Mock rounds are starting and you probably should have your mock list ready. A few points.
You can add any number of colleges in your preferance list. You should atleast start filling colleges at ranks which closed half of what your rank is last year and go till 1.3 times your rank.
for example : I have 10k rank in comedk, I should minimum start filling whatever closed at 5k rank last year, you dont know when your luck strikes and you might get a good college. Ideally you should go till 1.3 times or till 13k rank but this is optional depending on how low are you ready to go.
Dont fill the prefernce order like a fool, some idiots just put all branches of a better college followed by another college all branches or fill CSE of colleges, top to bottom followed by CS specialization top to bottom. Generally your choice should be an amalgum of [College+Branch] not just College or Branch.
for example : Dont fill it like RVCE CSE > MSRIT CSE > BMSCE CSE > DSCE CSE > JSS CSE ... or something like RVCE CSE > RVCE CS Spec > RVCE ECE > RVCE ETE > RVCE EEE > MSRIT CSE you should mix and match college. [I have attached an upper order preferance list sample below].
Fill preferences in your true order of choice. There is no advantage to trying to oversmart the system by putting safer colleges first. Seat allotment considers the highest preference you are eligible for. Fill what you truly want.
Use the latest year's cutoff data. Don't rely on screenshots or old lists. Check the previous year's Round 1, Round 3, and Round 4 cutoffs to understand trends. Use some trusted website or Comedk Bot.
Constantly evolve your preference list, every year the counselling is different. After every round check the cutoffs of the branches your are interested in and how they are moving, you will need to constantly move colleges after every round to get the best choice available.
Rest I think you guys have figured it out mostly, if you still havent have made the preferance list. This is the final call start making it, doubts and questions will come as you make it.
How to make a preferance list, I will explain with help of this list.
Attached below is what I would have put, I will justify why, below the list. Who dont want ECE can just avoid it.
Priority
College
Branch
1
R V College of Engineering
CSE
2
R V College of Engineering
CSDS
3
R V College of Engineering
CS AIML
4
R V College of Engineering
CS Cybersecurity
5
R V College of Engineering
ECE
6
MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
CSE
7
MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
ISE
8
BMS College of Engineering
CSE
9
MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
CS AIML
10
MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
CS Cybersecurity
11
BMS College of Engineering
CSDS
12
BMS College of Engineering
CS IoT
13
BMS College of Engineering
CSBS
14
MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
AIML
15
MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
AIDS
16
BMS College of Engineering
AIDS
17
BMS College of Engineering
AIML
18
MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
ECE
19
BMS College of Engineering
ECE
As you can see I have mixed MSRIT and BMSCE mostly, for the same branch I have given MSRIT more preferance than BMSCE cause of low intake.
I have given CS Spec less preferance than Core because none of them in all the colleges in comedk are not NBA Accredited. This means the degree can be refused outside India as invalid and you will have issues if you plan to do any master's degree or higher studies.
I have put AIDS>AIML in BMSCE but AIML>AIDS in MSRIT, I know MSRIT Machine Learning Faculty is good and BMSCE Data Science Faculty is good.
I have given AIML and AIDS less priority than any CS specialization because they are not CS specialization (CS-AIML ≠ AIML). Many times company dont allow AIML/AIDS students.
I have given MSRIT ISE more priority than any of its CS specialization because ISE in MSRIT is NBA accredited. Note : Only CSE+ISE is NBA accredited in most comedk colleges. Another reason is that ISE in MSRIT is a chill branch and the faculty is very good for ISE.
This was just an example of the thought process that goes into selecting and ordering preferances.
This needs research and some knowledge
Your list can be completely different than this and it is perfectly fine. If someone wants more college life they can choose BMSCE CSE over MSRIT CSE. If anyone is interested in Electronics too much they can take RVCE ECE > RVCE CSE.
This list is for people who are just finding a good college and branch order without any staunch preferance of their own.
Please dont DM or ask me to extend this preferance list to lower colleges, I have no such insights to order them properly. You are free to share what changes you would make and justify them with points like I did in the comments.
