IIT JEE 2012 Rank Predictor

After seeing the IITs Answer key two questions have been nullified for marking and as a result the prediction must be lowered by 6-8 marks.Revised rank predictor is as follows

  RANK                       MARKS
 Below 500                    >290
501-1000                      >275
1001-1500                    >260
1501-2500                    >245
2501-4000                    >225
4001-7000                    >200


Cut off Expected is 180-185


Well after going through all the analysis and taking opinions of students and experts here is what I predict for this year 
  RANK                       MARKS
 Below 500                    >300
501-1000                      >282
1001-1500                    >270
1501-2500                    >253
2501-4000                    >235
4001-7000                    >213


DISCLAIMER: I am replying to your queries as per best of my knowledge and facts I am aware of. I always try to suggest what I feel is best for you but I may be wrong as sometimes on selection of college and branches opinion do differ. But I don't have any vested interest in my advice's. 
People now a days  generally don't digest someone working for good without interest. You can see what some say about Anna even so I am ready for any sort of criticism from your end and I do welcome it.

IIT JEE 2012 Solutions & Cut-off

IIT JEE 2012:Quick Takes

•  More than 5.6 lakh aspirants appeared for the IIT Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) this year as compared to 4.6 lakh who took the exam last time.
• The exam held at 1,067 centres across the country on Sunday for admission to nearly 9,618 undergraduate seats in 15 IITs, IT-BHU and ISM Dhanbad.
• The results are scheduled to be declared on May 18.
• The level of questions was far beyond than the NCERT Text book which definitely gives edge to students preparing through coaching centres.
• Paper 1 and 2 both contained 20 questions each of Physics, Chemistry and Maths.
• The maximum marks of Paper 1 -210 Marks and of Paper-2 is 198 Marks.
• Paper 2 was much tougher than paper-1.
• Students who are good in their theory concepts and prepared well for the exam will definitely excel in the competition.
• None of the paper had matric match type questions
• Paper was tougher than last year's paper.
• From the initial reactions cutoff this year seems to be on lower side than 2011 possible under around 180 .
  But after interacting with students past 24 hours after the paper I sense it may be anywhere between 190-200 Marks.
• Students getting 320+ marks can hope for AIR<200
  
  
  Check this space tomorrow for rank predictor.

For solutions to both papers visit
http://www.triumphacademy.com/

ALL THE BEST

Best wishes for all my students appearing for JEE 2012 on April 8,2012. 

Check out this space for solutions and expected cutoff after the exam.

BITSAT NOTIFICATION

BITSAT  is a Computer based online test for Admission to Integrated First Degree Programmes of BITS Pilani Campuses in Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad. 
Application has to be filled online with fee of Rs1600 for male candidates and Rs1100 for female candidates.


Last date: 15 February'2012


For further information visit http://www.bitsadmission.com/bitsat/bitsatmain.htm#

Khichdi of offline & online mode will ruin the AIEEE

Still I can't digest this mixing of online and offline mode for AIEEE by CBSE. Some fundamental questions I have in mind against this are stated as under

1.How can they come to a common merit list for students who have gave different papers consisting of different questions.?

Take for instance the students who got online date beyond 20 May, by the time they will give examination they have seen what was there in offline paper and what was there in online content also. In a way they can easily figure out what to expect in their paper and if carefully planned can easily enhance their performance by a great deal. 

2. Traditionally IIT and AIEEE are such exams which we (I mean teachers involved in coaching) also wait eagerly to see what new conceptual question they will ask which we haven't thought and seen yet. Every year you can find  some question which are totally new and these are the questions which decide the rank of the meritorious students. Basically they are the true filters to select the best .These questions are the backbone of these examination systems for which they are highly acclaimed even in the western world. But in an online computer based test running for 20 days or 40 shifts its impossible to frame 40 such great conceptual questions of equal difficulty level.What it means that if you want to maintain the level of paper for 40 different sets you are forced to dilute the difficulty level of  paper as it is easy to frame 40 easy questions of same level.Such a thing will ruin the quality of our prestigious IIT's and NIT's .

3. I prefer traditional pen and paper thing as this I believe has the real thrill of competition where hundreds of your peers come to exam center and all jointly face the paper.This is the real examination I believe where you mental toughness is truly tested.Just think of a 100m race or say a F1 race, will it have the same excitement if each runner is allowed to run one by one. No one will watch and no one can enjoy and even the player looses the motivation.

4. In our country where corruption is so rampant its difficult to conduct a three hour paper fairly.How can you trust the staff involved for fairness in each of the forty sessions and that too in city like Kota???

Last year the number opting for online examination was only 600 and hence they were able to conduct without any technical snag but if the number rises by a great deal I doubt the capabilities of technical system in place.You can't give citation of SAT or GRE as there that is only one stage of admission. There are many other filters there to check the quality of student which aren't there in our proposed system. Even the same is the case for CAT.

