I promised you last time as if i get a chance to perform ummrah i will pray for you and Alhamdulillah today i made a dua for you all that may Allah make it easy for you to get in your desire campus and field. And may Allah give you what is best for you, Ameen.

So, take a deep breath and relax what’s written for you will come to you, in sha Allah.

Talking to opposite gender = haram + 6-month probation.

Gender Interaction Zones (GIZ):

• Zone A: Boys.

• Zone B: Girls.

• Zone C: Wall of China.

• Trespassing punishable by beating/heavy fines

Further rules:

• Boys and girls must communicate through email only.

• No emojis.

• Email must start with “Assalamu Alaikum, respected fellow student…”

• End with “May Allah guide us all. Ameen.”

CCTV facial recognition AI:

• Detects smiles, stares, and excessive niceness between genders

• Offenders receive a polite warning... followed by 3 ghauri missiles on their way to your dorms/houses

Dress Code Regulation Update 2025:

• Girls: Wear Abaya with built in signal jammer to deflect male gaze

• Boys: Lower your gaze until you can only see your gpa in the future

Eye contact limit: 0.003 seconds. Exceeding this will trigger auto expulsion and airdrop to Jamia Bin Qasim.

Boys and girls sitting with each other too close and for too long, you'll be faced with either a Nikahnama or a heavy fine

Fast ISB campus*

Don't choose CS bcz it is cool remember it is all logic and maths.

I saw one of his text today and felt really disappointing that he dreams to watch me settling in a great university. Little does he know that i am just studying business analytics from a reputable university of Pakistan.

I'm sure most of our parents had dream of their own and we have failed to reach that level of status. pretty sure that hurts you as well. not sure if i would ever land an opportunity to secure an admission anywhere near that prestigious institute but I still have faith in Gods Plan that he must have surely planned something better for me in FAST.

I really wish i could become a better son and fulfill all my parents wishes. I still acclaim myself as a failure

1.You get admission in fast 2.You spend the first two semesters. 3.The uni doesn't teach you sh*t about anything practical that you can apply in the industry. 4.Around the fourth or fifth semester you understand what the hell is happening and decide to learn something on your own. 5.You finally learn something of substance and bag an internship or a job on your own account. 6.You work hard and your employer is impressed by you.

Meanwhile: Fast teachers and administration trying to take credit by saying "Industry fast k bachon ki bohot tareef Karti hai." Bhai aap ka kia kamaal hai? Them:"Laikin Bhai wo ragra ?Wo tough banata hai" Bhai tough to khota bhi hota hai. This uni is just a shadow of itself now .All the good teachers have left.They are just hiding behind the term ragra.

Guys please, I am tired of holding my breath in campus 🙏

Ajeeb teacher sach me Come late - stand up or not allowed in class and is completely uncooperative Absence even with a genuine reason good luck 0 attendance Goes off topic in class and has a really misogynistic and rotten attitude Why do people like this get to teach in higher education

Assalamu Alaikum everyone,
Please make Dua-e-Magfirat for my friend Muhammad Hassaan Raza, a 1st semester BS CS student at FAST KARACHI, who tragically passed away today apparently due to an epilepsy attack.

He was from Hyderabad, living in the hostel here. He was quiet, shy, and well mannered the kind of person who wouldn’t talk much, but always showed respect. Not many people sat with him, but those who did knew how kind and pure hearted he was.

I just want to say please be friends with such people. The quiet ones, the shy ones, the ones who sit alone in the corner. We often mistake their silence for disinterest, but sometimes they’re just trying to fit in, waiting for someone to notice them.
Maybe your company, your small act of kindness, or just a few minutes of genuine conversation could mean the world to them.
We never know how long someone has life is so fragile. Maybe your friendship could make someone’s last days a little lighter, a little happier.

May Allah forgive Hassaan’s sins, grant him Jannat-ul-Firdous, and give his family strength.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un.
Please remember him in your duas. 🤍

Let this be a reminder for all of us to prepare for our Akhirah, because we never know which day could be our last.

OG for a reason

I used to teach Computer Science at FAST. No longer there so I have no skin in the game. Here are some pointers for those getting started. I come from a CS background but most of this is relevant to all the domains.

