Went to the TIME center to enroll for the GD/PI prep classes. Found out that the IIFT class had started long back and there was one last class left. I almost choked at that moment and realized that i was a tortoise whilst the race had changed to "fast and furious" mode.
Our center was privileged to have the director of the institute talk to us.After sending us miles high in the air with adulations and admiration he said
"But i have seen cases where guys with 6 calls could not convert even one and there were people who converted their lone calls... So the game ain't over"
In the first mock GD , after the moderator gave the go-ahead, 5 out of the 8 guys jumped in to talk. 10 minutes done and i had still not opened my mouth
The moderator went ballistic
"Stop.. stop right here"
He singled me out and
"You.. before the GD you appeared like a guy who i expected was gonna smash the crap out of these guys and you are sitting here like a fuckin sissy ( he did use the f-word)... you afraid of these guys?.. huh? ... whats wrong with you?"
i was just silent
"How many calls.. huh"
"6"
"oh boy!..." he just put his hand on this fore head and went and sat back.
People who could rattle out numbers and analysis like the ones one NDTV-profit, Guys who did it like they were addressing the whole nation ( with voice modulations ), Guys who used such flowery language that by the time they came to the point someone else would have cut him, Two people starting at the same time and backing off also at the same instant only to let the third smartass to get hold off the air time - I was seeing at guys who stood between me and my dream .
After about 3 sessions, i just could not take it anymore. Same faces same strategies and counter-strategies.
But i did meet some of the smartest guys out here and made a lot of good friends.
Around this time, North Carolina State University thought that i deserved to study in their university.
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