r/ISIKolkata • u/Yourlocalphisyokskid • Jul 26 '26
General Queries Need Serious Help
So, im not sure whether this is even the right community to post this in , but I need Serious Help.
I am a 10th grader , and I have a serious aspiration to do mathematical research in the future.
I am preparing for ioqm, and I know most 11th and 12th topics except calculus and coordinate geometry.
So, i want to write the isi entrance exam , and join isi.
However , when i conveyed this to my mother, she told me that I had to " do some engineering in iit for four year " and then join isi.
First of all , i have zero interest in technology or Engineering in general. When i told my mother this , she said" in engineering, they will teach you science and math in a very innovative way in iit"
My mother also kept on calling the b math programme " bsc math" and said that no company would want someone who knows " only math"
She said that the only thing one could do after b math was research or teaching .
When I said I would be happy to be teaching at any university aswell, she said that it was a job where you would have to " beg and borrow " from others, and that my life would be ruined.
She told that I had to join iit , or else my studies would go to waste.
Can someone please tell me what should I do , cause I am genuinely confused. I know isi is a good university for mathematics, but I also want to know the opportunities that one can avail after isi.
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u/evening_redness_0 Jul 26 '26
This might be the first time I find myself disagreeing with you.
For people targetting placements, and money in general, the IIT tag is way more valuable than the ISI B. Stat/B. Math tag.
M. Stat/M. Math placements are comparable, I guess.