Firstly, congratulations on scoring this in SAT. The grading here is quite relative. Normally, the state toppers, IIT 3000-8000 rankers, 96% to 98% CBSE scorers will be your immediate competition with your rank of 1850. Although, there are good chances that you might have to wait for a few rounds to finish and then maybe in the third or fourth round you might get lucky.

The rank mentioned by you here is quite a fair enough rank. It is also advised here that you have a look at SAT scores as well for the past academic year. There is a slight trend that the scores might vary every year depending on overall performance of all applicants.

Since much shuffling and reshuffling takes place in all the branches including IT in all the admission rounds, it is worthwhile that you wait a longer and try in the third (or fourth) round of counseling.

My brother graduated from NIT Surathkal, with bachelors in chemical engineering and hence I could give you quite a relatable experience.

To be clear, chemical engineering is not like studying chemistry. There is only 20% of chemistry and the rest is all physics. You might also want to do your own little research for further understanding of the branch what subjects it entails. There is no point in me mentioning all the curriculum details here.

The basic point here that I’m trying to make is that if you are fond of solving intricate problems in the petroleum and pharmaceutical industry, chemical engineering is the right fit for you.

The placements here are well known and historic. Apart from the handful of students who wished to pursue their higher studies, all the other students in the batch were quite well placed. Therefore, you can stop worrying about the placements from now on.

The only minor concern here is with the professors. Apart from a few professors who are quite old, the others are not quite impressive. They care less for students’ ability to understand complex matters and subjects.

The curriculum and faculty of NITK civil engineering is one of the most premium ones. The course is well articulated. This particular department makes you fall in love with the branch as well as the college on the whole.

The atmosphere and the overall environment of the department brings about a lot of exposure, freedom and learning opportunities to the students. It is all thanks to the friendly and welcoming nature of the faculty here that the students on campus have established American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Chapter. This is of national importance. This is a technical society which has groomed and helped a number of aspiring civil engineers. There are a number of extra-curricular and co-curricular activities happening throughout the year which inculcate leadership qualities and much more.

The scope after becoming a civil engineer in today’s world is endless. With the increasing use of drones and smart phones for image processing techniques to keep a check on structural health, post disaster analysis and real time progress of the ongoing construction projects, professionals and experts from all the fields like civil engineering, IT, computer science etc. are always in demand.

No student has ever regretted the decision of choosing civil engineering in NITK.

Since NITK is a well-established and popular college, doing M.Tech from here will always be worth it. The curriculum is coherent and very specific.

Not to mention about the beautiful infrastructure of the place. NITK is the only college in India to have its own beach and that is a major attraction spot for many applicants. It creates a very serene spot for academic and personal growth of an individual.

It offers a good learning and growing exposure to the students undergoing M. Tech studies and a worthwhile placement coverage as well. It holds good records of placements in top MNCs across the globe with a lot of respectable packages.

NITK is also a far better option as compared to IISC and IIT too for doing M. Tech. The extra and co-curricular activities being conducted throughout the year bring out the best in every student and make you a professionally sound and a passionate individual with leadership skills and interests.

Moreover, the opportunity to interact and compete with other individuals of the same caliber and passion will make sure you are never out of the competitive league and develop a healthy competitive spirit within you.

The college takes very good care of its students and not just during recruitment but throughout the course as well.

There are certain rules and regulations which are mandatory to be followed by the students at NIT Surathkal.

• Entry Timings: For girls, they should enter the college premises before 10 PM and enter the hostel before 11 PM. Both of them have to show their ID cards to enter the hostel. Both boys and girls of 1st year have block timing.

• Attendance: All the students are required to maintain attendance of a minimum of 75% and they might increase it to 82%.

• Rules for dressing: Both boys and girls are required to wear decent clothes and wearing shorts is strictly prohibited for both boys and girls.

• Facilities and freedoms at the campus: For Postgraduate or PhD students there are no restrictions on roaming around the college and they can go out of the hostel as they wish. But they need to carry their IDs as it is required to enter back into the hostel. For graduation students, they do have some restrictions, and timings are fixed for them to enter the hostel.

The library and laboratories of the college are open till 11:30 PM and any student can go there and use the equipment to complete their projects and assignments. Although there are different timings for certain places like the beach entry which closes by 6 PM and the sports complex which closes by 8 PM.

The campus is equipped with wifi routers which are available everywhere and there is also a swimming pool and different playgrounds for the students to play and enjoy.