What Next?

"Two years of hard work has come to an end now," "What after this?", "What should I do? " are the most common phrases I could hear around me from the past week. These are the after-effects of the result declaration of NEET and JEE( Mains)2019. (Still, Advanced is there.) These results gave birth to two types of people. People whose reality matched their expectations and whose didn't. Over this, people are going nuts over the marks Vs. Rank fiasco.

Students blame NTA for the ranks. Agreed NTA says it has done it's best. Agreed. No one is at fault. This is something that has to be adequately understood. It requires the ability to know why sometimes result does not match the hard work we put in.

Points we need to understand are:

Every year the number of candidates goes up.

All the question papers are not of the same difficulty level.

There is NORMALISATION.

Before analyzing ourselves and our performance, we need to understand and keep all these points in our minds.

One of my teachers told us " Yeh saare exams cricket match ki Tarah hote hain, jo us din Khel Gaya voh Le Gaya. " This is something I started believing after my 10th boards. These exams also need some amount of luck ( only some) to reach To the top. I say this because all the 1 - 2 million aspirants do not give exams in the same scenario. They may have equal abilities. That's the reason every year the JEE Mains and Advanced toppers are not the same. Therefore, you should not judge yourselves based on these exams. There is nothing to be disheartened. You are not that big of a fool you believe yourselves to be.

This is not the time to give up. It's time to learn from the mistake. Work even harder for the next time. Getting rid of the examination is not a solution. That will do no good. This is the reality, and we should bear with it.

The difference is made in the way you approach it. Motivating yourselves is the key.

It's wholly on you how you're going to react to it. Loosing of a battle is not the end of a war. Because, where there's a will there's away. Regretting or even drooling over it is going to make no difference.

Past was yours. It may be judged. It could be regretted upon. It could be thought about. It could be laughed upon. It could be admired. But, it cannot be changed. But,

The present is yours. Mold it the way you want.

PS: I am a Science student, so this is based on examinations. But, this goes with everyone as ultimately, life is also an exam.