Seeing Aadvika in deep thought she stretched her hands after rubbing her eyes for a minute after a little yawn as if she had no sufficient sleep "sorry if I startled you" she told her with a smile as she smashed her head with her hand as if she realized something "By the way sorry for the late introduction, Emily… Emily Parker"
"Aadvika '' Aadvika shook her hand as she looked at the person infront of her, still in daze as she suppressed her laughter at her cute actions.
"Aadvika…Just Aadvika, no surname?" Emily asked her as she retrieved her hand
"For now, just Aadvika you can call me by my name, my surname is not that important, oh by the way to answer your first question yes I am the late joined student who came here on a scholarship basis" Aadvika told her to divert the topic
"oh" Emily exclaimed as if she just discovered something new as she clapped her hands "so the rumours are true, there's really a scholarship student getting joined in the campus"
"Is it necessary to be this excited to meet a scholarship student?" Aadvika asked her, looking weird at the way Emily expressed it as if it is a miracle and impossible thing to see a student who joined on a scholarship basis.
"of course, it is a miracle to see a scholarship student in the campus don't you know that you are the first person who joined in the university on the scholarship basis from the date this university is established"
"May I know the reason, I mean students who join on the basis of scholarship are common in most of the famous and prestigious universities in the world."
"You are right but here the tuition fees are so expensive and the target to gain the scholarship are so high that most people even if they are qualified to join in the university on the basis of scholarship will still back out from taking the admission after seeing the cut off to gain the scholarship from the campus it is very rare and almost an impossible thing to see a student agreeing to join in the university on the basis of scholarship"
After listening to Emily, Aadvika thought that it is reasonable for the people to backout from the campus even if scholarships are provided to the students as she herself had read the instructions thoroughly and felt that the marks which a student need to obtain to gain the scholarship are ridiculous as they need to gain almost a perfect score in all subjects.
So most of the students even if they had confidence in their scores will hesitate to join in the university out of fear that if they fail to reach the required scores then they need to pay a huge sum of money as tuition fees.
But then People from poor background or middle class and upper middle-class people cannot afford the tuition fees in this university as it is the most prestigious university in the whole country and people across the world will come to attend the university here as the degree holds the incredible value and the graduate student can get job in any company without any struggle in the future.
Just as they were speaking about the university the other girl woke up due to the noises around her and blinked her eyes a few times as she saw the new girl in the room the next minute, she stood up and rubbed her eyes a little as she introduced herself with a straight face.
The Girl was little short compared to Aadvika and Emily with dark hair which reached just a little below her shoulder and had amber eyes which are little mesmerising with her pale white skin overall she looked a little cute and young as a high school student instead of a university student.
"Aadvika" Aadvika introduced herself as she looked at the cute girl infront of her with a straight face devoid of any emotions even though her eyes looked a little drowsy.
"Anupama Vaidyan" Anupama introduced herself and excused herself to get fresh up for the day.
"don't mind her she is a book warm but also very kind and nice person from heart, but a little introverted" Emily explained thinking that Aadvika might get wrong opinion on Anupama
"no, it doesn't matter" Aadvika shrugged her shoulders and continued asking "So, what is your major?"
"Same as yours, MBA, in fact we are classmates" Emily clapped her hands in joy as she looked at Aadvika holding her by her arm without any care as she dragged her towards her bed as they sat opposite to each.
"I heard you are an American Citizen but it is very difficult to believe that you were born and grown up in America" Emily told her out of the blue surprising Aadvika
"Why? But on second thought it is understandable as everyone thinks that I'm Indian with my looks" Aadvika told her after recovering from her shock
"not because of your looks but because of the way you talk, you speak perfect Hindi how can we believe if you say that you are an NRI (1)"
"oh, my mother tongue is Hindi and both my parents are from India but settled in America so they speak with us in Hindi at home. That is how I know fluent Hindi" a blunt lie but it is not a problem as everyone will believe this lie.
"No wonder, so what does your father do?"
"he is a Businessman we own a small business and he wants me and my brother to handle it in the future that is why I'm here"
"oh, even my father was a businessman and for the same reason I joined in this university to bear his burden"
"why are you not interested in the business sector?"
"No, not much I like to be a painter it is my dream to become a world-famous painter who can expresses my emotions and feelings with my painting but now as I said it is just a dream which cannot be fulfilled in the near future"
"so, we are in the same department?" Aadvika thought to change the topic after seeing the longingness and disappointment in Emily face after saying those words
"No, Anupama is a medical student but coincidentally she is in our room as it is the only hostel for whole university and she is also little older than us as she already completed her MBBS and was doing specialization in Cardiology"
"Oh, okay got it since we are from the same department can I borrow your notes I heard that the classes have been already started"
"Yeah, sure I will give it to you later"
(1) NRI: Non-Resident Indian