically. Now i am sure that my Set back was a lesson to me and the knowledge that i gained from CAT was a strong foundation for my CA.
My grandee words proved me right. Though i wished SPJIMR but CA was god's wish.