It's heartbreaking to see kids work so hard for their entrance exams only to not get the score they wanted. It's even sadder when kids start to doubt themselves when it wasn't even their fault, and it was just a technical screw up that made them fail a test they were actually scoring really well on.

That's exactly what happened to Mridul Rawat, a 17-year-old from Rajasthan, who ended up virtually failing the NEET 2020 exam after he got back his result. 

On October 16th, he got the result that said he had gotten 329 marks out of the maximum marks of 720.

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He was, understandably, distraught as he was completely sure that he had cracked the exam and was sure he was scoring 650 marks out of 720 on the basis of the recorded response sheet and answer key of NEET 2020.

Talking to HT, he said, 

"As per my marks in the NTA results, I had virtually failed in NEET 2020 as I would not get any medical college with those marks. I cried and went in depression as I was confident that I will crack NEET with 650 marks but NEET result led to my heartbreak."

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Well, turns out he was right and it was the National Testing Agency (NTA) that had messed up. After challenging the result, he went from basically failing to becoming the All India Topper of Scheduled Tribe category.

What a moment, so happy for him!

He went on, 

"My parents motivated me after which I challenged the result sheet before NTA on the basis of his recorded response sheet and answer key. My despair turned into delightful surprise today when NTA today accepted its mistake and released the corrected result sheet in which I got 650 marks and was adjudged All India Topper of NEET 2020 in Scheduled Tribe category."

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He probably started second-guessing himself after the first result and just imagine if the poor kid had not gotten to the bottom of it. He would have ended not getting into the career he wanted to and it would be truly devastating.

This was an avoidable mistake, of course, and it's great that Mridul ended up standing up for himself.

The lesson here is always believing in yourself, even when someone else accidentally screws you over.

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