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a. Academic performance

b. Best/poorest subjects

c. Grades/Division/Percentages overall and subject-wise

d. How much effort towards extra/co-curricular activities and special

achievements

e. Friend circle/close friends — their activities

f. Relationship with teachers

g. How was the education financed?

Points to Remember

A good candidate is the one who studied well and worked hard to score well
even in those subjects in which he/she was not very strong naturally, took

part in extra/co-curricular activities in schools and colleges, has several
friends, takes part in constructive activities with friends and has good
relationships with teachers. Never criticise your friends and teachers.

A typical answer to this question could be:

Sir, I have been an average/good/poor (depending upon your grades in
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th
10 /12 / graduation scores) student from the beginning. Or, initially I was a
poor student, but later became good by sheer hard work. The subjects I like
the most are physics and chemistry and the ones I dislike are mathematics
and social studies (adapt to your personal likes and dislikes). However,

mathematics being very important for engineering studies, I put in hard work
th
th
to make it my strength today. I scored 80% in my 10 , 76% in my 12 and
70% in my engineering. (This trend could be reducing/increasing/almost
constant depending upon your actual scores. If it is increasing, there is no
issue as it reflects that you have been focusing more on academics; if it is
reducing, you need to mention why and if it is constant, it is fine.) In my 12 th

and graduation, I took part in several extracurricular activities like sports,
tech-fest, inter-college debate, quiz competition, etc. I was my college cricket

team captain and we won the district level tournament (Do not bluff. Say so