Is Manipal worth joining? Is anyone out there with honest pros and cons?

Ok, I am assuming that you are asking about Manipal Institute of Technology and as a pass out I will try to answer to the best of my knowledge.

Pros:

1. Great college outlook. The infrastructure is pretty good as compared to colleges like VIT , SRM and non top 3 NITs.
2. The population is very low as compared to SRM and VIT. (The size of a college matters as resource distribution will be lower ).
3. Placements are decent. Though VIT and SRM boast of 100% placement that is just a number. The quality of job is not considered(read salary if money minded). In MIT the job scenario is different. College is more concerned about quality than quantity. This is a big plus.
4. There are many clubs which are application oriented. This is very useful when you come out of college and enter industries.
5. Unrestricted environment. (That`s a plus if you are utilizing it else you can put it as a minus).
6. Lot of international exposure. Very good if you want pursue higher education abroad.

Cons:

1. Too much of party culture. MU is one of India’s most diverse universities so there are people from all backgrounds and few courses are just for the sake of a degree. So these folks party day in and day out.
2. Branches like E&C(read ECE) and E&E(read EEE) are pretty tough and don’t get the right amount of results in placements.
3. Scoring in some branches is pretty difficult. (I am from E&C where exams were very tough and had good quality papers).Makes your GPA low which may affect your application for MS.
4. Cost wise it sucks. ( Though we had lower fees as compared to today’s fee which is exponentially higher than what we paid we still called it Moneypal ).
5. Don’t take branches which are specializations.(Like mechatronics, aeronautics, automobile ##Exception CCE).
6. Core placements suck.(Better than many other colleges like SRM,VIT , yet suck).