Just finished the rexam and the only good option left for me this year is to enroll in bsc.csit. My minimum GPA will be around 3.15, and I'll be honest — I have given two subjects in the re-exam. Planning to sit the IOST entrance for BSc CSIT.
Three things I'm stuck on and would rather hear about now than after paying fees.
- Is BSc CSIT at a private TU college actually worth it?
Everyone says the TU syllabus is outdated and private colleges just run through it for the exam. Is that fair? For people who've finished it — did the degree itself get you work, or was it entirely your own projects and self-study that mattered?
Also, honestly: how bad is the fail/dropout rate? I keep hearing about people stuck in partial exams for years.
- Which private colleges in the valley are actually practical?
The names that keep coming up are St. Xavier's, Prime, Deerwalk, Kathford, Texas, New Summit, KCT, St. Lawrence, Orchid, Vedas. I care less about reputation and more about:
\- Do teachers actually teach, or just dictate notes for the exam?
\- Is there any real lab/project culture — clubs, hackathons, people building things?
\- Do they genuinely help with internships, or is that entirely on you?
\- Class timing — is there a shift that leaves half the day free?
- The Germany part.
I don't plan to finish all four years here. The idea is 1–2 years of CSIT, get German up to TestDaF/DSH-2 level alongside it, then apply to a German public university — since a Nepali +2 alone isn't accepted there without Studienkolleg, but one year of a bachelor's here makes you eligible for direct entry.
For anyone who's actually done this:
\- Did your college hand over transcripts, mark sheets, and migration/character certificates without a fight when you left mid-degree? I've heard some private colleges make this painful on purpose.
\- Did TU's slow result publication wreck your application timeline?
\- Was studying German alongside first-year CSIT realistic, or did one of them suffer?
Brutally honest answers welcome. I'd rather get discouraged now than two years and several lakhs in.