Uncertainty : The name of the game

First of all a very Happy New Year to all going through this blog!!!
The myriad twists and turns that can occur in one's life is evident right away if you bother to go through the crap littered in my previous post where I thrust all importance on getting a good score in GRE. And although what I did get in the end was a good enough score I ended up applying to none of the univs I had set in my mind.
The placement season has been a revelation really. For all the neglect that I had given to the extra-curricular activities, I was pretty sure to get away with some meagre-paying job. And hence the tension kept mounting as rejection one after another kept coming. However as was showcased by so many companies they did not seek these activities as an important criteria in making their selections. One company in particular rather seemed averse to the idea of people pitching in efforts in events like SF and other gymkhana activities. While I myself may not have been involved to a great extent in such events I do understand the extra efforts put in by these people in order to make some events more fruitful in a mundane environment such as KGP. Completely undermining their efforts does not do justice to their potential.
Even in my own case after the initial rejects, I had set up my mind to try for Barclays. With the initial interviews having gone well and a great many deserving already placed elsewhere I felt I had a semblance of a chance getting through. Add to that the advantage of having taken Financial Management as an elective and the odds of getting in seemed to better a bit. The company I eventually got placed in, Rio Tinto, was one I did not even dream of at any point getting into until the last moment. I filled up the form at the eleventh hour courtesy one of my wingies, Kashikar and then completed it just a minute before the accepted time.
The whole day I focussed on the Barclays interview with my chances of being selected getting better by the minute. By the second interview which I felt went well I was quite sure of the job. However fate had other things in store for me. I ended up spurned by Barclays and selected in Rio Tinto. It was probably the biggest anti-climax in store for me and took me a while to actually rejoice having been selected in a well paying position.
The only place where uncertainty did desert my side was the CAT examination. I knew right after the exam that I had screwed it beyond hope. However it proved to be one of the biggest googlies for many of the other test-takers. English proved to be a major stumbling stone for most with a great many getting rejects there despite having a very good percentile in the other two sections. Even regular coaching institutes failed to provide correct answers to the CAT questions setting a flutter among the pigeons.
The past six months uncertainty has reigned supreme in KGP. Let's see how the other six pan out.