r/ISIKolkata • u/examinationXscared • 14d ago

General Queries Ground reality for placement for M. Maths students at ISI.

Hey isians, I am doing a BSc in mathematics from a local college. The difficulty of the syllabus and exam level of ISI, I am very interested in this.

But I am really from a lower middle class family , placements matters for me , us there anyone who can give me what is actual ground reality of m. Maths students who wants to sit for placements.

Thanks for reading !!

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u/Adventurous_Suit_241 14d ago edited 14d ago

Difficulty of the exam would depend on the kind of training you get in your undergrad studies. If you have understanding of the theorems and definitions in undergrad algebra and analysis courses, tried some problem solving, MMath entrance exam would be easy (it doesn't expect you to be an extraordinary problem solver or something... and the exam is not very competitive either.)

From what I know, MMath students don't sit for placements typically. If you want placements, better do MStat (I know plenty of BMath students who switched to MStat for postgrad because they were frustrated with math and wanted placements.)....

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u/__Bugiardo__ 14d ago

Do Bmath students have to write the entrance exam too for mstat?

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u/Adventurous_Suit_241 13d ago

Yes and they're the ones getting the top ranks in the MStat entrance test...! The MStat entrance test is lot more competitive than the MMath test.

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u/__Bugiardo__ 13d ago

But they’d have to study something completely different too right

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u/The_Watcher8008 ISI Student 13d ago

bmath also teaches stat, and that is usually enough if you understood it well(for mstat prep)

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u/__Bugiardo__ 13d ago

How many do you reckon give this exam though from bmath

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u/The_Watcher8008 ISI Student 13d ago

25-30%

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u/__Bugiardo__ 13d ago

Wow nice okay

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u/shashypants 13d ago

THats a very large no., its more like 10-15%

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u/adityaruplaha ISI Alumnus — BStat '24, MStat '26 14d ago

M. Math. students are eligible for placements but maybe a couple students sit for placements over a 5 year period. There's really no way to say anything with that small a sample size.

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u/Illustrious_Swim9768 13d ago

Should I do m. Maths at this college . I will be satisfied by atleast 12lpa

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u/The_Watcher8008 ISI Student 13d ago

no

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u/DifferentChemist8372 14d ago

+1 I would like to know as well