bits and pieces of BITS goa

The course curriculum is very well structured. If you attend classes, there's a high probability that you will score well and will understand most of the course. Though sometimes it can be very hard, the curriculum can be pretty demanding.

BITS goa has a practice school station system, where students work in the industry of their interest, 2 times during their college days. PS-1 happens after the 2nd year and PS-2 happens during the final year. other than that, students also avail summer internships at various companies like BCG, Microsoft, Google.

Students sit for placements in their final year, which is mostly the 4th or 5th year. Many companies visit the campus and make numerous offers, such as Microsoft, Google, and BCG. highest package was 61 lakhs while the average was 20 lakhs per annum.

The fee is 6 lakh per year, divided into 2 semesters. Each semester fee is 3 lakh, which includes 2.5 lakh of tuition and 50 thousand hostel + mess fee. The fee is to be submitted in January at the start of semester 1 and then in August at the start of semester 2. It can be paid either through a card or a bank transfer.

There are 3 fests that take place called Waves (cultural fest), Quark (technical + management fest), + spree (sports fest). Waves is very vibrant, has great night concerts, and usually happens near Diwali. Quark is very technical, ranging from Robo Wars to MUN, and it usually happens in February. Spree is a sports fest with different colleges participating in various games, It usually happens in April. The library has multiple books covering all topics possible and you can easily access them or borrow them from the library. The campus has multiple clubs, departments and sports teams.

I live in the hostel. It was pretty decent. I have a room with one single bed, one whiteboard, one desk, one chair, one closet and a balcony. it is very airy and gets sunlight. Mess has decent food, and it changes after a cycle of 9 days. It has both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options. Registration for a hostel is pretty easy and accessible for every student.

I applied to Thapar College of Engineering as well, but I chose BITS Goa over it because BITS had better placements, better infrastructure and also promised a better environment because of its various active clubs, societies and departments. The admission process of BITS included giving an exam called BITSAT. It was like JEE mains but more on the easier side and had a section of logical thinking and English. It was 390-mark exam.

The faculty is very nice. They are mostly approachable, highly educated and very efficient in teaching. Though the grading done by them is very bad. Average grade ranges from C to B minus, at max. Yasmeen Akhtar, Amit Setia, Prabal Paul, and Minhajul Sir in the maths department are excellent professors. Each semester has quizzes, midsem and then compres (end sems). Most courses have quiz 1 followed by mid sem, then quiz 2 and then finally end sem exam. Usually, quizzes have 20% weightage, midsem has 30 % weightage, and compre has 40%, with an additional 10% being given to either a surprise quiz or assignments or attendance.

The nightlife at BITS Goa is great. It's very safe, secure and calm. There are huge lawns where students can walk around or hang out. Food spots mostly run till 1 am with some even opearting till 3 am. Library closes at 11 pm on most days and stays open till 2 am during exams. famous hangout places include foodking, subspot, night canteens.