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SSB Interview Experience

From NDA Merit Out To IMA Recommended

By SSBCrack
Last updated: June 4, 2021
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One thing that life has taught me is that you never know what life can throw at you, so be prepared. Good day, everybody! Iโ€™m Shubham Pokhriyal, from Dehradunย and I was recently recommended for the IMA-151 course. My journey was not a cakewalk, as the title of my story implies. The journey began in 2017, when I took a year off and qualified the NDA written (2018), got recommendedย in 2019. I was certain that I would be accepted into any of the academies because I was medicallyย fit for all of them. But fate had other plans! As months went by without receiving the joining letter, I realized I still had a long way to go to achieve my dream.

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Sometimes epiphanies strike while you are at your lowest. One thing I realized was that a B.tech degree would not make me happy, so I dropped out of college after having completed one semester. Iโ€™d alreadyย squandered 1.5 years of my life and couldnโ€™t afford to waste anymore. As a result, I chose to pursue a B.Sc. through a โ€œdistance-learning program,โ€ which allowed me to complete my three-year course in just 1.5 years. To sum up, I had regained my lost time, and now it was time to make a strong comeback.

During my time at home, I prepared for the CDSE and AFCAT, which I qualified both on the first attempt. I had my AFSB on November 20th, 2020, and I was screen out. It was a big disappointment for me because I had previously been recommended and now I was wondering, โ€œDo I still have that in me?โ€ Nonetheless, I kept going, passed the written exams again, and now I had three SSBs lined up. But, asย said, God give his toughestย battles to his bravestย soldiers.

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When the SSB date selection for IMA was announced, I was in Delhi studying the stock market. Because of a glitch in my account, I was unable to select a date. After one week, when I was given the default date which was afterย 15 days, I was diagnosed with Scrub typhus. I returned to Dehradun, was hospitalized for three days, and it took me a week to barely stand up. Now I just had a week to prepare and finalize the rest of the arrangements. ย I practiced OIR and psych, read the news, and focused on my narration.ย 

I received my degree through distance learning. I didnโ€™t have any extracurricular activity certificates in college, and I didnโ€™t have enough time to properly prepare for my SSB, so what got me through it? Is it luck? No way, buddy! In reality, I had spent my entire life preparing for the SSB. I didnโ€™t spend a single day of those 1.5 years on anything unproductive. Every day, I learned something new, and in that, I never neglected to spend time with my family. With my story, I just want you to know that life can throw you many unexpected troubles, but instead of complaining, accept them and move on. You arenโ€™t the first person who has had bad luck. Youโ€™re most likely not the last one. However, your perspective on things can definitely make a big difference.

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