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#Poetry. Pain can leave you scarred forever, and you build an armour around your heart, scared of being judged. But maybe you'll meet the one who will love you as you are.
#Poetry. Pain can leave you scarred forever, and you build an armour around your heart, scared of being judged. But maybe you’ll meet the one who will love you as you are.
The battle shield, the thick shell, the brick walls- we’ve heard it all; The armour we wear to glue us tight when into pieces we might just fall. You’ve seen that face when you steal a glance at your closest friend, When a random man carelessly tugs at a string she is yet to mend. You’ve watched her face calm, her fingers at ease. The sight they see, a picture of perfect peace. You’ve watched her draw curtains, the raging storm beneath to hide. You’ve watched her smile, while she pushed what she felt aside. You’ve done that yourself- when you said ‘I’m fine’ on that day of your tragic loss. As if your words were enough to veil that your life had just gone for a mighty toss. You shove them aside into that dirty corner yearning for light. For completion, you throw over it a thick blanket to cover that hideous sight. They do haunt you every night, you become aware then of your own breath, Yet you hold on like a flower that never blooms, but carries it’s scent hidden, till it’s very death. When somebody comes along, you wonder in silence, “Is this the one that you seek?” Will they flinch- will they run- god forbid will they leave if you let them have a peek? You wait with bated breath, peel yourself down, layer by layer; Praying, that inspite of the scars that disgust you, to stay in your life, this time they will dare.
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Children should be taught to aspire to be successful, but success doesn't have to mean an IIT admission only!
Imagine studying for 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 whole years for the JEE exam only to find out that there’s only a very, very slim chance of getting into an IIT. It is a fact widely acknowledged that the IIT-JEE is one of the toughest exams not just in India but in the whole world. Apart from IITs, the NITs and IIITs of India also accept the JEE scores for admission. There are said to be a total of 23 IITs, 31 NITs and 25 IIITs across the country.
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So, it’s quite clear that the journey of making it through IIT is as challenging as the journey of getting into an IIT. Third and most important of all, the acceptance rate or the odds of getting into an IIT are below 3% which is a lot lower than the acceptance rate of highly and very highly ranked US universities. Four, getting into an IIT of one’s choice doesn’t mean one will also get into a branch of one’s preference at that IIT.
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