Merits and Demerits Of Deemed Colleges

Like many parents, I too am pretty confused about admissions into deemed colleges. The main criteria  while choosing a good college  (apart from recognition by the UGC/AICTE)... are

1. Faculty

2. Infrastructure

3. Placements,
and I found all these in some of the deemed colleges in Tamil Nadu.

But it made me wonder .. why then do parents prefer to admit their children in Anna Univ Recognized college rather than the deemed colleges,  by paying  hefty one time capitation for management seats, when most of the state colleges lack the basic infrastructure, like a good library to a decent auditorium?...

The answer I got from many was "that the students from the deemed colleges when applying for higher education abroad are at a disadvantage over the Anna Univ colleges."

But, these deemed colleges are accredited by ABET USA which the other colleges lack ... and I have met a few alumni/students from these deemed colleges who have gone abroad for their masters degree, few of them are pursuing a Semester Abroad Program in their last year of their B Tech degree.

With all these questions pondering.. I approached a friend who works as an educational counsellor with my question

 " What is the difference between deemed and the other state recognized colleges?"

Her answer was..

1. The deemed colleges follow a method of Grade Point System using credits in their semester for assessing  students , whereas the state colleges follow the examination pattern, with the end semester paper from the Anna University.

2. The student needs to perform well in all the fields, from co curricular activity to project works to cycle tests and semester exams where the credits are marked accordingly and a final GP is arrived at the end of the semester. Whereas in state colleges only the end semester exam results are taken into consideration, which means the child need not participate in any activity, and just the scores in the examination is going to fetch him a good result.

3. When applying for higher education the colleges abroad assess the marks/credit equivalent  along with the GRE/GMAT scores. Hence to get a high credit in the deemed colleges the student has to be consistent throughout the semesters in all the activities of the college, whereas the state college student need not worry about all the co curricular activities and just be academic oriented.

4. When applying for the Class A colleges abroad the deemed colleges are not in the list of colleges in the world ranking, whereas  The Anna University stamped certificate holds a better  in these colleges though they too dont feature in the top colleges in the world. (IIT Bombay, Delhi is the only college ranked within the top 100 colleges in the world)
5. The student gets a BE Degree from a state college whereas the degree awarded to the deemed colleges is B Tech. 

This summed up to - the student has to attain a good rank in his GRE/GMAT scores as well as his marks from the state colleges when applying for the Class A colleges.

And I wondered-,whether the overall development or just securing marks was important in the long run for a student graduating as an engineer ?

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My friend just smiled.. 

so I asked her with much curiosity ..... in which college she would prefer admiting her son,

she smiled again and said ANNA UNIVERSITY COLLEGES.. "I would'nt want my son to loose out on the little chance if ever he wants and qualifies to pursue his education in Class A colleges abroad".

But even the students from IIT and NITs do not qualify for an admission from these colleges ? was my next query...and she smiled wider (which only confirmed that she indeed was a good counselor).

I am still confused.. 

the only option I had was to apply for all the colleges and see how my son fairs and leave the option open to select the college and branch he finds himself eligible in the end....