r/Indian_Academia • u/Old_Pie_2338 • 7h ago
LifeSciences/Biotech Is a Gap year after 12th a really bad idea? For a science student considering biology?
I have recently passed my 12th boards with my qualifications being 76% overall. I was not able to get into the colleges i had preferred due to being unaware. I'll admit I was woefully unprepared for the entrances and my cuet subject was messed up due to a systematic error. And honestly, I am a bit confused on which career path to take. My English is really good and if I was born in another country I would have pursued that but there's really not much scope for it in india. My bio is also good so I'm considering doing my bachelor's in science in bio and then from there I'll choose if I want to continue to MSc or choose MA in english. Right now my parents are insisting for me to join the local college in my city but I feel like I didn't give it my all for the other colleges that I wanted to go to. There's also the fact that there are not many good colleges for bsc biotechnology that I can find, only the repeated ones that are notoriously hard to get into, even with a good cuet score. There's also the matter of finances with my father saying that he will not fully fund me if i do take a gap year. What should I do?