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Admission To NIT Kurukshetra

I left for Kurukshetra this morning because I had to grab the only decent backup seat I have in my hand, at NIT Kurukshetra. On the basis of my AIEEE rank of 5499, I was allotted Information Technology at NIT Kurukshetra.

First of all, reaching NIT Kurukshetra was not so easy because we chose to travel by the famous Haryana Roadways bus. The bus dropped us at Pipli Chowk, from where we had to hire an auto rickshaw. Mind it, these rickshaws aren’t like the ones you would find in Delhi, as in they make a lot of noise, run on diesel and you won’t be the only ones sitting in it. They work more like the RTVs over here, and have a fixed fare for a particular distance. This rickshaw dropped us at the Gate No. 3 of Kurukshetra University, which was around 2.5 Km away from NIT, inside the campus. From there, we had to hire another cycle rickshaw to reach NIT (auto rickshaws are not allowed inside the campus).

Now for admission process. When we entered the room where admissions were taking place, we were given a file similar to the one we were given in the CCB counseling, in which there was a form which we had to fill out and we had to put in documents inside the file in a fixed order. After the documents were arranged, we had to go inside a cabin where the Deputy Registrar was checking our documents and collecting fee. We were given a receipt for the draft that we submitted to them. We were then asked to wait outside as our admission letter was being printed. After we got our admission letter, we took the fee receipt to a guy who was allotting hostel rooms. He took the receipt from us, asked us to fill out our details in a register, and allotted a room with another guy from Delhi. With this, the admission process was over.

We decided to check out the hostel. It was pathetic. Nothing but plain old empty rooms full of damaged and antique furniture, the kind you would find in a government hospital. In fact, the hostel did look a lot like a government from outside. And to add to beauty of this scenario, because of an increase in number of seats, the rooms made for 3 people to share would be shared by 4. If you were to believe me, a 4th person cannot be accommodated in a room of that size. But of course, they had every plan to do so.

Though the hostels sucked, but the campus was quite big, open, calm and pleasant. I’m not sure if I’d be able to survive in such a place. Anyway, I had to remind myself that NIT Kurukshetra was a backup, and there is a very small chance that I’ll actually have to use it. Just 3 more days left for the CEE 2008 counseling.

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