u/Zarty_Halo

So I'm taking a gap year this year and I realised I genuinely don't have any friends in town whom I can hang out with or socialize with and I don't want my one year to be just inside the house. Can you guys tell me any social events or activities I could participate in?

I'm planning on joining a gym next month but other than that is there anything else I could do?

I enjoy reading, cooking, debates, music, anything fashion

I'm looking for any clubs that will help u make friends and keep connections

18F, kochi btw

Flying from abu dhabi to kochi soon and I'm traveling with my mom (she doesn't know abt my vape). So I js wanna know if they'll make me pull out the vape for security check at the airport and keep it along with my electronics

So I'm planning on buying a vape from abu dhabi and this is my first buying one from here so is there anything that I need to know before going to purchase one? Like is there any type of gender bias?

Can you guys also recommend sm good shops I could get it from? And is there anyone here who has taken their vape through airport customs to India, if so then how did u do it?

Vapes are illegal in India but u can still buy it there but they're double the price of what you get here in ad. A 10k is around 120aed.

I need recommendations on vacation spots i could go to in abu dhabi (anywhere in uae is fine actually but I live in abu dhabi). Please don't say malls or anything similar. I would like sm niche spots or any seasonal activities (?)

It's my first time using them and I need smthn easy to apply but also affordable

I wanna do chemical engineering and my options right now are srm or I will have to take a drop and get into tkm but I genuinely don't wanna take a drop but I also cannot survive in a strict school like environment either. Can u guys tell me what to choose? And what are the conditions and rules at srm?

I'm planning on doing chemical engineering so should I go for SRM Chennai or manipal jaipur and please give me detailed answers

My parents absolutely fucked up my college admissions. I had plans to write a few private college exams and apply to a few colleges because I had a decent jee percentile too but my parents forbided me because they had plans to send me to a government college (via management seat) in my home state and I don't mind that but I would've liked a few backups but they feared i would take that as an opportunity to go to these fancy private colleges if I did get in (idfk what they were actually thinking honestly) so obviously I didn't apply to any colleges nor write any exams. Till yesterday my parents put me under the impression that I was going to attend the government college and then they drop the fucking bomb that they actually misheard the lady at the office and I wasn't given a seat, I was just given a spot on the waitlist and now they called and informed us that no one has cancelled their seat so I won't be getting an admission. So yeah, now I'm going to have to take a drop for no godamn reason 😭 and before y'all come in the comments being all like I should've studied for a merit seat instead of management, for starters, I didn't exactly want to go to this college and secondly its near to impossible to get in here for me bcz I'm aware of my abilities and I know the chances of me getting in is slim.

Anyways my big question what do I even do this next year? My parents are giving me the choice to either go for coaching or no coaching, it's up to me. But I don't want to waste any of their money by going for coaching for one more year and I know it's going to be useless bcz the college they wanna send me to is very very hard to get in and I definitely cannot get in through merit. But on the other hand if I don't go for coaching I'm gonna be so out of touch with all the topics and would have a hard time when college starts. I'd also like to work on myself and do something other than just studying bcz if I start coaching ik I will be completely behind that. Can you guys tell me how the drop year was for you and what did you do? And how you were feeling (I'm alr feeling terrible abt the fact that my friends r going to college and not me). I'm genuinely feeling so miserable right now bcz the thought of drop year puts so much anxiety in me (I don't come from a toxic household but I'd rather not sit at home all the time, it would just cause problems).

I'm looking for affordable (less than 1000) jewelry stores online which sell anti tarnish jewelry. I'm a college student and I need smthn I can wear everyday without worrying whether it'll tarnish or not.

I recently tried a store names just lil things and their rings and bracelets are very high quality and after regular use still looks brand new but their necklaces r so bad. I used it once and it turned an ugly brassy colour.

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I've heard newds is good but I don't wanna waste sm money on it blindly. Pls recommend some good places (especially for necklaces)

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PS: DO NOT RECOMMEND HM, THEIR JEWELRY SUCKS

I'm coming from kochi to kollam to join tkm. Can I know how kollam is like and r there any fun activities. I'm not a homebody at all and I take great pleasure in just going out to places and having fun.

Cbse results kinda left me fucked so I don't have much hope from keam but my parents are hell bent on sending me to tkm (management/nri seat). My question is, is tkm truly truly worth the money that i will be paying (I heard nri seat will be around 12 lakhs??) or should I look for other options?

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I got admitted into manipal main campus (through met) and pes university banglore (through jee) but the fees over there for the course I want will be around 18 lakhs but their facilities and campus life is kinda nice.

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Also I heard tkm is getting very strict after being autonomous. So if that's the case what should I choose?

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I'm planning on doing chemical engineering and I'd prefer a college that isn't too strict and expensive. My keam rank, if I had to guess, would be around 30-40k

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Also what are the dress codes and hostels like in tkm and is it easy to fit in over there? The one thing bugging me is the fear that I may not fit in and may be prejudiced against cuz nri seat and all. Is there anyone who has faced any difficulties finding ur type of ppl there? I genuinely need all the nitty gritty details cuz I'm desperate rn since I didn't apply to a lot of colleges and only tried for manipal and bits (bits is out of the question cuz that shit is expensive af).