Tips for freshers

-
Explore what you would want to pursue after your graduation.  In the first year, there is ample time to explore different paths. If you are interested in  branch change , then focusing solely on it might be a good option too. CPI matters a lot.  You should have a CPI of at least 8. Whatever happens, you should not let it go below 8, and in the worse case below 7. It's not like this should be your goal for the four years here, but just that you should maintain a good CPI, it helps you a LOT. Attend classes and tutorials.  It becomes a lot easier to get a good CPI if you are regular to classes. Sometimes a professor may suddenly fail students having attendance below 75% to create an example for the future batches, so it's always better to attend classes even after knowing professors past behavior. Play a sport or join a club or one of the fests . Explore different clubs but join only one, this is my opinion, you are free to decide for yourself. Join a fest, if you like it, t
4 comments

How is the campus and facilities?

-
The campus is one of the best in India. It is an amazing peaceful place. Lovely weather.




It rains quite often here, one thing you will start loving from beginning. If you are lucky you might get to witness a hailstorm. Everyone at IIT G get's a single seater room. There are ten boys hostel and 2 girls hostel. Hostels will be allotted randomly to fresher’s, which can be changed from 2nd year if you want. All the hostels have washing machines. Water coolers are on every floor in a hostel. Some hostels have Balcony and those which don’t have one is compensated by more space inside the room (The newer hostels don’t have a Balcony). There is a small Library and a TV room in each hostel. The TV room gets crowded during the cricket and football World cups. There is a stationery shop in each hostel with the facility for printouts and photocopying, where you can find everything you need to buy. And then you have the Khokha market where you can find the rest of the stuff, its a common hangout place in the evening. There is a Central Library and Computer Center. There are seven lakes in the campus. And Brahmaputra is just couple of hundred meters far from the campus.


The Misconception- I have heard people saying that there is a lot of armed activities going in Guwahati, the city is flooded with Brahmaputra and some other more stories. Please don't presume these things. There is no armed activity going even near the city, the campus is quite secured too. There is no flooding in the campus and the city. 

There is no ragging here. Professors are quite strict about this.

There is mostly all type of sporting facility available. There are 10 Badminton courts (5 Wooden+5 Synthetic), 4 Tennis courts, 2 Basketball courts, 2 Volleyball courts, squash court, hockey ground, football ground, Cricket ground, Swimming pool, multiple Table Tennis (Even hostels have Table tennis) and Gym.
The city can be reached by Campus bus which runs between the city and the campus almost hourly every day. The last bus from city is around 8:45 pm (Tip: Don’t ever miss that last bus :p ). We are not charged for the ride.

Mess food is fine, breakfast is the best. Every hostel has Canteen and Juice Center which is open from 8 AM to 3 AM. Juice center closes at 12 midnight.

There is a cultural fest Alcheringa, it had a foot-fall of around 70,000 in 2015. It happens in the last week of January and these are the three days you wouldn't want to sleep.

The technical fest Techniche is very famous. You must have surely given Technothlon in your school days. You can learn a lot during this fest. It is conducted in first week of September. It has many fun filled competitions like Robo-war. And finally there are the nites(You will know about that once you get here).

And then there are inter-hostel events- Kriti-Technical, Manthan-Cultural, Spardha-Sports. 

 I have another blog describing some of the wonderful days I spent here http://itsawesomehere.blogspot.in

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

1st Semester resources

-
You can find the slides and resources of CH101-  Click here EE101-  Click here MA101-  Click here ME111-  Click here PH101-  Click here Mechanical Workshop-  Click here Engineering Drawing -  Click here Chemistry Lab reports -  Click here
Read more

Before coming to IIT Guwahati

-
Reaching Guwahati: Guwahati is well connected by road, rail and air. Trains from all parts of the country are available to reach Guwahati (Visit the  Indian Railways Official website ). There are direct flights from Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. There are direct or connecting flights from Jaipur, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru to Guwahati via Kolkata / Delhi. National Highway 31 connects Guwahati with states of West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand. National Highway 37 connects Guwahati with other major cities of Assam. Guwahati is very well connected with adjoining regions via bus services. Three Bus terminus points, Adabari, Paltan Bazar and ISBT Guwahati, provide bus services to towns and cities in Assam and adjoining states. Some of these services are run by the government agency ASTC, and majority of them are run by private companies.  Upon Reaching Guwahati: From Guwahati Railway Station (GHY): The distance from Guwahati Railway Station (GHY) to IIT Guwahati is about 18 kms.
Read more