As admission 2017 is its final stage, there is always a big question in mind for those who were unable to secure admission in IIT's. The big question is what should I do now? Should I settle with the Non-IIT's college or should I give one more try for IIT's or should I go for Job now and try GATE in near future.
To answer the above question, let's break down this big question in a step-by-step approach.
The admission to the post-graduate program can be of 3 types.
The second admission is college based type in which your preference is the college and you are ready to study any course in any department.
The third admission type is a combination of the first and the second type. In this type, optimum combination is selected. Most of the students try to get admission of type 3.
In my opinion, one should try for IIT's first. They can study anything in IIT's because education system of IIT is designed in such a way that any student can enroll themselves for any course across the departments (elective courses). This is a big advantage if you want to study any subjects from others department. After IIT, the second most preferred college can be NIT's. In NIT's a little care should be taken while selecting the stream. If you are interested in that stream then only go for it.
If you can get admission in NIT's than there are chances that you might also get admission in MS at IIT's.
If you go for the job directly now, in long run it will be difficult to grow in any organization without post graduation. Once you start working, it might also be little difficult to get back to studies.
I feel that its worth of investing 1 more year for GATE 2018 to get into IIT's rather than struggling after post graduation. The experience of studying in IIT's will help you to grow at a faster rate in your future career. This will give you an additional edge over others. If you see the gap, it is actually just 6 months only. This is because direct Ph.D. and MS interviews are scheduled for November end and early December.
So basically, you have got only 4 months to complete the whole GATE syllabus. In reality, these 4 months duration is really a tight situation to prepare for GATE 2018. During this period you can prepare from the basics to make your fundamentals clear as this will also help you for Nov/Dec Ph.D. & MS interviews.
Now you have enough experience of GATE preparations, real GATE exam and post-GATE exam admission process. So based on your experience, you can prepare for GATE 2018 accordingly. You can improve your strengths where you were lacking this time. For example, you got confused in the formula, which led to the wrong answer (this wrong answer was one of the options). So you have time to improve your strategy during these 4-6 months.
I wish you all the best for the preparation.
To answer the above question, let's break down this big question in a step-by-step approach.
The admission to the post-graduate program can be of 3 types.
- Course based Program
- College based Program
- Mixed based Program
The second admission is college based type in which your preference is the college and you are ready to study any course in any department.
The third admission type is a combination of the first and the second type. In this type, optimum combination is selected. Most of the students try to get admission of type 3.
In my opinion, one should try for IIT's first. They can study anything in IIT's because education system of IIT is designed in such a way that any student can enroll themselves for any course across the departments (elective courses). This is a big advantage if you want to study any subjects from others department. After IIT, the second most preferred college can be NIT's. In NIT's a little care should be taken while selecting the stream. If you are interested in that stream then only go for it.
If you can get admission in NIT's than there are chances that you might also get admission in MS at IIT's.
If you go for the job directly now, in long run it will be difficult to grow in any organization without post graduation. Once you start working, it might also be little difficult to get back to studies.
I feel that its worth of investing 1 more year for GATE 2018 to get into IIT's rather than struggling after post graduation. The experience of studying in IIT's will help you to grow at a faster rate in your future career. This will give you an additional edge over others. If you see the gap, it is actually just 6 months only. This is because direct Ph.D. and MS interviews are scheduled for November end and early December.
Now you have enough experience of GATE preparations, real GATE exam and post-GATE exam admission process. So based on your experience, you can prepare for GATE 2018 accordingly. You can improve your strengths where you were lacking this time. For example, you got confused in the formula, which led to the wrong answer (this wrong answer was one of the options). So you have time to improve your strategy during these 4-6 months.
I wish you all the best for the preparation.
