BITS Pilani - Birla Institute of Technology and Science Answered Questions

Hi Sunjol,
BITS Pilani CSE is better any day than VIT CSE. BITS Pilani CSE is on par with certain top IITs. However, VIT is way below in that range. No doubt, VIT is also a good college to pursue engineering, but when it comes to CSE, BITS Pilani is the place to be.
Best Wishes.

Hi Karan,
Firstly, It depends upon the cutoff marks for your shortlisting in these branches. To get an idea, please go through this link:
http://www.bitsadmission.com/cutoffscores2017.aspx
For the understanding of the difference, between the two branches, both have origin in Electrical Engineering. But in detail, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering deals with Electrical technology and machines, circuit analysis, electronics, electromagnetism, electrical engineering materials, instrumentation etc while ECE consist of analog transmission, basic electronics, solid state devices, microprocessors, digital and analog communication, analog integrated circuits, manufacturing of electronic devices, circuits etc. BITS Goa and Hyderabad are both at par with each other with the aspect of these branches.
Best wishes.

Hi Ashish,
You can try doing your B.Tech through lateral entry from good colleges like DTU, JMI, MIT Manipal (Karnataka), and NSEC Kolkata. These are top institutions of engineering which will give you enough exposure and learning to become a good electrical engineer and help you land up in any good core electrical company.
BITS does not have lateral entry.
Best Wishes.

Hi Sakshi,
It's not about how high you score in your 12th standard. For getting direct admission in BITS, you need to be a board topper. Otherwise, you need to appear for BITSAT. However, you have scored really well in 12th, so it would not be very difficult for you to crack BITSAT. Give it a try, you'll make it through.
All the best.

Hi Ram,
It's a bit difficult to get CSE at any of the campuses of BITS at the score you have mentioned. But, you can try for other engineering courses at any of the campuses of BITS Pilani. You can have a look at this link for getting more clarity on the cutoff scores: http://bitsadmission.com/cutoffscores2017.aspx
Also, your child can do one thing- He/she can take admission in Integrated First Degree Course at Pilani campus, and if your ward performs well in the semester examination and brings more than 8.5 CGPA, he/she can transfer into CSE course.
Best wishes.

Hi Nitisha,
Both the courses are very good at BITS Hyderabad. The college has excellent infrastructure, faculty members and laboratories to give sound pedagogy to students. Both the courses can help you go places in your streams if you are honest in your study. Many students take up different electives to go for an IT related jobs for higher paychecks. However, it depends on you, what you want to achieve using this opportunity. The placements in Electrical and Mechanical courses are not as lucrative as CSE, but definitely at par with any good engineering institute of India. Best Wishes.

Hi Shrushti,
For JEE, start with building your foundation with NCERT Books. After that, you can study these reference books like for Chemistry, you can go for O. P Tandon, P. W. Atkins, Morrison & Boyd. For Physics you can read H. C. Verma, Resnick Halliday & Walker, Irodov. For maths study R. D. Sharma, S. L. Loney, TMH Complete Mathematics etc. You can use these books for your BITSAT preparations also, but make sure you register for BITSAT as well as JEE test series. Taking up mocks are good but only when you are analyzing them past giving. Do take care of this. Best Wishes for your preparations.