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If yes please try to write the reasons you think are responsible for this, also try to describe in short the feeling and activities or events that trigger it.

The purpose of this is purely academic, feel free to share with your friends so that more responses are available.

There are people on campus who feel the same as you and they are there to share your experiences, when our friends on campus are pushed to an edge, some people including student council prefers doing fake expression of sympathy on Instagram and mail, administration even doesn't care. The change is gradual process and it requires continuous action, trying to understand the situation and explain it to others.

Thanks 🙏

So, lemme explain you my dilemma.

First of all, I am doing my degree in Physics with minor mathematics from a central university of India.

I am currently in the first semester and I am loving it till now.

But, I belong to a financially poor family and being a solo child with unhealthy parents, I do have a lot of financial responsibilities. Not immediate but y never know what will happen in the very next moment.

So I do have the option of pivoting to a good level engineering college in India, it's NIT. You can say mid level nits. There I can most probably get ECE and might also get CSE if I have good luck.

So, I am kinda confused between these two.

Physics

-> it is of my interest and I love the subject. If I become able to crack JAM entrance with good score (I am pretty sure I can), I can get into top IITs for MSc

Physics. The point is, there are no direct industry jobs after MSc. Even if there are then it is v underpaid kinda stuffs. I also have to do a PhD which is again more 4-5 yrs.

Engineering

-> if I choose this then after 4 years I may have a good or say decent job provided that I work on my skills during those 4 years. I am afraid to choose this because I am not sure whether I will like the subject and will I be able to put whatever I have into it or not.

So, please help me with your pov on this. Detailed response will be highly appreciated.

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I feel like the crowd here is very reserved and barely lively.....like Obv it's great to mind your own business but somehow it feels like people here have the least emotions or maybe they just don't interact that much to develop a real connection. Everyone seems nice and respectful, but there’s this weird emotional distance. Or maybe I'm just overthinking and it's just me taking time to adjust?

I’ve always admired the idea of becoming an astronaut. Ever since I was young, I’ve been fascinated by space, planets, stars, and the universe.
But as I’ve grown older, I’ve started realizing that maybe research is the career I actually want.
I want to study physics, understand the universe, and work in space science/research. There’s something incredibly beautiful to me about trying to understand Brahman and the universe created by the Supreme — not just looking at it, but actually trying to understand how it works.
My dream right now is to get into IISc Bangalore through IAT 2027, preferably for the BS (Research) in Physics. My other options would be IISERs and other good research institutes.
I’m currently enrolled in another college and taking a partial drop alongside it. The difficult part is that my father doesn’t really understand why I’m doing this. His perspective is more like:
Get a college degree → get placements → get a job → settle down.
And I understand where he’s coming from. He wants stability for me.
But honestly, I don’t think I want that life.
I don’t want to spend years doing something just because it is considered the “safe” or “normal” path. I want to study something I genuinely care about. My long-term plan is to do my UG at IISc, pursue a PhD abroad, build a career in research, and hopefully settle abroad later in life.
The problem is that getting there is exhausting.
Managing regular college, assignments, attendance, commuting, and everything else while preparing seriously for IAT is really difficult. Some days I feel extremely motivated and can see the life I want so clearly. Other days I’m completely drained and start wondering whether I’m being unrealistic.
But I really want to give IAT 2027 everything I have.
My goal isn’t just to qualify. I want a top rank and I want IISc.
I know there’s no guarantee that I’ll get there. But I also know that if I never try, I’ll probably always wonder what would have happened if I had given myself one serious chance.
So I guess I’m writing this because I need to hear from people who have been through something similar.
Has anyone here taken a partial drop for IAT/IISc/IISER or for a research-oriented career? How did you manage college alongside preparation? And how did you deal with the fear that you might be choosing a path your family doesn’t understand?
I don’t want to give up on this dream just because the journey is difficult.