r/Indian_Academia

My qualifications are that I passed class 12 this year with PCM. I am thinking of bachelors in either Statistics or Economics. My problem with class 12 Maths was that the integrals chapter was so unpredictable at times. I mean the harder questions were unpredictable. And this whole differentiation and integral solving sometimes gets lengthy and complex. But the thing in grade 12 was that I wouldn't practice regularly. I would just practice once in a blue moon. Like I am fine with basic calculas. But sometimes in exams the questions have me thinking that where do I even start. Especially trigo+calc.

Is the math in bsc stats also unpredictable? Like I can get good with practice right? Or does it get hella confusing? I heard that you learn a bunch of things and then apply it to questions so it gets confusing.

Same doubt about economics. Like how much hard do I need to work and is it unpredictable?

Should I consider these two degrees?

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for a serious DSA study partner for placement preparation. I’ve studied DSA before and solved a few LeetCode questions, but I lost consistency and forgot a lot due to lack of practice.

Right now, I’m planning to restart properly and stay consistent for the next few months.

Current focus:
- DSA + LeetCode
- Striver sheet
- Placement prep

About me:
- BTech student from India
- Currently on graphs in DSA
- Interested in AI/GenAI projects as well

Looking for someone who is also consistent and motivated so we can share daily goals and track progress together.

My qualifications: BTech student preparing for placements and currently practicing DSA.

Feel free to DM me if interested :)

My_Qualifications: PCB student, NEET complete dropper (3 years) by home by myself online batches

Soo it's my first day on reddit and I downloaded it with the only purpose to get answers to lot of questions going on in my head since neet has happened even tho re-neet pas h ek mhina h but still jab neet 2026 hogya uske bad bhot sare realisations hue bhot socha khud pe bethke reasearch ki realised one thing ki m teen sal se bss aakhen band krke neet ke liye preparation kr rhi thi?? Consciously? Never....bs kr rhi thi kyuki or kuch pata nhi tha or kuch or krne me comfort zone se bhar aana pdta to bss drop pe drop....but life is getting too serious now....I realised one thing that I was doing neet with the idea of good college life in my head acha campus milega bo glamourous life....but when I sit and think about the profession it' scares me....I can really not do that kind of studies now...(I was a brilliant student in 12th i got 94 percent) Pr drop years me kuch to badla...ye side apni kabhi nhi dekhi jha bss har din ek failure jaisa feel hua....ki jitna kr skti hu nhi kr parhi hu pr fr phucha khudse ki Krna bhi h?? Kyu Krna h ? Mera to koi interest bhi nhi h isme....to fr kyu??? (Kyuki family me ek image thi meri ki ye to bhot brilliant h ye to kuch bda kregi I was a child evey other cousin was compared to) Or ab ye failure or reality mujhse shen hi nhi ho rhi h...teen sal tk alg alg bhane diye but came to conclusion that neet is really not for me.... I've never imagined myself as a doctor helping patients doing duty studying neverrrr.....

Or the question is abhi m bhot confuse hu akhir mujhe Krna kya h??? Kya kru konsa course konsa clg ? Future career? Bo jo bolte h do what you love your passion bo kaise dhundu ? Mene bhot socha but I really can't think of any....or explore krne ke na paise h na time jldi hi admison ke liye decision Lena h...smjh nhi aara h??jisme ruchi hoti h bo bhot hi unpredictable paths h ( kaise content creation ya non academic stuff.....or syd ye sb mujhe padhai se bachne ke liye hi rahana lg rha ho that could also be the case) so I'm just soooo doomed rn ....I'm open to advice, opinions, career paths, everything you can tell.me.....

>Final year student at NIT (good one), thought the NIT tag alone would carry me, so I spent years chilling in sports, gym, events, and life instead of building actual skills. Now I’m trying to go from almost zero tech skills to employable within the next 90 days.

