Admissions VIT '13

Below is a snap shot of the counselling status of VIT.

As mentioned in my earlier blog on admissions to deemed universities, the number of seats allotted for the core branches are in large numbers. Most of these seats fall vacant as many students who are yet to receive the rank list for IIT main ( the remaining from the 1.5 lakh who cleared for advanced), and those who are awaiting board results of CBSE may be opting for NITs and other colleges based on the rank list, or for other colleges which admit through board results (which are yet to be announced) surrender this seat when they get admissions into the other colleges.

This institution clearly announces during counselling, that the vacant seats go as management seats (when falling vacant due to surrendering of seats later on) and it does not have a management quota.. Whereas SRM  University has a second counselling if and when the seats are either not filled or falling vacant due to surrendering of seats later on. 

But both these colleges announce a large number of scholarship for the students at the time of counselling based on the rank list which are wasted by the children surrendering the seats when they move to other colleges. 

Below is the snap shot of the scholarship awarded by the institute. This year 5 out of top 10 rank holders were from Chaitanya academy, Andhra Pradesh.

As most of those following the rank list if IIT would have noted that this academy excels in IIT coaching. Hence it's not difficult to understand that even though the child attends the counselling he is not going to pursue the education here when he clears at IIT or NIT. 

Similarly a very small percentage of the 1000 rank holders will continue to study at VIT. 

If the institute genuinely favours scholarship it should grant them to deserving students in the academic year.

It also goes on to state that the district toppers of the state who have studied in Govt schools in rural areas too would be given a 100% scholarship. Most of these toppers of Tamil Nadu are the 200/200 in the TNEA cutoff and would prefer CEG or PSG were the fees is nominal. Moreover the number of such students would once again be very rare. 

Hence a word of advice, as these institutions strongly deal in advertising, its always better to go for counselling with an open mind.