When thousands of dreams shatter...
It’s been almost eleven years since I became a proud member of the elite club or institution called Jadavpur University. I can recall the day very distinctly when I had set my feet for the first time over the most beautiful campus I had ever come across until this day. It was an immensely gloomy weather, waterlogged everywhere in Calcutta. I placed myself in a juxtaposition to utilize a single opportunity in order to pass through the entrance examination of the then sort of a “less-known” department (to me at least), called Comparative Literature. But, after digging up an ample amount of info regarding this discipline, I was profoundly impressed and interested to shake my hands with it.
Anyway, the moment I witnessed this particular department, the campus, somehow my instinct prompted me vaguely that I was about to become an active part of this prestigious institution. The very next moment, I declared to my father,"I don’t know how, but I would definitely become a student of this university very soon". While contemplating today, I can ascertain my predictability, I realize that it was not my decent score in H.S (at least in West Bengal Board), rather the admission test arranged by J.U. which was the entire reason behind my stalwart confidence level that day. However, being always triumphant at the final stage (at least my past experiences indicate so), I can say that, without least preparation, I encountered the entire procedure of the admission test and as long as I can remember, my soul was quenched by my own endeavor in the answer sheet. When, I got hold of the question paper, for a moment it seemed as if these were the type of questions, I had been seeking after for a long time, which unfortunately neither Madhyamik nor H.S examination could provide. As if, I was not writing, rather was going with the flow, the questions were dragging me to write one page after another. Eventually, my endeavor achieved its anticipated outcome by getting selected in the department and I can announce through a loud-speaker that, it was one of the most precious moments of my life till this date.
Here, I can make sure that, if it was not the entrance examination, my tiny H.S score would have been suppressed by the enormous, extravagant marks of other boards and certainly my long-preserved aspiration of being a Jadavpurian, would have been nipped in the bud. Consequently, my life-transforming five years, as being a part of this esteemed institute would have been shattered forever.
Hence, it is my humble request to everybody out there, not to break into the dreams of myriad aspirants like me by eradicating the righteous system of admission test in J.U Arts Faculty, as departments like Comparative Literature, English, Bengali etc require certain aptitudes, which can never be evaluated properly through board scores only. Therefore, admission tests are the ultimate way-out and should remain undoubtedly an integral part of getting the license to become a Jadavpurian in some specific departments at least.
#handsoffJ.U
It’s been almost eleven years since I became a proud member of the elite club or institution called Jadavpur University. I can recall the day very distinctly when I had set my feet for the first time over the most beautiful campus I had ever come across until this day. It was an immensely gloomy weather, waterlogged everywhere in Calcutta. I placed myself in a juxtaposition to utilize a single opportunity in order to pass through the entrance examination of the then sort of a “less-known” department (to me at least), called Comparative Literature. But, after digging up an ample amount of info regarding this discipline, I was profoundly impressed and interested to shake my hands with it.
Anyway, the moment I witnessed this particular department, the campus, somehow my instinct prompted me vaguely that I was about to become an active part of this prestigious institution. The very next moment, I declared to my father,"I don’t know how, but I would definitely become a student of this university very soon". While contemplating today, I can ascertain my predictability, I realize that it was not my decent score in H.S (at least in West Bengal Board), rather the admission test arranged by J.U. which was the entire reason behind my stalwart confidence level that day. However, being always triumphant at the final stage (at least my past experiences indicate so), I can say that, without least preparation, I encountered the entire procedure of the admission test and as long as I can remember, my soul was quenched by my own endeavor in the answer sheet. When, I got hold of the question paper, for a moment it seemed as if these were the type of questions, I had been seeking after for a long time, which unfortunately neither Madhyamik nor H.S examination could provide. As if, I was not writing, rather was going with the flow, the questions were dragging me to write one page after another. Eventually, my endeavor achieved its anticipated outcome by getting selected in the department and I can announce through a loud-speaker that, it was one of the most precious moments of my life till this date.
Here, I can make sure that, if it was not the entrance examination, my tiny H.S score would have been suppressed by the enormous, extravagant marks of other boards and certainly my long-preserved aspiration of being a Jadavpurian, would have been nipped in the bud. Consequently, my life-transforming five years, as being a part of this esteemed institute would have been shattered forever.
Hence, it is my humble request to everybody out there, not to break into the dreams of myriad aspirants like me by eradicating the righteous system of admission test in J.U Arts Faculty, as departments like Comparative Literature, English, Bengali etc require certain aptitudes, which can never be evaluated properly through board scores only. Therefore, admission tests are the ultimate way-out and should remain undoubtedly an integral part of getting the license to become a Jadavpurian in some specific departments at least.
#handsoffJ.U
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