Scored 93.4% marks in high school. failed in JEE and NEET. then got admission in world's top institute, he is....
Scored 93.4% marks in high school, failed in JEE and NEET, then got admission in world's top institute, he is…
Success Story: 'Failing and learning from it makes a person stronger than someone who never takes risks.' This quote perfectly describes Hritwik Haldar, whose success story is inspiring several aspirants who give up after one or two failures. Haldar studied in a government school. He was not a brilliant student and faced difficulties in his studies. But rather than giving up, he kept moving forward. Let's know Hritwik Haldar's story. Who is Hritwik Haldar?
Hritwik Haldar hails from West Bengal and received his early education in a Bengali-medium government school. Like most of the students, he also found studies a burden and used to appear in exams by rote learning. He changed his method of studying when he reached Class 10th. Haldar started focusing on understanding the subject instead of rote learning and soon he started getting interested in studies.
With the new study method, he got positive results and scored a brilliant 93.4 percent in high school.
After clearing Class 12, Hrithik gave several competitive exams, such as JEE, JEE Advanced, NEET and KVPY but did not succeed. He did not give up. A New Path
After completing his secondary education, he continued his studies at Ramakrishna Mission School in Belur. Despite not passing the KVPY SB exam a second time, he achieved a top-ten ranking in the SC category, securing admission to the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, a highly ranked institution. Studying At World's Top Institute
Hrithik, a former student of a government school, achieved a 9.1 GPA at IISER Pune before gaining admission to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a prestigious institution ranked 13th globally by QS World University Rankings. His success at MIT followed strong academic performance throughout his studies at IISER Pune.
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