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I worked very hard to succeed. I was sure of my success but even then,I couldn't believe my eyes and kept staring at my phone screen. I have been selected to study in IIT Delhi,the most prestigious institution to students in India who want to pursue Engineering.
A year ago,you can easily make out what I was at the first glance -- lazy. I had a lot of free time compared to other students because our institution made us leave early to "make our mind process the day's new information gathered." I wasn't in the ends of the position list but neither was I at the top. I never really used to care what'll happen in the future--"just enjoy the present" was all used to care about. I liked to enjoy. I never really cared what the teachers were teaching but I had been taught in 10th standard to write down whatever the teacher says. I did that,by habit though I never completely understood the Greek and Latin.
Being a student who finished her 10th standard board in ICSE course with a percentage of 95%(let me get this clear,I wasn't a topper in my school),my principal (rather my uncle)always used to have my back and only placed me in the top batches whenever I got less marks. He never did actually scold me for the low marks nevertheless. He was completely sure that I would be able to do it at the end. I took a lot of advantage of the situation. Looking at my classmates study in college, I tried to do some things(which were not even enough to get 50/360!) but after getting home, I won't even touch my bag.
A few months after my 11th standard finished,I started to understand the value of studies and why people insist and even work extremely hard to join in the top institutions in the country, though I understood that all the pros correspond to money only and there were almost no cons. My family wasn't exacly poor but not rich either. Much to my disbelief,my family suddenly fell in a financial crisis. We had those before but this one was really serious. I took it upon myself to do any little help I could. I then decided that I have to get a seat in atleast the IIITs,NITs or even better--the IITs
I never really was good at memorising things. After my enlightenment about studies, I was pretty sure that it was too late to change anything. Nevertheless,I tried my best. I started with small goals like increasing my marks by atleast 10 marks in every exam I write. Even that was pretty difficult for me at that point of time and considering the competition in my own class,I even used to get depressed for a full day or two.
I started getting used to those and partially succeeded in the "+10 marks in every exam" goal.
I used to silently thank my 10th standard teachers for imparting the "writing the notes" habit in me every chance I got because they turned out to be really useful.
Soon, I started enjoying chemistry and mathematics, I was still a bit weak in physics. Weak in chemistry and mathematics too, but was comparatively better. I still wasn't eligible to be in the top 20 positions in my class itself but my effort was worth it.
I didn't sleep before the exam days at all. The exams were pretty intense and I started to lose my confidence little by little until I saw my result after a few months.
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