“Things That Only Make Sense If You’ve Survived a Full Year at IILM Gurugram 😮‍💨”

Attendance? Schrödinger’s rule. You’re both “Present” and “Not Eligible” at the same time. One absent class = fine. Three? Suddenly you're not allowed to breathe near the exam hall.

Group projects = 1 overworked martyr + 3 motivational quotes in the WhatsApp group. “Guys we need to submit by tonight” gets seen… and ignored. Then someone shows up at 11:59 with “Hey, just add my name pls 😊”

The canteen is a social experiment. Will they have food? Will they give you the wrong order again? Will you find peace in that ₹40 soggy burger? We don’t know. We just go.

The elevator is basically a lottery. You press the button. Nothing happens. You press again. Still nothing. A wild faculty appears and suddenly it works. Magic.

Career services = Panic as a service. You’ll attend 8 resume-building workshops, rewrite your CV 15 times, and still apply to jobs you don’t understand just for the certificate.

Class participation is a blood sport. One student answer everything. The rest of us nod, blink, or mentally scroll Zomato. Participation marks? Unknown.

The library is where dreams go to die (quietly). You enter with ambition. Exit with existential dread and a half-written Google Doc. Shoutout to that one guy always watching YouTube with earphones halfway plugged in.

Club meetings are like ghost sightings. You hear about them. You might see one. But are they real? Debatable. Still, you flex “Event Coordinator” on your LinkedIn like a champ.

Any event = food rush + 83 Insta stories. Students be like “I’m only here for the panel discussion 👩‍🏫” but the second biryani hits the table? Stampede.

After a year, you don’t understand the system—you just survive it. You stop asking “Why?” and start saying “Lol, of course this happened.” You bond with people over shared confusion. And weirdly, that’s kind of wholesome.

Drop a 🤝 if you’ve lived even one of these. Also, what did I miss? Be honest 👇