Campus Life meets Hunger Games

Welcome to BRAC University, where navigating the daily campus life is akin to participating in an Olympic event. With our bustling student body and facilities always brimming with activity, we’re being trained for a battle and perhaps even to conquer the infamous Dhaka traffic.

Let’s start with the escalators and lifts: our “vertical rush hour.” Students pack onto escalators every morning with hope and desperation, praying the ride doesn’t stall. And when it does? Prepare for a mass pilgrimage up the metal stairs. Then there are the lifts, designed for twenty but somehow cramming forty people. Every ride is a human game of Tetris, as students twist and squeeze like pros, defying physics and personal space. BRACU, where every trip up feels like a team-building exercise for sardines.

Now, let’s talk about the bus service. After all that climbing and squeezing, you head to the basement for the grand finale, the BRACU bus. You fork out 100 Taka for the “luxury” experience; instead, it’s standing room only. Students sway like acrobats, clutching onto whatever they can while the bus hurtles through Dhaka’s finest potholes. It’s like paying extra for your little roller-coaster ride.

Lastly, our campus is a strange mix of Badda and Mohakhali. One side feels like a modern campus, and the other feels like stepping straight back into Dhaka’s busiest streets. It’s part high-tech university, part “reunion with Dhaka traffic.” It combines cutting-edge university life and the all-too-familiar experience of navigating Dhaka’s traffic.It’s like meeting your ex in your present. Every step outside feels like entering the Thunderdome, with the charm of street vendors, honking rickshaws, and a dash of exhaust, all just to remind you where you came from.

While BRACU might teach resilience in the classroom, the campus experience truly hones our character. Every challenge we face, from the crowded escalators to the bus rides that feel like roller-coaster adventures, is a lesson in resilience.