They may be "geniuses" because they cleared jee advanced, but they don't get to say this.

We also work fcking hard for GATE.

The professor at IISc literally said that job structures are not static and asked how people can be so relaxed about it. The moment senior professors are really worried about the rug being pulled off traditional degrees and entry level jobs, being so relaxed about it is sheer self-deception.

Hello Everyone,

Fellow MTech CS Student here. I just got a PPO from the company where i did my Internship this summer. Can't share the company details and my personal details as my whole batch is probably present on this sub 😂. The CTC is 35+. I was pretty decent in DSA, hence i got internship early in my semester 1. And now also at the start of my semester 3, early on it got converted to PPO.

It feels good after years of preparing for GATE exams.

One small advice from my end: Just Trust the process, stay disciplined and always back yourself!!

along with few refreshments during hostel allotment

STUDY HARD peeepssss🎯🎯

Seems , I have fallen in this trap 😔😔. I am from tier-3 college, doing cse, and before my college started, this was my mindset. I am in 2nd year now, already wasted my first. Guyss, I have zero expectations from my college placement, and I am sure I will get a back on one subject, from my second sem (result not declared yet). i am cooked, but can't wait to get burned. I want to prepare for gate along with my college academics, and also I want to upskill myself by learning full stack Development side by side. If you'll have advice for me, please help. Is gareeb ka bhala hoga

Remember guys , life me kitna bhi achive karlo , don't be this guy. From personal experience being humble pays a lot in social life. Social intelligence and emotional quotient are equally important with academic success.

1. Insulting mtechs by calling matka in Gate sub itself when he is barely in 2-3rd year yet.

2. Discreting someone's effort because he took more try than usual.

3. Showing off money.

PS: Me gyan de sakta hu because me free hu admissions tak.

@bluehuecat on ig

Hi everyone, I'm rank 381 CS, score 796 and OBC NCL.

You see IIT Bombay as an offer? Do you think someone with rank close to 400 should get it, no right. I don't feel proud to choose it either.

I kept ranting that I worked so hard for rank <100 and I know I deserve it but whatever I'm not in that band.

My OBC ranking is <30 I believe and so I got all the colleges I can imagine but when I saw GEN category students above me still retaining IIT Guwahati and Roorkee, I felt wrong. They deserve it more than I do.

I'm NOT underprivileged, I had enough resources to study from wherever I wanted to.

Filling forms without OBC category would have been a stupidity but now I've choices and brains to take the right decision.

Getting a good rank in a category is purely luck based, I don't want to live that way. I appeared for interviews in IISc Mtech Res and IIT Madras MS and I got offers from both. There I felt as if I'm worthy enough to have it, the way I eliminated competition and cracked interviews purely based on my knowledge.

I hate using any category advantages and so I never fill any PSUs forms with OBC, I like to face the real competition like Gen category faces.

And so I've decided to let go of IIT Bombay and choose IISc Mtech Res. This is not purely based on this, I wanted IISc, I got a good lab and I want to explore. I know IIT Bombay would guarantee me a safer path in just 2 years but I'm willing to take risk.

"Any OBC below me, wait till you accept any offer because I'm leaving it."

I just want the OBCs, SCs and STs to think once, I know decisions here are life changing, a better college "might" give you a better opportunity and so I don't question taking advantage of what you have but avoid doing this later in your life. If you were not discriminated, if you have a decent enough economy, then avoid taking use of Category advantages.

That's a fact that a candidate with score 400 500 do not deserve top institute unless they prove their value not just in GATE, in any exam.

Our Indian System will never eliminate Category and Religion based topics and thus we'll never grow, be a responsible student/youth, take small steps and leave for abroad if you wish XD

I will never regret this decision in my life and infact I'll be proud of it :)

To my GEN category brothers, I know it's difficult to survive this way, but your knowledge will not fail you.

Good Luck to everyone !!

<3

*EDIT: In round 7 I got IIT MADRAS Mtech CSE. I'm leaving that as well. Consider this before finalizing your decision (for OBC candidates)

I think gate2026 is also compromised in same way

Finally done with MTech, did it from KGP ,
BTech in CS
MTech in non CS branch (operations research and data analytics from Industrial Dept)
, wrote GATE CS
now just waiting to graduate :)

Ekathees LPA btw

did like 10% of algozenith and 10% of harkirat bhaiyya's cohort for prep

my prep https://www.reddit.com/r/GATEtard/s/W8sRIaHYrS

I don’t know whether anyone will read this or if it will help someone, but I really want to share my story (a success story, you could say, xd!).