I was in a (qualifications )5-year integrated science course. Since day one I was deeply involved in college life .... 2–3 sports teams, events, gym, organizing stuff, networking, etc. Honestly, I became kind of the “golden child” in class. Professors liked me, people knew me in campus, and I genuinely did well in extracurriculars and had the plan to grind 1-2 months with code and get a tech job (high paying thats why)
guess what your boy got into a relationship in last year and wasted the time with chick which truely is a headache sometimes .

Also got 2 on campus offer ( one was of sales 6 lpa BLR and other one was business associate of some s*it 8 LPA BLR )

I thought lets grind DSA (my btech friends all were in CSE and got placed with little to no skills even reaching upto 30+LPA u/Visa) , but guess what my branch never was allowed to sit in any tech companies and dont know what the fu*k i did those days and from evening hanged out with my girl

My gf got placed in an supply chain role for 12 lpa and I didnt appeared in that interview because didnt wanted that job (this was during sept i was still delusional)
after jan 2026 , panic kicked in i was applying randomly everywhere and still got no call and then got depressed and though reliance would come at last and ill get that , guess what , due to this war and oil stuff , those mf also didnt came!!!!

now my SITUATION ,
i have 2 papers published but i want to get a tech job , i got HARKIRATS SINGH'S course and now my daily timeline looks like
6-10 basketball + breakfast + morning stuff
10-12 study
12-2 lunch and yt
2-6 study
6-8 dine and fam time
8-10 yt and random stuff
10-11 chill and scrollllllll

Main Internal Problem:

• procrastination (the timetable above you see rarely gets into action)
• doomscrolling
• fear ( i dont know , i feel to d*e and think im just a useless sh*t who has broken the family hopes and wtf im doing withh my life)
• overthinking ( making and making plan just never to do them and act on them)
• lack of execution

TODAY IS MAY 21ST 2026 ...... TILL AUGUST ( GOAL )

• get a job or start earning atleast 1L/month
• get mom+dad that fitbit air
• get them a good vacation

also

• Supportive family
• Father sole breadwinner
• No generational wealth
• Time pressure
• Late start

Questions

• realistic roadmap?
• projects to build?
• freelancing realistic?
• how to stop wasting time?
• will i reach and make my fam proud?

I know I messed up. I’m not looking for sympathy ....... I want honest advice on the fastest way to turn this around

My qualifications is CA Final with group 1 cleared
So my mom told me today that we might need to visit hometown ( my nana and family lives there) by coming week and tbh that place is hell for me. I am invisible and ignored there. My younger cousins just ignore me and continue their gossips and elders just see me as useless person. Both because I am 25 and in CA final with one group left. I have no friends even in Delhi NCR where I live but it feels less lonely but in hometown Idk how will stop myself to have multiple breakdowns in a day.

I have 3 cousins, one gave competitive exam for graduate degree college and she passed just because of some loop hole not by merit, 2nd cousin also gave same competitive exam for graduate degree college and did not pass and in private college and 3rd cousin, his whole life his family paid in school or college to get him pass and now he is doing family business.

It hurts more that they look down on me, these cousins and their parents.

It makes my mom and dad frustrated on me that I am just a defective kid of theirs. My brother is like exceptionally intelligent and I am just nothing.

Because of this my parents controls each and every aspect of my life, I tried to argue for not wanna visit hometown and my mom was like meine bol diya ab isske aage koi baat nahi hogi.

I am unable to study with this feeling, it feels so heavy in my chest and guilt of not studying is eating me

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my_qualifications: 12th passed (PCB), currently a NEET dropper, 19 years old.

Over the last few months, I’ve realized that I genuinely don’t have much interest in the medical field. I think I chose NEET partly because of societal pressure/FOMO and partly because medicine seemed financially stable. But honestly, I can’t imagine myself studying for 10+ years in a field I don’t feel connected to.

Right now, I’m giving CUET and hoping to get into a decent DU college. Alongside that, I recently started preparing for CLAT since the exam will probably be around December.

At the moment, I’m confused between two paths:

Plan 1:

Take admission in a BSc course through CUET, prepare for CLAT side by side, and if I get into a good law school, leave the BSc and pursue law.

