From August to November, a quadrimester that I survived at IIIT-Delhi. Unlike GNDEC where things were pretty easy to get into, IIIT-Delhi being hard enough didn’t surprise me much. As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, IIIT-D made me learn the difference between should and must.
‘I must work, here’ because only ‘I should work’ doesn’t work at IIIT.
The Title: Why is it ‘The Tertile Shift‘ ? Tertile meaning one-third of something, defines a period of 4 months in a year or a quadrimester. This sums the changes and the learnings this period of 4 months brought to my life. Hence, the title Tertile Shift !
Before and During:
Let’s not deviate from the title and go deeper into the quadrimester. Graduate Algorithms, Mobile Computing (Android), Data Mining – the 3 subjects I chose with Object Oriented Programming Design (OOPD) being the compulsory fourth subject. Being self-dubious, I never thought I would excel in any of these or even be able to complete the bare minimum things for these courses. However, I did develop some interest in Android and OOPD during the semester.
Let’s talk about Graduate Algorithms. This was the toughest of all. I never thought I could have survived GA being an above-average student in almost every test or exam. May be, I underestimated my thought process for the DP, D&C, Reduction problems :p and acted as a cry-baby being under-confident.
Post the shift:
I haven’t really mastered the things but, yes, I have definitely learnt a lot from-the concepts of OOP- to-Android-to basics of Data Mining-to- ‘not being self dubious’ and a lot more. I have a quite good web-application developed in Java named Smart-Health and a not-so-bad Android app named Smart-Laundry and a little confidence that I too can ponder over the ‘seemingly-tough DP, D&C, Reduction problems of Algorithmetc Design‘. Quite a good amount of learnings ! 🙂
I don’t know what word can define this, self-improvement or may be self-growing or may be ‘intra-improvement’, ‘intra-growing’ 😉 because this doesn’t concern others but happens within one self.
Anyway, from GNDEC to IIIT-D, this little self dubious girl has grown a lot(no matter what the results and grades be ) and I, hereby, express my gratitude to the unnamed people involved in this.
Thank you, guys. 🙂
What a great journey tilltoday!!Really so much inspiring,I am 2nd Year CSE student my dream is to be IITian and do research and i want to start from now so how should start organised preparation and i can’t join coaching due to some reason!Please help
Hey, I hope that your preparation is going well. Wish you good luck for the exam. Utilise whatever time you have.
Soo Saloni Baweja the way you express your thoughts is more likely to get in love with you , all the best , preparing for GATE 2018