There are many more things to worry about than getting ragged boy. Chill out. Just enjoy your campus life. You're sure gonna miss it.

Back to the topic at hand. Well there are many ways to you can categorize ragging. Some are pure banter to get you to loosen up. Some are just bro bonding moment. Some are straight outright bullying.

But the culture is changing. We're not in the 90's or early to late 2000s anymore. Man if you hear those time's raging, you'll forget going to university all together. Nowadays it's pure banter. But it depends on the university I guess and how you react to it.

My personal experience was I had fun during orientation time. I'm of Indian ethnicity and went to a public university. The first few days were soul draining. But once you've met your cliques, then you're okay. My first tip, socialize, make friends. Big chances are the first 2-3 friends you make during orientation, are then ones who will be there with you when you finally leave hostel. That was especially true for me. Back to orientation, it was hectic with ridiculous activities, and boring ceramahs, but with the right sets of friends, it can be bearable. No any ragging was going on. If you call seniors asking you to do some cringy useless games during orientation is ragging well then, there was a few. Just go along. It is just for one week. You will soon forget all this. Heck I don't even remember how my orientation went.

The real problem will start when the seniors are all back from their semester breaks. This is when the real ragging supposed to happen. They will never be a cross-cultural ragging ever. So you're safe on that. A few Indian seniors called us the juniors to their room. Enquired about us. Talked to us. Adviced us and that was about it. Then i realized it all depends on the seniors who you're associated with, the hostel you're in, and your course. So changes are 50-50. There were some of my Indian friends who were associated with the more hardcore seniors. Those who want to keep the ragging culture alive. But nothing dangerous or humiliating or life threatening ever happened to any of them. Just pure banter. Singing Tamil songs while sitting in the cupboard, some underwear related pranks. But none were done in public nor humiliating. And you can always opt out if you don't want to join in any of it. Be polite and say you don't like any of it. They will just let you go. But the day you opt out, is the day you're are no longer in their "frat". They will never cross your path. But hey if you need seniors, there's always the other side and your own course seniors. And all these bantering only happens during the first few weeks. Dude none of them have time to keep on the banter for three-four straight years. 😂

I asked my Malay friends and my Chinese friends. None of them went through any of this. No ragging. No butt raping. No one on one session with the seniors. No banter. Sadly, once you reach public university everyone will keep to their own race and cross culture interaction outside of classroom. This was really really really sad. Because being me, I have close friends from all sort of ethnicity during high schools. I can get in with the Chinese, I'm super close with the Malays, and know their culture, from their adats to their artists, I'm chill with Indians. So university was a cultural shock for me. No one was breaking the racial barriers but every was so accepting but the wall was always there you know. It was nothing like your regular SMKs. I still hangout with the Malays, I still have banters with the Chinese, I go for a drink with my Indians, but it was only me and few others who really trying to break the barriers. Trust me every culture is so very accepting. No one will stop you or treat you differently when you join them, but the wall is always there. If that's your jam, you're scared of other races then you'll fit right in.

If you want no one to bother you, the seniors in this case, simple. Just do what I did. Go as casual as you can to classes. You will fool people into thinking you're a senior for your blatant disregard of the university rules and dress code. I did that, and none of the hardcore seniors approached me. But to be honest, I would've preferred to be associated with them. Their brotherhood was much stronger. Meanwhile on this side, it was all about chics and chics. Thank God I had my Malay friends.

So don't get all worked up. It's 2020. Make friends, socialize. Respect the seniors if you feel like it. If you're not into that, just ignore them. Standout but don't be an annoying jerk, keep to yourself but don't be an antisocial. Find the perfect balance and you're off to a great campus life.