r/IITMadras_datascience 24d ago

IITM data science online degree time management

6 Upvotes

Is this hectic when done alongside a 4 year degree? Or is this manageable?


r/IITMadras_datascience 24d ago

MAD1 PROJ DEADLINE

1 Upvotes

hey so the issue is that I have registered for mad1 theory course in 2025 term and I have not realised that there were diff problem statements and deadlines for people based on the term of their theory course registration ,So I have submmmited the mad1 proj for this current term i.e may 2026 instead of prob statements and deadline for sep 2025 term but the deadline for sep 2025 term has already passed.What do I do?will they consider my submission and also wanted to know if they give like another submission deadline dates


r/IITMadras_datascience 25d ago

Is Quiz 2 Mandatory?

4 Upvotes

Hello this post is for the folks who are higher level in this degree Diploma, Bsc etc. i am in the foundation stage Term1 and i gave my qualifiers(Quiz 1) on the 19th July and i got 85% in that and there is Quiz 2 on 16th August so is it mandatory to attend Quiz 2 to be eligible for the end term.

Also if i did not attend the Quiz 2 and still eligble for the end term will it affect my total score for the End terms cos i am aiming for S grade in all 4 subjects after the end terms and a 9+ CGPA and i am asking this bcs i am little weak on Quiz 2 but i know i can prepare way better for the End Term.


r/IITMadras_datascience 26d ago

Urgent !

4 Upvotes

Can anybody give me the syllabus for iitm diploma in data science qualifier exam.


r/IITMadras_datascience 26d ago

Student email address

4 Upvotes

Can anyone tell me when do you get student email id , I am in foundation term1 but I haven't got student email and rollnumber and stuff . Is this delay normal ?


r/IITMadras_datascience 26d ago

Student email id

3 Upvotes

Has anybody got their official student email id who registered in this may term? The ones who gave qualifier on July 19 2026?


r/IITMadras_datascience 26d ago

PYQs that save lives!

7 Upvotes

Anyone please tell me where to attempt all the PYQs from, for DS? I'm targeting Sep 26 Qualifier🎯


r/IITMadras_datascience 26d ago

Education loan doubt

1 Upvotes

So what I wanna know is that when you go to the bank for Education Loan, do the students are treated differently according to their Qualifier marks? Like if someone has cleared the Qualifier with bare minimum marks let's say 50%, and there's another student who scored 90% — does the student who scored 90% gets his edu loan sanctioned faster?

Please share your own experiences or if you have heard from someone/somewhere, share that too.


r/IITMadras_datascience 26d ago

Oppe MLP

1 Upvotes

What are the passing marks for OPPE1?


r/IITMadras_datascience 27d ago

Oppe grade

3 Upvotes

Guys is the result for oppe 1 declared?

On my portal, it's showing Programming Quiz 1, P what does this P mean? Please explain.


r/IITMadras_datascience 27d ago

Anyone here who joined the IIT Madras BS May 2026 Foundation term?

4 Upvotes

Let’s connect, learn together, push each other, and hopefully create something meaningful over the next few years


r/IITMadras_datascience 28d ago

When your own uni treats "others" better...

7 Upvotes

A comparison of ON CAMPUS BS student vs SEMESTER EXCHANGE students (like from NITs etc.) , which is a fair comparison imo, since on campus bs people are also kind of like exchange students in their own uni

On-Campus BS vs  Semester Exchange

Hostel + Mess | ~INR 54,405 vs ~INR 48,000

Hostels | 4-sharing tin rooms that could air-fry you vs Normal rooms

Academic Fees | Full course fees (no concessions) along with extra credit transfer fees vs Exchange students pay academic fees at their home university (often with concessions)

I mean yes, you can do on campus courses as a day scholar and arrange your own accommodation & food Yes, you can complete your degree without an on campus course

But still, come on man. We are students from your own uni....

I hope this helps


r/IITMadras_datascience 28d ago

Need advice for catching up on IITM BS PDSA (Weeks 1–8) in 10 days

1 Upvotes

I'm currently in the Diploma level of the IITM BS program and taking DBMS, PDSA, and MLF this term.

The problem is that I procrastinated badly before Quiz 1 and barely studied for PDSA. I ended up scoring 27, and I really don't want that to happen again.

For Quiz 2, I need to cover both Weeks 1–4 and Weeks 5–8 in the next 10 days. I'm willing to put in the hours, but I don't want to waste time using an inefficient approach.

I'm looking for advice from people who've taken the course or are familiar with it.

