Why choosing BITS Goa was the worst decision of my life

Notice how I subtly removed “Pilani” from the name, because BITS Goa hardly lives up to BITS Pilani’s name.

1. It’s NOT Goa, it’s zuarinagar, very far away from real goa
2. Strict DisCo policies on smoking, alcohol, semester back for Sarthak Pal
3. Bad leave policies and day passes need to be issued if you want to go out of campus before 5pm and does not get issued easily
4. Transport is an issue, cab drivers loot
5. Homogenous crowd from Mumbai, Gujarat, South India
6. Shitty professors, bad marking scheme, bad grading
7. Lack of interest or determination in students
8. High fees with hikes every year, not worth paying so much
9. Bad internet
10. Lack of influential seniors
11. Departments and clubs are major waste of time and only satisfy the ego of seniors
12. No attendance is a myth
13. Bad gender ratio
14. Food sucks, nothing substantial to eat when mess is not open or mess food is not good
15. First year studies is compulsory and a complete waste of time
16. Placements are mostly in non-core and consultancy jobs, hardly any good core placements from campus
17. It’s not a college, more like a day boarding school with 10:30pm in-time
18. People don’t have any real world exposure and skills, they are only focused on getting a good CGPA which will land them a non-core job or MBA opportunity
19. No beach around, nearest beach costs 500 to go to and is not a proper beach
20. We have to pay 70,000 rupees for PS which is not worth it, whereas in other colleges people intern in their 2nd and 3rd year, and that too paid internships
21. Most people’s dream is to crack GSoC, and it is overvalued
22. No swimming pool and lack of sports infrastructure for all — Yes, there is a football and cricket ground, but it is not functional in sem 1
23. DON’T leave decent IIT seat (rank < 3k) for BITS Goa, you will regret it
24. No good shopping place/supermarket/departmental store, borkars is closed half the time and has limited supply
25. Fests are over-hyped
26. 65% kids are only eligible for dual degree in pilani, so average intelligence amongst people is low

Neither Pilani, nor Goa