My journey through COEP

I chose this Institute because it is one of the top ranked institutes in the state. It has highly developed laboratories and lot of research work goes on happening continuously. Also it has many clubs to take part in. Such as robotics club, satellite club, BAHA, SUPRA clubs, boat club, etc. The professors are well qualified and provide quality education along with practical exposure. The admission process was through the state level CET exam and going through the cap rounds. I had put this college at the top of other colleges such as VJTI while filling the form. The primary reason was that I preferred Pune over Mumbai. And even the rankings were better as compared with those of VJTI. I used many websites while selecting the college such as collegedunia.com.

I selected Production Engineering course because I had a fascination regarding cars and manufacturing of the cars. I wanted to learn more about different production processes and also learn of the industries. We had two semesters of internship which really helped to gain the industry exposure and practical knowledge. The faculty student ratio was also on par with around 1:10.Faculty were highly qualified through institutes such as IIT Bombay and Harvard university as well.

I had a sandwich course. Which meant that we had to do a compulsory internship of 6month duration in our 5th and 8th semester. We had several internship opportunities. I did both my internships at Tata motors, Pune plant. I did projects on quality department. I worked in making different stations on the line as Zero defect stations.

Students become eligible for placements after passing third year. Campus recruitment drive is conducted wherein different companies come into the college and offer jobs to eligible candidates. Few of the companies which visited were Tata motors, Infosys, LnT, Godrej, OFSS, Asian paints, Bajaj, ITC, etc. The highest package offered to my course was around 10lpa and the average package was around 4.5lpa . Almost 50-60% of my batchmates got placed through these placements. My plans are to do a job after getting degree.

The fee was around 85000 per year and hike was around 5-10% each year. There are many scholarship opportunities which can be availed by providing the relevant documents. These scholarships are both from the state government as well as from center government. I had got a internship at Tata Motors with a stipend. I did two internships there, each with a duration of 6 months. And later during the campus placements I got selected at Oracle.

Campus life of COEP is the best. There are numerous clubs both technical and non-technical ones. Technical clubs include robotics club, satellite club, BAHA-SUPRA clubs while non-technical clubs include debate club, arts and crafts, boat club and many more. Mainly three major events are organized in the college in a year viz. Mindspark, Zest and Impression. There is a huge central library which is easily accessible to everyone and also there are department libraries as well. Classrooms are big with projector system established and also blackboards available. There are ACs as well. This college has got its huge playground where many sport activities keep on happening. And also boat club have there special event called Regatta once a year.

Hostel life was the best part of my life. I got friends here who stayed with me till I pass out and after that as well. Each year had a separate block of hostel. And each room was provided with multiple LAN ports for network connectivity along with a wifi router on each floor. One room accommodated 4 students. Also the mess was located within the hostel premises only and hence it saved lot of time. The admission to hostel was also through merit base.

No there weren't any GD or interview conducted during admission. But I had prepared for the interviews during my job interviews. I had read newspapers for the trending topics which proved to be very helpful during the GD.