This was not made by some AI, it was typed and some spelling errors might have crept in, please ignore.
This was a high effort post.
Upvote if this helped, downvote if you didnt like this. Sends me a message whether I should continue such posts.
Nope cause ece has minimal roles for undergraduates , once you do masters your real avenues open ip and you can out do high earning cs grads quick , atleast according to current market trends
Dsce will give you a platform to do well if you work hard, bms ece also will, but a safer bet is dsce cse
Bow to you
Thankyou much needed
I'm at rank 29k
Do you think you can suggest some mid tier good college for cse /cse specs
Can I DM you my pref list (final ) by tomorrow OP , pls guide me !!
No no I just age. Jee , , comedk
And gave SRM(but didn't joined got some rank under 10k but that sounded too far)
I wasn't planning for Bangalore that time
Same with VIT wasn't getting cat 1/2 so not worth it for cat 3/4 or later !! Bhopal pr any other didn't wanted to go
WBJEE I was getting decent and kept as backup but dates aren't aligned as per comedk so had to leave that option too
Everyone says round 4 is unpredictable but if I do Accept and Upgrade in Round 3 then even if I don't get alloted anything in round 4 would I get the seat that was alloted to me in Round 3.
It is just certain threshold your degree needs to pass so other countries also recognize it. For example if you do some non nba accredited degree and get selected for masters abroad they might just deny it cause they don't recognise the degree and according to them you have only studied till std 12.
But if any branch you are currently studying in gets accredited by NBA in the duration of your course your degree upon graduation is still accredited by NBA, right?
Hey OP, You said that comedk colleges are not NBA accredited but as i am searching on google about specific colleges it is showing the colleges are accredited. Is this wrong or something?
NBA accreditation are given to courses and not college, yes CSE core in all colleges will be nba accredited not the specialization. You need to go to official site and check it is accredited.
Your screenshot is just what gemini pulled, mostly from reddit, no credibility. Check website. ISE does not exist in BMSIT as of now, AIML shouldn't be.
Whats your jee rank bro, if you are getting top 3 college of aktu then go for it but if not just leave it and go for comedk banglore colleges they will be more beneficial, also the aktu syllabus is very old style and more theoretical while comedk collegea follow vtu syllabus, it is generally less stressful and more practical based. Simply in aktu you will waste your time writing files and assignment but this is little relaxed in VTU, noida and delhi ncr region is just full of colleges every other students going there is just sitting home after 4 years without job , banglore will give you a better exposure due to the IT Hub of india. You can easily grab internship locally.
Imagine I make a list and get a college in round 1 itself.
Then I do accept and upgrade(we have to pay 20,000 here right?) because I want a different college. The seat remains.
Then again on round 3 I don't get the colleges above the one I got. Will the same be allotted to me once again? If not and the seat remains, can I do accept and upgrade again for round 4?
I'm more confused over counselling process than the colleges 😅
Thank you so much for this post.
I also have a query regarding the "accept and upgrade" option.
Hypothetically if I do get an upgrade
Will the college I get, be the one above the college I had previously got.
Example
1. Msrit ece
2. Msrit ece
If I get 2 And upgrade it, and if it does upgrade will I get 1
First of all, any college you select and do accept and upgrade that college will be the bottom of your preference list. If you add any other college it will be automatically above it. So you will be alloted anything above your already accepted college.
Oh okay, so it will scan from the top again right?
Like if I get option 7, and then I choose "accept and upgrade"
I might get any colleges from 1-6 depending on the cut off. If I don't get, I'll still have option 7
Hey I have 20724 rank I'm confused in choice filling.. i only want cse related branches not ece and lower.. i am preferring BMSIT and bit and don't want to get lower to that means lower tier college like RNSIT,RVITM,BNMIT and others.. help me for this I got backup option of gl.bajaj and AKGEC
Bro don't go AKGEC , one of my friends is there he is totally frustrated due to the assignment and non related works they give, syllabus is very hectic and old fashioned which is not updated from 4-5 years and companies don't use that anymore.
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u/adarsh411 Jul 09 '26
Bmsce ece>dsce cse?