Episode 3 of "Dad... I wanna setup my own business"

Before starting episode 3, I would like to ask you guys for forgiveness. I had mentioned in my previous episode that the very next day , I had caught a train back to Vizag. But That was not the case, I had to work for another 2 months and started to Vizag on August 25th 2008.
"To err is Human, to forgive is divine". (I remind myself I am human everytime i do some mistake :P)


CAT , CAT and only CAT.

August 25th, in the train, sitting and sipping a drink beside the window seat, enjoying the view. Guess what I had in my right hand..... Ipod? No. Sidney Sheldon Novel ? No. A pen and a paper, making a clear plan as to how to prepare for CAT in the next 2 and half months.
I started making schedules and plans for the coming months in the train itself. One of my close friends once said , "You fail to plan, then you are planning to fail". But in a week I had realized that, planning alone is not enough, implementing your plan is the mantra in which I had failed miserably.
I had reached Vizag on 27th August after a long journey via Chennai. Vizag welcomed me with its soothing sea breeze, its spicy mirchi bajji taste and not to mention the natural beauty. I was so excited being with my family and friends at my hometowm that it took me a week to realize that I had an exam waiting for me.
Registered at TIME, one of the best coaching centers in India for CAT. A few days passed and I had written my first Mock CAT exam on sunday. I strictly followed the advice given by one of my favorite teachers in school, "Aim for 100%, then you ll end up getting a 90". I realized how wrong it was as far as CAT is concerned only after I had received that week's mockCAT result.
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Y.Vamsi Krishna
Quant: 84%le
Verbal: 21%le
LRDI: 11%le
OA: 62%le.
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62%le :(
WHen I had checked the B schools which mapped to the score I got, the average salary figure had left me in a state of shock. It was way below what I was currenlty earning, without an MBA degree.
Now I know I would be blasted with questions "WHy do u need the salary statistics when you are looking to start up your own business?"
Well, I dont have a clear cut answer to that but thts the way it works in Indian education system, isn't it? The better the average salary of the college , the better it is presumed to be. So I dint have any other means of judging a college. I had to go by the average salary figures.

Coming back to CAT, I had decided 62%le is not going to take me anywhere. I need to do much better than that. But how much? 99.99? 99.55? Atleast 99? My mom said, one of her colleague's son had got 98.4%le last year. He is making another attempt and this time he is aiming for over 99? I laughed at him for his heights of craziness. If that were my score this year, I would be treating my friends at the TAJ, I decided.
But for that I need to quickly figure out what went wrong in the last exam?
"You need to come up with a new strategy" said my instructor, as if I was on a war and the entire enemy army is closing in on me in all directions. But yeah, in India, unfortunately, education is a war, a race , and any lapse on your part is going to leave you buried alive.
The new strategies and new twists in the next episode.

And guys, you need to give me a pat for my commitment, its 3:45 am now. Staying awake only to update the blog :P