UPES is a beautiful money making machine. They make you spend shit loads of cash and you honestly get nothing.
Academics- Talk to any student, literally any and ask them where did they study from in their first and second year? Answer is Youtube. You get a course plan and then teachers don’t give a damn about you. They’re sadists! For some reason they just enjoy giving problems to students and it’s really sad. They make you go through the worst time and it’s no surprise that many students attempt suicide!
EXAMS? You think you’re gonna pass? Forget about it. You’ll be down like a dog on your knees for hours begging teachers to give you 1 mark so that you pass your exam but guess what? You’ll still fail. And believe me, they enjoy when you beg.
*It’s really important to have a good pointer and least number of backlogs if you wish for placement or higher studies.
**You have to pay a hell lot extra per subject if you flunk in any.
Faculty- They’ve got a lot of teachers but let’s be real, 80% don’t know shit. They pretend to teach and they can’t and also act bossy on top of it making sure that you lose all your damn confidence! They’re the boss! Even if a teacher rapes you, no legal action can be taken against them, no one will even point a finger at them! and believe, me this is a big thing. There are no student counsels that can help students when any unfair action has been taken against them by any teacher.
IMPORTANT- Let’s say you attended all classes and are not getting debarred from giving exams but the teacher doesn’t like you, he has enough power to manipulate data and make sure you don’t give exam (Backlog)
Let’s say you appeared for the exam but the teacher doesn’t like you, congratulations! Irrespective of how hard you studied, the teacher has failed you! Because he can.(Backlog)
Alright, say, You even passed the exam ! but if the teacher doesn’t like you, he can screw you up in Internal marking ! and again, Backlog!
Discipline and Strictness- These guys are damn strict about ragging and it’s the only best thing about UPES but also, EVERY DAMN college is this strict about ragging! Discipline is there, no doubt. Fear of DSDS (it’s a bunch of really powerful people in college who think you’re their slaves and literally make your life a living hell if you ever have to encounter them )
DSDS is the most ignorant, arrogant and dumb (seriously dumb) organization in UPES that basically controls everything in college (yes, your happiness too). Any legal action in this college has to go through them.
Placements- Honestly, you have to make your own fortune. UPES provides no opportunities. Placements are not 90% and whatever they showcase. It’s 70%–75% student placement with 90% of the students getting a package of not more than 5 lakh per annum (average is 3 – 3.5 lakh per annum). It’s the 10% that get something around 8 lakh and probably 10 students above 10 lakh per annum. THAT IS IT.
Fee Structure- I’m sure you’ve already seen how shitty expensive this place is. Expect to spend more than 20 lakh rupees and if you get a job of 5 lakh, you’ll need to years to cover up so much money! It’s not a good deal. Plus, the general backlogs and additional charges for everything, every event etc. You need to come with filled pockets.
Life at UPES- UPES is situated 10 km into the jungles, you just don’t have any life here. No proper place to eat, no proper supplies, if you don’t have your own conveyance, your life’s about to be a living hell.
Stay- Dear students/parents, please for god sake, don’t put your child in the campus hostel. Just do yourself a blessing and don’t put up in campus hostel. It’s a horrible place to stay with no attached washrooms and they are extremely extremely unhygienic. The food is disgusting! You cannot eat it. I am from campus hostel and believe me, I outsource my food on daily basis even when i’ve paid so much for campus.
I sincerely hope that you don’t make the mistake we did. Joining UPES is not just a bad idea, it’s the worst idea but if you have no better college to go to (say, Manipal, SRM, VIT, Thappar, SNU, Ashoka, etc) and have enough money to spend, make UPES your last resort.
Please choose well. Take your time. Appear for UPES counseling and secure a seat but don’t stop searching for a better university. I hope you all get the message.