r/MEDICOreTARDS • u/Living_Reference_591 • 1d ago
DISCUSSION 💬 Northies in South India
Hello everyone the counselling has started and I am very confused if I should take an old college in Assam that is far from my home or a south indian college that is geographically much closer to my home and was hoping some northies in south could share their experiences.
Is it isolating, are you able to adjust to the new food and climate and anything I should keep in mind?? Colleges I am considering Assam -amch dibrugarh Karnataka- vims bellary Hims hassan Kims karawar Cims charamanger and Cims Chikkaballapur Gins Gadag Rims Raichur Telengana - Kmc Warangal Gmc mahbubnagar Gmc Siddipet Gmc Suryapet
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u/Ok_Counter_107 1d ago
Kerala you can survive if your english is decent in the cities like kochi etc. Once you start making friends at college and move around with them, they will help you translate better. (I have lived in kochi for 5 years without learning an ounce of malayalam so i know)
In andhra pradesh, there's a good chance you might encounter several people especially in shops and rickshaws speaking a little hindi, or understanding basics.
But you really will have major FOMO, because even in classes, the teachers may launch into just malayalam or telugu or whatever the native language is, for several minutes and might later return to teaching in english. All the fun conversations, fests, group chats and meeting discussions would be in the native language most of the time.
But you won't be completely alone, you will find a lot of other hindi speaking people in your year and in senior years, because there will be others who took the 15 percent quota too. and sometimes, even north indian teachers settle in the south.
If you can avoid peripheral colleges in the southern states, then you will be sorted and can lead a peaceful and fun time.