What are some helpful tips for students starting their first year at Ramaiah Institute of Technology?

Ah! So much nostalgia. To begin with get ready for the four best years of your life! Dust all the preconcieved notions away and start anew. Unlike 11th and 12th where a majority of science students toil and barely have time for themselves, college is like a breath of fresh air.

You now have the time and avenue to develop your personality, which in my opinion is as important as academic excellence.

So these are my three areas of focus, I almost sound like the novel Eat, Pray, Love.

Academics

1. There are three internals every semester scored out of 30 and best of two is taken. So slog before the exams, score as much as you can as this also counts towards your final grade point. Plus, it is an advantage if you do well in the first two, less stress.
2. Assignments, punctuality is the key. You are likely to lose out on marks if you don’t! And nothing sucks more than an easy assignment submitted late, screwing up your final grade.
3. Pay attention to the important subjects, it will come in handy in your final year during the placements. At the end of the day there is no replacement for strong technical knowledge.
4. Also, I loved to study in the ESB library, the ambience gets you to work efficiently, so there’s that.

Extra-curricular

1. I cannnot begin to tell you how lucky you are to be in this college as it has the best collaborative and creative environment.
2. You should most DEFINITELY join a club of your interest, volunteer during fests and spend time just putting yourself out there. You may have to stay back but trust me it is worth it.
3. It is okay to not know what exactly you want to do, but I sincerely urge you to attend the first meetings/auditions etc. There is just so much talent to learn from, dip your fingers in all the pots. I was in the dance team and I can tell you that it has made a world of difference and it is one of the best things that happened to me.
4. Network, talk to people. If you are a hostelite, nothing like it use your time wisely in college and not cooped up behind your laptop watching some sitcom in the room. Don’t be lazy!
5. Do things, you are not getting the luxury of this time again, so seize the day!

Explore

1. The historically famous Ramaiah jaunt in Mathikere – Sagar Bakery famous for its CMS, that is chocolate milkshake and for gloomy days there is PMS, pista milkshake.
2. Truffles. Enough said.
3. Other 80 feet road culinary beauties.
4. Sankey Tank.
5. Stroll through NIAS or IISc.
6. The tiny chat street near Sanjay Nagar where there is a theatre called Vaibhav, whose bread and butter are us students.

All the best you, last but not the least always buy your blue books before hand.