Hello friends..I don't know whether this is the right time to discuss these things or not.but I am feeling very disturbed and don't know with whom should share these things that's why posting here.

So here is my story.. I completed my engineering last year from a tier 2 college. From campus placements I don't know maybe I was lucky I got a decent package offer from a product based company.I don't know why I did that even after getting so many negative feedbacks for not accepting the job offer.I went on with my decision to reject the offer and prepare full time for gate.. without coaching.

So , I started preparing and prepared like a maniac, from 9:00 in morning to 2:30 night . I got a good grip over all subjects except mathematics.. I was all set for the judgement day but couldn't perform. and when went through solution of some question most of them being wrong according to scholars on this website. I attempted 51 questions but am getting only 45-50 marks which is going to fetch me >2000 rank.. So no hope from gate..

I dropped one year don't have good practical skills or projects , internships while in college. So bleak chances of making it to IIIT hyderabad or ISRO. as they require mainly experienced or students with good project work internships academics . where I lag terribly.

Now I don't know what to do next..I was so much dependent on gate that I messed up every other thing.

I don't have guts to drop 1 more year doing nothing sitting at home(surrounding pressure, Increasing year gaps etc.). I know this is not the right time to discuss these things but I am feeling very frustrated.. might lead to depression..I have no one to share my feelings with .. So I thought maybe ..

I can't even express my pain when I started I aimed for AIR 1..Maybe such expectations led to this condition of mine.

When I rejected the offer everybody was against me but I went ahead..listened to nobody..Now I am left deserted all alone with no options, broken dreams.. Don't know what to do next..Even after studying that hard like a maniac I am getting nowhere.

And for me it just proves sometimes hardwork doesn't pay off..

I request admin and moderator Not to delete this post ..I just wanted to share these things with someone..I am not forcing anyone to suggest anything or motivate me or guide me just wanted to let it out ..
posted in Motivation Feb 20, 2018
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@ Lucifer firstly ur perception about IIIIT hyd is wrong they take students even without work experience and u can even try BITSHD  stop being depressed and start working again remember HARDWORK PAYS OFF IS A WRONG QUOTE "HARD WORK IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION PAYS OFF" there may be some glitches in ur preparation which u might have noticed by now try to fill them and even i am in the same position I dont say hard work never pays off there might be more deserved persons who r working from years out here I know a person who wrote this year for 6th time and he will crack it this time wait for ur turn keep working hard I know its hard but we have to resist it no other option
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See hardwork pays off sooner or later... Don't be disheartened, most of us here could not do well in those 3 hrs including me. We are still trying, trying our level best. For now, try for ISRO, BARC. Try for IIITH. And your 8th sem project matters for ISRO interview, I was told this by someone who now works at ISRO, All the best. Be happy. And start your preparation again, I now feel good by reading, keeps me away from all the frustration. That's the most comforting thing for me these days, might help you too. Ask yourself what should I do and what would be best for me, what are the areas where I went wrong and you will get your answers. All the best. Gate Overflow community is always there to help you. No worries!!
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if you are looking for job then you will get again dont worry......you already cracked a job..why do you fear?Companies need hard workers like you....I am getting less than 40 marks after leaving job of a good paycheck and studying like insane for last 5 months....now again will head to job hunting after april...:\
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I've heard people who study a lot for GATE don't do proportionally well in the exam. You're not alone.

I have my experience of interviews and recruitment, so I can tell you there is no hard and fast rule. You just need to impress/convince them during interviews. Which are not that difficult, if you view it from a certain angle.

As of lack of options, you can take Amcat , eLitmus whenever you want.

Recruitment exams for government jobs also take place almost round the year.

It all boils down to this : use your time to prepare : for interviews, for govt exams, for Amcat/eLitmus, whatever gets you to your goal.
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I know how it feels. You are really confused whether to go for gate again or not. After failing for 2 times I was in the same situation. What I did wrong was made myself suffer because of the impatience of this. Just relax gate is not life and life is nit gate. I did very wrong decisions which made my life hell just because I was frustrated and thought my life ended just like that. Don't be me. Just relax.

Advice-

If you have a quota you can still end up in top NIT's and personally, I will suggest going directly to them. IIT, NIT can be said equal in term of placements if you are in top NIT. Otherwise, you may give gate again. Which I will not recommend. I know you can crack gate but looking how much is at stake and only 3 hours to prove is somewhat too risky. You choose this if you are a general category student.
 

