Honest review RIT

The selection in these colleges is done by applying for the COMEDK exam. The exam is conducted every year to get admissions in colleges of Bangalore and all other that comes under this exam. The application form is opened two months before the exam month, after the exam, three rounds of counseling are done and the cutoffs for different colleges and their respective branches are given in every round, once you finalize your seat you need to give Rs.55000 there only and the remaining amount is paid to college when you go for admission. Different reservations like sports quota, HKR region, Tulu region, etc. can be seen. The details about the exam can be viewed on the official website of comedy. This is the whole process that was used to happen in the year 2020. The remaining payment of fees which is needed to be done can be conducted more easily without making it hectic for parents and students.

I chose the course Information science and engineering as I wanted to explore the field of tech and also because I secured a rank of 960 out of 50000 students in the COMEDK exam. There are many faculty members in the department of ISE (branch). Most of the faculty have already done their Ph.D. or are pursuing it. Most of them are engaged with so advanced projects and help students to take part in them. Internship opportunities are there with some faculty members. In every class, there are almost 45 students with one teacher to teach the respective subject. The course is designed in such a way that there are 5 units in one subject which comprises lectures, tutorial sessions, and problem-solving in Lab. For example, the python subject is more focused on lab programs. In a single semester, two internal exams and assignments or projects are given. The exams are of easy to a moderate level to pass, the first internals are held after 30 to 40 days and second after 25 to 30 days, and the last sem end

There are various internship opportunities for students on the campus, software engineer. There is a startup in my college that is incubated by cells. It provides software development roles in different fields be it Web Development or app development with Flutter. A friend of mine got it and it was paid for too. Other details are nondisclosure.

Since I am in my third year so there is time for placements. Generally, the companies start to visit by the end of the third year with internship and training and with placement offers also. Some of the companies are apple, cisco, Fivetran, Wipro, Infosys, amazon, etc. With average packages being 8 to 9 lacs and the highest being more than 30 lacs. The percentage of students getting places is 85% to 90%. This time Fivetran company selected 2 students with CTC 48 lacs. My plans after getting the degree are to get into a good-paying job and maybe study more about the market and business, probably pursuing MBA.

The fee structure is different for those who took admission through the COMEDK exam from those who took admission through the KCET exam. For students who came through the COMEDK exam, the fees including hostel and tuition fees are approximately Rs.14 lacs( this is the time of 2020 when I took admitted to Ramaiah Institute of Technology) and for kcet, it is less than the former. For kcet, the tuition fee is around Rs.75000 and the hostel fees ( if applied for the hostel) are the same for COMEDK students whereas the tuition fee is Rs.217360 and the hostel is at the same price as for KCET students, generally 80 to 90000 thousand per academic year. Every year for the new batch, the fees are increased by some amount. It stays the same for old batches. The college also provides different scholarships, for example through the national scholarship exam, etc. The on-campus jobs are amazing, 85 to 90% of placements are seen from the ISE branch almost every year.

The total campus size is 25 acres, which includes all the engineering, law, and medical campus as well. The campus is green with basketball courts for students and they are maintained well. The annual fest that is conducted in RIT is UDBHAV but due to covid it is not celebrated for the past 3 years, although the cultural fest Kannada Rajyotsava is conducted every year in November or December The college comprises 5 libraries and is advanced to help students and faculties to have access to books and research papers for their respective work. Most of the classrooms have projectors, green boards, and smart TV to teach the students by using different methods to help them learn more. The social clubs are quiz club, 19arit, NSS club, Ecell, photography and dance club, and tech clubs like CodeRit, GDSC, etc. The extracurricular activities include video making, sports, and event management for different meetings and arrangements.

There are three hostels, fresher's block for first years, aryabhatta block, and a new NRI hostel for 2nd year onwards, a separate PG hostel is also there PG students. There are single rooms, double and triple sharing rooms. The fees for a single room are Rs.1,06,000, for double sharing Rs. 80,000 and for triple sharing, Rs.84000. The mess food is good but can be made much better for students, the fixed menu is there for every day, breakfast is morning 7 30 am to 9 30 am, lunch from 12 30pm to 2 15 pm, snacks from 4 30 pm to 5 30 pm and dinner from7 30 pm to 9 30 pm. The process for booking pf hostel for the first year is done on campus and for later years is not inc the campus itself, if done on time then rooms are available otherwise they are filling up fast, especially for freshers hostels. The payment needs to be done on the campus only and then one can take the hostel.