21 days 4 exams..

Well this time I am having one of the longest exam schedule which for some reason has been extended twice. This is how our endsems which were supposed to end on 28th of may will now be ending on 4th june :-


16th may:- We get the admit cards in which the exams are scheduled on dates 17, 19, 22, 28.
As always this datesheet was a big letdown. There is some invisible power guiding the university of Raj officials to have less gaps for harder exmas and in plenty for the easiest ones. This time also there was just a single holiday for ACA (one of the toughest courses in this sem) which was scheduled for 19th and 5 day break for elective subject's paper (to be held on 28). Neways we thought xams would be over by 28th and then we would be free birds but this was not meant to be.

18th may:- I was just having a look at the newsapaper in the liitle time which my prep for ACA allowed when i across a university notification. It said that the exam which was sheduled on 22 will now be held on 31st of may. Still i consoled myself by thinking that it's just a matter of 3 more days and after 31st we will hold a nice party to celebrate completion of 8th sem. But even this was not to happen. We have to come to terms with one more shock. Even three grueling years of BE( grueling in the sense that we did everything except studies which are to be done just a couple of days before exams) in which we have come across a lot of such unexpected notices hadn't prepared us for what was to come after couple of days.

22th may:- I was again reading the newspaper and this time i had lot of time for it as next exam was on 28th. Again i came across a university notification. I looked at it only to find my worst fears come true; the exam has been shifted one more time and now will be held on 4th june. Now this is what you call a complete mess.

Now we all know about law of free exapansion of gases. Analogous to it is the law of free exapansion of exam syllabus:-
The exam syllabus tends to fill the complete time availabale it for completion.
So at the end of day it does not matter whether you study for 4-5 days or just 1 day, ultimately you will be able to cover the syallbus nd will score same marks (+/- 2%) . So this long break between exam are not meant for studying rather they tend to take away that intensity required for completing the syllabus. And yes one more thing where ever i mention complete syllabus it means only that much syllabus which will allow you to attempt the full quota of 5 questions from total of 8 questions. After all why study more when you know only just 2 and a half questions would ensure that you will pass the exam and the extra questions you do are a bonus. :D

As of now it's only 29th of may and i have to somehow pass a few days before i start studying. But wait..who knows I may again find a notice in the paper telling about further extension.
In the end, one thing is sure, these exams have become memorable for me, but all for the wrong reasons :(

update 1: It is already 2nd of june. I was studying for the exam which was to be held on 4th when there was a sms alert on my cell. I just checked it out to find (yes you must have guessed) that the exam which was to be held on 4th has been postponed and no new date has been given by the unversity. This time the reason is this reservation issue taken up by gujjars in rajasthan (more about the issue in next post). Was just wondering I will be able to take this last exam of BE in this coming month. Still there are 28 days to go. For the time being I am just keeping my fingers crossed.

update 2: Finally we have got the date of our last exam. It's 14th of june. Hopin that exams do get over this time.

update 3: The exams did get over by 14th...and the title of the post stands changed as 29 days 4 exams.