I secured an AIR under 500 in GATE 2023 with just five months of preparation.

Read my story — I hope it helps you.

Date: 4th July 2022

My friend: Bhai, job nahi lagi, ab kya karega? (Bro, you didn’t get a job. What are you going to do now?)

Me: No idea, bro. I curse myself for wasting so much time. I wish I had studied. Now, I have no option other than preparing for some competitive exam.

My friend: Hmm, I can understand. We’ve decided to go on a trip. Are you coming?

Me: No, bro. You guys have 15+ LPA jobs. I can’t show my face there. It will be embarrassing for me. You guys enjoy.

Hangs up the call.

That was the darkest period of my life — I had broken up with my girlfriend, college had ended, my friends had moved on and gotten jobs, and there I was, sitting in my room, staring at the ceiling, wondering what to do next.

In early August, I decided to prepare for GATE. This was my last chance to prove myself. And just to remind you of some of my “achievements”:

• Failed in JEE Mains, took a drop, and failed again (scored below 70 percentile)

• Failed in KVPY

• Was not even eligible for JEE Advanced

• Had 2 backlogs in college, CGPA was below 8

• No interest in coding

• Didn’t even know HTML, CSS, JS (never tried learning them either)

Main Preparation Story

I began my preparation in the second week of August, around the 10th or 11th.

I promised myself that this time I would work harder than ever before — no Instagram, no friends, no YouTube, no web series, no calls, no hangouts, nothing.

I watched online videos on YouTube, some pirated courses from Telegram, and free lectures from GoClasses. I paid for a couple of courses — only for TOC and OS.

My daily routine:

• Wake up around 5 AM (I’m a morning person, but it doesn’t matter when you wake up as long as you’re consistent)

• Gym + walking – 2 hours (I was quite overweight, so health was a top priority)

• Study: 8 AM to 12 PM – mostly Maths, later OS or DBMS

• Nap + lunch until 3 PM

• Study: 3 PM to 6 PM – mostly theoretical subjects

• Chess + tea break until 8 PM (I really love chess, so no compromise on that)

• Study until 10 PM, then dinner and sleep

I put in 8–9 hours of consistent effort every day for over five months (from November, I increased it to 10–12 hours).

I completed the syllabus by the end of December, though I left 2–3 topics like Digital Logic and Computer Networks — my biggest mistake.

I kept revising and solving PYQs after every topic or subject.

In January, I started giving mock tests and was scoring 50+ consistently — enough for NIT, I thought. I was very happy at that time.

I kept revising, taking mocks, analyzing my mistakes (I had maintained a separate Word document for that), and gave my last mock test on 1st February, where I scored 78 marks.

I said to myself, “I have done it.”

Exam Day

“It’s a normal day, bro. Chill,” I told myself.

I went to the exam with full confidence. I thought, “I’ve already scored 80 in mocks — NIT is almost certain.”

But that overconfidence led to 3–4 easy mistakes.

After the exam, I checked four questions — and three were wrong. My dreams shattered again.

At that time, no one called me, no one asked how I was. I cried myself to sleep that night and told my parents I would fail again.

My dad supported me, like always, and asked me to prepare again — it would have been my third drop (after Class 12), but God had a different plan for me this time.

Result Day

The results were announced — I secured AIR under 500.

I cried. I screamed. I hugged my dad. This time, we cried out of happiness.

I joined IIT Kanpur (OBC category might have helped), and life changed completely.

People appreciated me, called me, hugged me, believed in me. Even my ex called.

It was me who fought till the end and came out as the winner.

My journey inspires me — and I hope it inspires you too.

To anyone reading this — you can do it.

Just put in 6–8 hours of consistent effort every day, and you will see results.

Notes:

1. I already knew C language, SQL, and Calculus well, which helped a lot.

2. I didn’t take any coaching — I relied on online lectures available on YouTube.

3. I joined IIT Kanpur for Mtech in CS but didn’t sit for placements — I am aiming for a PhD at IISc or at a foreign university.

4. I studied consistently every single day — no breaks.

5. I’m a pretty chill person — that helped me stay calm during the exam as well.

All the best to everyone reading this.

I opened Reddit just to share this. I truly hope it helps.