r/TNEA

someone i know said the she joined CIT by paying 3.5L, hostel fee 50k as her cutoff was above 180.. (185 to be exact).
i thought you could join CIT through tnea counselling only?
Is this scholarship thing actually there?
and can hostel fee actually be that low?

guys , are there any good colleges that do merit management (as in without donation but higher fees)

hello guys , i got 186.5/200 CBSE , i wanna know what the ece course here is like and also do they have management quota here since ,i dont think i will get ece thru tnea

same as above general category cse preferred

Hi iam searching for a college and i came to know that sri eshwar is one of the fast growing college in coimbatore surrounding so I need to know bout it alot of students in the internet post a positive thing about the college but apart from placement what are the cons and pros of joining sri eshwar,seniors if ur reading this please guide me

So I just found this sub exists and I hope people here can give me some actual relevant advice.

I got 192.5 cutoff(BC) and want to pursue mechanical engineering.

Can I get CEG or PSG. I saw last year's closing cutoffs and they were too high but centums have decreased and people are calling last year an anomaly. Can anybody tell me 100% if I can get in these colleges. Otherwise I am thinking about pivoting to chemical engineering in ACT.

does REC have merit management quota like CIT , or is it just donations

edit: what about RIT , are they the same ? whats the procedure like there

Please suggest good colleges in my cutoff range :190

Category: BC

Preferred location: None (anywhere in TN is fine)

Preferred courses: ECE or EEE

(Colleges with fees on the lower end would be nice but is not a requirement)

Most people are saying ECE is bad. Why?

hey guyss , was wondering how to check the cutoff for merit management in thiagarajar college of engineering

Hey Seniors, I would like to know about the above mentioned college!!

1. How's the campus?

2. Placements?

3. Cutoff?

4. Faculty?

5. Clubs, etc?

Thanks!

1. PSG Tech. Coimbatore. (CSE avg: 16.16LPA https://www.psgtech.edu/files/general/Mandatory%20Disclosure.pdf )

2. PSG iTech (neelambur) (CSE avg: 16LPA http://psgitech.ac.in/assets/pdf/Mandatory_Disclosure_2025_26.pdf )

(*back the CSE intake was just 60)

3. CEG Guindy,

4. MIT Chromepet

(both combined CUIC)

https://www.auegov.ac.in/Department/ct/placement

https://www.auegov.ac.in/Department/cse/placement

CSE avg : 15.8L. Median: 14L

5. SSN: 13-14L (~anyway no longer applicable now)

6. CIT coimbatore (CSE avg 10L naac: link)

7. TCE madurai (CSE avg 8.25L. naac: link)

8. Kumaraguru coimbatore (CSE avg: 7.8L naac: link )

9. GCT coimbatore (CSE avg 7L)

10. Chennai CIT

CSE avg: 6.4LPA

https://www.citchennai.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mandatory-Disclosure.pdf (very less intake then. Now too high)

CIT chennai has drastically high 2k+ CSE related major. So it may no longer be in top 10 in coming years.

Some points:

• After top 5, no other has got avg CSE above 10L
• VIT have CSE avg ~ 10L. Amrita ~ 14L. (All this bcz of intake difference). SRM ~ 5.5L avg. Sastra - didn't file naac nor aicte disclosure. See: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tamizhteens/comments/1tdu6ea/guys_placement_data_of_colleges_srm_vit_etc_from/ )
• Chennai folks if you aren't getting top 2, no other option in top 10 for you :(

Hi.. from where will a CBSE student get the EMIS number and PRN number? these have been asked in TNEA counselling form. Also, while filling the form for CBSE students the group code shows just 1 option - Phy/Chem/Maths/Optional (001). What is this optional ? which subject marks should we enter for this?

I am posting this here because this college was mentioned & someone was enquiring about it.

I graduated from MEPCO few years ago. Many peers of me were against it, but my parents pushed into so i joined and i was in hostel.
But on entering i felt, I am in a trap that will ruin my life and career.

The college is like "1984" book, same year college started. I will go through few rule & regulations, you decide how it would help in 2026 career and future. These rules are there since its inception.

1. Laptop Regulation - 1st year should not bring laptop. If brought ₹5000 rupees fine, or even suspend.

2. Mobile phone Regulation - Absolutely banned, can lead to ₹5000 fine, suspend, notice stuck everywhere around campus "he brought mobile, so fined and suspended".

3. Internet facility in Hostel- You are going to pay ₹1L for hostel. Laptop is banned 1st year and internet is only 2hrs per day. 95% of websites blocked - AI tools, software; 15gb pm; coverage is very poor, 1 modem shared by 100 people, high congestion, so practically useless.

- Today, to get good placement, you need to learn C++/Java/Python/DSA, do Strivers, LeetCode, etc, good projects, Then some tools, certifications, NPTEL, Hackathons, some interested in GATE/IES/CAT. You can't prepare for all these w/o internet & laptop, so no one in hostel gets good package.

