Tuesday, June 5, 2018

‘Always wanted to be a doctor’

Gayatri Vasudevan 05.06.2018

Chennai girl Keerthana K, who scored 676 out of 720 and secured an all-India rank of 12, is the only candidate from Tamil Nadu to break into the top-50.

Hailing from a family of doctors, Keerthana said she had always dreamed of becoming a doctor as she had seen her parents save lives. But for her, the score was unexpected.

“I always wanted to take up AIPMT and prepared myself from middle school. I had no fixed time schedule. I would take concepts and aimed at studying them. Pursuing medicine had been my only aim and I am very glad that I am able to make it happen,” she said.

Keerthana said she had found this year’s NEET exam harder than last year. “Physics was calculative and lengthy but chemistry was simpler. However, if the students were strong with the fundamentals they would’ve found it easier. Students from CBSE may have found biology easier as a lot of questions were from NCERT,” she said.

A student of PSBB School, Keerthana said that she did not feel stressed about the board or NEET exams and credited her school for not adding extra pressure.

“I could give my full attention to study and prepare for NEET. I had taken up a lot of coaching for the exam and at times when I felt a little stressed out, my parents motivated me,” she said.

Keerthana, for whom Madras Medical College is one of the preferred choices, said she was waiting for the AIIMS and JIPMER results and based on that she would decide on her college. 




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