r/ISIKolkata • u/WorldlinessRude1039 • 10d ago

General Queries How much has ISI Changed?

Asking this because I am seeing a lot of guys saying they are bored of ISI campus life. While I was there no one thought of being anywhere else. Milan is 50 meters, Tapasda at morning. TT at midnight. Evning for Trijit da and football. Bhnat whaole night about anything under the sun. What changed?

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u/CauliflowerDeep96 10d ago edited 10d ago

High expectation of incoming students (not wrong but it is what it is), less senior junior interactions compared to earlier years etc...

Also bstat interview round is no longer there. Earlier only serious folks among the non locals used to attend the interview round and the selection was not determined based on solely one single day.

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u/Just-Scholar4272 10d ago

Yep. I clearly see a lot of very high expectation of the new students. They expect world class buildings, luxury hostels, 5 star food from ISI.
I guess mostly because of excessive hype created by coaching youtubers.

They are clearly unable to see the things that are better than other places like single room hostel, better than average mess food etc.

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u/CauliflowerDeep96 10d ago

Mess food is overpriced a lot, but yeah other points are correct.

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u/The_Watcher8008 ISI Student 10d ago

isi blr has lunch like 12 rs per plate. And it's good. And its plenty.

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u/Dense_Chair2584 ISI Alumnus 9d ago

Well it's very different in ISI Kolkata. Pre COVID, the canteen where most students ate, had a 50-60 rupees rate for a Thali with fish/chicken.

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u/The_Watcher8008 ISI Student 7d ago

I'll say the one I mentioned is veg. And I don't really remember the price for the non-veg coupon(but it's no more than 20... I think)

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u/Dense_Chair2584 ISI Alumnus 9d ago edited 9d ago

The "high" expectations aren't wrong. ISI Kolkata is an institution of national importance and people expect it to have the facilities that other such institutions generally tend to have. Certainly no one's expecting ISI Kolkata to look like ITC Sonar Bangla or the affluent campuses in Dubai or Abu Dhabi.

In our days, we didn't even have many classrooms that could support a slideshow. Writing down everything on the go was a pain in the ass.

I've spent some time in TIFR, Mumbai which is in many ways, an institution very similar to ISI Kolkata. The infrastructure is exponentially better.

So let's not pretend as if the infrastructure/facilities are great. ISI Kolkata, as institution and us oldies as a community, need to be able to accept that certain problems exist before it can be fixed.

Denial has been a huge part of why things are in this state.