Plan 2:

Complete the BSc degree first, then prepare for CAT later and go for an MBA.

The problem is that I don’t really want to spend years doing BSc → MSc without a clear direction. I already feel quite lost and behind compared to others, even though logically I know 19 isn’t that old.

I would really appreciate honest advice from people who have been in similar situations or know about these career paths.

I’m 19, currently a 1st year BCom Honours student in a not-so-great government college.

I scored 94% in 12th, but after that something changed completely. I’ve lost my willingness to study and constantly feel like I’m wasting my potential. I gave CA Foundation once and failed, but honestly I wasn’t even passionate about CA in the first place, so I never tried again.

Now I’m in 2nd semester and I feel stuck. I’m scared that people who were less serious or less academically strong than me will become successful while I’ll end up doing nothing meaningful with my life. I know comparison is unhealthy, but I can’t stop thinking about it.

The worst part is that I genuinely don’t know what I want to do. Every decision I’ve made after school feels wrong. I avoid thinking about my future because whenever I do, I panic.

My qualifications: 19F, 1st year BCom Honours student, scored 94% in 12th.

I want a career that:

can realistically start giving good income within 3–4 years

has some creative aspect to it

gives financial independence and respect

doesn’t make me regret leaving CA years later wondering “what if I had continued?”

I’m not necessarily looking only for traditional careers. I just want something I’m actually capable of doing well in.

Has anyone else gone through this phase after being a “good student”? How did you figure things out?

MyQuals - Did my Graduation in BA Economics from Symbiosis college, Pune along with it I did a 6 month Online Product Design Bootcamp.

I've done a product design internship in a Bangalore based startup for 6 months and on and off freelancing projects but I'm a little confused going forward, should I do a Masters or a Diploma since I don't have a formal design degree or should I work on my portfolio and look for another internship?

I'm 18F. I had pcb in my 12th grade and took a drop for neet. This was my first attempt at neet cause I was a regular school going student :(

Mu qualifications 81% in 12th 80% in 10th

My neet went quite average and now I'm preparing for re neet which is on 21st June. Other than mbbs, I'll be applying for a veterinary doc, too.

Now these two courses require above avg marks in neet and a good rank too. I'm not sure if I'm gonna get that. I'm working really hard, tho😭 let's just keep that aside.

So I have 3 courses in my mind, and I need genuine advice from seniors or form someone who has done these

1. Bba + mba specialization(marketing/data/hr)

2. B pharma + mba

3. Agriculture + mba

I do want to get into the business side too, that's why I've planned for an mba as my masters. My profile would be 8/8/ so I guess that would work.

However, I'm confused about choosing these ug courses. Help me asap. My father keeps telling me to decide what I'm gonna do, so I really need real advice

I have no interest in any subject. However, I'm good in biology, basically subjects where you understand and mugg up things with little advanced maths.

Ignore my bad English, guys

Have been preparing since recently only.

My qualifications are 80 percent in 12th PCM and 90 percent in 10th.

Qualifications- 12th pcb passed on 2025 and first year neet dropper. okay so I am not able to study it is not because of that but because that I have lost my ability to do anything like I have lost it. i used to love dancing and drawing but because of academic I left them now i gave neet 2025 and neet 2026. 2025 was hard but 2026 even being easy they cancelled the exam but after cancelling they have scheduled another day now i can't mentally do anything more like even if I do biology but can't absolutely do physics and chemistry. I don't now even feel mbbs or studying for medical is for me I also know my parents can't afford huge amount to send me to private college it is too much mentally draining so much mentally draining that now i have even stopped talking to people don't like anything to do even basic house chores or anything else I don't feel like to do them also. my parents saying that it is a second chance but that urge that I had in studying i can't have that back this time i am begging my parents to send me to any bsc college but that are telling me those lines are not good like the jobs there are no jobs there but seriously before job isn't that getting out of this neet loop is best? because to be honest due to my panic and other reasons i don't feel i would be good or be happy in medical or doctor field. mh father is a doctor he is as depressed as me he have 1 packet of ciggerate a day and me I don't do these but also feel i am unable to again sit for re neet because of these my panic and mental stress how to tell my parents to support me and let me go out of this neet loop.

