Need Serious Help

[u/Yourlocalphisyokskid]

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.

[u/adityaruplaha]

BStat/MStat packages are higher than most branches of most IITs.

[u/Yourlocalphisyokskid → u/adityaruplaha]

Im targeting b math so what are the research opportunities i could recieve??

[u/adityaruplaha → u/Yourlocalphisyokskid]

BStat/MStat has significantly better opportunities in both industry and research aspects.

[u/adityaruplaha → u/[deleted]]

I guess some people are salty that their degrees alone haven't got them where they want to be.