What Students Say
Likes
- Their are a lot of events happening in the college every month and also various workshops are conducted which are quite insightful .Also their are various tech/Non tech clubs in the college .
- As PCCOE is an autonomous institute the curriculum is decided by college itself so branches have their respective core subjects in 1st year itself and subjects like mechanics and graphics are only for the branches who require it in the future.
- Their are industry visits planned by the faculties and they are also part of the practical which gives a insight how things work in real life. Also college publishes research papers. Many students during 1st sem got their research papers published.
Dislikes
- The attendance monitoring is strict and rigorous .If during attendance monitoring your attendance is less than mandatory 75 their and mails sent to your parents.
- Sometimes curriculum seems a bit too stretched and their are extra lectures to complete the portion and sometimes portion in completed by hook or by crook.
- Although infrastructure is good lab facilities should be improved especially the sitting arrangement .It gets uncomfortable to sit for long hours.
Course Curriculum Overview
The curriculum is designed in such a way that it goes hand in hand with real-life applications. Both theoretical as well as practicals are designed in such a way that we get an insight into how things work in real life. We also have mandatory projects which help us to build an understanding of how things work and implement our knowledge. Also, we have languages such as German, and Japanese in the curriculum and the faculties help to clear a particular level in the language proficiency test.
Internships Opportunities
There are various companies for internship opportunities. Well, I am not aware of particulars about internships but there was a student who had a monthly stipend of 100000 and was interning with Microsoft.
Placement Experience
The maximum salary offered during the placement drive was 61 lakh ctc. The major recruiter from the campus is Capgemini. Around 80% of students get placed.Companies like Accenture,cognizant, Wipro Kpit also come for recruitment
Fees and Financial Aid
The fee for me a general candidate was 1,63,000. The other fee I have to pay is the course registration fee which was around 3000 for sem 1. There are waiver schemes like tfws and scholarships for EWS categories and fee waivers for sc/st candidates though I am not aware of the fee paid by category student.Their was a scheme for free mess food for ews students.
Campus Life
The annual cultural fest swartarang is held every year during the month of January which is for 5 days.It has things like Cultural Day, Bollywood Day, music concerts,gathering etc. There is also a sports fest which goes by the name of Sangharsh which has a variety of sports and usually goes on for a month.PCCOE also has an event called Spectrum which is conducted by first-year students and is for first-year students. The college has a central library as well as departmental libraries. Central Library has books ranging from novels, study guides, core subject books, exam preparation books for gate etc. The campus has a basketball court which also doubles down as a badminton court. Also, the boys' hostel has a gym equipped with all the necessary equipment and the college has 2 grounds out of which one is used as a football field and on the other one various sports are played such as volleyball, cricket, handball, kabaddi etc. There are many clubs both technical as well as non-technical and each department has its own club which conducts events through out the year.Their is also student faction of GEEKSFORGEEKS.
Admission
The main reason I chose this college was because of its Autonomous status as well as good placements and a nice alumni network. There were many other colleges. In pccoe, you can get admission through MHT-CET as well as JEE. The eligibility is that you should have at least have cumulative percentage of 45% in PCM in your 12th boards. Most of the students prefer MHT-CET for pccoe but many also get through jee mains. The cutoffs are on the higher side though for the cs branch it is 99%tile in mht cet.
Faculty
Well, the faculty are approachable and are down to help during their free time. Well in a semester total of 3 written exams are conducted 2 unit tests which are called fa's and the end sem which is called sa.Also, practical exams are conducted. The level of the exam is easy to mediocre almost out of 60 most of the students clear the exam but there are certain subjects in a semester which many students fail to clear on the first attempt for us the subject was BEEE. But after SAs are done re-SA exams are conducted within 10-15 days and students who have failed in subjects during normal SAs give them. The difference is on the report card the score of the subjects of which you have given Re-SA will have a asterisk symbol next to it
Night Life
Well, the campus has many eating facilities. There is a boy's mess, a girl's mess,2 canteens, and a Nescafe outlet. Also, the campus is equipped with vending machines. Well, I don't know about the times of the girl's hostel for boys the hostel closes at 10 pm and the campus is accessible from 8:00 am. Famous hangout spots would be the Nescafe outlet and grounds. Locality of the college is one of the best localities in pcmc and is one of the safest.
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