If you choose 1, great. and remember you can get NIT easily if you stay and follow till the last round having a rank even 2500. (spot rounds)

if you choose 2. forget everything. You can do this and the point is - 2 years does not matter if you get to NIt, IIt once. You will feel childish when you will look back. "how worried I was at that time. I should have been relaxed. I was alive, not dead. "  Don't get frustrated plz you may lose a lot like me. Now I am all set. So life will make everything set. Just follow it. There may be a great company which will only come next year and because you failed you got a chance and got selected. So, in the end, everything gets in place and if it is not in place,  it's not the end.
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You are not alone. I am going through the same thing. I too rejected a good job offer for GATE but this Gate exam day was not mine. I am also getting 45-50 marks only. But apart from all this, what I have learnt is that in how much water I am and how much I need to swim in order to get to the shore. Which is a great boon to me. Now I will prepare accordingly, working on my weak points (which is Maths). Let me tell you my story, I was really weak in programming in my school. I even got compartment. But I rigorously practiced programming in my first year of college. I never gave up. Sometimes I would have a lot of headache but I still kept on going. I wanted to finish the demon which told me I couldn't do it. I got the result of my hardwork in the end. Not only did I became good in programming, I also won many prizes in coding competitions. I was ranked 6th in inter-college coding competition. What I am trying to say is, no matter what, never think of failure as an end. Failure is always a beginning to something new. Just focus and work on your weakness, Identify your weak points and work hard to fix them. Use your stress as a motivation. Don't use it as a setback. YOU CAN DO IT. Have faith in yourself. You got 45-50 marks. Many don't even get that in second try. Keep trying. You will fall many times while learning to walk. But don't give up. Successful people never gave up. All the best! :)
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I'm final year student and I got 19.67 marks

What should I do??
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I am also going through the same situation, I also left a good job, just followed my dream but what I get this year? I am not going IIT this year. May be I will get some NITs but the dream is IIT only.

I can understand the situation which I also felt of quitting the good job, came across many suggestions from friends and family but decision was mine and see I have nothing in my hand right now. What should I do now?

Either to feel bad for myself, cry on my fate,  getting frustrated, think of quitting everything or I can extract some positive things from it. I know this time GATE drilled most of us badly but what we can learn is prepare for the worst in every situation.

We all know the importance of those 3 hrs which decide our whole year preparation but there are the situations in which are not able to give our 100% of what we know actually, like this year happened with most of us.

Believe in your knowledge and hardwork, if not now then some other day we will get success surely.
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prepare for GRE....try to get in a good foreign university...work really hard there impress people there....mint money in dollars and pounds.....condition of research and higher education is very poor in India other than some premium institutes.
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Forgot to mention, there are these "research associate", "project officer", "project technician" kind of jobs that keep coming up in IITs. For example recently in IIT Kharagpur, in these you will work for them for some months, and after that you will be absorbed for M Tech or MS program there.

Required skills include programming knowledge related to the project, and good academics.

You should search the departmental or main "careers" section of the concerned IIT.

You can also check out NITIE MBA program (I think the competition will be tough, and I have no knowledge about it), and FPM programs across top management institutes (paid, and probably less competition).
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Thanks @lucifer_50 after reading your post, I came to know that I am not alone which is facing this condition. Every morning after waking up, my mind is filled up with the crowd of thoughts that -"What I can do next, What will be my future." etc, and by the end of the day no result came out. And this process again starts from the morning and so on. This is happening to me since 5th Feb.

Someone, please tell me that, I want to get into PSUs, with or without gate, but I have dropped 1 year and Don't want to drop for one more year. The only way which is in front of me is to join some college for MTech and continue my journey for GATE 2019. But I don't know, that whether I will get time to study for GATE in the first year or in the second year. Someone, here please guide me.

What is the rank required to get into PSU.

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I am also going through the same thing bro, I left my job in a product based company and prepared for Gate 2018 Full time But now I am getting only 45 marks and I wake up every day thinking about the mistakes I did in those 3 hours and wish I hadn't done those mistakes.

Let's not waste thinking about those 3 hours which we cannot revive but let's start thinking about the 2 hours and 3 hours which are really going to matter and which can change our life.

There are exams like IIIT hyderabad and BITS which we can write so DON'T GIVE UP.
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@Jason

The rank required would be around 100.

The vacancies keep coming up for around 1 year, but there's no certainty.

Plus you should be ready to relocate ANYWHERE.

Keep yourself updated with Government job notifications.
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Thanks @Newplayerr!!