All the slogging, turmoil, admission woes, journal-work, file-covering, copy assignments has officially bore a fruit... I AM A COMPUTER ENGINEER now!!
"B.E.(Bachelor of Engineering), Computers
Sardar Patel College of Engineering"
Woaa.. sounds good eh... lemme me see, where did it all began? Was it the BE final exam,.. FE,.. .er.. the admission process, PCM(Physics, Chemistry, Maths)? No, wait... it goes back even further!! The vocational option!
Yess!! The vocational option that I could choose only because I had +5 marks of passing thr Intermediate drawing exam that added to my 10th std. marks... And gave that drawing exam in 9th std!
Oh-my-gosh!! It maybe a cake-walk for some nerds to go past the Mumbai University(MU)'s B.E. course unsacthed, but for me it began from that drawing exam leading to addition of precious 5 marks, which in turn helped me avoid Biology(eeyucky, sorry folks but I just hate it!) and one language!! Life was easier being in vocational, but it turned arduous in 12th std. , PCM seemed like 3 gaints, getting admission into a good engineering college was a must. (good = one of the best colleges in the city). 290/300 wasn't a big deal considering the fact that there were 540+ students above me. Our's was the last batch to have centralised admissions and God! what a day it was!! Though I secured an open merit seat(open implies general category + not the ones reserved for girls; merit means since you have enough merit pay only 10000 as admission fee instead of 40000,that was the admission for a 'paid' seat) seat in one of the best colleges in the city, it was after a long anxious wait..
All hard work paid off, it seemed when I got admission in Sardar Patel College of Engineering, my second option from the list of colleges, one of the best ones in Mumbai.
But perils of engineering in were little known to me and many freshers like me in F.E.(First Year of Engineering). Scrupulously attend lectures, take down notes, go to the library, issue books of reference and meticulously write assignments on my own! Seemed like the studious one, but all this goes down the drain when its time for submission. When we got a taste of MU exams, it was a horror thing put on only-plunge-down-at-different-speeds rollercoaster!! 18.2% passing percentage!!! We never saw a larger massacre in MU thereafter.. Fortunately, I managed to just clear all the papers with a meagre 51%.. It was a failure, for the 290-pcm shine had turned to dust... But, we just realised that there existed a leveller other than death, the MU!!
Second semester onwards we learnt some 'how-to's...
how-to be officially present on the prof's attendance sheet
how-to have a good image in front of the profs
how-to bother about studies rather than lectures(ironical, but true!)
and last but not the least.. how-to enjoy life in engineering!!(SPACE was a revered festival for us!)
Life moved on, semester after semester, who would do PhD type studying for each subject after realising 60% was enough to be eligible for campus placements, so rest of the time just do the usual chores.
Chores:-
1) copying assignments, programs, practicals, etc..
2) photocopying(popularly known as 'Xeroxing') notes, sometimes assignments too; to go home and copy!
3) print the fliched-or-donated-or-co-operative programs, some guys even photocopied printouts and submitted their files
(pssst.... The most important machine in a computer engineer's B.E. life is the Xerox machine... trust me!!!)
T.E., had the best of times making good friends, taking part in extra-curricular, enjoying engineering life. Mini-projects, fliched projects/programs, politics, chat-rooms and paper-balls during lects, highs and lows, friends and foes.... had a taste of it all...
By the time we were into the last year of this then so-called wretched life(the perils still existed, we just learnt to circumvent a bit!) we had actually become used to it!! A closely-knit group of friends, classmates pulling each other's leg, the unforgettable Goa trip, the hours spent in project lab., ... man!! I sure miss all that!
"B.E.(Bachelor of Engineering), Computers
Sardar Patel College of Engineering"
Woaa.. sounds good eh... lemme me see, where did it all began? Was it the BE final exam,.. FE,.. .er.. the admission process, PCM(Physics, Chemistry, Maths)? No, wait... it goes back even further!! The vocational option!
