Your Tool-kit for Excellence: Tips to Pick the Best Engineering College

With thousands of engineering colleges around, sometimes the real problem seems not to clear the entrance examination but to choose the right college. You have to be extremely careful while making a choice as this could be your very first step towards a successful career and life. Although this can be a very daunting task, but don&rsquot you worry, we are here to help you choose the right college. In today&rsquos world it has become quite easy to know a place inside out with the help of internet and online portals. Make the best use of this technology and start with visiting the websites of various shortlisted colleges. All you need to do is keep the given factors in mind before arriving at a final decision.

Faculty

Faculty is one of the most crucial factors. For this, you can visit the official websites of various colleges to know more about the college faculty which includes professors, lecturer, visiting faculty, reader etc. The teacher-student ratio and the qualification as well as teaching experience are some other important parameters. Experienced and qualified faculty members on the list ensure that you gain adequate knowledge and skills.

Infrastructure

Now with infrastructure I don&rsquot just mean fancy looking buildings and lawns. It includes a number of places where you will spend the precious four years of your graduation and so you have to be aware as to what a particular college offers in this regard. A college should have sufficient amount of space to accommodate its intake capacity. Clean and spacious classrooms, administrative building, well equipped laboratories, library with lots of reading spaces, good number of canteens and other facilities like internet, WiFi access, hostel and medical facility (especially in a residential campus), and various cells to address the grievances of students keeping their identity intact are a must! It is best to go and visit the campus once before arriving at a final conclusion, but in case this is not possible for you, take the help of the official website or else try and interact with some present students of that particular college. They might not sound very important at first, but ultimately these facilities offer a lot of support to your education and personality.

Placements

Popularly placements are believed to be the most important factor while choosing an engineering college. But this is not completely true, as placements depend on a lot of factors, the environment of a college being the foremost. Also, individual talent and hardwork matter a lot in this regard. So, don&rsquot just jump to a decision based on placement statistics, try to get information on the past placement record of a college but also keep other things in mind.

Curriculum

Look into the number and variety of courses a particular college offers. It is important to have more options in order to ensure that students are given a choice and flexibility to learn what interests them the most. Courses from other streams like humanities should also be included in the list of electives being offered and the college should have faculty members to take up these courses.

Extra- Curricular Activities

This factor needs to be taken into account for your all round personality development as ultimately you have to come out of your comfortable niche and survive in that extremely competitive world. Look for a college which organizes and encourages its students to participate in such extra activities like sports functions, seminars, workshops, conferences, socio-political and cultural activities, student clubs, etc. Participating in these events and interacting with new people will help you groom your personality and boost your self-confidence.

These are just some of the factors you need to know about. Location and finances are a few other things which matter. You can gather information on these aspects from the college website on internet, visit the college personally if it is possible for you or else talk to your seniors and family. It is worthwhile to spend some time on research, after all you will have to spend four very important years of your life in that place. 

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