NITK Surathkal And Engineering in general...

Well many thanks to people who have posted comments or asked relevant questions regarding NITK Surathkal or Engineering in general... all of those along with my replies are in the comment section in the post "NITK SURATHKAL: From the eyes of a student (batch-2010)...."
I plan to integrate all that into a new post sometime in coming weeks as most of the doubts cater to all the freshers in general and ain't very case specific. So for now you may treat them as a separate post with some insights... feel free to go through and may be they would answer some of your own questions...
Look forward to help to the best of my capabilities... thanks... good luck...

a couple of things:
1) go with your gut rather than your parents' coz it is your life and only you would have to live it and in case you botch up, to your credit least you did it yourself and this my friends feels much better, i speak from great experience here.

2) KISS: Keep it simple and stupid... don't clutter your mind with more and more mind boggling, unnecessary scenarios. Anxiety and misery have some magnetism, so save yourself... whatever may be the college, if it is known to be at least a good one for some years, and you commit to being in the top 15%, you will sooner than later end up with the same opportunities which a premium college would have provided... the only differences a reputed college makes is in Post graduation resume, recommendations for the same and for placements the benefits just stay with the 1st job....

3) Be wary of the fact that whatever you may like today or feel like having enthu for, can become history in no time, over the time you spend in college.... so go about with an open-mindset and see the things for yourself before clinging to one or another. i.e Go ahead with Dual degrees, MS, Phd courses with a lot of introspection...
before committing to something please explore how much knowledge you really have about that field... Google should be your best friend in this endeavor...

4) don't let yourself be bound by the regional boundaries when it comes to choosing college... explore... this is the best time of your life to do that and there is so much to learn... by living in the cocoon which many parents want (Knowingly or unknowingly) for them to feel secure, will only spoil you for the worse and would be not be unlike a frog in the well with no idea what is beyond....North Indians especially please explore south unless you are getting a seat in IITD, PEC, DCE, NSIT....learn/unlearn... make new friends....JUST EXPLORE...