The Empire Strikes Back!

Oh how I wish I were only talking about Stars Wars Episode 5... Sigh... Sadly the "empire" here is my department of chemical engineering at NITK, Suratkal who have finally done what they threatened to do all along! We were described as the worst batch ever (I still declare "worst" is relative) right from semester 3 (When we first set foot inside the hallowed department for classes) and we haven't looked forward since.. The 3rd semester brought with it the dreaded Process Calculations where the range of marks went from 2/100 to 98/100 but still no FF was "rewarded" as the term (Pun unintended) goes and maybe thats what lulled us into a false sense of security!

4th semester saw many of us getting the worst SGPA ever and yet no FF (Except, Shockingly enough, Preet The Topper Man but that doesnt really count for all in the know). Fine, we move on to 3rd year and despite the many warnings it was not bad at all.. So here we were in final year, supposed to be a breeze, and all attention focussed on placement and/or GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, GATE wagera wagera (etc etc in Hindi, cmon people this is India) and while attendence was a major issue (Check out http://varunshenoyg.blogspot.com/2008/11/attendence-oh-attendence.html) the FA grade was not really a real concern to all who knew the mind set of our faculty.. So the holiday break arrived and all departed in a sense of relief, not fore-casting the impending doom soon to beseige us all :-

PCSPI GRADES

I think this gives a fair representation of the horror huh? The worst was the lone FF actually being given this time.. Hmmm.. Whoever said final year was a breeze can go feed themselves to Hannibal Lecter!