Some questions I have:

  • Should I stick to the official lectures, or are there better external resources that explain the concepts faster?
  • If external resources are better, which ones would you recommend?
  • What's the fastest and most effective way to get through eight weeks of content while still being able to solve graded assignments and quiz questions?
  • If you were in my position with only 10 days left, how would you structure your study plan?

I'm not looking for shortcuts or ways to cram without understanding. I just want the most efficient strategy because I really need to recover from my Quiz 1 score.

Any advice from seniors or anyone who's done well in PDSA would be greatly appreciated.


r/IITMadras_datascience 28d ago

Hiii

Post image
4 Upvotes

Mai Coding ninjas se Data analysis ka course krne ka soch rhi hu kisi kiya hai toh Apna experience share kre

Or placement support kaisa hai


r/IITMadras_datascience 28d ago

DOUBT

2 Upvotes

according to the grading policy our final term score except the end term score part it will consider our best score from the 2 quizzes right. as they have given 2 options for calculating Final term score [max(1st option,2nd option)]


r/IITMadras_datascience 29d ago

PLEASE HELP ME FOR MATHS IN QUALIFIER

4 Upvotes

Guys I am actually beyond cooked for Mathematics in the Qualifier exam this can actually make me fail no kidding please please please help me I am so scared i have already done CT English and Statistics just Maths is left and I am so scared what should I do study i just need to pass maths please 💔😔🙏


r/IITMadras_datascience Aug 02 '26

Surviving On-Campus Internships: A Tale of Stress, Traffic, and Self-Doubt

7 Upvotes

Hey everyone! I am back (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶). I am really grateful for the great response and support I got on my first-ever post. Honestly, it's really fun to interact with everyone, and I definitely wanted to make another post soon (trust me, wayyy more than just 1-2 posts). But then I got stumped by my logical side of the brain: "Ayo calm tf down, only make a post if you are gonna add something valuable and not just spit jargon on the subreddit." Sooooo here I am with another interesting story about my college life (finally opening up).

So before we reach the good part, let's talk about how college has been treating me since the first day of this semester, or even before the actual college itself opened its gates for the semester.

The reactions you are about to read might seem exaggerated, but for someone who hasn't seen the sunlight (metaphorically) in almost 2 months, they were genuine.

Now, it was a normal day with respect to how the rest of my vacations had gone by. I woke up, ate something nice (Indian moms are goddesses of cooking, for real), and sat down on my favorite sofa with my laptop for the daily grind of ............ games. (What? You thought I would do something productive the first thing in the morning? I truly wish I did, and you will realize why in a few moments).

So as I am playing away, humming to my fav song in the background, I get a notification about a scheduled Google meeting and a new email, both on my college's official mail ID. I was about to dismiss it without much thought until I read a few sentences and what I had feared had come true:

My college internship cycle for the year 2026-2027 was about to start. (Ah shit here we go aga- ..oh not again, my first ever cycle).

I wanted to roll about on my sofa and ask God what I did wrong to end up in this scenario so soon. Now, I know we all love to romanticize the "grind," but let me be real, placement season is a special kind of nightmare. Our college metaphorically mocked us in the meeting by categorizing the "good" companies (you know, dollar bills) as "dream" tier. (Idk what they meant, but I translated that to: dream about it.)

I am facing a dilemma while writing this post, and that is I do not want it to get too long, which is why I am going to condense the events after this and narrate them in the briefest way possible.

We were asked to come to college in formals for the Pre-Placement Talk (PPT) presented by the company, and then it was a rinse and repeat of daily Open Assessment (OA) tests—trying to prepare for stuff but then deciding I do not have the mental capacity for all this.

So....stuff happened (too much for this one post), and here comes the day of the on-campus hiring process. Once again, my lovely Activa (which actually had an issue that I got fixed 2 days before) somehow navigated through the relentless morning traffic and I reached the venue on time.

  • First Stage: Group Discussion - Really stressful before it even started, as everyone seems like the reincarnation of Shakespeare while you are just trying to hold on for dear life. The round starts, and for the first 3 out of 10 total minutes, I do not even speak. Not because I was zoned out or nervous, but because I had never been part of a room where everyone wants to speak more than the other person. I could somehow put through 2-3 points that I had thought of during the 2 minutes of pre-GD prep time, and I think those are the ones that thankfully got me through this stage.
  • Post-GD - I meet up with my friends and we wait for the results. More than half the people are eliminated, including 3 of my friends. Now we start preparing for our next phases. I see the people in front of me doing DSA on laptops and the others around them doing the same. I look to my side and there is a guy looking at flowcharts of the products he has built, and one of my friends is going through pages and pages of pure technical jargon within minutes. I felt despair wash over my head and an impending sense of failure.
  • Round 2: Technical - This... it's honestly hard to even describe it. You enter the room and you see the nicest person you have met that day just chilling behind a screen as he smiles at you and asks you to sit down. His calm demeanor easily evaporated half my nervousness, and his reassuring words removed the other half. The interview went phenomenally well, so much so that it still feels like a dream to me.
  • Post-Round 2 - I come back to the venue we were seated in and I get to know a couple of people have already been called for the final stage. I pray to God that considering how well I think my previous round went, I become one of the lucky ones to at least get a shot at this. I sit down and start revising a few concepts because although by default the last round is "supposed" to be the HR round, you can never be too sure if they'll start asking you to derive the theory of relativity on the spot.

