How to choose engineering stream and college?

It you are aspiring an engineering career and a course then this time or the days after the 12th exam or the 12th grade college exam should be the most stressful and the most vulnerable time in your life. I have been through the same and I would like to share my experience with all, so that the people in need can benefit.

What should be your criteria to choose the stream?

Let me tell you something there are hundreds of steam and there are hundres of colleges that offer the same course. The best criteria to choose the steam should be your choice of career. Ask your self what kind of career do you want? Do you want a table and an office job? or do you want a field job? You should not choose the steam on the steam on the basis of what your friends are opting or what your parents are telling ?

If you have chosen the career you want to perceive then choose the appropriate strem that will land you that job. And try and choose the stream that is having a large scope of application as it will make it easy to choose for a wide variety of jobs and careers. 

Try and choose the stream that is core and not specific. For example you want a job as a research engineer in a motor or an automation company then your chances of landing a job is more when you have a mechanical degree than a automobile degree.

What basis the colleges should be chosen?

Many students choose the colleges on the basis of the fame of the institution. Let me tell you in the end of the day the only thing that will matter is how wonderful you are in what you do. It is totally useless to choose the colleges on the basis of the palcements that are offered as it is a changing trend and it may be good in one year and worst in the other year.

If you choose the colleges on the basis of palcements it is totally futile as there is no gurantee that you will get placed. And the jobs that are offered are poor with poor salary so do not fall under this impression

There are some people who go to institutions which have a good name but are charging heavy fees, this is waste of money and waste of your time. They will say that inorder to go to these institutions you need to write an exam and you need to clear it. But at some time after the admission processes are completed there will still be seats that will be empty and they will call any one who is willing to pay the fees.

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At this point in your life you may be feeling that you are worth nothing as all the people are defeating you in the admission process but believe me once you get into an engineering college you will find that all the croud is filled with dumb people the whole world has to offer.

Even if you are getting a lower end colleges, the chances and the opportunities that you will have will be amazing as you will be the only handful of smart people in the whole college.
Best of luck.