For college students: ballots, exams and habits that start now
About 4.5 crore people are in higher education in India. College is when ballots abroad, exam attempts and the habits that last all start to count.
What college students often put off
- UK Young Professionals Scheme for Indians: ballots left before 31See how many UK India Young Professionals Scheme ballots you have left. It's for Indian citizens aged 18 to 30, with two ballots a year.
- Australia's Work and Holiday visa for Indians: ballots leftSee how many yearly ballots you have left for Australia's Work and Holiday visa, open to Indian citizens aged 18 to 30.
- UPSC and bank PO exams: how many sittings you have leftSee how many sittings you have left for UPSC Civil Services, IBPS PO or SBI PO, by age limit, category and attempts.
- What putting off learning a skill or language costs youCount the practice hours you'd already have if you'd started on time, against your own goal.
- CFA attempt limit: how many tries you have left at each levelCFA Institute allows 6 attempts at each level, and at most 2 a year. See how many you have left, and why it pays to sit only when you're ready.
- Daily sunscreen and skin ageing: what skipping days adds up toIn a 4.5-year trial, daily sunscreen users showed no detectable increase in skin ageing. See how many days a year your skin goes without it.
- Education loan interest while you study: what builds upSee how much interest builds on your education loan before you start repaying, and what it adds each day, from your own loan letter.
- Register to vote: you can apply from 17You can apply to join the voters' list from 17. Your name goes on it on one of four dates a year once you're 18. Here's when, and how.
- Start your startup: how long you could try it, and whether it's too lateWork out your runway from your own savings and costs. It's rarely too late: the average founder of the fastest-growing new firms started at 45.
- The trip you keep putting off: how many have slipped byCount the trips that didn't happen while you waited, with friends, your partner, your parents or on your own, and pick the next one.
- Visit your hometown: the days with family you have leftCount the days with family back home at your current pace, and how many more your plan would add.
- How many books you can still readCount the books ahead at your reading pace and at the pace you'd like, using the average adult reading speed of 238 words a minute.
- Sleep debt: how many hours of sleep you've missedCount the hours of sleep you've missed against your aim, and the 7 or more hours a night that sleep doctors say adults need.
- Screen time calculator: your phone hours in days a yearTurn your daily phone hours into full days a year, and see how many days your own aim would give back.
Everyone's basics
Health, money and the people you love, at every age.
- Free health check-up in India at 30 and overIndia screens everyone 30 and over for blood pressure, diabetes and three common cancers for free. See how long it's been since your last check-up.
- What putting off exercise costs you, in hoursSee the hours of movement you've missed against your own weekly aim, and WHO's 150 minutes a week.
- What waiting to start saving costs youSee what a late start costs your own monthly saving plan, in today's money after tax, on low, middle and high growth paths.
- How many days you have left with your parentsCount the days together at your current pace, and how many more your plan would add. Gentle maths, from Tim Urban's The Tail End.
- Reconnect with an old friend: how much it weighs on youWeigh how much a friendship you've let drift matters to you, and find one easy first message to send today.
- Talk to someone about how you feel: free help in India (Tele-MANAS 14416)If you've been meaning to talk to someone about how you feel, India's free Tele-MANAS helpline is on 14416, any time. Weigh how much it's been on your mind.
Meet someone like you
Riya, 19
In college. An example, not a real person.
Start with a list like Riya's
Questions people ask
Which chances have a deadline?
The UK and Australia ballots for young Indians close at 31, and many government exams have age and attempt limits. Each page shows how many chances you have left.
Where do my answers go?
Nowhere. They stay in the link on your phone, like every answer on this site. Only people you share the link with can see them.
Source
We show what waiting costs on your own plans. We never tell you what to buy or invest in.