Saransh, 19, from Meerut, had been studying twelve to thirteen hours a day since mid-April, surviving on sleepless nights and BITSAT mock tests, chasing a seat at BITS Pilani. He needed 75 percent in PCM (Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics) but fell short by a few marks. When his answer sheets finally arrived, four different teachers independently checked his Chemistry paper and found discrepancies of 8 to 12 marks each.
His birthday was on May 13, the day the results came out. Feeling disappointed with his marks, he didn’t leave his room that day. His parents tried their best to cheer him up, but to no avail. The college they’d all hoped for was now closed to him, not because he had failed, but because the board had given him marks lower than he deserved.
