I got admitted to a college CS undergrad program ; Veterans , tell me what it's like

[aneeshm]

I've just secured admission into the Maharashtra Institute of Technology ( ranked 53rd in the country ( out of more than 8,000 universities ) , and first in its city ) , in the Bachelor of Engineering program , undergraduate . I am , of course , delighted , because this is the top college Pune , which I was aiming for .

In case anyone from India is here , let me tell you that I got 187.5 out of 540 marks in the All India Engineering Entrance Examination , which gave me a nationwide rank of 25,577 . This puts me in the 96.990941176th percentile nationwide ( around 8,50,000 people appear for this examination ( yes , in India , the numbers are huge , and the competetion is a bit fierce ) ) .

So anyway - what can the veterans of comp. sci. undergrad programs tell me about it ?

Any pieces of advice ? Any experiences you'd like to share ? How were your college days ?

[joncha]

Wow... 53rd in India. Top notch.

[dannubis]

@ joncha

congrats with your admission

[aneeshm]

@ Joncha

I don't get it . I really can't understand whether you being sarcastic or not . But from the point of view of an Indian , for whom education in the USA or Europe is unaffordable , this is one of the better things that could happen .

[joncha]

I was congratulating you on your success. What's not to get?

[aneeshm]

That remark of yours could have been construed as sarcasm . .

[DanS]

Congrats.

But get control of those commas, ASAP.

[DanS]

Btw, what's "Pune"?

Edit: Ah, I see that it's a city in India.

[aneeshm]

Originally posted by dannubis

@ joncha

congrats with your admission

Thank you .

Originally posted by DanS

Congrats.

But get control of those commas, ASAP.

Thanks , and at the commas . I've realised that I write this way because of the way we write in Marathi and Hindi .

[DanS]

If you don't mind, how much does that university cost? I'm curious.

It's a public university?

[aneeshm]

Originally posted by DanS
Btw, what's "Pune"?

Edit: Ah, I see that it's a city in India.

Pune is one of the four or five educational hubs of the country ( the others being Bangalore , Hyderabad , and Mumbai ) .

[joncha]

Originally posted by aneeshm
That remark of yours could have been construed as sarcasm . .

You need to get over that cynicism of yours. It's really an ugly personality trait to have.

[Lodi]

Just stay away from the evil occult groups that might want to recruit you.

Congrats on your accomplishments, though.

( yes , in India , the numbers are huge , and the competetion is a bit fierce ) )

There is also people being persecuted and decided against due to the caste system. Although the caste system is illegal, it still exists psychologically. I hear that some of the people from the higher status castes get prejudiced against due to old grudges. Would you say this is at least somewhat correct for some cases?

[Kuciwalker]

2nd in the US



Congrats

[Elok]

Does that city have a distinctively tart aroma you're fond of? A lot of people I know said they only went to college for the Pune-tang.