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since i am new to this community plz ignore my earlier messages.

TRY to answer the question posted below.

I will try to update this page as i get more info from my bro and his friends at iit and other institutes

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(confused about choosing cs program form top  colleges other than iit)

 

 

 

 

i got 3229 rank in jee  and 1169 in aieee( State rank 32)

Below are the few saying from my elder brother who graduted from iit- Bombay (computer science - Btech)  last year( now at stanford). Just like me he made into iit in first attempt (unlucky me with bad rank)



1.    he used to tell that if u are interested in any subject ( for example physics) than you should go for that branch irrespective of the college unless that college is equipped with handicapped professors and equipment.  This phenomenon is clearly evident as JEE 5th ranker ( year 2005) went for MSC in PHYSICS at iit KANPUR( u can verify this). Suppose you are getting the same subject in many institute than irrespective of the institute rank u should go  for  dept. rank. ( people  at  IIt  go  for higher  education by takking account of dept rating).  But gnerrally it so happens  that institue  with good  rating  also have  equally good dept.


2. Suppose you are not inclined to any subject and you have options like chemical at iit-B and computer science at iit gawahti , pilani or suratkal. You are definitely confused like everyone what u should do.  If you are targetting MBA  than definitely go for chemical at IIT-B. Now a days half of the people irrespective  of their branches are joing softare industry. If u count urself  as one of them than it is better to join decent institute with cs branch. AS working on high end jobs(most iitians and people form daiict,nits cs dept  get like this) it is is extrememly difficult for the person fron non-cs background to compete.

3. i am meant for computer scinece but getting chemical at iit what to do ??? you can definitely go for cs at nits(only the good ones). one institute got the attention of my brother . It is daiict . almost every faculty holds phd from good US univ and are from iitians. many friends of brother are form this place and now are making money at the places like google, yahoo, SUN, IBM research LAB, Texas Instruemnet ( to name a few) or are studying at IIT BOMABAY, stanford iisc or pursuing MBA at IIM A,B,C,L,I ( they dont care about kozikode ;)


4. IF u r still interested in CS/ EE and still not getting anywhere.  TAKE A DROP. Dont go to any third class institute it will spoil ur over all development along with ur studies


5.Never think that u r the best person at iit and will be able to change ur stream at the end of first year. IITs follow GPA system( it is a relative grading system). so one can  assume that average gpa at cs dept will be better than at civil( since cs ppl got better rank in jee so therefore are more hardworking.. u will find most of the 10 pointers or 9+ are from cs or ee dept at the end of 1st year). although it is a dept. average but u still have a chance. But think of it only after u join iit.