BITS Pilani offers a lot of extracurricular activities on the campus. It ranges from Sports, art, and music. There are multiple activities going on which give you a break from your loaded academics.

• Being a student here, my brother has mentioned a few well-known fests of the campus: BOSM (Sports Fest), Oasis (Cultural Fest), and APOGEE (Technical Fest).
• The campus has various clubs like Photography Club, Music Club, Poetry Club, Creative Activities Club, Dance Club, English, and Hindi Press Club, Drama Club, Coding Club, etc. Only a few are active.
• There are Departments that handle fests and other activities from Sponsorship to Correspondence to decorating the campus.
• You can always go to the Gym-grounds and Students Activities Center to play sports.
• There are state-wise cultural associations. They organize cultural shows throughout the year which everyone enjoys attending.

Apart from the above-mentioned things, you can go to movies with your friends screened in the auditorium every 2-3 weeks.

I can assure you that the culture at BITS Pilani is very good and there are a lot of activities to involve yourself in.

My brother used to be a student of BITS Pilani and from what he has heard; it is not a good institute for students who want to pursue pharmacy.

You should pursue pharmacy at BITS Pilani only if you have a strong background in physics, chemistry, and biology or you cannot get admission to some other institute.

Even if you do have a strong background in the three subjects, the chances of getting converted to a different stream are very low. You have to obtain a CGPA of or higher than 9.8. It is simply too high and getting a 257 just will not be enough.

On the other hand, BITS is a very reputed institute. It is highly praised by my friend and a lot of the students and former students as well. It is a very good institute but pharmacy is just not its forte. It would be better if you look for other institutes if you want to pursue pharmacy.

You are perhaps going for one of the most difficult streams of M.Sc, which is, of course, Maths. Few of my friends are studying there and as they have mentioned, by the time you reach your third year, one of the subjects in Maths would have a good number of theorems.

The next thing you would have is coordinate geometry as a part of your Maths 1. This would come in handy while solving double/triple integrations.

However, this is still the base of things. It gets complicated ahead- although, not sure if that would be in the third year essentially. Perhaps for better clarity, you should try and reach out to someone who is actually doing his/her M.Sc from BITS Pilani

• Now, when it comes to application and coding Mathematics, the wisest combination to opt for is M.Sc Maths along with CS.
• By the time you become a pro at coding, these math concepts wherein you studied geometry might come in handy for the applications that you would use.
• Try and sustain a CGPA of 8+, if you are genuinely serious about carrying along with CS as a second subject option.

My friends mentioned that students who are carrying along two degrees at the same time have CS as their ultimate aim. There were a few friends of mine who with a double degree, either ended up slogging into semesters, achieved CS with hardly any effort, and eventually, some of them had to choose chemical/civil out of sheer compulsion.

One of my friends studied Chemical Engineering at BITS Pilani. According to him, it is a really tough stream. It is suggested not to drop a year instead ensure that you work very hard.

• Spend over 12 hours self study every single day for a year.
• You should be able to get under 1000 rank in JEE next year which might be worth taking a year drop.
• But if you have secured a much higher BITSAT score, and if you think you won't be able to work this hard, then simply take whatever you are getting at Pilani.
• Try to graduate with a CGPA of 8.5+ and go for an MS/Ph.D. in any area of your interest.

Herewith I'm providing the basic details for BITS Pilani :

If you opt to drop and secure admission in an IIT, you will be getting only one degree after 4 years. Whereas, you can get 2 individual degrees from BITS after 5 years. There is not much of a difference between BITS and IITs. It is certainly better than the new ones. The top 5 or 6 IITs are better than BITS but letting go of one more year might not be a wise decision.

One of my friends graduated from BITS Pilani and here are some things you could follow for your first year of college.

First of all, one must study well in their first year to maintain their CGPA. Keep your CGPA in check but do not let it consume you completely. Make sure you never let your score go beyond a 7.5 because no matter what, it is always an advantage to maintain a good CGPA. As this will help you sit in placement drives.

Apart from studies, here are some ideas for spending the first year of your college time at BITS Pilani –

• You can visit at least 5 to 10 beaches if you are at BITS.
• Enjoy and make better use of the college fests. Participate in them and be productive.
• Make some good friends, otherwise, you might find it difficult to adjust to the environment.
• Being active at clubs and departments of the college will be good and beneficial.
• Cultivate your hobbies.

Finally, do whatever you dreamt of doing before joining the college. Balance studies and fun. It will be an unforgettable experience. You will cherish it forever.

BITS Pilani should open up in September. The country will probably not recover from the pandemic before this. With the number of vaccinations going around, it will take some time.

You can think about a little, there are about 10 lakhs JEE Main applicants. Of this, only 5000 are selected for IIT. Even if we consider the death rate of just 18 to 20 years old, it is about 0.05%. This is equivalent to the number of people selected by IIT.

Even if lives are lost that are equivalent to the IIT intake, nothing much could happen. In the end, the decision is to be taken by the Senate and the guidelines provided by UGC. If nothing materializes, the online classes will definitely continue and any changes will be informed by the authorities to students.

One of my friends graduated from BITS Pilani and he scored a good CGPA of 9.2 in his 4th year of CSE. Following points are a few facts about the institute that might help you:

• If you want to get a good score make sure you study hard that will later reflect in your results.
• However, attending classes does make the preparation procedure much easier. As you will be always updated with the topics that are being discussed.
• During your 1st year attending regular classes will be easier. But gradually it will become tougher to balance your studies and attending classes.
• You must not neglect attending classes completely, and if you do make sure you prepare through self-study.

For any junior, I would advise them on attending as many classes as possible. You can skip the humanities and open electives but not your core subjects. Make sure even if you miss out on the classes, you cover the syllabus through self-study.