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In our country almost every student's main goal is to get herself/himself admitted in Dhaka University. After my HSC exam my father got myself admitted in two coaching centers for the admission war.

One was for IBA's BBA and another one was for DU'S BBA. After going to the coaching centers I realised that it was nothing like what I had imagined. There were no similarities between what we had studied in HSC and what we were studying for the DU admission exams. I had to study different things, which I haven't studied in my life. I felt that 4 months weren't enough for me to prepare for this exam.

On the other hand, IBA's exam is a totally different one. We had to do general math and geometry, which we didn't do for 4 years. For a commerce background student it was really difficult. Few weeks later I realised that I was wasting coaching for IBA.

I had only one hope left. That was DU's BBA. But the more I studied the more I realised that it wasn't enough for the exam. Anyway, I gave the exam with my fingers crossed because it was a matter of my self-respect. I thought some miracle would happen. The reality is cruel and hence I didn't get the chance. That day I realised I had no hope left. I am surrounded by deep darkness since that day.

My parents wanted me to become a doctor. But by studying commerce I shattered their dreams. People often asked me about the subject in which I was studying. After giving their answer I always saw negligence in their eyes. But I didn't care. Because I knew that I was going on the right path. After DU's result was out, for the first time in my life I asked myself why did I study commerce? Was it really my fault that I didn't get the chance to study in DU? DU has only 900 seats and students reappearing in the admission test fill about 40-50 percent seats. On the other hand, the Science and English Medium students fill all the 100 seats of IBA. Where do we stand? The answer is, nowhere. Private universities are the only options left for us, but what is their standard compared to the huge tuition fees? Many of us can't afford that huge amount of money, which is needed for the private university degrees.

Anyone can easily see that there are many scopes for the science students. But now many of them are studying BBA, occupying all the seats, which were meant for us. I have seen many students after studying science subjects, doing MBA, because BBA and MBA graduates have now greater prospects in a developing country like ours. Now many of the brilliant commerce students' lives are hanging in uncertainity. People tend to think that only science students are meritorious. In this case, who will change their mind setup? Do we have any chance to do that?

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