But, if you're going to the university to "chill and have fun only", you can skip over this post. It's going to be for those who want to really make it work and possibly have some fun in the process.

All of these points require a lot of detail but I'll try to keep them concise:

1. First, relax. FAST isn't all that bad. You can get by fine with the "ragra" if you do a couple of things: always show up to class, listen to what the instructor is saying (regardless of how stupid he/she sounds), complete all your assignments/labs yourself and ON TIME, show up for exams. That's it. It's not rocket science.

2. Fix your priorities. As I said above, if your only objective is to have fun, you're eventually going to have a bad time because the system isn't designed for fun. Create the fun opportunities on your own time. It's all in the mindset: you can either put in the effort during these 2 years (yes, I said 2) and then relax for the rest of your life OR you can have fun in these 4 years and then curse everyone including the faculty, the administration, the guards, the sweepers and everyone else for the rest of your life. It's about the mindset. (You can ask me to expand on this if you don't get it.)

3. From a technical point of view, there are two things you need to focus on to excel in any field: (1) core academic concepts and (2) industrial skill requirement. Focus on BOTH of these from the very start and you will do well inshaallah.

4. Continuing from above: notice how I did not mention GPA. If you worry too much about GPA from the beginning, you will put yourself on the wrong path for the long run. Focus on the concepts and the GPA will come automatically. If you follow point 1 above, you should have no trouble getting to a 3.0+ GPA. (Yes, I know scholarships require high GPA. That's another can of worms that can be discussed in detail.)

5. It's perfectly fine if you do not have a CS background (or the background of whichever field you went into). University curriculum starts from scratch. We all know all the schooling and college didn't teach anyone anything.

6. You'll have good teachers and bad teachers. Learn to live with it. Teachers you like are easy to handle. Teachers you don't like are easier. Just show up, find some cherry blossom, feign interest in their teaching, get through the semester and move on.

I have a youtube channel where I go into stuff like this in a lot more detail (plus I have full class recordings of many courses that students tell me are useful). If you're interested, you can find me as "recluze" on YT. I recommend starting with the "How to Approach Learning" playlist.

There's a lot more we can talk about and if you have any specific question, I'd be happy to try and answer.

Since 2 weeks are left till university opens, here's an advice from someone who grew CGPA from 1.6 in first sem to 3.04 by the end so thought sharing some tips that helped me..grab some popcorn

First mistake I made was not utilizing this time before uni opens. And trust me I didn't even know how to output hello world, or what does << ; and similar symbols mean and that put me way behind others so here's the thing, no need to master coding but just understand the syntax of C++ and some basic output input things, this is a must know thing, you can do more than this if you want. Watch YouTube code with Harry or apna college and try to understand some syntax and learn how to use VS code

Now when the semester starts, you'll have 2 weeks to relax and enjoy and after that they will start bombarding you with assignments and Quizes so stay mentally prepared. Use that time to build friendships and trust me in university you don't want just 2 friends , you want entire class or even some students from every other section as your friends. The more the better, you can have few close ones but have good connection with everyone, you'll need them in assignments Quizes and group projects and yes some will break your trust and just like me you won't have other friends to hang around with and that emptiness haunts you, affects your studies and much more so yes make more friends. And most importantly don't talk sh*t about anyone, you never know what happens next, who snitches so stay out of controversies. But socialize a lot, first semester mein societies join krlo mazay mein jaye gi university, it doesn't affect your studies, this false knowledge was fed to me and trust me I have very less social life, people in societies are hanging out, making friends cross department and we're just watching them enjoy uni life. Societies sirf Kuch din active hoti haen so yes in days mein aapko time dena hoga but it will be very beneficial for making friends

Now comes how to tackle the RAGRA ?? first semester is tough, I might say toughest semester not because courses are hard but because you are dealing with so many things all at once and you will take time to understand how university works. It's not same as college where you'll study just for the exam and pass with a good grade, university will humble you, Straight A* in college? be prepared to get Ds. How to avoid that case ?