Yess!! The vocational option that I could choose only because I had +5 marks of passing thr Intermediate drawing exam that added to my 10th std. marks... And gave that drawing exam in 9th std!
Oh-my-gosh!! It maybe a cake-walk for some nerds to go past the Mumbai University(MU)'s B.E. course unsacthed, but for me it began from that drawing exam leading to addition of precious 5 marks, which in turn helped me avoid Biology(eeyucky, sorry folks but I just hate it!) and one language!! Life was easier being in vocational, but it turned arduous in 12th std. , PCM seemed like 3 gaints, getting admission into a good engineering college was a must. (good = one of the best colleges in the city). 290/300 wasn't a big deal considering the fact that there were 540+ students above me. Our's was the last batch to have centralised admissions and God! what a day it was!! Though I secured an open merit seat(open implies general category + not the ones reserved for girls; merit means since you have enough merit pay only 10000 as admission fee instead of 40000,that was the admission for a 'paid' seat) seat in one of the best colleges in the city, it was after a long anxious wait..
All hard work paid off, it seemed when I got admission in Sardar Patel College of Engineering, my second option from the list of colleges, one of the best ones in Mumbai.
But perils of engineering in were little known to me and many freshers like me in F.E.(First Year of Engineering). Scrupulously attend lectures, take down notes, go to the library, issue books of reference and meticulously write assignments on my own! Seemed like the studious one, but all this goes down the drain when its time for submission. When we got a taste of MU exams, it was a horror thing put on only-plunge-down-at-different-speeds rollercoaster!! 18.2% passing percentage!!! We never saw a larger massacre in MU thereafter.. Fortunately, I managed to just clear all the papers with a meagre 51%.. It was a failure, for the 290-pcm shine had turned to dust... But, we just realised that there existed a leveller other than death, the MU!!
Second semester onwards we learnt some 'how-to's...
how-to be officially present on the prof's attendance sheet
how-to have a good image in front of the profs
how-to bother about studies rather than lectures(ironical, but true!)
and last but not the least.. how-to enjoy life in engineering!!(SPACE was a revered festival for us!)
Life moved on, semester after semester, who would do PhD type studying for each subject after realising 60% was enough to be eligible for campus placements, so rest of the time just do the usual chores.
Chores:-
1) copying assignments, programs, practicals, etc..
2) photocopying(popularly known as 'Xeroxing') notes, sometimes assignments too; to go home and copy!
3) print the fliched-or-donated-or-co-operative programs, some guys even photocopied printouts and submitted their files
(pssst.... The most important machine in a computer engineer's B.E. life is the Xerox machine... trust me!!!)
T.E., had the best of times making good friends, taking part in extra-curricular, enjoying engineering life. Mini-projects, fliched projects/programs, politics, chat-rooms and paper-balls during lects, highs and lows, friends and foes.... had a taste of it all...
By the time we were into the last year of this then so-called wretched life(the perils still existed, we just learnt to circumvent a bit!) we had actually become used to it!! A closely-knit group of friends, classmates pulling each other's leg, the unforgettable Goa trip, the hours spent in project lab., ... man!! I sure miss all that!
Today, as our BE results are out... oh, let me make it a bit more official...
The result of seat number 6048 is Passed with First Class
Congratulations
... makes me ponder, I have actually made it!! Cleared, passed B.E. with a first class!! All the pains and slogging comes to an end, a well-deserved result. In fact most of us have got a first class, an award to the patience and agony, that each has gone through some time or the other in past four years.
Kudos to us! Engineers, finally! Best Wishes to all those who have sailed with me in the class of 2006, Computers! Have a great future!!
Kudos to us! Engineers, finally! Best Wishes to all those who have sailed with me in the class of 2006, Computers! Have a great future!!
1 comment:
Hi surabhi,
I am a friend to Ninad.
Happened to stumble upon your orkut community.
The blog above is indeed very nice.
well..it seems you have had a good walk through from 9th standard to BE, in that blog of yours.
indeed well writen
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