Dr Strange

it's june 2019. i have secured a rank of 1 lakh plus in my first Neet attempt. my dad comes to my room and says, "we have saved this much amount of money so you don't have to struggle." i knew it was a lie, we couldn't afford this without loan. and i felt like a total loser that day because my dad did the best he could to educate my sister and me. but i didn't want to take a private seat and just walk on the red carpet. i took a year off, this was a drop year. that year changed me as a total person. i went through lonely times, hardships, was confined to my room, covid hit. but despite all that, i was convinced that i want to build something of my own. and in the next year, i secured a okayish rank of 7,000 and got into my state college. we could afford the private college seat of 1 crore plus by taking multiple loans. looking back on this 6 years later, i'm proud of the fact that i took a year off, worked hard on myself and secured a seat on merit in a common medical college. imagine if i had just taken the private college seat. i would have never been able to build something of myself. no real confidence, just papa ka paisa and would have lived under those terms. i'm proud of the fact that despite of being able to take an easier route, i fought the hard way. and it has shown in my personality, my growth and that is also a reason why i've been able to build a good following and start my own coaching business. because i realized that if you are going to spend 1 crore plus on the simple mbbs seat, which today is not even worth a few lakhs, then you're making a terrible financial decision, at least for a middle class indian family.