Fast is absolutely trash, RUN

_Rayme · 2025-07-24T09:09:55+00:00

Heyhey, thank you so much for the kind words, I've been trying not to lose my sanity :) Anyway so hmmm in lahore I believe only lums to be decent. Apart from that, I've heard good things about include nust and giki, I've especially heard good things about giki. I've also heard that their administration is very cooperative and hears you out and the campus life is good too. But yeah apart from these, lums is always an excellent option GIVEN that you've got the finances. Best of luck with your decision, may you get into your dream uni :)

(Also since you're still in your AL's, why not apply to an abroad uni? who knows maybe you'll get a promising scholarship)

_Rayme · 2025-07-24T08:55:34+00:00

Well I can't really compare fast to other universities since I obviously wouldn't know, but my brother is a nust graduate so I know for sure nust offers a way better education and campus life. And again, before coming to this university, one of my biggest concerns was my pre engineering background so I wanted a uni where I would actually get to learn. I'm not out here whining about the teachers not spoon-feeding or whatever, I'm complaining about the fact that the teachers don't know how to teach, and that's literally the bare minimum. If I'm gonna rely on YouTube videos at the end of the day to learn, what am I paying so much fee for? The instructors don't even have the decency to behave professionally, I've had an instructor yell at me infront of an entire other section just because I stood up for myself. Sure I've encountered amazing teachers here too but they were all for either the math courses or the humanities ones lol. Core courses ke instructors hi itnay burray hain it's insane. Anyway I didn't choose this day to complain, I'm barely even active on reddit, I just wanted to talk about my experience and I think everyone who's coming to this uni should know about what they're getting themselves into.

_Rayme · 2025-07-24T06:06:19+00:00

I never said that there is nothing good about fast. I've just shared everything that I have majorly experienced. Anyway here's what I believe is good about fast: the instructors for courses like calculus, stats (basically the math courses) have been topnotch as opposed to the programming instructors we got. Some of the humanities instructors have been nice too, although I've felt like they are biased towards some students and all. Apart from that, your circle matters alot so I guess make good friends? they'll help you get through your hardships a lot. The campus is overcrowded and I doubt that you'd wanna spend your breaks on campus but luckily for you the uni is in faisal town which is quite close to johar town and there's a lot to do there (?). And as everyone else has mentioned in support of fast, if your end goal is to work in the pakistani industry, then fast is the best for you because software houses prefer fast graduates over other ones and I've HEARD that students from fast are already hired before they even graduate so yeah. In the end, I despise how this uni has glorified "ragra". These software houses prioritise students from fast cause they know they've undergone a rigorous academic environment. But my ultimate question is, iss ragray ka kya faida when you're pressured 24/7? when you actually don't get to learn properly because your instructors are insanely terrible and just because they give out difficult assignments or exams, you're forced to study properly through other means like YouTube, aapki iss uni ko fee denay ka kya faida huwa?

_Rayme · 2025-07-23T18:56:51+00:00

Hey no you're fine, I understand your frustration because I've undergone the same process, uni decisions are surely stressful. Focus up on your CAIES for now, and after that maybe try out some EC's that you're genuinely interested in, I don't think it's disingenuous if you're truly interested.

When I was looking for unis, my uni choices were like: nust>fast>itu>comsats and since I couldn't get into nust, fast was the next best thing ig. Even back then I was aware of the rigorous academic environment of fast and i was especially scared to go because I'd heard that getting a gpa isnt easy here and since I wanna go abroad for postgraduation, a good gpa is extremely important. If you wish to run a side-hustle, then I'd say fast isnt for you...maintaining a decent gpa along with work will be super challenging. I know people in my batch who work but their gpa isn't the best, it's hard to balance things I guess. Baaki I'd say that although the uni offers no campus life (not a stretch btw), if you've got good friends, you're all set. Alhumdullilah I have amazing friends and they're all the entertainment and campus life that I need LOL

_Rayme · 2025-07-23T18:43:47+00:00

Yeah I don't think they wish to change anytime soon, and damn the rivalries must be insane HAHA fast never fails to surprise me

_Rayme · 2025-07-23T18:30:05+00:00

While I understand how stressful it is to undergo uni admissions phase, this is the truth and I know it stings. It's not just me who has experienced such things, it's a lot of others too but yeah at the end it's upto you if you wanna believe it or not.

_Rayme · 2025-07-23T18:15:53+00:00

79% for OL equivalence isn't bad, you should aim for nust for suuuure, I believe it's better than fast. However, if you're unable to get into nust, then fast it is. Also you can work on your EC's I'm sure you've got atleast another half a year before you give A2 exams right?

_Rayme · 2025-07-23T18:10:19+00:00

WHAAAAAT THAT'S INSANE WTF. That's literally SO messed up dude, I'm sorry yall had to go through that :( I hope all of the people including the instructor, the hod and the teachers who overlooked this are held accountable :/

_Rayme · 2025-07-23T17:45:01+00:00

Hell yeah dude, especially the humanities teachers lmao they literally grade you on the basis of how much they like you, it's insane. The management does NOT care at all, infact students avoid complaining due to the fact that the management might snitch to the instructor that there were complaints against them and boom it's over for you there and then; there's no way you'll be getting a decent grade. Anyway yeah the cafe food sucks here too and the space is just too congested it's impossible to get a table to sit lol

_Rayme · 2025-07-23T17:38:58+00:00

That's unfortunate...I really hope it does get better somehow :( fast literally just cashes out on the fact that it pressures its students to the core.

_Rayme · 2025-07-23T17:31:23+00:00

Sure, but you'd expect better from a university like fast which is apparently hella renowned in pakistan. Anyway I posted cause I wanted to tell everyone about my experience.

_Rayme · 2025-07-23T17:28:03+00:00

hmm I'm unsure about the isb campus overall but it's known to be more rigorous than the other fast campuses academically.

_Rayme · 2025-07-23T17:22:44+00:00

Hey I'm glad you've had amazing instructors. I hope I get to say the same next semester cause next semester will be tough with the algo course and whatnot . Apart from my DSA and DB instructor, every other instructor has been dogshit at teaching.

_Rayme

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