Best Bangalore Colleges and 2013 comedk rankings

Change Of Branch after Ist Year

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Yes, You heard it right. You can get your branch changed after end of first year.
VTU allows branch change only after the end of first year.
As soon as the result of 2nd semester is announced, applications are asked by the colleges for the change of branch,
which entirely depends on the avaiable seats for the particular branch in the college.
Normally, very few seats are available which is alloted by the merit list of the marks obtained in first and second semester.
So, you need to be one among the few toppers of the college to be eligible for branch change.
Also Vacancy in a particular branch is caused due to unfilled seats or year backs of your batchmates.
In the top 20 colleges, you will not find any unflled seats, so if someone gets yearback,then only you would have some chance.

Hence, it can be concluded that getting branch changed after first year is difficult.
Make proper choice of your branch and college in the counselling only.

Note: CET students would have to pay COMEDK fees after the branch change.

Best comedk colleges with rankings done for Top 20 colleges by comedk Students

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A few points for the first year students

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This is for all the new entrants to the VTU system based on my experience:

1) Don't don't ignore the internals.
This is the mistake that most of us do. VTU colleges generally have three internal exams. It constitutes about 22% of the marks which will be imprinted on the final marks sheet of the semester examination.
First internals are generally easier compared to the other two. Try scoring in the first two internals and chill in the last.

2) Study regularly
Aah, the same thing that you have been listening for long. But believe me even I never followed it till the last sem. But, now i think that it is time tested advice and really works.

3) Buy used books.
You can easily get used books at the discount from Avenue Road(Bangalore) and can later return it for next sem books. You can easily save a lot.

4) Revaluation
You can apply for revaluation after the results are declared. For that first you have to apply for photocopy.
It will take nearly a thousand rupee per subject. Applying for lab subjects costs around 5000rs.

5) Branch Change
You can go for change in the branch subject to the availability of the seats in the particular branch.
College administration may charge you hefty amount of money if you don't have good marks.

6) Ask Seniors and faculties
Yes, the seniors are willing to guide you unless you approach. Maintain good rapport with the faculties as they have got a lot of power under VTU systems. They are responsible for sending the final marks for the lab exams.

7) Sometimes toppers also fail.
Don't get disheartened by the failures. Many toppers of their schools struggle in the college. It doesn't prove a thing. Its you within what matters. Try hard and try continously. You are ultimately bound to taste successes.

8) More than 4 backs in a year means year-back.
I hope you know this!!!

9) Avoid Rat traps
What??? Rat traps???
Oh, then you have not experienced the so called "Bangalore Culture".
Common, these are just the words to introduce you to the dusty road of boozing and smoking to the extreme.
There are people who just come here to enjoy the luxuries of a metropolitan city. Just stay away from them.
Anything within the limit is good, don't do extreme!!!!

10) College life matters a lot in shaping your personality.
Improve your communication and interaction skills.
Take part in co-curricular activities.

Last words:
Give your reviews about your college and feedback about this site.
You can write some more points for the next batch and suggest any changes if needed....

Rank Prediction

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For all of you, who are writing their expected marks in the comment section, please wait till you get the rank.
Ranking will significantly change due to change in the level of question paper compared to the last year.
So, please wait till then.

I don't have any idea about cet, as i took admission through comedk.
Also, cet takes 12th marks also in account as well as there are so many categories.
So, I am unable to answer to your cet queries.

Wishing you all the very best.

Management Quota Seats In Bangalore Colleges.

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Management Quota Seats:

About 25% of seats in each of the private engineering college are reserved for management.
These seats are entirely meant for admissions to be taken by the college management irrespective of applicant's ranking in comedk or karnataka-cet.
It has been observed that college management provides these seats to the students for a large sum of money.
The amount of money differs from college to college and is entirely negotiable by the students or guardian.

When to contact?

These admissions are open as soon as entrance exams are over and continue till the commencement of classes.
Seats in good colleges are sold out even before the counselling starts, but the management doesn't sell few seats for which they take huge amount of money.
So, if you want these seats at low prices, approach the colleges as soon as you can.

Whom to contact?

Contact college administrators directly on the phone no. given on the websites but they normally don't quote the prices on the phone.
So, visit the college on your own before negotiating.

DON'T APPROACH ANY MIDDLEMEN as they charge you a lot without performing any actual job.

What is the current price?

The management normally quotes much higher price. It is better you visit the college and consult the students studying there.
They will give you the details about the average price of the last year.

As per my knowledge,
Top 6 colleges normally charge about 12-16 lakhs for CS and ECE, and 8-12 lakhs for other branches.
Top 7-14 Colleges charge about 6-10 lakhs for CS and ECE, and 4-8 lakhs for other branches.
It totally depends on your negotiation skills.

Rush before the rates soar high.

Seat Surrender

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Seat Surrender dates for Engineering and architecture has been announced.
It is 16th August to 23rd August 2012 at NMKRV college, Mangala Mantapa, Jayanagar.

Seat surrender status will be daily updated on the comedk website.
Those who wish to attend 2nd round of counselling are advised to check comedk website after the process ends so as to make an idea of the rank slide that can happen in 2nd round and plan accordingly.

Please note that you don't have to surrender your seat in order to attend 2nd counselling.

2nd round of comedk uget counselling

2012-08-02T23:00:00.001-07:00

Counselling dates for 2nd round of comedk engineering admissions have been announced by COMEDK.
It starts from 25th of August and ends on 31st of August.