1. his+geo+econ+maths

Feasible for bsc in maths? or later?

Or

2. PCB+Econ

Feasible for bsc in chem? or computational chem?

Or

3. His+geo+PS+econ

If I am not able to choose maths.

Or

4. PCBM

If school is banging me

Which one looks decent for research based & decent time left for creativity (music, art etc)? or commerce?

Although ik it's (1) but if school did not provide what do you think I should choose??

PS : I can't choose Maths as core since low marks in 10th board.

Myquals 10th pass

Any folks here who changed their fields entirely or pivoted a bit later in life? Would love to hear your stories! I am also especially interested in what people in arts/design/non-science backgrounds are doing. Do you love what you do?

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My qualifications are almost a decade of experience in fashion and lifestyle journalism. (Ready to jump ship like yesterday)

my Story

after 12th, i couldn't go to college as dad didn't allow me to study further, prepared for govt exams but i couldn't crack it, i am taking therapy now with the money i saved from part time jobs

i am already 23 and feel hopeless about my career, my school friends are already in their master's now, with some joining jobs

i desperately want to become financially independent, and have planned some paths to get there, but i am not sure due to AI

some things i have thought of:

1. do a bca + mca (can specialize in cybersecurity which i find interesting by adding certs like Comptia+ later) but i don't think i want to do tech long term, tech is also very volatile now due to AI, and i wonder if i will even get placed due to my gap years

2. give clat this year and aim for a top NLU, get an educational loan to pay to cover the fees and aim for corporate law roles to pay it back while working

3. do bcom + indian CMA, and aim for FP&A roles, but managing both offline bcom and CMA prep would be very hard, their exam dates may clash as they both conduct exams around june and december,

but i if choose a distance bcom through ignou, it may work but what if due to some reason i couldn't complete CMA? wouldn't i be left with just a distance bcom which has no value? what will i do then? there's no fallback here

4. design or marketing, pick any practical degree and explore design or marketing alongside, build a portfolio, do internships, can get a mdes later if required

5, govt jobs again? no i am already traumatized by that experience and i don't want to give it again, it's just not for me

i am open to any other suggestions apart from these five as well

what kind of career i want

something stable and tolerable( which i don't hate) in a slow moving industry with a decent salary ceiling (scope of salary growth, so no jobs like school teaching)

current problems

1st problem:

college admissions for this year have already started, and vacant seats are being filled, i need to hurry and choose some practical degree

i am primarily confused between bba, bca and bcom,

bsc stats and math would be great but i don't think i can do it as i am not that great with maths

and taking a tier 3 btech CS seems risky and expensive as i will graduate at 27 and who knows what the tech market look like then because of AI

i want to choose quickly because i am already 23 and graduation is a must, i need to at least start college and not delay any longer

2nd problem:

this year CLAT's deadline is already inching closer, there's only 5 months left, i need to decide quickly if i want to give it or drop the idea or perhaps do it with a degree(see above) as backup

my qualifications

10 >> 7

10+2 (PCM) >> 6

3 gap years after 10+2

so MBA is out of the question, 3 gap years and my past acads have weakened my profile a lot, i don't know how i can make up for it.

please don't ignore, i really need some advice

thankk you so much

kuch samajh nehi aa raha kya karu, kabhi ye sochti ki zinda kyu hu mai.

I M[28] trying to change the direction of my career, Since I have hit a ceiling in my current field.

My qualifications include B.Com at graduation level and M.A Eco at post graduation level" I am currently working with overall experience of 5 years.

I have always been interested in Economics but couldn't pursue it due to financial and family issues. No I am planning to do pursue further education. So that I am able to increase my earning potential.

