GATE Keeping!

For some reason my friends expect me to write on the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) and I find myself indeed writing this. But before I write on how the GATE was for me, let me take this chance to tell you why GATE saw so much more participation this year: SUCKING ECONOMY! I know, "sucking" isnt even a word but sometimes such letters written together make more of an impact..

So with campus placements on the fall and education abroad hit, good ol' GATE had had to be the last resort for quite a few and so when I arrived on the morning of Sunday, Feb 8th, the first thing I noticed was the buses: With the national highway 17 being upgraded into a 4 lane most buses prefer NOT to stop at the dust bowl bus stand of NITK but here most buses stopped and out came major numbers of students and parents (WTF??) alike.. Pretty sure over 700 ppl were here!

If you wanna know what the GATE is, then you are at the wrong place (Click here or here) but hey if you are jobless enough to read more then be my guest!

So where was I? Ah yes, I must let you know I was NOT PREPARED for GATE (Too much Capslock??). What with the apping and placements combined with the midsems and the work for the 2 fests (A not of them soon), and the lack of interest in everything lately, studying for GATE was non-existent! And it was so bad I must have been the only one to not even know the syllabus in its entirety.. And then there was the pattern change!

60 questions, 100 marks with 1/3rd negative marking for a wrong answer. I came there for the heck of it and was major pissed off to learn I couldnt leave the exam hall till the end (9:30 am to 12:30 pm) and so most of my time was spent observing the various specimens of the human species around! But for others in my class this was an important exam for reasons mentioned above, and some were pretty disappointed. Hope the result proves otherwise (Out on March 15th)..