All of the colleges in Bangalore follow VTU academic calendar except the autonomous institutes which are few. List of autonomous colleges can be found by clicking here.

For the session 2012-13, VTU has announced commencement of classes from 16th of August.
This clearly means that those attending the counselling will have to miss a few days of the classes.

In my opinion, that can definitely be compromised for the sake of better colleges/branch which will be deciding factor of your future. In second round of counselling, large rank slide occurs. So, I suggest you to attend the 2nd round of counselling positively, unless you have already got into your dream college and branch.

Complete schedule of COMEDK 2nd round counselling can be found here.

Autonomous colleges under VTU

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Following are the 16 autonomous colleges under VTU.

1. RV College of Engineering, Bangalore
2. MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore
3. PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore
4. Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Tumkur
5. Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore
6. Malanad College of Engineering, Hassan
7. NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte
8. BVB College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli
9. Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot
10.SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad
11. The National Institute of Engineering, Mysore
12. Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore
13. PDA College of Engineering, Gulbarga
14. Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur
15. BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore
16. PES College of Engineering, Mandya

Find out difference between Autonomous Colleges and Non Autonomous colleges. Click here.

Click here for the link to VTU circular which clearly provides the list of autonomous colleges.

Difference between Autonomous Colleges and Non-autonomous colleges

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Autonomous colleges are the colleges which are under the University but still very much different from other colleges strictly under the university. They have the minimum interference from the university. Still, matters like fees, seats,etc. are entirely decided by the university not the colleges.

Following differences can be made out:
1. Autonomous colleges have their own syllabus, Non autonomous colleges follow same syllabus in strict accordance with university.
2.Examination papers are set by the faculty in autonomous colleges, while paper is set by university committee for other colleges.
3.Autonomous colleges provide with CGPAs or grades while the others get the marks.
4.Schedule is different for different autonomous colleges while same for each of the university colleges.
5.Degree is jointly awarded by university and the colleges in autonomous cases.
6.Normally, Autonomous students get more of the holidays in comparison with non autonomous colleges, thus providing them with ample time to do things apart from the studies such as internships.
7.Non Autonomous colleges in Karnataka are said to have some of the craziest of the subjects, as the subjects are decided by the old fashioned university committee.
8.It is said that in autonomous colleges, if you are noted by the faculties, then your fate will be in the their hands.

Hence, it can be easily concluded that the autonomous colleges have a clear lead upon non autonomous colleges. But still, this shouldn't be made a base for selection of colleges as you will find that colleges which don't even figure in top 20 colleges list in Karnataka have got autonomous status.

For complete list of autonomous colleges, click here.

HOW TO DECIDE YOUR COLLEGE?

2012-07-11T09:00:00.001-07:00

BIG QUESTION: BRANCH OR COLLEGE?
Now that you have got your ranks, first of all you have to decide whether you will prefer branch or the college.
This question has been raised by the students for long and will be continued in future.
MY SUGGESTION: I will say if you should prefer branch if you have any particular interests in any field.
Also, if you have plans for getting a job after graduation you must prefer branch.
But if you will be definitely going for an M.B.A. after the college, you may prefer college but don't settle for very low branches.

Next What?
Now find last year's cut-off ranks for different colleges for your branch or your colleges at the comedk website or click here.
Select 6 or 7 colleges where you stand at your rank.
Compare these colleges from the top 20 rank list on my website or anywhere.
But don't just decide on this ranking or any other rankings on internet,
But though I have tried to give you the best ranking after doing a lot of researches for my admission, last year.
Make a priority list.

How to decide?
So, you have your priority list. Now do some googling and find various articles at different forums about your colleges.
Contact seniors at these forums and take their opinions. I will be giving you addresses of some of these forums at the end of this article.
Make some social contacts on facebook or any other social sites on different pages of these colleges.
Contact if any of your relatives or friends studies in some engineering college at Bangalore.
Advices of these people are important but also remember,
They may mislead you, as students of lower ranked colleges tie up with management to bring admissions for them in turn of monetary benefits.

When you come for Counselling:
Schedule you journey three days in advance of the counselling dates and use this time to visit the college personally.
Talk with the faculties and definitely talk with students studying. This is the most important step.
So, finalise your priority list well in advance before going to counselling.

Day of Counselling:
Go to the counselling venue at the time of an earlier session so that you don't get late.
Don't pay heed to any of the gossips going at the counselling venues.
Stick to your priority list.
It has been observed that students make wrong decisions at the college centre.

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General advise to comedk candidates:

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1. Attend 2nd counselling positively as high rank slide occurs.

2. If you don't have any choice about branch, I suggest you to take Computer Science branch.
CSE/ISE branch students of top 20 colleges usually don't face problems for placement.

3. Information Science branch is almost similar to Computer Science branch. You will only find a change in two or three subjects.

4. ECE is also one of the top branches in Bangalore, but usually half of the students end up in IT companies.
But still you must consider this branch if you have interests in electronics.

5. Go to the counselling venue at the time of a session before so that you don't get late.

6. Don’t pay heed to any of the gossips going at the counselling venues.

7. Stick to your priority list.

8. It has been observed that students make wrong decisions at the college centre.

9. Counselling procedure is very smooth. Don't forget to take the challan of bank D.D. with you or you may have to go out for making an affidavit,
Which may result you in losing your session and it may lead you to lower colleges.

10. Keep all the Xerox documents and ensure that all the documents are correct in order.

11. Stay Calm. Be relaxed.

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