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India Today
12 hours ago
- General
- India Today
UP boy drives e-rickshaw by day, studies by night, ends up cracking NEET
When the NEET UG results came out this year, a small house in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, erupted in celebration. Mohammad Suhail, a young man who once drove his father's e-rickshaw to help make ends meet, had scored 609 marks in his third in his family has studied beyond Class 12. And that is what made this achievement so name is Mohd Suhail, and I'm from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. I come from a lower-middle-class family where resources were limited but dreams were big,' he says. But it wasn't Suhail's dream at first — it was his mother's. 'Becoming a doctor was never my own ambition, it was my mother's dream. Her consistent support and belief in me are what inspired me to pursue this path and turn her dream into my goal,' he BY DAY, STUDYING BY NIGHTAfter completing Class 12 with his brother in 2021, the family could only afford to send one of them to college. His brother began a BCom course, and Suhail started pulling an e-rickshaw to support the family.'I began pulling an e-rickshaw during the day. My nights were spent studying, often staying up until midnight or later,' he didn't know what NEET was, but a friend told him about it, and the possibility of affordable MBBS seats through changed everything: 'I realised that if I could crack NEET, I could pursue MBBS without putting a financial burden on my family.' Sahil with his family THE SCHOLARSHIP THAT SAVED A DREAMSuhail prepared using PhysicsWallah's affordable online batch. 'Alakh Sir's Yakeen Batch was available for just Rs 3,000 – Rs 4,000, which I could manage,' he recalls. His first NEET score was 369. On his third try, he reached when he was about to give up, Meerut's PW Vidyapeeth centre stepped in. 'Meerut Vidyapeeth called and offered me full support — free admission, guidance, everything,' he coaching helped with regular tests and structured batches. 'They conducted regular rapid tests and formed AI/AR batches that gave me access to tailored content,' he ROOM, BUT LOTS OF DETERMINATION'I didn't have a proper space at home. One of my teachers, Hashir Sir, even offered me a room to study peacefully,' he didn't follow strict routines — just one rule: finish what you start. 'For me, the goal was more important than the clock.'His family made sacrifices too. 'My brother even dropped out of his studies to start working and support me,' he says. 'These sacrifices made me more focused and determined — I knew I couldn't let their efforts go in vain.'CELEBRATION IN A HOUSE WHERE NO ONE DREAMED OF MBBSWhen the result came, Suhail was at his grandmother's house. 'The moment we saw the score; the room burst with joy. People were shouting, celebrating, and hugging me,' he remembers.'Dholes were playing for a family where no one had ever even dreamed of becoming a doctor,' he NEXT'My NEET rank is 11,000 — it may not get me into the top colleges, but it's good enough for a solid government seat,' says hoping to study surgery during MBBS. 'I believe the coming years will help me discover exactly where my passion lies within medicine.'And his mother's dream? It's now his Watch
India Today
3 days ago
- Lifestyle
- India Today
Madhya Pradesh shopkeeper's son cracks NEET, thanks YouTube, Nana and routine
For 18-year-old Prince Namdev, becoming a doctor wasn't just an ambition, it was his family's dream stitched together with paan, thread, and a whole lot of from Guna in Madhya Pradesh, Prince is the son of a small shopkeeper and a mother who does minor stitching work.'They earn about 8,000 rupees a month,' he says quietly, 'so it wasn't very easy to spend money on coaching.'advertisement His younger sister is still in school, and every rupee in the house counts. So when NEET preparation came into the picture, the family turned to his Nana-ji (maternal grandfather), a retired nurse assistant, who stepped in without START OF A DREAM'I didn't even know about NEET until I saw a video from Physics Wallah on YouTube in Class 10,' Prince began watching Biology lectures and was told about the exam by a ma'am during one of the sessions. That was the beginning.'My Nana -ji helped pay for those online classes. He told me what it takes to become a doctor.'In Class 11, Prince gave the PW scholarship test 'last minute without studying' and didn't score too well. But with a bit more direction, he gave it again in Class 12 and secured a 100% scholarship to PW Vidyapeeth in Kota. Prince with his family and Nana-ji advertisement'That helped a lot and took away some burden from my Nana ji,' he free tuition was a gamechanger -- suddenly the impossible seemed within IN KOTA: EARLY MORNINGS AND NO SOCIAL MEDIAIn Kota, Prince settled into a routine that many toppers swear by: 'Wake up at 4 am, study, attend classes till evening, dinner, revision, and then sleep by 10:30.' No Instagram, no distractions. 'I stayed away from all social media. I knew that would waste my time.'But it wasn't all easy. Being away from home took a toll. 'Whenever I got sad or tired, I'd call my parents or play some mobile games. It helped.'Family was never far away, emotionally. 'My parents never pressured me. They just wanted me to do my best.'NANA-JI'S PRIDE, FAMILY'S JOYThrough it all, his Nana-ji stood like a rock -- paying for his early education with pension money and guiding him through the maze of medical preparation.'He's so happy right now. He's put my result on his WhatsApp status and is calling everyone to tell them,' Prince says with a shy smile. Now that he's bagged Rank 975, the goal is clear: 'Like every other aspirant, I want to study at AIIMS.' He's already thinking about postgraduate OTHERS LIKE HIMPrince has a simple message for other small-town kids dreaming big: 'Study well. Don't take pressure. Take a lot of tests. Take breaks and stay in touch with family or friends.'Dreams don't need big wallets -- sometimes they just need a Nana-ji, a scholarship, and a boy who is ready to wake up at 4 am to turn his dreams into reality.
