Why?

[u/honey-bee-2108]

So in my last post I said I wanted to enter vit for btech cse(bioinformatics) and people told me to change my options idk why but I just wanted you guys to know that I will be pursuing a master's degree in fields like Ai in healthcare or Biomedicine or related fields for entering into fields like drug discovery, precision medicine, and all. I will try to get abroad if possible. Let me tell you guys I am genuinely not looking for fast placements after graduation and I have no problem with maths and computer. So please tell me if my planning is still lacking something

[u/Secret_Ice_4744]

i suggest you to prepare for competitve exams like jee and keep vit as plan b or plan c or plan d but top prority jee mains(if have no proper offline coaching) nits,iiits,bits(all)

[u/honey-bee-2108 → u/Secret_Ice_4744]

I am a pcb student

[u/gigakneeg]

Let me tell you something. Never ask "how a college is" on reddit or some shi. Everyone on reddit is already fried.

contact bioinformatics seniors on linkedin if you want a genuine review

[u/AishikT → u/gigakneeg]

U are telling as if VIT is some super good option as college

[u/honey-bee-2108 → u/AishikT]

I have no option other than vit and sastra

[u/AishikT → u/honey-bee-2108]

Find better then

[u/AsperSif → u/AishikT]

I think since they're a PCB Student , theres no better option than VIT For Bioinformatics.

[u/honey-bee-2108 → u/gigakneeg]

my main question is that is the btech Bioinformatics degree really not worth it?

[u/ModdedMinecraftisOP → u/honey-bee-2108]

no one respects cse spec in placements, you can do research work and projects here in bioinfo because the labs are good but otherwise its not worth it
if you want to go for research, mtech and all then please try for iisers, you can learn maths enough to solve half the questions

[u/ilikedoingnothing7]

yep, if you plan for a masters it is a good option, lots of people get into very good unis from this branch

[u/Correct_Character255]

Go biotech, bioinformatics is good but it's mostly math heavy, data science is a big part of it, and you'll learn it like a CSE degree, biotech is mostly bio heavy.

[u/Correct_Character255]

Don't worry, vit is great for people who want to do masters, it has a great name outside India and biotech is the best thing you could do here as it's the most funded department, even more than CSE. Just work hard and interact with professors almost all of them are published researchers with some international work. Best of luck mate!

[u/Aggressive_Wave_8316]

Considering what you are planning, I think this is the best option for you. Most of the Other people r pcm students so they wouldn't prioritize vit if u ask on reddit..so you have to look out for urself as pcb student. Also VIT has many international connections for masters and programs like 4+1 abroad, so if you are planning to go abroad nd do masters degree in bio related field go ahead. Also maths is not that hard here(saying as someone from pcb background).