Here's what I did wrong in first semesters. Didn't study for the Quizes, relied on cheating and would study for sessionals 3-4 days before but that would still not help much and most importantly I didn't have a proper roadmap. Trust me when I say this, Quizes define your grades. You study for a single topic before a quiz and attempt the quiz, you figure out if you know that topic or if you need to do better but if you're just skipping this part, you'll realize this in sessionals that slides weren't enough or if I was not going through the right path or smth similar. When you're done with the topic, you'll just revise for the sessionals. I'm not saying be a saint but atleast go with some preparation and you'll know if the person you're copying from is doing it right or not lol

2nd thing pay attention in class, paying attention in class just makes preparing Quizes even easier and eventually preparing for sessionals easier. You should have this in your mind that you came all the way to university and still not paying attention then what purpose do you serve. I used to use phone all the time and that damaged my understanding a lot. In first semester you're building foundation and sometimes teacher share such valuable things with you that can be very helpful if you pay attention

You'll see some nerds, who have already worked some jobs and are building applications while you're struggling to make a calculator, but don't let that dishearten you, everyone has their own pace, you can go slow and still win the race. But at the same time don't be jealous of them, thori lifting kro ya use your own ways but be on good terms with them, they are very very helpful. Don't be shy, uni mein aapko lifting krni paray gi, kaam nikalwana or help krna aana chahiye. Seniors se bhi bana k rkho or apni class k toppers se bhi, they guide you very well

And here comes the worst part, God forbids if you fail a subject in first semester what to do? I failed too, planned to leave the university, but some good friends stopped me from taking that decision and trust me since then I have not looked behind. Everyone thinks it's not for them but few think with clear mind. Will it be worth it? Are you ready to sacrifice your future for a bit easier life?

I repeated the courses in second semester, and I believe that was the best thing happened to me. My concepts got perfect, I knew what I was doing what was the purpose, proper logic and that's why Alhamdulillah I have never failed another subject, I've seen people struggle with oop who barely passed PF, cuz they didn't have concepts but got lucky, and many of them failed oop. But since I repeated PF my concepts were so strong that oop felt easier, data structures? Easiest subject in FAST, while my other friends were struggling. So now I think failing those courses was not bad after all. It helped me develop my study pattern that was best for me, helped me understand how university works and it's not same as college lol. Now I have CGPA better than those who never failed a subject but kept passing on border line, but kia farq para? Na hi degree late and gpa bhi behtar so win win situation

Best method of study is "Sath Sath parhna" yes we usually make fun of it cuz almost no one is able to do it. Semester k shuru mein sabko aag lagani hoti but uni drains you a lot and then you're left behind. So by Sath Sath parhna is not studying and solving problems every day, make notes in class, go through them in home and similar sources , weekend par atleast 2-3 problems practice kro for better logic building or you'll stay dumb for atleast 3 semesters, and now with chat gpt, chances of staying dumb is greater than before lol. Weekend par pooray week k contents practice krna is a must, once you're left behind you won't be able to catch-up, assignments shuru hojayen to give even more attention in university so you have to spend lesser time on notes and more time on assignments, don't let the assignments stop you from practicing problems. Feed the brain regularly and it will remain sharp. Also Using chatgpt in first 2 semesters is like skipping 2 semesters, ye apki basics ban ne ka time ha, logic building ka time ha, learning and growth ka time ha, khud kro, baad mein chatgpt use krlena when you know how to write the code but want to save time etc.

Life after second semester gets easier or maybe we get used to this ragra system idk but it doesn't feel as hard as it used to be. Use that summer to improve grades, won't have time for that later on. I rested that summer and now regret it cuz I had to improve in later summer and that postponed my learning and internship process. First summer is for improvement, second summer is to learn skills, choose your domain learn skills, must do leetcode cuz you'll be done with data structures so it's time you start practicing for interview questions. And in third summer apply for internships.

Shared some mistakes , discussed some methods, pointed some important thing out, only If I knew these before joining fast, I might have had 3.3+ CGPA. But anyways this 1.6-3 journey is probably better than that. Open to more questions and yeah ignore my grammar :)

Helpful YouTube sources: Apna college Code with Harry Organic chemistry tutor for cal/DE Simple snipptes GATE smashers Abdul bari

