u/Augustus_106

Currently in 1st year, I have completed basic c++, all the loops and c style arrays and stuff like that, now I'm confused how to proceed, I open up a leetcode problem and there is time and memory and all that stuff and I don't know how to deal with it, there is also the weird thing of class stuff that should be at the beginning of each question, I don't know where to learn all of this.

Can someone suggest where to learn all of this, because I couldn't find a proper series that teaches all of this. Also tell me what things I should learn before I start doing leetcode, I have already started learning STL, is there anything else I should learn?

I did accept a collage through CSAB, and that is why I think what happened to me doesn't make sense.

First here is a timeline of all the payments I did:

30k at the beginning of JoSAA

I got a seat in JoSAA and then withdrew

Decided I wanted to participate in CSAB, so paid 17k at the begging of CSAB
Paid 35k after I got a seat in 1st round

Now the weird thing is that I got a refund of 23k from JoSAA about a month and a half ago(around mid august)

And this is the thing that dosen't make sense to me, why did I get a refund if I accepted the collage??

Has this happened to anyone else??

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It says that I'm not in the top 20 percentile, but it also says that I am eligible, is there something I should do about this?

For 5 years bits fees are almost 40 lakhs and nirma is 16 lakhs, I'll have to take a loan for both of them. For those who don't know Nirma is in Gujarat and has a decent reputation, CSE cut off for it is 45k. I have 44k in mains and 203 in BITSAT. Also yes I might get some IIITs or NITs but I don't wanna go to them as either they are really far away or not that great

For 5 years bits fees are almost 40 lakhs and nirma is 16 lakhs, I'll have to take a loan for both of them. For those who don't know Nirma is in Gujarat and has a decent reputation, CSE cut off for it is 45k. I have 44k in mains and 203 in BITSAT. Also yes I might get some IIITs or NITs but I don't wanna go to them as either they are really far away or not that great

Especially the ones after 20 are tough as shit, like I was scoring above 200 in the 15-20 fts (except 19), but for the ones after 20, it's all shit, I haven't crossed 200 in any of them. Physics is the biggest downgrade in marks, before 19 I had an average of 45 in physics and after that average of 30 with lowest of 22 like I consider myself decent in physics, I have almost all of syllabus covered in it and I'm not able to solve so many questions. Eng/LR and math are the only ones I'm scoring above 50 and 60 consistently.

Background: 12thie, got 97.2 percentile in S2, now preparing for BITSAT.
Some people might consider this a good percentile but I feel it isn't enough for me. Currently I'm getting a good tier 2 collage in my state(Gujarat), Nirma University. If BITSAT dosen't go well I want to take a partial drop. I want to study mainly for advance in that time and give jee mocks in Jan, if any partial droppers are reading this please guide me. I want my primary target to be advance so that I can fulfill the IIT dream that I failed at.

I also can't take a full drop since I know I will not study(I have not been seriously studying since last 2 months), a change of environment would greatly help

Background: 12thie, got 97.2 percentile in S2, now preparing for BITSAT.
Some people might consider this a good percentile but I feel it isn't enough for me. Currently I'm getting a good tier 2 collage in my state(Gujarat), Nirma University. If BITSAT dosen't go well I want to take a partial drop. I want to study mainly for advance in that time and give jee mocks in Jan, if any partial droppers are reading this please guide me. I want my primary target to be advance so that I can fulfill the IIT dream that I failed at.

I also can't take a full drop since I know I will not study(I have not been seriously studying since last 2 months), a change of environment would greatly help

18M, 3-4 years ago I used to watch 20 episodes in one day, now I can hardly watch one episode in a week. It's not that other things in life are not allowing me, sure I have less free time than back then but I still have 3-4 hours a day free, but I spend it on reddit or some shit. I have 200+ anime on my to watch list, I really want to watch anime but just can't sit through an episode. Sometimes I watch in small bursts, like I binged both apothecary diaries in a week around a year ago and I binged first two parts of JoJo's a few months back, but beside this, I can't keep up with the weekly stuff and I really want to. If someone has gone through a similar situation then please help me

I have seen people saying that CSAB is luck based, like for some IIITs I'm interested in, I do fall in the rank range of students admitted in 2025. I have 44200 rank, can I get IIIT Vadodara ECE? Generally, what would be safe rank compared to 2025 for any IIIT/NIT through CSAB?

I have 97.2 percentile (44k rank), I have researched my options through JOSAA and none of them are appealing. Currently I am considering LNMIIT and Nirma University, I have chances of getting CSE(AI/ML) at both collages. Main concern is fees, Nirma has 3 LPA fees (excluding hostel), while LNMIIT has almost double. Placements of LNMIIT are clearly better but my parents are concerned about fees