IAT EXAM

Attempted bio first. Did 1 question. Very happy.

Moved on to chemistry. Damn so easy. Did all questions, except for one.

Maths, easy yet again ! Did 13 questions, left two. One was from the topic relations which I had NEVER touched, and the other was actually nice.

Physics, kind of moderate to easy. Attempted all questions. Unfortunately got 4 wrong.

I enrolled in JEE coaching after my summer vacation in grade 12. I won’t go into much detail about my JEE prep but, by the end of the year, I had decided I will go into IIT, just following the herd.

At the end of grade 11, my school held a career counseling workshop. I got to learn about what ISI, CMI and IISc are. I searched more about them on the internet. I search more about engineering. And about research. I decided that I am interested in maths and would love to go to such an institute.

But soon, for some reason, I realized that I would perhaps be better off with IIT. Half of grade 12 had already gone, and being neck deep in my JEE prep I was perhaps too scared to change my path. Around October, a teacher asked me what did I wanted to do. I was going to say IIT, but then it hit me hard.

I did more research about ISI, and IITs, and well, about research. This is when I landed upon the name of IISER. But still, I was looking at IISER to be a backup option. November came, and I made up my mind. I will NOT do engineering, and rather go for a PhD. Sure people from IITs and NITs do go for PhDs, but I wanted my career to be strictly science-related all throughout. I started preparation for ISI along with JEE.