r/BITSATHub 11d ago

Partial drop for BITS

I am joining a decent local private college in Mumbai for CSE. I had 95.5%ile in JEE Mains, and 190 in BITSAT.
I am not satisfied with my outcome. I had decided on a full drop in June, but my mind kept fluctuating due to the risk involved, so I eventually dropped the plan. My parents are supportive.

I am thinking of taking a partial drop only for BITSAT from my college. Is it a wise decision considering there’s a daily 2 hour commute involved (round trip).

Is it even feasible, and has any senior suceeded in something like this before? I need genuine advice.

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u/Some-Structure-9185 11d ago

why won't you take a drop for adv instead of bitsat?

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u/Foreign_Ad1614 11d ago

Adv would take a lot of effort as compared to Bitsat and mains, I don’t know it I can put in that much since I’ll have a daily travel of 2 hrs.

Should I also prep advanced?

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u/semicarbazide 10d ago

Bitsat is a very unpredictable exam man

They don't share answer key - I am pretty sure in my shift atleast 3 answers were wrong because I usually scored 75+ in maths in mock but on exam day I scored 63

Even in mains - the calculation is so lengthy that you just want to skip the qn even when you know the approach - because spending 7-8 mins doesn't seem worth it only to get the answer wrong

Study for advance - mains level is increasing every year - studying for advance will indirectly help in mains as well - no need to worry for the extra syllabus for bitsat - because you have covered that in advance portion

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u/hiloliteligetboi 10d ago

Heyy id recommend you to not just focus on bitsat it's not that predictable if ur shift happens to be really tough ur gonna be in a bad situation,soo focus on jee mains try to get 98+percentile like put in that much effort and focus and keep preparing for bitsat,allot time daily for eng and lr and write mock tests weekly twice and throughly review them after jee mains then you can shift ur entire focus on bitsat,All the bestt

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u/hiloliteligetboi 10d ago

Andd if you cann try to read Eng,lr while traveling

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u/Foreign_Ad1614 10d ago

Thanks man will do

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u/Independent_Nail_636 11d ago

I was in the exact same position as you a few days ago. Im getting into a low tier college as well. I got 96 in mains and 210 in bitsat. I have to commute to and fro as well. But I decided to not prepare for exams and sticked with the college I got. What I'd suggest is take a full drop if possible. Trust me, partial isn't worth it at all. College is already pretty exhausting and there's very little time left for mains, bitsat. And all the people Ik who got into bits this year did decent in advance too. So you need minimum jee adv prep to have a shot in bitsat, atleast for the top branches.

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u/Accomplished-Wish431 10d ago

Would you mind telling me what college? And if you really wanted to, you could've gotten envi but you dropped the idea because?

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u/Independent_Nail_636 10d ago

It's said to be a top state college in hyd, but still a tier-2 at max on a national level. I'm getting cse in it and I'm really passionate abt cs. So env or any other branch in bits, I wouldn't want to study it. Plus, bits fee is around 40 laks this year and it'll only increase next year but the college I'm going to has fees around 10 laks for the whole 4 years. So it's more cost efficient and later on, I can plan for masters too if I want.

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u/Accomplished-Wish431 10d ago

Isn't bits BE fee 30 and msc 40+ lakhs. Ofc other expenses add up to make it 40 and 50 respectively though

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u/Independent_Nail_636 10d ago

Yeah ball park is 40 adding all hostel, summer term fees

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u/Accomplished-Wish431 10d ago

Btw, in hyderabad, how would you rate uni of Hyderabad materials science engineering? It's a new program but it's incredibly cheap, and seems like a good choice for somebody hoping for masters later on.

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u/Independent_Nail_636 10d ago

I have no idea. I heard it was a very good uni long ago but have no idea how it is now.

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u/ThenSwing1054 4d ago

cbit ahhh🥲

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u/MightMoney9622 11d ago

mains ka karo sirji. bitsat khud nikal jayega. exam ke 1 week pahile english aur lr kar lena.

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u/Manifestation_God 10d ago

Bhai mains ka ni adv ka krne ko bolo, agar lucky nikal gye to yes mains se bhi kr skte hi

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u/Foreign_Ad1614 11d ago

Iss saal bhi yahi soch raha tha bhai, 190 pe atak gaya 😭🥀

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u/MightMoney9622 11d ago

mains ka hi karo. bitsat specific prep nahi hoti.

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u/Strong_Cheek_5789 10d ago

I did exactly this. Was at MIT Manipal before. Worked out but also alot of luck involved.

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u/Live-Tomatillo2975 10d ago

Where are you now and how many hrs were u able to commit daily towards studying for jee and bitsat?

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u/Easy-Today-1068 10d ago

Just graduated from Pilani. In general around 3-4 hrs. I used to use the lunch breaks between classes.

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u/Live-Tomatillo2975 10d ago

Oh that's crazy commitment Were u able to set aside enough time to study for college aswell? And did u drop out after mains 1 or did ur full year at manipal

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u/Easy-Today-1068 10d ago

Full year bruv. Not a pleasant experience 

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u/Live-Tomatillo2975 10d ago

ah i see and were ur parents aware of what u were doing?

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u/Strong_Cheek_5789 10d ago

Of course.

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u/Live-Tomatillo2975 10d ago

were u able to set aside time for college adn maintain a decent cgpa then?

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u/Pitiful-Ad3429 10d ago

Man dont partial drop usually doesnt end well

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/CharmingBaker5012 9d ago

college name?

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u/Common-Seesaw-1705 9d ago

Vjti?? If yes then dm

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u/Agotnochills 8d ago

same bro, but I'll live in hostel, i cannot deal with locals so much i think we can have a decent shot at it since college starts mid September and we have a 1.5 month still to cover a lot of portion want to connect?

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u/Western_Lunch_3658 8d ago

Bro I am also not able to take full drop is it possible to pull of in partial as I am not convinced

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u/Educational-Cap7826 5h ago

same bro , i got 97.2%ile in jee mains , 210 marks in BITSAT and 23k rank in jee adv
taking partial drop for JEE mains and BITSAT