What is strict, can be a largely subjective opinion.
There can be no definitive answer to this, so I’ll provide a real-life scenario of various aspects of RV and you can decide for yourself if you will find RV strict or not.
Academics:-
Tests/Exams:-
We have 3 internals every semester. Best out of 2 are considered, so many people utilize this to the maximum and write just 2 tests out of 3.
I personally feel this is a huge advantage, you always have another extra internal in case your earlier two went bad. Or, what most people do, is they write 4/6 subjects in each internals, thereby giving more time to study for each internal.
The harsh reality about internals is that we have 2 tests(2 hours each) in 1 day.