As I believe the best option for me would be to do MBA but neither do I have the finances for that nor I have enough time to prepare for the entrance exam to get into top Business Schools in India.

I am planning to pursue Data analysis or related fields since it aligns more with my currrent job where I work with lot of Data.

I am planning to get into Msc in Data Science course from Madras School of Economics.

The things I want to know about are, Is it possible for someone with non technical background without Maths as elective to transition into Data Analyst roles. If yes how do I do it and What other options do I have?

Looking for a college with really good exposure, internship opportunities, decent crowd, industry connections, and an overall environment that can help me grow personally and professionally. My main focus is MBA/CAT in the future, so I genuinely want a college that can help build my profile well.

my_qualifications: 12th PCB student

So my dad finally answered and told me he can’t afford mbbs abrd because his bussiness ask for investment to run on the same pace as it doing now so he can only afford 4-5 lakhs a year to be spent on me cause I have siblings as well to pay for.

Ultimately I have to leave mbbs which was my dream and yes I am in depression right now but can’t do anything not in my hands. I need career advice at this point which is the best career to opt for as a PCB student I was first dropper so yeah 1 yr is wasted getting 250-300 score in neet didn’t study phy entire year. Don’t want to waste more time. I need a career which has high salary, large scope, cannot be replaced by Ai entirely, and doesn’t have vast time line of 10 years it should be max 6-7.

My qualifications: 12th PCB passed 80% overall
Neet: 250-300
Cuet: result awaited

Please help

I’ve been exploring my qualifications - language degrees lately (like BA/MA in foreign or regional languages), and honestly, it feels underrated.

Most people around me are stuck on the usual paths, but studying a language deeply isn’t just about speaking—it’s culture, literature, communication, even career options like translation, teaching, diplomacy, etc.

What I find interesting is how it changes the way you think. Like, you don’t just “learn words,” you start understanding a whole different perspective.

I’m still figuring it out, but it seems like a good mix of passion + practical skill if done right.

Anyone here pursuing or completed a language degree? How’s the reality vs expectations?

Hello everyone! My_qualifications Bcom(Hons) from a Tier 2 college of Delhi university. As I’m stepping into the second year, the pressure of doing something is getting real. There are so many of my peers in the first year who are already sorted about what they want to do to in future- whether CA, MBA, banking exam or any govt exams- probably they are going to prepare for the same in the second year and some might have already started it. And yet here i am, everyday I read someone’s linkedin post and there I’m like “oh wow, this job is great it’s paying them well, i should consider this” Some of you will say that do what you REALLY want to do, but honestly I don’t know what i want to do, there are so many career paths in my mind. I’m not only confused about what domain i want to choose- Finance, accounting, banking, marketing, HR, management, consulting, etc but also in which sector i want to be in. Nothing is sorted in my life. Touchwood my family is very supportive, they do not pressurise me into doing something - everything is upto me. I fear that they are trusting me so much and they’ve a lot of expectations from me, what if i fail them. I can say that I’m a jack of all trades, but master of none. I believe that i can prepare for any exam, but if I’ll be successful or not - that even I don’t know. Main thing is I don’t know where my interest lies. I don’t know how to overcome all this. I used to think about CA but then i saw so many people leaving it midway plus i watched the half ca series, where that bhaiya was not able to clear his CA Final exam despite all his efforts and hardwork, I don’t want to end up like him. About CAT, there is also a lot of competition I don’t know if I’ll make it to tier 1 or 2 b-school. Are you guys also in the same boat or am i doomed?
PS-I had taken one year gap for my cuet exam after class 12th, also I’m a very homesick person.

my_qualifications
10th- 94%
12th- 89%
ba history hons- 7 cgpa

will be giving cat next year (taking a drop this year)
supposedly be having 1 year of experience after graduation (graduating this year in june)
rn having 1.5 years of experience (including internships) and rn a full time job in marketing
i am not expecting extravagant college, tier b private college works out for me too (symbi etc etc). suggest me a career path for mba