I wanted to mention this as somone who has lived there THE HOSTEL NAME IS "ONE O ONE" and is in "LAHORE" near 2 min walk from "FAST LAHORE" in FAISAL TOWN IS OVERALL GREAT ATTACH WASHROOM AND CLEAN HOSTEL EVER DAY A CLEANER COMES IN MORNING AND HE CLEANS YOUR ROOM ETC OVERALL HOSTEL IS CLEAN AND GOOD BUT THE WARDEN IS NOT HE HAS A RULE THAT NO ELECTRIC APPLIANCES SHOULD BE USED AND IF SOMONE USED THEM THERE WILL BE FINE 1000 RUPPES FURTHERMORE IF YOU WANT TO OBTAIN FRIDGE ETc YOU HAVE TO PAY SEPERATE CHARGES AND IF YOU PAY FOR THAT THE FOOD YOU PUT IN THE FRIDGE WILL SOMETIMES BE GONE AS HE EATS THEM. HE ALSO DONT GIVE A CHOICE IN MESS IF YOU DONR APPLY FOR MESS YOU HAVE TO PAY EXTRA CHARGES FOR IT 3000 PKR. AND FOOD IS SO BAD. HIS ATTITUDE IS VERY BAD AND IF YOU POINT OUT SOMETHING HE WILL JUST SAY GET OUT OF MY HOSTEL BASICALLY AT ADMISSION PROCCESS OF IT HE WILL LITERALLY KISS YOUR ASS. SO IF YOU STILL WANT TO AVAIL IT ITS UP TO YOU. Please UPVOTE THIS POST AS I WANNA WARN OTHERS TOO IF SOMONE DOESN'T BELIEVE ME COME INBOX I WILL GIVE YOU NUMBERS OF THOSE WHO LIVE THERE.

Assalamualaikum everyone. I wanted to share something. Back when I was giving NET, someone shared this dua on NUST subreddit and it really helped me. It calmed me down and I believe mera acha score is dua ki wajah say hi aya hai. It’s the perfect dua that sums up everything. Inshallah Allah usko ajar dein gay jisnay hamaray sath share ki thi ye dua. I hope this dua puts you all at ease as well.

I’ll attach the Arabic, Transliteration and Translation. Please read it aur poora yaqeen rakho kay admission ho ga. Don’t be half-hearted or hopeless already, believe with your full heart kay inshallah Allah admission karwain gay apka.

Dua karo, namaz parho, sadqa do. Do anything that is feasible and please remember me in your prayers. Best of luck everyone!! Inshallah ap sab ka FAST mein admission ho ga.

Back in 2019, my friend and I completed our A-Levels. I scored straight Bs while he got straight Ds. Before our results were out, we both started applying to top universities like FAST, NUST, and a few others. I cleared the FAST entry test and secured admission in the BS Computer Science program. My friend did not clear it, but he managed to get into ITU. I had also been accepted by ITU.

At that time, my instinct was telling me to choose ITU. But everyone around me kept praising FAST, saying it was the best university for computer science and would change my life. So, I followed the crowd and joined FAST.

Four years later, we both graduated and landed decent jobs. In fact, his first job was slightly better than mine. He graduated from ITU with a GPA of 3.6, while I finished at FAST with a GPA of 2.9. He worked locally for a while and then got accepted into a top university in Finland for his master’s degree, on a full scholarship. Today, he is employed abroad and on track to settle there permanently.

Meanwhile, I am stuck. Because of my low GPA, I am not eligible to apply to the same universities. I am still working in the local tech industry, and to be honest, I am barely hanging on. When I started, I had no white hairs. Now, ten percent of my hair has turned white from the stress.

People were right when they said FAST would change my life. It truly did. I became another overworked and underpaid tech worker with no clear path forward. I have been searching for master's programs abroad, but most good universities require at least a 3.0 GPA. Scholarships are out of reach. I even considered applying to lesser-known universities in Eastern Europe, just to escape this loop.

I also applied to over 300 jobs abroad. The response? All rejections. Nobody outside Pakistan seems to recognize or value a FAST degree unlike we praise it here.

Sometimes I wish I had failed the FAST entry test. Maybe then I would have gone to ITU, and things would have turned out differently. Now, all I can do is keep trying, but each day it feels like I am running out of options.

I know I was never the brightest student, but had I chosen ITU or even COMSATS back then, I’m confident I would have graduated with at least a 3.5 GPA, putting in the same amount of effort. I have friends who couldn’t get into FAST and ended up going to places like UCP. They graduated with 3.8+ GPAs and are now doing master’s at top US universities.

