COEP - 3rd oldest college in Asia, home to India's first engineer, Shri.M.Visvesaraya

I only had COEP in my mind when it came to choosing a college for my B.Tech. As I was only preparing for MHTCET, getting into COEP was a very long and challenging journey. Even though I secured 99.903 percentile (state rank-130), I still couldn't manage to get my desired branch (computer engineering), through the cap rounds. I had to apply for the spot round and got the last remaining seat available for GOPEN. With my rank, I could've gotten any branch in COEP except computer engineering through the cap rounds. The admission process got me feeling very nervous as the whole process was very new to me and a lot of documentation was needed. Also, I had to be very patient to wait for my turn as a lot of students had come to get admission into the college. MHTCET is an easy exam to crack for a sincere 12th grader of any board, but it requires excellent time management skills as the candidate to supposed to solve 100 questions of physics and chem in 90 minutes and rest 50 of maths in 90 minutes.

I chose computer engineering because of my interest in the field. We've got a class of almost 70 students in each division. We have a different teacher for every different subject taught and the faculty is highly qualified consisting of PhD holders and engineers. We have 2 midterms, the first one month after the start of the semester and the second midterms a month after that. Then, in the end, we have our end term exams. The midterms are of 20 marks each and the end term is of 60 marks. For some subjects, the marking is different as the lab is included. It is quite difficult to ace the exams as they are very conceptual and the teachers don't spoon feed the students.

Many internship opportunities are offered first year's. Although, most of them are unpaid as they require less work. Some of them require a technical background, whereas some require excellent soft skills.

Students become eligible for campus placements in the final year of their Btech course. Over 200 companies like Arcesium, Goldman Sachs, Bajaj Auto, Barclays, and Mastercard visit each year to pick the brightest minds of the college. The highest package is around 33 LPA whereas the average package is around 6-7 LPA. In 2019, 79.53% of the students were placed. I plan to work very hard during my course so that I could land a good job with a decent package in the campus placements.

My course fee was around 90,000 rupees. It includes the tuition, development fee, library, campus internet, alumni association fee, etc. Many scholarships are available for students but I didn't apply for one. Also, I'm not sure whether there are campus jobs in my college.

The cultural fest, Impressions is held every December. The tech feat, minds park is held in September. The sports fest, Zest is organized in January and many colleges from all over India participate to win laurels for their college. Finally, 'Regatta', our boat club event was held in April this year and is one of the most unique aspects of COEP. The library in the college is one of the vastest collections of books and journals as the college is the 3rd oldest in Asia. The classrooms are equipped with proper benches and fans. In some classrooms and labs, AC is provided. The view of the river from some classes is amazing! It is made sure that the students engage in extracurricular activities as much as their studies, to ensure the overall development of the student. There are tons of clubs in the college. From BHAU entrepreneurship cell to art club and boat club to Ramanujan maths club, there are clubs for every student to be a part of.