WHY ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS ONLY FOR AIEEE

Well, a surprise has come out this year in the form of the notification for AIEEE 2012. It is first time that such a large scale examination forms can be filled only online. I personally got shocked to find this as in our country the online process can be quite troublesome for the majoruty of people not tech savy enough .
Well the application can be filled  from 15 Nov to 31 Dec.
I think the cyber cafe owners have some good days ahead. A step in there intrest by the Government :)

Engineering Entrance Examination Application Forms

This is the question everyone asks "Which exams I should appear in?"
To answer that I will divide entrance exams into different categories:

CATEGORY 1: Mandatory

A) IIT JEE- Online application has already started and last date is 10 December.Offline OMR forms will be available for sale in designated banks from 11 November to 5 December. For details visit
http://jee.iitd.ac.in/
B)AIEEE- Offline selling of forms will start in mid December.For details visit
http://aieee.nic.in/aieee2011/aieee/welcome.html
C) BITSAT-Application are generally filled in Dec-Jan. For exact details visit
http://www.bitsadmission.com/bitsat/bitsatmain.htm
D)SLEEE viz RPET, KCET (give only of your respective state)

No need to apply for any other exams 


But if you wish then options in order of preference are

A) ISAT-Candidates can apply on-line only. The on-line application form is available from 10:00 AM on 1st November 2011 to 11:30 PM on 31st December 2011 at the IIST website.
http://www.iist.ac.in/isat2012/

B)VITEEE- For admission in VIT.This year it will be on 21 April 2012. Details of application forms will be on the website http://www.vit.ac.in/ from December.

C) MANIPAL University- Last date of application is 10 March.For details
http://www.manipal.edu/admissions/indianadmissions/pages/howtoapply.aspx

There are also some very good colleges that use merit list of AIEEE/IIT for the admissions but you need to apply seperately.

A) DCE- Delhi college of EngineeringThe Application Form for admission to B.Tech. courses can be downloaded from www.dce.edu.

B) LNMIIT, Jaipur- Uses merit list of both JEE/AIEEE.
For details see http://admissions.lnmiit.ac.in/

C)DAIICT, Gandhinagar-Uses AIEEE merit list .
For details see
http://www.daiict.ac.in/daiict/admissions/ug_indian.html

D) NIRMA University,Ahmedabad- Institute of Technology, Nirma University also takes in admission on basis of AIEEE merit list. Form comes usually after the announcement of AIEEE results.
For details visit http://www.nirmauni.ac.in

For those who want to opt for Government sector there are two exams conducted by UPSC after XII.

1. NDA: Last date of application is 30 January.Exam is on 15 April.
2 SCRA: An exam that lands you to a nice job in INDIAN RAILWAYS. Great option for those who want a secure and peaceful career. Last date of filling application is 21 November and exam is on 29 January.
For these two refer
http://www.upsc.gov.in/

Well in case you want to know more about exams and forms do feel free to contact me through your comments on the blog.

ALL THE BEST!!!

Should placement be a criteria for choosing your program of study: Dheeraj Sanghi

Should placement be a criteria for choosing your program of study

Everyone asks details about the placement statistics of colleges and streams. A found a very nice article in this regard on the personal blog of Mr. Dheeraj Sanghi, Professor of CS , IIT  Kanpur whose excerpts are given below.

You can see his page http://dsanghi.blogspot.com

I have always advised that students and parents should not look at the placement records of different colleges or programs before deciding their choices. And I don't ever say you should not worry about money. I only say that you should not be bothered about placement information.
First of all, placement information is so unreliable, that in most cases it cannot be relied upon. Some colleges will tell you the top salary, which only one student would have got. I The most reliable barometer of the current employability and the economic value of a program, is the median salary of that program. But only if the program has large enough number of students, say at least 40-50, who are interested in taking up a job, and indeed get one. Hardly any institute will give you median salaries.

Second, the placement is only an indication of how a group was valued by those wanted to recruit that sort of talent. The individual differences are lost in the statistics. May be the guys who got good jobs are those who also had good soft skills, something that the program did nothing to add value to. I have no doubt that there is a difference in the market value of different academic programs. But that difference cannot be judged by placement figures, since they get biased by the presence or absence of certain categories of students.

Third, placement data is for last year's batch. You will be graduating 4-5 years from now. What will be the market valuation of your discipline/program, we don't know. Things may change in the interim period. Need to take that into account as well.

Fourth, you are looking at last year's placement data because you want to be rich. Fair enough. But there is no study done looking at the correlation between the first month salary, and the career earnings. If you want to be rich (and why not), you should be looking at a decent living immediately after the graduation, but most importantly, a hefty salary after 30-40 years. Your work life is going to be 50 years. Too bad, but you will be working till the age of 75. (Even today most people retire between 65 and 70 years of age, and with the rapid advances in medical science and technologies, it would be at least 75 for you.) Today's placement data gives you absolutely no indication of what your salary will be 30-40 years from now.
And what I feel is that if so many of our youth at an age where they should be most idealistic are willing to give up their interest and passion for 5 percent, when they grow up and become less idealistic (and more "practical"), would they not be willing to give up a principle or two for 10 percent. Wouldn't such students in an academic institution be willing to do plagiarism, copy an assignment, and cheat in the exam. And what would they be willing to do for 100 percent, just the imagination of it fills me with horror.

I don't think Anna Hazare will be successful.