u/Altruistic_Froyo_174

Ketu mahadasha, saturn ad makes you want to move out of your place. Is it a good thing, or you'll regret it later?

I'm not a kid anymore. And i want to study. What's the long route?

So I'm 22 now, i come from a small town in India. And i went to a small school, a small college. Didn't have any good opportunities for myself. And my family doesn't have anyone that great educated so i didn't even know about things. I mean yeah there was internet but... Just happened. I don't have any ECs, my grades are just above average. I've never been the head or leader or anything like that anywhere either. It was COVID when i was in high school. And then my small private ridiculous college didn't even have those things.

Not blaming anyone. I just didn't have the exposure or guidance. Now I've graduated, but i want to study at a good college. Like I'm willing to put in my 100 percent effort and i don't care how long it takes. What is the route for me to get in a great masters program now? Even if it takes 5 years now? It's fine if i get in the top 100 in the US or the UK. I'll need financial aid/ scholarships. I really want to study, for the sake of getting an education. Please guide me.

Any good one in jodhpur? I'm really confused and I'm sick of being confused. Need professional advice i guess.

I don't know what to do. I've got no ECs, no achievements, i did graduate from a very very bad college in a degree i started hating. I don't know what to do. I had extremely big ambitions. Even going to ivy league. But where i am right now is just pathetic. I wasted my last 5 years in depression, trying to cope with that depression using pmo and watching stupid dramas. I was even suicidal an year ago. Lost all my friends. I'm sick of living and i feel there's nothing i can do to change my life now. I look at other kids doing their masters from top unis, researching, getting jobs at Google, Nvidia. All that stuff. I really want to study and get in a good college. But i have nothing to show to get in and my family isn't super rich to get me in private great universities. And honestly i don't trust myself anymore to study for entrance exams. Or do anything. I just hate myself. And I'm so behind. I don't know what to do anymore. I hate myself.

I had some problems after 10th grade so i had to take a gap year. I was preparing for ca but didn't do it and left. Now i did BCA from a tier 5 college in my hometown. We had no ECs or anything major here. The only thing i did was i was a part of an NGO kinda.

I want to switch fields from BCA to humanities or study masters in computer science only if i get a good program.

I really want to go abroad, but it's not possible from my current place and the current profile i have. Which is non-existent. So i was thinking if i can get in a college like this, get LORs, get a great GPA now on, and then go through an exchange program. And Ashoka has the best exchanges I've heard.

I was a great student till class 10th but then things happened and i had a pretty bad downfall. I want to study now. I'm 22, BCA graduate with an 8. 10th - 90 % 12th - 75 %

Is it possible for me to get in Ashoka and exchange programs? Any advice for me?

My BCA will complete this month. I had a dream of going to an IIT but couldn't. That pushed me into a really bad mental state. I got in the worst possible college for BCA. Now my final sem exams are over, I want to give gate. Till last year there wasn't the option of BCA honours and i didn't know we can give gate after that, so didn't prepare. I was only planning on MCA till the last moment. What i want to ask is, should i do MCA from a tier 3 college, or extend my BCA for one year to an honours, to give gate exam?

I'm aiming for a Rank>100 so i can get in IIT Bombay. Need some advice. And before you say it's impossible, please don't. I need to make it. Have no other option but to study and I'm not having any jobs this year either. Plus, my college has zero. Zero placements.

I resent the kids who had the opportunities and exposure at 15. They had parents who knew what should be done, they engineered their lives around it. And some people who got in were super rich. I resent not being able to get in. So im just looking for some consolation.

No one in my near or whole family knew about it, when i was in 8th grade, the greatest achievement here is to become a Ca, doctor, engineer. And when i was a kid, these were my dreams too. My family was kinda toxic and i could never do any ECs as they always said just study. And we weren't super rich so i couldn't do those private elite things, or play sports at a great level or anything like that. Now that I'm 21, i feel so sad and behind. And i hate myself that i can never get in those tier 1 colleges. Ivy is just not something i should even dream of, but even tier 2 colleges are out of my hand.

I see people who were poor, immigrants, lost a parent, had a lot of difficulties getting in, and here i am, failing at life. I should have been better.

Can anyone please give me some realistic scenario? please tell me it's not my fault?

(And please do not tell me that i can't handle rejection, or it's that i should have given value, that's not what I'm asking. I'm asking, the people who get in, what are the realistic factors that lead them there?)

I didn't give Nimcet as i can't take a 3 year MCA, and i didn't give mah cet or cuet. Had some issues back then so missed the forms. Now I'm thinking i should just take some private college.

My long term plan is to do an MBA or MS abroad anyway, or do an MTECH. Or maybe i should just pivot and change into Law or finance. I'm really confused. I'm just not in a great state of mind so i can't decide it right now. I'm treating this as a bridge as i can't afford to take any gap years, and can't find a job with my current skills.

Can anyone share their experiences or any advice?

I'm 21f. Did BCA from a tier 69 college. Have a gap year after 12th. I didn't give any entrance exams for MCA as i was not sure. So i don't know what to do this year. I don't want to have a gap year anymore but i don't want to join another mediocre college.
Willing to work 16 hours a day to change my life now, but just don't know what to do. I've been looking everywhere for advice on what to do. But i can't find it. Can anyone help me with some advice here?

Myquals - 9/7/8 profile.

