By Vignesh A | Express News Service |
Published: 13th May 2017 02:16 AM |
TIRUPUR: SHE scored 1,191 on 1,200 in Plus Two State board exams
with 200 in physics, 199 in chemistry and 199 in biology, the three
subjects that mattered for medical cut-off had National Eligibility Cum
Entrance Test (NEET) not kicked in this year. And by the way, Sharmila
scored a centum in mathematics as well. Incidentally, she was a State
Class X board topper in 2015 with 499 marks on 500. Sharmila
Despite her current PCB average standing at 199.25, which would
otherwise have easily fetched her a medical seat, Sharmila fears she
might not make it as she expects only about 50 per cent marks in the
NEET exam she took recently.
“In the NEET exam, I answered all questions that were part of the
syllabus I studied at the higher secondary level. But questions from out
of syllabus were difficult,” she rues, unable to celebrate her good
academic performance.
If she fails to get an MBBS seat, she would rather opt for a course in
pharmacy or veterinary science than engineering, she says.
Daughter of farmer P Senthil Kumar of Nagappalayam village near
Vellakoil, one of the rural pockets of Tirupur district, Sharmila is a
student of Vivekananda Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School
in Muthur.
Sharmila’s father had dropped out of school after Class VIII and her
mother Muthulakshmi did elementary schooling. The family has 3.5 acre
land, which is barren now because of drought. Their source of income is
agriculture on the two acres leased by them. Sharmila has a younger
brother who has just been promoted to Class X.
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