Dead or Alive?

To dispel myths circulating in imaginary circles about my death i am here today posting about, well not being dead.
I have not posted anything for a very long time now, since my CAT results came out to be particular. The reason being that i was preparing for the Interviews. My next post shall be about the interview process once their outcome come out on April 10th.
Today's post is about a seemingly impossible achievement that only i could have accomplished.

As mentioned earlier the outcome of the IIM interviews are soon to be expected, and going by the unpredictable nature of the admission process i make it a point to check for the results every day just in case those weirdos decide to declare earlier. Today was no different, i was going around hopping from IIM website to website searching for tell tale signs of results declaration when i landed upon the IIMC website which had a link to results. I clicked on it without giving it a second thought and as it turned out without a second read as well.

The page dutifully opened and the form appeared where i had to fill in my TR no and my DOB(as if my TR no was not unique enough they want to know the DOB to confirm, considering there are about 3 million ppl born on the same day as me it is clear that the IIMs have a decided lack of common sense in designing websites). I entered the required data so fast that after i typed the digits, the computer was still processing the previous typed entry. The dreaded result page appeared and it read "Your name does not appear either in the list of waitlisted candidates nor in the list of selected candidates to the PGP programmes in IIMC".

It took sometime to register. It did and i was not markedly devastated, just a little disappointed. But i thought i'd spread the good news to my other friends who took the exam. And the news spread like wildfire.

The shocker was that none of my friends had got a seat, the same line appeared on each of their pages. Unfortunate.

The revelation was made by my dear Kashmiri friend(when he is not planning to take over India he is quite the sensible guy) when he read a line in big bold letters on the result page that mentioned that the Interviews for the OBC candidates would be on the 15th of May, the previous year.Considering that the result page was last year's and that none of us had taken the exam last year i dont think it was that big a shock.

I April Fooled Myself. Considering i am so clever it took about three days after April Fool's day to acheive the task but i did it nevertheless.

I am still reeling from the hate messages from my friends. :)