03-23-2015, 06:17 PM
(03-23-2015, 05:05 PM)kmsri Wrote: Hello Mr Sunil
I just came to know from Gate office that the total no of candidates in BT for this year is 8923. This kind of puts me in a 'touch and go' situation - My Percentile on this basis (my rank 452) is 94.93. This is surprising to me given the fact that the cut-off is almost the same as of 2014 (students appeared in 2014 10714). Based on your experience, could you tell me if this changes the admission scenario for me or I can still expect calls from IITs like M, KNP, KGP, G, H & Delhi.
Also, what are your thoughts are ME Biotech offered by BITS ?
Thank You
Sri
Hello Sri,
IIT Bombay has already set the cut-off for GATE score as 400. If your score is above the given cut-off then IITB is in. As far as IIT Kanpur is concerned, it was 95 percentile and above during my time (no. of candidates appeared were more than 16000); but given the current scenario of very low footfall, let us expect a lenient cut-off from IITK as well. IIT Delhi has mentioned in it's prospectus that a minimum GATE score of 300 is mandatory for applying for PG/PhD. This keeps you in for IITD as well.For rest of the IITs, you will definitely get a call (atleast I'm nearly sure about it).
IITD and IITB are the only two IITs that keep the cut-offs strict. Infact, IITD rarely takes more than 8 students for Masters (in my case only 4 students were taken).
BITS pilani is the only BITS that I would recommend. But considering the fact that you can easily get into an IIT, I suggest you to focus on IITs and NUS.
Hope it helps
Best wishes
Sunil