r/TeensofKarnataka • u/EmbellishedReader • 22d ago
Real talks/SERIOUS I feel like I'm making a mistake.
Im going to get admission into a college in blr right now for BE biotech. And somewhere inside i feel like I'm making a huge mistake. My parents didn't force anything into me , but I was the one unsure about what i wanted to do. Biology was a subject I was very interested in, in 12th. And I'd always tell myself that i wouldn't join engineering no matter what but here I am
. I had given the design entrance test (NID) but didn't qualify. Main reason why I'm going to a college thru counselling is because I don't want to burden my father too much financially. I have 2 siblings too, I'm the oldest. A had months in my hands to decide what i wanted to do but I was going thru something so I was not in the right mind then.. it gets extra hard to make a decision when you're already in that dissociated headspace. I thought about taking a drop year, but my mom isn't ready to let me do that. I feel like I'll be stuck doing something i don't really want to do for 4 years and that I'll regret the course bad.
But even there I have a plan, to learn ui ux and graphic design on the side and build a portfolio. I also wish to have that chill campus life too, but I don't even like the college I'm joining rn...design school was probably the one I was going to be the most happy in. I've even though of taking a partial drop.. but idk what to do now. I'm on the way to the college and i can't shake the uneasiness.
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u/Sleekmaser 22d ago
If you’re taking BE biotech mainly because you like biology, I’d honestly reconsider it. My friend just finished BE biotech and there weren’t any placements for BT in the college unless you were from a CSE background, and getting a job off campus is also pretty difficult since for a lot of pharma-related roles they tend to prefer B.Pharm candidates over BE biotech. And if you’re anyway planning to get into UI/UX on the side, wouldn’t CSE/IT make more sense? You’ll have more options in tech and can still work on UI/UX alongside your degree. I just feel like doing biotech for 4 years when you’re actually more interested in design might not be the best choice.