5 point someone

Table of Contents

1. Bad start—13
2. Terminator—21
3. Delicate Feet and Car—30
4. Boundary Line —36
5. Not Fighting, Studying—49
6. Five Point Something—58
7. Thoughts of Alok—67
8. After one year—71
9. Pressure of the system—86
10. Effect of Cooperation—95
11. Gift—102
12. Thoughts of Neha—116
13. Another Year Later—119
14. Vodka—127
15. Operation Pendulum—137
16. Longest day of my life : 1–141
17. Longest day of my life : 2—147
18. Longest day of my life : 3-156
19. Longest day of my life : 4–162
20. Longest day of my life : 5–171
21. Longest day of my life : 6—178
22. Ryan's Thoughts—181
23. Cashew Barfi—184
24. Or will we be able to do it?—187
25. The Secret of the Letter—196
26. Meeting Dad—204
27. Five Point Someone—214

Five Point Someone is a story about three friends in IIT who are unable to cope.

The book starts with a disclaimer, “This is not a book to teach you how to get into IIT or even how to live in college. In fact, it describes how screwed up things can get if you don’t think straight.”

Three hostelmates – Alok, Hari and Ryan get off to a bad start in IIT – they screw up the first class quiz. And while they try to make amends, things only get worse. It takes them a while to realize: If you try and screw with the IIT system, it comes back to double screw you. Before they know it, they are at the lowest echelons of IIT society. They have a five-point-something GPA out of ten, ranking near the end of their class. This GPA is a tattoo that will remain with them, and come in the way of anything else that matters – their friendship, their future, their love life. While the world expects IITians to conquer the world, these guys are struggling to survive.