If God gave the Cat, would He get THE CALL??

If God gave the Cat, would He get THE CALL??
this was the eternal question that struck me as my car neared the Cat centre on 18th of november'07..the streets were flooded with students....saare taare zameen par...seeing such an enormous number of people, my heart started to pound faster...i suddenly realised the gravity of the situation...i always knew this could be THE turning point of my career and i was always in terms with its significance but i never thought such a vast number of students would also feel the same. they were all classes of ppl,viz.,

The engineering students: if we need 40 out of 100 to pass how many out of 75?

The Bcom graduates:and although they never clear the VA and DI cut off too, all they say by way of excuse is--"im not going to make it...lost touch of maths in the last 5 years...not my fault...no...sorry.."

The BA/BMM/BMS babes: heyyyy girlss....i wore my pink "kitty" slippers 'cos you know its like this whole "cat" exam??...so i thot it'd like be my good charm thingy??

The IITinas:1st: myself Iyer.Venkatesh Iyer.IIT powai batch 2007.room no 611
2nd: im Bansal. Gaurav Bansal.room no 612.have we met before?

The family business guys: im here for experience sake...who wants to crack this anyway?papanu bussiness karvanoo, carrom ramvanu...majani life!!

The family girls: even if i get in, i'll get married by next year...so told dad its ok, i'll leave the course midway!

The rocker guys:u sure dude, these niggas wont chk us for weed yea?

The work-ex uncles: For the last time you watchman!! its not my son!its ME who will take this exam!!

when i saw such a diverse set of His creation all coming together to take ONE exam, i not only learnt its weightage in a students life but also pondered if the maker Himself could crack it...

i wasnt answered, but questioned myself...yes,as the minutes slipped by the cat paper was in my hand...i put my pencil to paper but my coolness just kept slipping by...i kept thinking about the cutthroat competition and the rat race...

brain: quadratic equations...tats mickey mouse...solve tat
me: yea..tats mickey mouse for every1...every1 will solve tat so how wil i get the higher percentile?
brain: god dammit!chuck tat!options..substitute the options
me:options...if not iim then wat option do i have? lesse...spjain..hmm...
brain: u freak!! go solve english!metaphors...metaphors are like cakewalk for you
me: actually tats a similie...you used "like"
brain: arghh...why are u losing it?ok ok try di..
me: i did di?i-d-i-d-d-i..heyy tats jus 2 letters and 3 words!bt wait tats english! and im doing di!bt y?its wasting time?time is math!or is it relative?so why are dese questions objective!wait...er...ok stfu!abhilahsa...quite obviously yr brains conked off...take a breather and get back to math..
brain:zzzz...yawn...eh...er...hello??wats the time??

"last 30 mins" said the invigilator...and i tried to get my senses back but what could mere 30 sane minutes do? It was a lost battle but nonetheless, an experienced gained.a lesson learnt.

CAT IS THE TEST OF CHARACTER.

my only piece of advice to fellow cat takers is, it may seem to you that a cat centre is like the 300-movie battle field...but let me tell you this,its not.if you have sincerely studied then you've conquered the battle anyway.cat is meant for those 5000 who have studied and maintained their sangfroid all along.These could belong to any1 of the aforementioned categories but are calm, collected and composed.most of the loud-crowd that intimidates you are the ones who are intimidated themselves.the real cat-crackers are the ones who enter the premises 10mins before the exam, solve the paper and leave the premises within 10 mins after the exam.
It is important to be able to reproduce all that one has learnt through the year by not losing their equanimity in the quagmire of competition and crisis...the point remains that THE CAT is afterall just another exam...if Paulo Coehlo was got to comment he'd say "when you take an exam with all your heart, the whole universe conspires to help you crack it"
in a nutshell,

CAT=practising before exam+controlling emotions during exam

and my eternal question was hence answered in the words of Green Day, "its not a question but a lesson learned in time... its something unpredictable, but in the end its right...I HOPE YOU HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE"

*strums guitar*

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