So many folks posting "I got v few marks in XII and still turned out ok". Many have played Russian Roulette and came out alive and/or rich - doesnt mean it is the most apt method of staying alive or trying to get rich....

For the avg middle class kid, the only capital tht is useful is a good academic CV. Unless daddy is rich enuf to buy a slot in a US/UK/Canada uni and grease the path to a permanent residency in the 1st world. The undermining of school exams is nauseatingly elitist...

And the most idiotic r advicr given on the instances of Bill Gates, Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Jobs. Basic probability theory illiteracy...