College Committees.

Every fresher has this dilemma in the first year- whether or not to join any college committee. I have listed pros and cons of joining them-

Advantages-

1. You get first hand experience of managing festivals, events,seminars, managing cash flow, sponsorships.
2. Some events or seminar certificates are valued by certain employers.
3. If you hold a position in the committee it shows that you have leadership qualities and can handle pressure. Many employers look for these qualities.
4. Teachers and the principal know you and help you during submissions , excuse you for attendance and maybe even help you with placements and ms admissions by giving letters of recommendation

Disadvantages-

1. You may get demoralised if your seniors don't give you the credit for your work.
2. If you are in the committee and something goes wrong with the fest or event you have to rectify it or its your responsibility.
3. There might be arguments with teachers and the principal if they interfere too much in your work.
4. Academics may suffer if not planned properly.

Joining a committee is is fun and according to me every student should join some committee work for it and engage in some extracurriculars. After all it is not only your mark sheet that makes you stand out.

Year drop.

The dreaded term- Year drop! it is the thing that your mother warned you about while you were busy watching big bang theory, it is the shame that you brought to your family by not studying and getting a mediocre job and a mediocre life!

All of that is pure shit and nothing else. your life doesn't end if you get an year drop. I have see people getting placed at better salaries that tcs and infosys after getting an year drop(eg mouthshut.com-3.6lakhs). Also this drop or gap as I prefer to call it is the best thing that could happen to you in engineering. You get an entire year of free time. Interested in programming?autocad? join some classes add some certificates to your cv.
Not that interested in studying? take 6 month long internships at big companies. Not even interested in that then get a job at some bpo earn a lot of money and enjoy spending it.

An year drop in no way can stop your dreams or place you lower than the people who cleared throughout. There is absolutely no need to be disheartened. It is time to put in hard work, clear those subjects and also get a bit of real industry experience, this will take you a long way. While your class mate will be freshers at the time of interviews you will be having experience and more certificates than them.

Nothing and absolutely nothing can stop you from excelling other than yourself. You can do what you think you can do and there is nothing that can stop you. Consider this year drop as an advantage. Consider it to be a chance to improve yourself, get some experience and learn new things!


Cheers!

ATKT Rules for engineering.

This is a simple english representation of the mumbai university ATKT rules.

1. You cannot pass an year with more that 8 kts out of which only 5 should be endsem kts and 3 should be internal kts. for example if you get 4 internal kts and 4 endsem kts you are considered eligible for next year however if you get 7 endsem kts and no external kts you are not eligible for admission to next year.
2. Practicals, vivas and term test(cbgs) kts are considered as internal kts.
3. Also you cannot take any first year kt to third year and second year kt to fourth year.
4. There is no N-ATKT rule in university of mumbai and chances of implementation of the same are very low.

Please feel free to ask questions in the comments.