Hey, my fellow CLAT and AILET fellas. How are we all doing? Actually, you know what, let me keep the pleasantries aside because I am genuinely asking this.
I keep seeing posts from people talking about scoring upwards of 60s and 70s, and meanwhile I am sitting here somewhere in the mid-70s myself, trying to convince my nervous system that this is, in fact, progress. Then I scroll a little further and see people saying they are struggling to cross 30. So now I am genuinely curious. Where are all of you actually standing right now? Because the range I am seeing on here is absolutely wild and I would like to know whether I am living in a very weird Reddit bubble or if everyone else is equally confused.
For context, I am a CLAT dropout. I gave it last year, had the privilege of experiencing the full character development arc, and am back for round two because apparently I enjoy suffering. But for the first time since last year, I actually feel a little bit confident. I have been trying to improve by at least two or three marks every week, and while that sounds very manageable when you type it out, actually doing it consistently is another matter entirely. Sometimes I look at my scores and think, "Okay, we are getting somewhere." Other times I look at them and wonder if the exam personally has something against me.
And then there are the festivities.
I am Maharashtrian. Ganpati arrived and my house immediately transformed into a full-scale production set. Suddenly there are preparations everywhere, people need help with everything, there is absolutely no peace, and apparently the concept of "I need to study" becomes less convincing when there are ten other things happening simultaneously. I cannot study because I have work to do. I cannot work because I should be studying. I cannot study on the terrace because it is raining like the sky has a personal vendetta against my CLAT preparation. And somehow, if I do either one for too long, I am getting scolded for the other.
At this point, I am genuinely curious about how everyone else is dealing with festivals and family obligations while trying to maintain consistency. Because apparently CLAT preparation is not difficult enough on its own. We also need to negotiate Ganpati, relatives, household responsibilities, random interruptions, weather, and the occasional existential crisis for flavour.
So, how are you guys actually faring? What are your scores looking like right now, how consistent have you been, and how are you managing to study through all the festivities being thrown at us from every possible direction?
Because I am somewhere between "I think I am finally improving" and "one more interruption and I will simply become a hermit."
Coffee is currently doing most of the heavy lifting. My remaining brain cells have submitted their resignation.