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Monday, May 17, 2004

Karnataka

Karnataka - Bangalore

Students from north India arrive for CET

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, MAY 16. Persistent drizzle greeted a tired group of students from Delhi, who arrived here two-and-a-half hours late on the Hazrat Nizamuddin - Yeshwantpur Express, to take the Common Entrance Test for admission to engineering and medical colleges in the State, starting Monday.

It was not clear why the train was delayed, but when it finally pulled up at the Yeshwantpur station, the relief was short lived as many still had to figure out how to get to various destinations in the city, where they had either arranged for board and lodging or would have to find it.

The CET has become an annual "make or break" test for tens of thousands of non-Karnataka students from all over the country aspiring seats in some of the better known colleges in the State.

Drawn the by the salubrious climate of Bangalore, with its reputation as the technology hub of the country, these students hope that an engineering degree will get them that much closer to various IT firms based here.

With the IT sector continuing to hire engineering graduates in large numbers, with more outsourcing projects boosting the business of several firms, these students hope the good times will continue. Caught up in the anxiety of not goofing up in this all important test, memories of job cuts and little hiring during the economic slump only two years ago are forgotten. Even if that seems a distant memory, cracking the CET is only the first step.

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