An encompassing view of my college experience at VIT

The course curriculum is known to be updated often which prompted me to choose the course. The curriculum prepares us quite well. Areas of improvement would include considering industry needs a little more when it comes to certain courses. There are too many exams it would better with just one internal exam.

There are internships provided from the 5th semester onwards for top companies it is around 75k per month to 1 lakh. College does not provide internships for small companies. Two projects are to be completed in the 4th year for credits.

From the end of the 6th semester students become eligible for campus placements. There are too many companies to list but some notable companies were, Google, Oracle, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon. They all took around 10 people. Highest package offered was 1 crore by a company called Motorq to 2 students. The percentage is just above 90%. After getting the degree I plan to get a job or do my masters abroad.

The year-wise fee I had paid for my course of Btech in Computer Science was 4 Lakh per annum. The tuition fees for each student depends on whether their course comes under group A or B. Mine is under group B for this group there are 5 categories of fees depending on your rank in the VITEEE exam. Category-1 is approximately 2 Lakh per annum, 2 is 3 Lakh per annum, 3 is 4 Lakh per annum, 4 is 4.5 lakh per annum, and 5 is 5 Lakh per annum. There is nothing for management sc, st. For group A courses the fees are lesser. Scholarships are provided for those who score under 150 or 100 rank in the VITEEE exam. There are different programmes such as STAR where VIT gives large scholarships to students from low income families in certain districts in Tamilnadu.

There are 2 major annual events one is the cultural fest Riviera and the other is the technical fest Gravitas. Gravitas is held around the month of September whereas Riviera is held in February. There is a website provided by the university for journals and research papers and there is wide variety of books in the library. There are many sports offered such as Football, Cricket, Martial arts, Hockey, Swimming. The appropriate facilites for these sports are also present. Other extracurricular activities include hundreds of clubs and chapters who hold many events throughout the year.

In the room you get a table, wardrobe, bed and a shelf for each person irrespective of whatver number of people your room holds. The meal quality is good, in some blocks cleanliness of plates and cups are compromised so the students have to be cautious. It is affordable. There are a good number of PGs available within 2 km distance from the college.

The reason mostly revolves around whether I could get a specific course or not. This was the best college that provided me this course. Regarding why I didn't make it to better universities, I just did not get a high enough rank.

The faculty to student ratio is about 1;10. The relationship is dependent on the faculty. Most faculties are quite approachable and on average the experience with faculties has been good. I would not like to name any faculties as I am still in the university. There are 3 sets of exams every semester for theory subjects two internal examinations with about 5 weeks in between namely, CAT1 and CAT2 then with another 4 weeks gap is the Final exam i.e. FAT. CAT1 and 2 have a 15 mark weightage each while FAT has 40. Rest go to assignments and quizzes. They are moderately difficult, but your performance depends on the class average as the system of grading here is relative grading. Amount of students failing is subjective owing to the relative grading system. The course system is updated according to top university standards like IITs.

There is no nightlife in the campus, you can only stay out late if you have club activities. There is a night mess available in each block from 10:30pm-12:30am . The locality is adequately safe to roam around if you're travelling out for some reason. There are a lot of small restaurants and shops to hangout but not at night.