Hello, Warriors! “I from NDA”. The three words; the words which ignites a very high of respect among defence aspirants and fills the person with pride. It’s the best, and the only ‘bestest’ thing that can happen to a die hard defence aspirant. However, accept it, only about 350 cadets make it to the NDA every six months. The rest being merit-out, non-qualified for SSB and non-recommended candidates.
Many aspirants have written the recently concluded NDA and NA examination, and there were about 5-6 lac applicants this time too. But, the big question, what should be done after the exam to join the defence?
Many aspirants take the exam this seriously that they even drop a year or two from their regular studies to prepare and join the prestigious institution. But, still, if in case, they couldn’t make it, their two whole years would literally be wasted!
So, the foremost thing to do is to plan. If you plan your way to success, your journey would be much easier. Planning for your life ahead is the road that will take you to earn that uniform. Planning and preparation are half the job done. Jot down your plans for life on a paper, just like a long term time-table. Even though it may look a little weird, but it’ll help.
If you are in class eleventh or twelfth, it’s a high time for you, start preparing for your next exam, for six months later, right now itself. Being consistent always helps. Dedicate at least two hours of your daily time to the written exam preparation. Come on, I mean, it’s just two hours from a whole lot of 24 hours! If it doesn’t work for you, start with studying one hour daily till you get the grip.
If you are a twelfth passed out, DO NOT TAKE A DROP. This is my sole advice to the people who think of studying the same syllabus over for one more time will help them again to crack those written test(s). How can you think of clearing the written by studying for one whole year again while you couldn’t do it during your regular studies?
My personal advice here is to go with Plan B; to join a graduation course and parallelly prepare for your upcoming exams. To select a graduation course of your choice, introspect yourselves and find your hobbies and dreams apart from defence. If not, then think of what you like apart from defence and go for it. If you are not among those hundreds selected from lacs of applications, you can proceed with your Plan B.
You get a lot of opportunities in Plan B, from Direct Entries to UPSC and AFCAT entries.
And still, god forbid, if you couldn’t make it to the forces (let’s be a bit practical here), you can go ahead with your dreams you liked apart from defence.
If you still have any queries regarding what to do next, you can get in touch with me by dropping a message through fb. I hope I could help you out with that.
Good Luck!
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