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The Ranks So Far – Waiting For DCE/NSIT/CEE 2008 Results

It’s been over two months now since I started giving the Indian Engineering Entrance Exams™, and thankfully, today was the last one – for Jamia Millia Islamia University. These two months truly deserve the title of being called the longest two months of my life, not because I spent them burning the midnight oil, but because I was just lying around doing some work that in totality amounted to absolutely nothing. Nevertheless, I am happy that this phase is over and the results of some of the exams have made it sure that I at least won’t have to ‘drop’ a year and do the same thing again, next year.

The first result that was out was that of VITEEE – 2008 (Pronounced as ‘witty’, do remember to pronounce it like that, or their spies/secret agents will put a bullet in your head). VIT was smart to release their results the earliest on 9th May, 2008 and to organise their counselling before all other big institutes. I got a rank of 7624 over here, which was 1624 ranks below the cut-off for the first counselling session. Today, I got another SMS notfication from VIT, informing me of the IInd phase of counselling which will begin from 26th June, 2008. To take part in the IInd phase, you have to send them an SMS confirming that you are interested in seeking admission to VIT. Though VIT is one of the last options I am considering for admission, I have still sent them the SMS to book a seat at their counselling for me.

The next result was the most awaited and biggest shocker – the results for the IIT JEE 2008. Here, I got a rank of 6512, unlike my expectations. I did not expect to even get a rank, as my total came up to to 169, whereas the expected cut-off was near 190-195. Even though my rank is supposedly no-good, but I am still proud of the fact that I qualified the IIT-JEE, one of the most difficult exams in the world. I will nevertheless attend the counselling and try to persuade them to give me some course at IT-BHU or ISMU Dhanbad. I am in no way expecting anything out of this rank at the 13 IITs.

On June 3rd, CBSE chose to give us an Ekta Kapoor style surprise and they released the AIEEE 2008 result without any prior notification, 4 days before the expected date. In the AIEEE, I got a decent rank of 5499. Though this rank isn’t good enough to get me into a ‘highly-demanded’ course at the NITs, but it can fetch me Mechanical Engineering at some of the reputed NITs, and Computer Science at Thapar University. Maybe I can get a good course at PEC too. Currently, getting a good college through my AIEEE rank is my first priority. One more thing that I’d like to mention over here is that Thapar promises to return all your cash back (except for a nominal Rs. 1000) to you in case you withdraw it BEFORE the second counselling schedule, which is a month after the first phase of counselling. I think this is a good thing considering that you can keep your options open without the fear of losing another due to clashing counselling schedules.

Then somewhere at the end of the first week of June, GGSIPU released their results for the B.Tech 2008-09 aspirants. Here I got a rank of 1166 which I feel is OK as a backup; IP was meant to be backup in the first place. I have no idea when the counselling is, but I sure will go over there and ensure that I get a seat in case I am left out by all other institutes.

Last but in no way the least, most of us Delhites are eagerly waiting for the CEE 2008 Result. It should’ve been out by now, because the Information Bulletin said that it would be out within 2 weeks from the date of the exam. I just hope that I get a good rank over here because then I can go to college from the comfort of my home and I won’t have to stay in a hostel. As soon as the results are out, I’ll ask Sneezy to post on the expected cut-offs for various courses.

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