GMAT Score & Zoya's Story

After scoring a 700 I lay awake in the night cursing myself for not getting a 750 .
I was angry and peeved, I saw no point in the whole exercise where in I missed last year's window and after all the preparation improved only by 10 points.

I could see INSEAD , JUDGE , Oxford etc.. throwing my application in to their respective dust bins. I hated myself for falling prey to mediocrity, for failing to improve. It was 1:00 am and I was very agitated. I decided to pick up a book and read. I chose "Zoya's Story" and started reading it.

Zoya's Story is about an Afghan girl who describes her life in Kabul and Pakistan at the time of Taliban regime. The story describes atrocities of Mujahideen , the way the girl's family is torn apart and how the girl had to run away from her country.

Halfway through the story , I started feeling foolish and silly about my childish rants . I closed the book at about 3:00am thankful to God for my Indian nationality. I was more determined at the end to make a fight out this 700 score.

If a girl could fight such big issues, it is but a shame that I rant about some 50 points . Then I decided that my score (which I compare to "sitting on the fence") makes the challenge more interesting and worthwhile. Thanks Zoya !!