The title should be how i went to SSN and my life @ SSN, but thats not the problem now.
It's counselling time. I am sharing my counselling experience.
That day when the twelfth result came, i was so happy that i got a cut off of 197.75. I thought that those magical numbers were gonna change my phase of life(later i felt that thought was utter foolishness). I never expected such a good score though i gave a false hope to my mom and dad. My happiness was shattered day by day when i was coming to know that 197.75 will also struggle to get a place CEG or MIT.
Till those days i never thought about caste discriminations and all. But i was a victim(O.C) i dont know why government segregate students. This discrimination will be a more justified one if they do this according to income of their family or something. When i think about this i remember one joke that when prime minister was asked how many indians going to space research, he replied that 10 Sc,5 bc,3 mbc and 2 oc candidates(yeah, thats typical Indian government).
When you get a good score, you suddenly will become a hero(!) of your sorroundings. Suddenly people who you have never known will come and appreciate you. Getting felicitated by someone will become your routine.Everyone around will start asking 'enpa enna sera pora?'. I was given some false hope that i will most probably get a seat in CEG coz the maths paper was tough that year. I was happy though I had those tension.
Passing twelfth exam with good marks is a small step for students, but its a giant leap for society :P.
Atlast counselling started. I got some 1700 rank. The counselling date was my birthday(according to birth certificate :P, yeah i have two birthdays every year) . I went to that vast Guindy campus which i thought i was going to dwell for the next four years. My heart beat was inversely proportional to the number of seats remaining in CSE & IT in CEG . At the end of the first day, i was sure i'm not going to get CSE in CEG. My next hope was to get a IT seat in CEG or CSE in MIT. When my schedule was gonna start there were no IT seats in ceg.
I thought of choosing cse in mit. I asked that helper to give priority in the order cse mit,cse ssn ,it psg. 2 seats were there in mit when told him this. I asked him to press confirm button, but he didnt do that. I was in panic and saw that the 2 seats were chosen some others within that time. I started screaming at him but later came to know that i can press confirm button only when others who got higher ranks finished selecting. I became desperate.
Desperation lead to desperate acts. One such act was choosing CSE in SSN :P
Last time I checked I was 17 and now i'm 19. Two year went just like that. And of course all the flop movies shooting took place in SSN during these two years. This is the place which u can see in many movies and profile pictures.
The title should be how i went to SSN, but thats not the problem now.
Passing twelfth exam with good marks is a small step for students, but its a giant leap for society :P.
Atlast counselling started. I got some 1700 rank. The counselling date was my birthday(according to birth certificate :P, yeah i have two birthdays every year) . I went to that vast Guindy campus which i thought i was going to dwell for the next four years. My heart beat was inversely proportional to the number of seats remaining in CSE & IT in CEG . At the end of the first day, i was sure i'm not going to get CSE in CEG. My next hope was to get a IT seat in CEG or CSE in MIT. When my schedule was gonna start there were no IT seats in ceg.
I thought of choosing cse in mit. I asked that helper to give priority in the order cse mit,cse ssn ,it psg. 2 seats were there in mit when told him this. I asked him to press confirm button, but he didnt do that. I was in panic and saw that the 2 seats were chosen some others within that time. I started screaming at him but later came to know that i can press confirm button only when others who got higher ranks finished selecting. I became desperate.
Desperation lead to desperate acts. One such act was choosing CSE in SSN :P
Last time I checked I was 17 and now i'm 19. Two year went just like that. And of course all the flop movies shooting took place in SSN during these two years. This is the place which u can see in many movies and profile pictures.
Hostel changes everything in life. Axe becomes perfect substitute for shower
In hostel half an year doesn't decides your grades its only the nights before exams. Dont get lured by the thought that SSN is full of hot chicks, thats an illusion. There are many exceptions but their BFs wont understand your feelings about the scarcity of hot chicks in SSN.
This may look like a shit hole but still SSN hostel is simply heaven. First two semesters will be the best time in ur college life except for wearing ID card during chemistry hours(then you wont need that for next three years). CSE dept is a separate school in SSN. For CSE dept faculties labs are not just for practicals, they are just another way of fulfilling their sadistic pleasures. Some faculties will look like they are lenient but dont fall for them. There will be a VIRUS(viru sahastrabudhe) during every semester. Laptop is for studying and no one watches prison break or House(or anything :P). Soon laptops will become TV and you will wander everywhere with charger. Dont ever expect leave during rain, grow up. You have to face the question "Is this a good site to visit?" frequently. One thing you have to keep on mind is that "dont be jealous of mech guys".
My friends,classmates especially hostelmates have a great part in making these two years. Life is happy(except for the psychos wandering in the department)-BS(Balaji Swaminathan).
