Is the commerce stream frowned upon when applying?

dasadhikarik
Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:44:35 +0000

@PriK27 never said anything to that effect. never said that science was the only “stream”. However, it is beyond a doubt that the Indian education system lags in terms of everything else other than science. There are CBSE students out there, who ask on College Confidential, “Hey, so-and-so, how should I start my college essay? Is it okay to start with a quote, like they always tell us to for CBSE?” What sort of a question is that? If you have to be told by everyone else that you CAN write an essay without starting with a quote, I really wonder what they taught you in language classes. In addition, I have seen Indian students from CBSE boards who came to my American high school in Japan for a year or two. They were not prepared to devote the amount of time to the social sciences as we do here, and as a result, actually did FAIL a few semesters. So, yes, I do think that Indian non-technical courses are relatively easy compared to the American syllabus. Clearly, I’m not the only one who thinks that way. That doesn’t mean the OP shouldn’t pursue commerence. It’s just that commerce is not the most rigorous stream, hands down.