4. Placement - Ts thrived on WITCH+ placements, where they take anyone (about 500 from here) and give training for 6Months and make unemployable employable. But now WITCH is taking only handful (about 20) and that WITCH training method is gone due to AI, economic downturn, availability of many others. You are expected to be job ready now but ts college dont provide such environment.

- So,They started to call company that pays ₹20K-₹25K pm. Most join at this package, as many are unemployable. Some dayscholars get good package, as they can code and use internet daily freely w/o restrictions. But not the hostellers, as they cant use any facilities.

5. Rules are made harsh because boys & girls should not talk. If talked and any allegation found ₹5000 fine, suspend, need to open & show all social media to them & staffs will read it line by line, call and scold parents. Internet is moderated in a way boys & girls dont have same timings.
   - This college is ran by casteist people for casteist parents who want their son/daughter to get a degree in a environment where they should not talk b/w each other, so they have a stupid rules, internet facility etc. They dont care whether these rules affect you or make you unemployable/not, as casteist parents market are always available.
   - Dresscode - strict, formal and black shoes. Women - chudithar & black shoes.

6. Books - 50% of books given here are wrote by same prof. at high cost. When students can buy top author books at same price, students forced to buy college books @ high price. It affects students foundation to Engineering.

7. Teachers - 95% of them have never went to good college nor did job @ corporate, So they dont know what is needed/how corporate is . Most dont even have understanding of their subject, as many dont have masters in the subject they teach(have masters in other subject).

- The pedagogy is crap, All they do is read ppt line by line or copying notes to board. And give question paper few days before exams & so you can get 8.5 GPA even if you study the day before, and question paper standards is not at all engineering standard - very easy to answer, 85% theory, 15% problem. So students dont have conceptual understanding.
- Only few teachers are good and have subject knowledge. & Many good professors have already left ts for colleges like NITT, VIT, SRM, SSN, TCE, PSG etc. As teachers are highly pressurized here.
- Few professors - Principal, TPO, Mech HOD, their lap dogs are literal Goonda. They are NPD affected Sadist people. You cannot trust anyone here, as most are lap dogs of senior staffs and will turn against you any time. You will get scolded harshly by even peons, watchmans, lab staffs for their sick pride. Even if you complain to senior staffs, they will scold you.

8. Hostel - Internet facility discussed above. Hostel will be closed @ 8pm. To get out of hostel, the rules will change at any moment. You cannot bring phone - ₹5000 fine, no dongle ₹1000. There is no washing machine. The water is hard, so you'll lose your hair. Food is ok.

- You cannot get out of college, you need permission and signatures.
- The women in Clinic is not a doctor, & she is one of the worst human to walk on this planet.

To get away from such repression, students stay outside campus, so we could use laptop & internet for learning. But college made rules, if we stay outside, we wont be allowed into college and fined. We can only stay inside, under such repression without learning needed things

9. Overall: Imagine, in 2026 you graduate & dont know high level coding, tools, certifications, hackathons, good projects, etc. Your career is ruined; you will go severely underemployed. You didnt have foundations for this terrible market, your future is affected. That is the reality.

- Only when you get out of this crap and see other college peers, you will realise how much this college robbed you in academic sense.

- This college is ran by 75yo+ casteist asholes for casteist parents who want their son/daughter to get a degree in a environment where they should not talk b/w each other, so they have a stupid rules, internet facility etc.

- They dont care whether these rules affect you, make you unemployable (i discussed in internet section, 3rd pt., how the college makes you unemployable), as casteist parents market are always available.

- I can only think of this now. If you want more, go to Gmaps and search for ts and read review from lowest (esp read long para ones) everything is true. The 5 stars are given by people who studied 15 years before/teachers. Education/placement then & now is different. (i already said about placement scenario then & now in 4th pt.)

- Only people who never know what is college/ engineering education will suggest this crap. Dont be a gullible person like me. The college principal/HODs are serial liars, Even their websites are made up of false promises - dont fall for their words. Everything i described here is true, if you dont trust, then join here and get your 1st hand experience.

Guys ….. Any idea if TNEA cutoff will decease this year in the range of 195-200 ??

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Is there anyone who got seats through merit management quota, if yes please share your cutoff and your course/stream and your board of schooling.

Thanks!

I'm cbse student so cut off is vey low as osm fails. I expected around 170-180 cutoff but it turns out to be worst. I heard the cut off will reduce this year is it true or can I with management quota. I need CSE related course. Or can anyone suggest some college without donation?

Bruh I got 186.5(BC community) cutoff in Board exams. Which colleges can I get with this (I don't mind branches)?

So my tnea cutoff is 182.5(oc category)

Rn my options are :

VIT chennai - cse (data science)

St.joseph - cse (aids) or cse core

Sathyabama -cse

SRM ktr -cse

CIT chennai- cse (via management quota)

Fees is no issue

Which college do I choose and what other colleges can I consider ?