How to Choose Your Engineering College
Selecting the right engineering college is a challenging decision, both for you and your family. In these four years you will be molded to decide what you will be in your future life. This life changing decision should be made in the early stage better from the high school not at the last moment .There are many colleges but only few colleges will help you to attain your goals and lead your carrier path. Here are some guidelines that you can follow to choose the Top Engineering College.
1. Choosing an engineering stream
Deciding to choose an engineering branch is the first step before choosing your college. It is very important to choose the branch at which you are interested and motivated enough. Research the different streams and collect the details of various courses.
2. Analyzing and categorizing college
Once you decide your stream. It is important to have alternate choice of stream if you’re unable to get your first preference stream you can opt for the other alternate choice that you have made. It is better to divide the colleges into three categories. The first category is top colleges which are a dream for many students to get in and it is very tough to get in. The second category of colleges are above average and that is reasonably easy to get into it, and also will be the one that you will be happy attending without much regret .The last category college is that there is ‘no’ for admissions that you will surely get admitted into in. This categorization helps you to find the right and dream college for you .you can categorize the colleges with other criteria like distance from home,affordability, amenities and feel.
3. List your criteria
Write down the facts that you want to consider,evaluate for choosing the best and right college among the various colleges.it could be of any considerations like the below listed ones:
- Degree offered
- Location(urban or rural)
- Distance from your place
- Government,Private or Aided
- Cost(Tuition,Hostel)
- Financial aids or Scholarship
- Sportsmanship
- Amenities(Library,Labs,Productive clubs)
- Accreditation
- Placement and Training
- Internships
- Class Size
- Transportation
Choosing the course purely based on the students interest .sometimes they have to choose between the two different colleges for same stream, the better recognized and the established college should be their preference. The best recognized college will have the highly qualified and well trained faculties
4. list your priorities
List the pros and cons of the engineering college that your considering to get in and rate them out of 10 with considering the different aspects like the distance, Fee structure ,college infrastructure, recognition and the brand name of the college ,and the university that is affiliated to, hostel and guest accommodation near, placement record is one of the main criteria that you have to consider while choosing your college and also see the rank position that holds in your district rate all these and this rating will be help you to make final decision. Many top –notch college will have the faculty with Ph,D s so they give the proper guidance and also it is important to maintain the teacher-student ratio .The Lab facilities, internet access,Library IEEE journals access and location of the college matters a lot
5. Availability of Scholarship or financial aid
Check for the availability for the scholarship and financial aid that you can avail of .you can even attend the top colleges with scholarship like sports scholarship that you can’t afford normally
6. Visualize the atmosphere
Go and visualize with college that you are considering target the high traffic areas like cafe, Library, lawns Interact with the students and listen to their experience and opinions and also talk with the teachers .Get an idea of the college facilities and the stream you opted for and think whether it fulfills your need and goals.
7. Don’t be brand Conscious
Don’t overlook at the rates and accreditations. A college would have well recognized for mechanical and electrical department but computer department is not well developed and equipped as mechanical and electrical. If you are considering the college for computer engineering you may be disappointed. .Just because of this well reputed college all departments are not equally hold values
8. Make sure your score is adequate.
Make sure the score that you have scored in the school is eligible to apply to the course. If any common entrance test or college based entrance test has to be written be sure that you prepared well. It is advisable to get through merit quota that the financial burden of the family will be reduced.
