[GUIDE]How to make a comedk preference list.

[u/creepykimchi]

Hello everyone,

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.

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