The fondness for nature made me go for Himalayan Treks, since the age of twelve, I have been going for Himalayan Trekking camps. Even tough I had a phobia of heights I completed all my treks. These experiences that I had through these camps made me stronger both mentally and physically. Those mountains and the people over there taught me a very important lesson, to never give up and always have courage. The very first experience where I was really shaken was during my Junior college admissions. Here in India, we have community based reservation system for admissions to Colleges. This system has various loopholes from which I had to pass in order to get into a Junior College. Although I had decent grades with which I could get into the stream and college of my choice, I was not given the subject of my interest, but I managed to get in the college. This was the first time when I had experienced such flaws, where merit was not acknowledged. In this situation I remembered the times when I had to climb the craggy mountain to reach to the peak thus, with the support of my parents I took this as a lesson and decided to do even better for my future endeavors. For my undergraduate studies I had options ranging from Law to Engineering, my father being a Lawyer, much for everyone’s surprise I chose to do Architecture only for one reason that I was sure Law and Engineering were not my forte and my keen interest in art also paved my way towards Architecture. Even though I was weak in mathematics I prepared for the entrance exam and got good marks and thus I got into VNIT, one of the prestigious institutes in India for
The fondness for nature made me go for Himalayan Treks, since the age of twelve, I have been going for Himalayan Trekking camps. Even tough I had a phobia of heights I completed all my treks. These experiences that I had through these camps made me stronger both mentally and physically. Those mountains and the people over there taught me a very important lesson, to never give up and always have courage. The very first experience where I was really shaken was during my Junior college admissions. Here in India, we have community based reservation system for admissions to Colleges. This system has various loopholes from which I had to pass in order to get into a Junior College. Although I had decent grades with which I could get into the stream and college of my choice, I was not given the subject of my interest, but I managed to get in the college. This was the first time when I had experienced such flaws, where merit was not acknowledged. In this situation I remembered the times when I had to climb the craggy mountain to reach to the peak thus, with the support of my parents I took this as a lesson and decided to do even better for my future endeavors. For my undergraduate studies I had options ranging from Law to Engineering, my father being a Lawyer, much for everyone’s surprise I chose to do Architecture only for one reason that I was sure Law and Engineering were not my forte and my keen interest in art also paved my way towards Architecture. Even though I was weak in mathematics I prepared for the entrance exam and got good marks and thus I got into VNIT, one of the prestigious institutes in India for