My CSS success story

Well, from what I remember, the first time I heard about CSS was when I was a little girl going to school. Our teacher told us that her brother had scored the hardest tests on the planet…and I was like ‘Oh man!’

For me, the beginning was quite abrupt… My mom had always pushed me about taking the CSS exams, but I always turned a deaf ear to her, until December 2010… I don’t know what exactly happened. but I decided to take the exams. I took my copy of the CSS guide from the nearest bookstore and selected my themes overnight… On December 20, 2010 I applied… and said to myself ‘what have I done?’ – He had done something he had no idea about just a week before.

Anyway, I started to study… I didn’t get stressed, even though my condition was lame. With great faith in Allah, I started looking for useful material on the Internet and elsewhere. I caught all I could get my hands on… but studying them was challenging, especially considering the fact that I didn’t have much time and the people around me had high hopes for me. I didn’t want to base before them… I had to!!! All of this was onerous enough to add me. ‘Do it, Amna’ – my inner voice screamed.

I gave up my social life and occluded from my room. A state of hibernation, you could say. Watching TV before going to bed was something I had to hold on to, otherwise I would go crazy… That ‘TV time’ was the time to read the MCQs. My preparation was good… actually quite good as I was able to handle stress well.

Exam days weren’t that stressful… I didn’t touch a single book during those 5 days (10 papers in a row). I would just take the papers, go home and relax. I just wanted my brain to have some breathing room.

After much waiting, the written result finally came out… now I could tell all my impatient relatives and friends. The first time I opened the results document, I glanced at it quickly and therefore I missed my name…I mistook the reel numbers for the serial numbers…I thought my dream had been shattered!! ! My hopes turned into a debacle!!! Then I typed my name in the search bar and found out that it was there. Yes! I had done it!!! I was there!!! Yiipppeee!!! Thank Allah a thousand times…!

The qualifying written exams didn’t surprise me, but the thought of the final result gave me chills. This time I studied hard enough… I had five months to go through the newspapers and review my electives. So, I worked really hard to catch up.

The psychological evaluation was kind of fun… It was interesting to have your competitors right in front of you; each and every one giving their best. The interview went very well… I didn’t throw out a single question, but the thought of not making it to the merit list was constantly on my mind.

Finally the final result came out… merit 114 and 11th position in KPK was all I could wish for. He was safe!!!

Assignments were like a formality… I already knew my group through forum calculations and my own personal understanding of how things work. Therefore, today I am here writing this, mesmerizing all that I have been through for this dream, a dream to serve my nation… to tax them for a prosperous Pakistan! Yahhhhooooo!!!!

Thank Allah!

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