QUESTIONS

1. What would you say was instrumental or that played pivotal role in you being a department topper and later winning the institute silver medal? What daily must-do activities contributed to it? More importantly, what did you miss out on ? Extra-curriculars, DSA/CP/Kaggle, social life, etc

2. When to start revision and when to give the test series per subject ( not weekly quizes )

3. 1 gap year hamper in mtech placements.

4. Please can anyone tell me where the notes are? ???

5. Hi bhaiya, I’m going into 2nd year and have started GATE prep with C Programming by Pankaj Sharma. I’ve completed 2 chapters and practiced DPPs from Telegram. But when I can’t solve a question, I just read the text solution since there’s no video discussion. I’m not able to understand some of them properly. Can you please guide me on what to do?

6. Bhaiya, please explaor placement in terms of categorising it in different streams? And what mostly is required for the specific domain or stream? (Like systems or sde or something else)

7. I often feel I won’t be able to survive the competition in IIT's. Is this a common feeling? I am very much sure I will be able to get into mtech next year but how was your first semester? Is TA duty tough? Might be my overthinking but please answer this!

8. Is it worth it to sit for the GATE exam, if not prepared fully just to take an experience and have an idea about the level of questions and prepare accordingly and give it in the next attempt?

9. Take on the GATE DA controversy. I was interested in GATE DA since the very beginning but the controversies lately, that made me pause and rethink about my decisions.

10. If not getting IITs, what should be the preference of colleges one can apply for, in M.Tech CSE Branch?

11. Burst some GATE Myths!

12. Is there something you regret during your prep?

13. Hi, I am starting ECE this year at nsut, I really want to do some research work in the coming years, so I wanted to ask you, what I should do to prepare myself, and is cold mailing the best method and what are the prof. Looking in a candidate for such position.

14. What to choose iit tirupati AI or nit calicut cse for mtech?

15. Why not create an AMA instead of this where anyone can edit questions?

16. I’m a first year student in a tier 3 college, please give some advice to not regret being from tier 3.

17. How much does gap years (3 yrs with no job) impact mtech placements?

18. Is an MTech degree from the IITs not valued as highly as a BTech degree? Why do BTech students often receive better placement opportunities compared to MTech students?

19. Going to thapar CSE(Tier 2) this year, is it possible for me to join any other foreign univs for maybe a semester or a complete year or so? If not, should I try for IIIT-H Lateral entry exam after 4 sem? Will it be worth it(both the 2 cases mentioned above, if it may happen)? Am I even thinking right or will I be wasting time getting into these stuff by preparing for them?

20. Bro I'm from ece now going to NIT for m.tech vlsi 2025-27 , mY doubt is regarding my very low b.tech cgpa (<6.5) am i able to sit for internship which usually comes in 2nd year , i have heard somewhere all big vlsi companies ( Ti, amd, nxp, cadence, intel) ask for 7+ or 7.5 cgpa in your b.tech , i am depressed rn if am i able to sit for these companies or not.

21. What should be the revision strategy for revision if I am completing my syllabus around oct end? I am attempting pyq’s(but not able to do all) during the subject coverage.

22. I am going to a tier 3 private university for cse AI ML , I did many things wrong in my 11th,12th and now what can I do to get a decent salary as everyone around me says if I don't go to tier 1 university for cse, I will get no jobs and many people claim CSE will be dead when I graduate and no one will hire even if i work hard , I am very scared bro I cant even take drop cuz parents dont allow it

23. I’m a Btech It final year student right now from a tier-3 college and Im unprepared with dsa as well as dev part, I’m unsure about offcampus placements cause of this and the on campus companies that come are avg 4-5lpa and max 11lpa, hence im thinking to go with higher studies so that the package I’ll get after MTech from renowned institute will be better compared to working in a service company and then switching. What should I do?

24. Average age of a person doing starting their mtech,i am 25 right not preparing for gate,it means i will start my mtech journey at 26 and yes i have 4 years gap as of now

25. I am joining Mtech in NIT (surathkal). What are the things and skills one should learn from day 1 to get better placements then the rest of the batch??

26. What are common mistakes regarding placements that most of the master’s students do and fail to match the placement levels of the BTech students ??

27. As a student who never really had interest anywhere how do I choose what course I take in btech never gave a serious thought about my future like should I go mechanical in tier 1 or ai ml in tier 3 and how do I find purpose and interest

28. I am completing my syllabus by the end of november along with revisions, pyq’s and go classes quizzes. I bookmark the pyq’s I am not able to solve for later cycles of revisions so I can concentrate on what I don't know. Also doing parallel revision of 2 subjects (current daily revision + previous subject) to ensure i revise the concepts where i couldnt solve pyq’s. What should I do in December, January? Mocks, analysis, revision? Or any strategy you followed to ensure the correction of mistakes, revise the whole subject or just the parts where you lacked in tests? How frequently should one revise?, thanks.

29. I’m currently in my 2nd year so how should I approach curriculum subjects which are part of GATE syllabus? Although I'll start proper preparation in 5th sem.

30. Also I'm doing competitive coding and based on my progress I know that I can achieve something in this niche and also doing some web dev side by side. But sometimes I'm more bent towards cp and this scares me that if I don't projects now I will face consequences during mtech. So in short does one need to have good projects before starting mtech or the projects we do during mtech are enough for placements. Also like your niche is ML did you had any prior knowledge regarding this or you learnt during mtech coursework only.

31. Starting Btech 1st year with CSE AI branch and tbh, it is getting quite confusing. People say a lot on the internet, do DSA, learn this language, dont learn this language, use this website, or something else. Can you provide a proper roadmap without all this ghichpich (sorry for using this word but it kinda feels like that)

32. Mtech cs from top-5 iit vs psu

33. How to manage cgpa in top IIT in mtech first year as we have to do a lot of things from TA/ RA work, placement preparation and co-curriculaactivities??

34. What Should be the best strategy for a dropper with job in service based company (cant leave it) to score 80+ marks. 58 marks in gate25, 75% syllabus completed till now.

35. I am about to start btech cse from iit madras, how does one learn to code from basics and develop their skills? Also, How to maintain my cgpa??

36. I am pursuing M.Tech from Lower NIT, and I am again preparing for GATE. How to manage academics in NIT and GATE. And what should be the strategy to get the top rank.

37. How is the curriculum of IIT KGP AI? Are there enough electives that students can choose whatever subject they want to study? (As the curriculum is not available on the website).

38. Bhaiya, What should be my Schedule for 4 years to get under 50 rank in GATE( CSE ) and also learn DSA, Core Subjects, Devops and also do decent level of Competitive Programming?

When are you going to answer these questions? These questions are time sensitive. After some time they will be irrelevant for us. So, answer quickly. Can someone please inform here when he has replied to these questions plss.