Misal Rob, secured an AIR 137 in GATE Biotechnology 2016. His GATE score was little above 600 (602 exactly). IIT Bombay had a history of keeping a GATE score cut-off around 625-650. He had minimal hopes of getting a call from IITB, but yet he applied at all IITs including IITB to ensure that he doesn’t miss on slightest of […]
I was having a power nap in the city of Char Minar waiting for dinner to arrive after a long tedious day. I visited the city for the first time and immediately fell in love with it. Courtesy a call for interview at IIIT Hyderabad for the course of M.tech Bioinformatics. The interview was long and gruelling. After a stressful […]
Life at National University of Singapore By: Pranjul Mishra (PhD Scholar, NUS) University veterans will never forget the freshman year at college. In general […]
” I know this was one of the most awaited ones. And I’m happy that I could spare some time to speak my heart to all of you. “ My Admission Journey to National University of Singapore (NUS) It was full of twists and turns and now when I look back I feel astonished as to how I pulled through […]
The 1st Day: 2 Students and Shivalik My first day as a student of IIT Delhi was on July 21, 2011. It was the day I got enrolled for MS(R) in Biochemical Engg. and Biotechnology at IITD, received my Entry Number: 2011BEY7538, and came to know that there were just 2 students in my program. A huge induction program was […]
Clash of Interviews, Short Notice and the Train Ticket! The last 10 days of April 2011 were highly eventful for me. On 22nd of April 2011, I got a mail from IIT Kanpur for the interview process, on 27th April 2011, I got a mail from IIT Madras, and on 28th April 2011 I got a mail from IIT Bombay! […]
Prologue: “Sunil, we are waiting for your answer! Come on, at least try it..and I was standing still, in-animated and clueless. I was in a state of brainwash, as if I was in some sort of shock. Then she said…” The Clash of Interviews On April 22, 2011, I received a mail from IIT Kanpur confirming my selection for post […]
Prologue: “It had been over 1 hour since all of us were waiting eagerly for the interview result to be pasted on the Notice Board. At 5:30 pm, one of the staff finally brought an A4 sheet with 4 names printed on it, and pasted the same on the Notice Board. All of a sudden, all the students crowded the […]
GATE Score vs GATE Marks: Making the Right Decision Immediately after obtaining the result of GATE BT 2011, I was in a state of dilemma because of the following confusing stats of my two attempts of GATE Biotech: GATE BT 2010 GATE BT 2011 Rank 44 143 Marks 55.67 62 Score 654 547 I wasn’t sure whether I should rely […]
My Examination Centre? I was in the 7th semester of my B.Tech Biotechnology course at Lovely Professional University, Punjab when I filled the application form for GATE BT 2011 in October 2010. The exam was scheduled for February 13, 2011 (Sunday). No body knew that I was going to apply for GATE BT 2011 (no one actually expected me to […]