What is the point of this post? I am not trying to scare students, I am just telling the truth. A truth no one told me when I needed it. People praised FAST like it would change my life, and it did, but not in a good way. I am now in my mid twenties, drained, tired, and stuck. I get easily triggered even on small issues, feel like ending my life. I tried to distract myself towards gaming, but it doesn't fill the wound. I do not have the same energy anymore. I feel like I am just surviving, not living. If someone had told me the full picture back then, maybe things would have been different.

EDIT: After reading few comments, I just wanted to add something here as some people pointed out that it was my incompetency for getting a low GPA and not FAST. I won't deny this fact: yes I could have studied harder and there are FASTians getting 3.5+ too. But, I would like to ask them - what's the ratio? Less than 10%. Why don't you consider the remaining 90%. Why is that the same amount of effort you put in FAST, you could get much higher GPA in other universities ( LUMS, ITU etc ). As for my competency, I landed 5 job offers before graduation with six figure offers months before graduation. My programming related courses at FAST were all A, A-, B+.

Grammar/Spelling Fixes: ChatGPT.

this is honestly how life has felt ever since graduating 😭
when people used to say *“*enjoy this time, these are the best years of your life”, i would always be like what?? this? enjoy this? this is supposed to be the best time of my life??
like university was stressful as f. assignments, quizzes, exams, deadlines, worrying about cgpa, worrying about what i’m gonna do after graduation. i genuinely just wanted it to end 😭
but now it’s been three months since i graduated and honestly… life feels so different. so ajeeb.
suddenly there’s no university to go back to. no classes. no random people you see every day. everyone is just doing their own thing now and you’re supposed to somehow figure out your own life too.
and i don’t even think i necessarily miss university itself because f assignments and exams 😭😭 but i think i miss having somewhere to go every day. having a routine. seeing the same people. just having that phase of life.
idk man. maybe those people were right. maybe we really were living through some of the best times of our lives and didn’t even realize it at the time.
post-grad life is weird as f 😭

I'm studying for masters in FAST and today I received a letter to my father saying that I'm not doing well and keep an eye on me. Is this real? Like I'm a grown up adult with a child and paying for my own tuition fees and they are sending out these letter if someone is not doing well. I had my personal reasons to not give a exam for which I failed a course and resulted being issued a warning. What is this mentality do they think I'm a 18 year old and treat me as such. I don't get this mentality of administration of all the universities in Pakistan. We are paying you the money to run these institutions, you are not paying us to sit there and listen to these lectures.

I don't maybe I'm overreacting but yea this is something which I didn't expected

I need to vent because the second hand embarrassment is off the charts.

We all know that clique of A lvls guys in our batch. The ones acting like they are doing the rest of the campus a favor just by existing.

Bro… WE GET IT. You went to lgs beaconhouse or roots. Do you need us to applaud or can we actually focus on the degree we are all paying for?

The desperate need to let everyone know where you came from is insane.

They won’t even look at you unless you pass their little elitist background check

Mfs know only one way to initiate the convo and that is YO dude which campus were you at

If you say FSc or any school outside their bubble, they instantly treat you like an NPC.

The passive aggressive classism is wild.

Nobody cares abt your o lvls drama from three years ago. If taking away your high school name leaves you with zero personality thats just sad.

3.91 CGPA first year and I'm sitting here crying lol

I know how that sounds. I know.

But hear me out before you close the tab.

I made a promise to myself when I got into FAST. Not just "do well" but actually get the gold medal. I wanted to walk up to my father and hand him something. A physical proof that the years I wasted doing absolutely nothing meant something now. I procrastinated through so much of my life. No awards, nothing to show for any of it. So I told myself "apne abu ke liye karunga"

First semester went good, just had B in English, got 3.82 SGPA. Second semester I gave everything. Like genuinely everything. Late nights, early mornings, the whole thing. I could feel the finish line.

I know people are going to say "bhai 3.98 is amazing" and yeah, I know. I genuinely know that. I'm not ungrateful. But there's a specific kind of pain when you set yourself one clear target and miss it by that much. It's not about the number. It's about what I was going to do with it. The conversation I had planned in my head.

I don't know why I'm posting this. Just needed to get it out somewhere.

Second year starts over, I guess...