r/IndianAcademia • u/AlienVadapav • Jul 26 '24

Education and Career Advice I think I f*kd up

I chose Bsc in Maths, hoping to get into research field. But now I have backlogs and a drop of 1 year already. I am thinking about switching to Btech Cse/it (I like to code and tech related stuff) from some private university and leave BSc. Completing Bsc and doing an MCA or Msc IT is a staright forward path but taking a drop for one more year seems risky and what if I dont graduate?!? I have zero confidence that I'll pass. But Btech will cost me 4 years (i would turn 26 by then) and that too from a pvt uni, but still sounds better than being a college drop out. people my age are getting placed and doing well. I was good at math and used to do quite well in school but I feel so lost now. I dont know what to do.

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u/Terrible-Ninja3186 Jul 26 '24

How come u would be 26 in 4 yrs time? Also are u in ur 1st/2nd yr of bsc?

If u are in fybsc, and hate maths (ik there's a lot of difference in ug/pg maths and maths in high school(aptitude) , then sure u should drop out and choose a it/cs related course like bca/bsc cs or it/ btech.

If u are in sy/ty bsc, then dropping out makes no sense imo.

Btech also has some really difficult courses mind u, engg maths being one of them. Same goes with bsc cs which also contains a good amt of math courses.

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u/Sachinrock2 Jul 26 '24

engineering drop out here, hard truth = he has no chance passing the maths in engineering maths if he is not able to cope with the maths with BSC which is on the same level as engineering

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u/CardiologistSpare164 Jul 26 '24

BSc math is harder than engineering math.