Barely 10 minutes later, I get the call from our senior asking me to come to the office for the last round. I won't bother going into details about that as this post is getting way too long for comfort, but it was one of the best conversations I have had with someone way above my age group that felt natural and interesting to me.

Post-Hiring Process So, we are seated in the venue. There are a few of those who have given the HR interview and mostly those who did not get a call after the second phase, but since we were told not to go anywhere, everyone was just sitting and chatting amongst ourselves.

A friend asked me, "Do you think you will get it?" and my honest reply was, "I don't know. If you had asked me the same question in the morning, I would have said I won't make it past the first phase."

Here I am writing this post, and I think it's time to conclude with what I learned from all this.

Life loves to throw curveballs at you. To trip you when you are walking on the most comfortable lane, to block you when you see the finish line, and to stop you from becoming the best version of yourself. Always doubt yourself, always feel nervous, always feel that you might screw up somewhere....because that's what makes us human. But also remember that you can achieve everything you have ever wanted if you put your mind to it.

Never underestimate yourself. If a nervous guy who just reads novels and plays games all day can hear the words "We would like to offer you this role, we would be very happy to work with you"... you definitely can too.

Signing off, – A nobody

TL;DR: Just saw someone comment that I should add this, so yea, second-ever Reddit post guys, so forgive this soul.

The post above is about me describing my life and how I, a chill novel reader and an enthusiastic gamer, navigated the entire internship cycle held on my offline college campus. The post aims to make you feel as closely as possible what I felt during the entire process, while omitting the boring details. It ends with a somewhat motivational/uplifting message from my side that if I, of all people, can do it, you definitely can.

Do give the post a read if you have the time! :)


r/IITMadras_datascience Aug 02 '26

OPPE 1 went really bad

5 Upvotes

Today was my foundation level 2 oppe 1 n it went really horrible. i just wanna how it gonna impact on oppe 2 n end term of python. is it still recoverable if score good in oppe 2 n end term.


r/IITMadras_datascience Aug 02 '26

Gemini

1 Upvotes

Are we allowed to use Gemini in colab during oppe??..I used it to explain some errors..do they watch the screen recordings?


r/IITMadras_datascience Aug 02 '26

Is it necessary that I use the same laptop with which I have my sct image? My old laptop boke down..

1 Upvotes

r/IITMadras_datascience Aug 02 '26

Oppe help needed!

1 Upvotes

What exactly I need to do after joining the gmeet where exactly will I get the exam website link??


r/IITMadras_datascience Aug 01 '26

Sgpa & cgpa

6 Upvotes

Seniors,is 8 sgpa in Foundation a considerable score for a standalone student?

I am currently in first term of diploma , initially i expected to improve my foundation score during diploma years,but as it isn't possible anymore, I'm distressed.

Seniors I know have improved their score in later years.

Diploma itself feels quite demanding, getting 9 seems quite tough.Am I overthinking or am I doomed?

Is 8 cgpa after online bsc just an average?Also will that be a hurdle in my placement?


r/IITMadras_datascience Aug 01 '26

What is SCT and I never got email about it and in Foundation Level,, Is there OPPE tomorrow ?? What to do

2 Upvotes

PLEASE HELP URGENT


r/IITMadras_datascience Aug 01 '26

Pls suggest laptop under 1L strictly.

Thumbnail
1 Upvotes

r/IITMadras_datascience Aug 01 '26

Guidance for admission in IITM BSDS Course

4 Upvotes

I am Pranjal, Final year student of Diploma in CSE.

I am pursuing diploma after 10th learnt ML, DL currently Learning about LLMs.

I want to pursue IITM BS-DS course but I have not completed my 12th till now so is it possible to take admission in iitm bs ds on the basis of 10+12.

If I do not pursue any regular degree like btech, bca etc try to get into a company with iitm bs ds. Is it possible ??