I'm graduating BCA this month from a tier 69 college. Had a gap year after 12th due to trying ca from family pressure. Those 3 years after 10th messed with my mental health badly and i started failing at my own life. And i was in an extremely bad college, just kept surviving. Couldn't do anything. There was no exposure, no opportunities. Nothing to do. I know i should've done it on my own but couldn't due to my depression. Learnt no skills in CSE. Now i need to figure out what to do with this. I don't know if i want to do CS or not, but the thing is, i could never give it a fair chance due to all these things happening. I want to make an academic comeback, and i know I'm behind already, so willing to work 16 hours a day to catch up.

I'm confused between choosing an MCA, to be eligible and prepare for gate to aim for IITs MTECH. Or i have the option to switch and go to do an LLB from some NLUs, think some of them have an option to give the entrance for LLB after grad. I'll search that too. Or i have the option to quit after BCA rn, get a small job, prepare for cat and get in IIM by aiming for 99+ percentile, though those are not guaranteed so i don't know what to do about that.

I have no option but to study, so I'm willing to do whatever it takes. And i have the freedom to study for next few years. Need advice.

Myquals- 90 in 10th, 75 in 12th, grad 8 cgpa im guessing.

Need advice. 21f. BCA.

I had a gap year after 12th, as i was preparing for ca foundation. Couldn't clear it , had no interest and did it out of family pressure. All those 3 years in family pressure, choosing commerce, they ruined my mental health. Then i chose BCA at a tier 69 college in my hometown. This was a really bad college. This ruined me further. Now, i have no interest in computer science. And i don't know what to do. I've lost all image as a student. Everyone is disappointed in me, I'm disappointed too. I really want to study further, but i have no idea where to go on from here.

I couldn't do anything in these years as i was constantly surviving, bad mental health and trying not to just kill myself. So i don't have any justification for this.

I don't know if an MCA is even a good thing for me or not. I just feel that maybe i would have liked computer science if i gave it a fair chance, but I'm not even sure about it either. So I'm just feeling like i should transfer to a creative career, or theory based ones. I'm not sure about Law, humanities, as they don't have such good trajectory unless you've been a stellar grades 1 student and that. And i lost that privilege.

I did digital marketing, so maybe if i try hard i can get a small job in that. But it's not prestigious and there's not much growth in here.

My long term plan was to do an MBA from IIMs, or go abroad for masters. But that seems impossible this year, as i couldn't use those college years to do anything or build profile at all.

Now my options are to either take an MCA here in a low tier college again, build myself at home. Or take a drop year again, which i really don't want. Or i can wait this year and try to get in some creative degrees which I'm not sure what the scope is for me.

I'm feeling extremely behind, and i have no idea what to do. Someone please give me some advice.

I had a gap year after 12th, as i was preparing for ca foundation. Couldn't clear it , had no interest and did it out of family pressure. All those 3 years in family pressure, choosing commerce, they ruined my mental health. Then i chose BCA at a tier 69 college in my hometown. This was a really bad college. This ruined me further. Now, i have no interest in computer science. And i don't know what to do. I've lost all image as a student. Everyone is disappointed in me, I'm disappointed too. I really want to study further, but i have no idea where to go on from here.

I couldn't do anything in these years as i was constantly surviving, bad mental health and trying not to just kill myself. So i don't have any justification for this.

I don't know if an MCA is even a good thing for me or not. I just feel that maybe i would have liked computer science if i gave it a fair chance, but I'm not even sure about it either. So I'm just feeling like i should transfer to a creative career, or theory based ones. I'm not sure about Law, humanities, as they don't have such good trajectory unless you've been a stellar grades 1 student and that. And i lost that privilege.

I did digital marketing, so maybe if i try hard i can get a small job in that. But it's not prestigious and there's not much growth in here.

My long term plan was to do an MBA from IIMs, or go abroad for masters. But that seems impossible this year, as i couldn't use those college years to do anything or build profile at all.

Now my options are to either take an MCA here in a low tier college again, build myself at home. Or take a drop year again, which i really don't want. Or i can wait this year and try to get in some creative degrees which I'm not sure what the scope is for me.

I'm feeling extremely behind, and i have no idea what to do. Someone please give me some advice.

I have a gap year after 12th, in that year tried for ca, couldn't do it then dropped after one year. 90 in class 10th, grades dropped to 75 in 12th as there was covid and i was forced into a stream i didn't want, and mental health got messed up. I'll graduate BCA this month with an 8 i guess, but I'm not sure about computer science. I don't even think i want to do coding as a job. But I'm not sure, as i didn't really try it at even 80 percent so i don't know if i should give another try and go for an MCA. I'm confused between switching to law, mca or MBA. I really want to do an MBA from IIM but i don't know if the top 5 ones will even take me even if i get 99+ in cat. I genuinely want to work hard now and give it my all to change my trajectory. Can someone please give me advice?

Myquals: BCA grad.

I'm from a tier 3 college in rajasthan, done BCA this year. 90 in class 10th, 75 in 12th, 8 in graduation. I've got some volunteering experiences, no work ex. Should i even dream of getting in these IIMs if i get a rank in cat?

Ps- i know my trajectory has been extremely down. I was dealing with extreme mental health issues. I genuinely want to change my life now. I'd really appreciate any advice i can get.