ENGINEERING COLLEGES PREFERENCES II

COMING BACK TO THE INITIAL 4 CRITERIAS

1) Prestige and Reputation
2) Placement opportunities
3) Convenience of Travel
and last but not least
4) Your rank in the CAP list.

let us proceed step by step,

list according to prestige and placement opportunities-

Group 1
1. VJTI - mumbai
1. CoEP - pune
2. walchand college sangli ( i guess )
2. VIT- pune
3. PICT - pune
4. MIT - pune
4. SIT - sinhagad - pune
5. pvg - pune
6. JSPM - tathawde
I am much ambiguous further.
rather i can say that there is a big coagulation of good colleges,
following is the list

Group 2

1. AISSMS
2. Modern engg college
3. PCCOE - akurdi
4. d.y.patil pimpri
5. cummins
6. etc etc

MOST IMPORTANTLY

few institutes such VIT,MIT,SIT have more than 1 engineering colleges.

for example - 

Maharashtra Institute of Technology has got 3/4 engg colleges,

MAIN campus MIT- kothrud.

MAEER's MIT - kothrud

Maharashtra Academy of Engg  MAE- alandi

similarly

VIT has got main college at dhankavadi,

whereas it has also got another college named VIIT at kondhwa

and

SIT has main college - vadgaon budruk

sinhagad lonavla (better to avoid this due to its location in wilderness. you always stay away from main stream engg graduate students)

I would say these colleges are better than the other Group 2 colleges.

the reason is that the placement procedure for the colleges which come under the same management/parent organisation takes place commonly and same place.

which means

for example students studying in MAE alandi, MAEER's MIT and MAIN MIT undergo same placement procedure, even though there mht-cet marks while taking admissions in the first year were drastically different.

after considering all this, there are few things to note-

1. never expect that you will get good teaching experience in your engg life. The professors are usually those who could not perform well and secure a good job in a private company.
2. Computer engg could be preferred more than IT engg.
3. and yes, computer and IT field is vulnerable to external shocks such as Recession, slowdown etcetc.
4. but as usual - if you are strong enough and ready to learn everything with zeal, nothing stands in your way.

for students with interest in computers

i would suggest following list-

1. CoEP comp
2. CoEP IT
3. VIT comp
4. VIT IT
5. PICT comp
6. PICT IT
7. MIT comp
8. SIT comp
9. MIT IT
10. SIT IT
11. VIT's other colleges and their COMP IT
12. MIT's other colleges and their COMP IT
13. SIT's other colleges and their COMP IT
14. PVG comp
15. pvg IT
16. and so on for MODERN, AISSMS, JSPM, CUMMINS, etc etc

(while going for colleges, please do consider the proximity of your home to the college)

(for 2013 CAP you have to fill in 100 options, please construct it intelligently so as to secure admission in the first admission itself. remember that it's not your marks but your rank which is going to play an important role)