Students, parents say wait for medical admission was more stressful than NEET
Sampath Kumar| TNN | Sep 5, 2017, 00:35 IST
Trichy: Waiting to get admission in a medical college was more stressful than preparing for NEET and awaiting results - this was what the new MBBS students in Trichy said on their first day in college.
All the 150 students who secured MBBS seats at KAP Viswanathan government medical college in Trichy were felicitated along with their parents as part of the fresher's day observed on Monday. This year was significant for the uncertainly that prevailed in medical admission over NEET. A deep sigh of relief was evident on many of the faces - both parents and students - seated in the seminar hall.
E Sarasu, a school teacher from Melmaruvathur was elated for being able to get her daughter admitted at the college. This will be her third child pursuing MBBS, one of her sons is a practising doctor in the USA while another son is a faculty at KAPV government college.
Though her daughter V Arivazhagi had all the resources to make it to the elite group of students securing medical seat, she said that the stress she had undergone was unmatched because of NEET. Arivazhagi had secured 296 out of 720 in NEET after scoring 1,172 in Plus-Two.
Many of those who got the seat were keen on getting it and left no stone unturned. R Shanmugam who came along with her daughter said that apart from admitting her daughter to the state board, he also got her daughter prepared for NEET.
"It had kept her under pressure over additional burden of learning the subjects, but that has paid off now. The struggle all through the admission has made the achievement even more special for her," he said.
D Venkatesh, a proud father of another medical student, said that he had options of having his son in Villupuram but KAPV medical college has more senior faculty members.
Though the students have won the race by getting into the medical college, the real race has just begun, said faculty members. "During my college days, we had 18 months to learn subjects like anatomy, physiology and biochemistry in the first year, but the students who have joined now have just nine months left because of delay in admissions," said deputy director of medical education Dr R Geetha.
KAPV Medical college Dean G Anitha asked the students to give back to the society after completing the course as they were going to study in the subsidised seats from the money of the tax payer.
Sampath Kumar| TNN | Sep 5, 2017, 00:35 IST
Trichy: Waiting to get admission in a medical college was more stressful than preparing for NEET and awaiting results - this was what the new MBBS students in Trichy said on their first day in college.
All the 150 students who secured MBBS seats at KAP Viswanathan government medical college in Trichy were felicitated along with their parents as part of the fresher's day observed on Monday. This year was significant for the uncertainly that prevailed in medical admission over NEET. A deep sigh of relief was evident on many of the faces - both parents and students - seated in the seminar hall.
E Sarasu, a school teacher from Melmaruvathur was elated for being able to get her daughter admitted at the college. This will be her third child pursuing MBBS, one of her sons is a practising doctor in the USA while another son is a faculty at KAPV government college.
Though her daughter V Arivazhagi had all the resources to make it to the elite group of students securing medical seat, she said that the stress she had undergone was unmatched because of NEET. Arivazhagi had secured 296 out of 720 in NEET after scoring 1,172 in Plus-Two.
Many of those who got the seat were keen on getting it and left no stone unturned. R Shanmugam who came along with her daughter said that apart from admitting her daughter to the state board, he also got her daughter prepared for NEET.
"It had kept her under pressure over additional burden of learning the subjects, but that has paid off now. The struggle all through the admission has made the achievement even more special for her," he said.
D Venkatesh, a proud father of another medical student, said that he had options of having his son in Villupuram but KAPV medical college has more senior faculty members.
Though the students have won the race by getting into the medical college, the real race has just begun, said faculty members. "During my college days, we had 18 months to learn subjects like anatomy, physiology and biochemistry in the first year, but the students who have joined now have just nine months left because of delay in admissions," said deputy director of medical education Dr R Geetha.
KAPV Medical college Dean G Anitha asked the students to give back to the society after completing the course as they were going to study in the subsidised seats from the money of the tax payer.
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