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Fees is not an issue

Will start my 1st year undergrad this year in India. What exactly shall I do from this point to get in SURF program by the end of 2nd year Summer

I’ll surely do research in a topic that inclines with my interests and will go through researches being held by the professors on the website.

But honestly other than that I'm totally clueless at this point and have zero idea. I don't know a lot about how to maximise my chances to get in. What skills shall I focus on?

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Will start my 1st year undergrad this year in India. What exactly shall I do from this point to land REU at a prestigious uni by the end of 2nd year Summer

Ik the topic of research matters a lot more than where it's being held and I'll surely take that into consideration and pursue a topic that inclines with my interests. But I also have a deep enthusiasm for pursuing it at a prestigious uni like Caltech, Ivies, etc

Since most of you are already undergrad students, What are some things you wish someone told you before when you were at my position?

Honestly I'm totally clueless at this point and have zero idea. I'm aware of some programs like SURF, Amgen but don't know a lot about how to maximise my chances to get in. What skills shall I focus on?

Also are there any particular programs i should be eyeing beforehand that allow international students.

Edit: Sorry if I sound dumb as I said I'm a newbie and don't have much prior knowledge I'm here for guidance.

So I come from a financially well to do family just to clarify.

Messed up my mains ~93%ile might get Thapar CS with specialisation

Got ~160 in bitsat 1, won't get anything in that unless I'm able to improve by the time second attempt comes

Giving ugee, comedk, met too

So I don't have a lot of options unless I can pull off a comeback in ugee or bitsat 2.

My dad has a few friends who are councellers or in similar fields and they all suggested to just go for RVCE CS Management quota.

Ik roi wise it's not even close to worth it but keeping fees aside is it still a better option than Manipal main campus cs etc?

I'm in gap year last year I was getting main campus electronics, this year I've given boards again and definitely getting 93%+ and will get better marks in met too (didn't give first attempt this year) so I'm pretty confident can get main campus cse this time.

But every single person my dad has talked to have put in his mind that manipal is shit and nothing more than a drugs hub, meanwhile rvce is fantastic. And obviously being an indian parent he thinks all the other people are always correct and their child knows nothing, and RVCE being strict and school-like is somehow a plus in his eyes!? So what to do now is life at RVCE and infra really as bad as people make it seem? I don't really care about placements but he definitely does

My future plans are either doing MS from USA/UK or building a startup or maybe both, and in all of these cases the placement of my college won't matter but he can't see that coz he's blinded by the opinions of others. The only pro i can see about RV is that it's in Bangalore.

Also which of the two would be more helpful for me to land a great college abroad for MS.

For those who are wondering why not just do Bachelors from abroad, well I'm not mentally prepared rn and not getting any tier 1 options either.

Tldr; fees not an issue, RVCE Management CSE vs Manipal Main campus cse from merit. Plan to do MS abroad. Counsellors and relatives telling Dad to go for RVCE and he won't listen to me.

So I come from a financially well to do family just to clarify.

Messed up my mains ~93%ile might get Thapar CS with specialisation

Got ~160 in bitsat 1, won't get anything in that unless I'm able to improve by the time second attempt comes

Giving ugee, comedk, met too

So I don't have a lot of options unless I can pull off a comeback in ugee or bitsat 2.

My dad has a few friends who are councellers or in similar fields and they all suggested to just go for RVCE CS Management quota.

Ik roi wise it's not even close to worth it but keeping fees aside is it still a better option than Manipal main campus cs etc?

I'm in gap year last year I was getting main campus electronics, this year I've given boards again and definitely getting 93%+ and will get better marks in met too (didn't give first attempt this year) so I'm pretty confident can get main campus cse this time.

But every single person my dad has talked to have put in his mind that manipal is shit and nothing more than a drugs hub, meanwhile rvce is fantastic. And obviously being an indian parent he thinks all the other people are always correct and their child knows nothing, and RVCE being strict and school-like is somehow a plus in his eyes!? So what to do now is life at RVCE and infra really as bad as people make it seem? I don't really care about placements but he definitely does

My future plans are either doing MS from USA/UK or building a startup or maybe both, and in all of these cases the placement of my college won't matter but he can't see that coz he's blinded by the opinions of others. The only pro i can see about RV is that it's in Bangalore.

Also which of the two would be more helpful for me to land a great college abroad for MS.

For those who are wondering why not just do Bachelors from abroad, well I'm not mentally prepared rn and not getting any tier 1 options either.

Tldr; fees not an issue, RVCE Management CSE vs Manipal Main campus cse from merit. Plan to do MS abroad. Counsellors and relatives telling Dad to go for RVCE and he won't listen to me.

So I come from a financially well to do family just to clarify.

Messed up my mains ~93%ile might get Thapar CS with specialisation

Got ~160 in bitsat 1, won't get anything in that unless I'm able to improve by the time second attempt comes

Giving ugee, comedk, met too

So I don't have a lot of options unless I can pull off a comeback in ugee or bitsat 2.

My dad has a few friends who are councellers or in similar fields and they all suggested to just go for RVCE CS Management quota.

Ik roi wise it's not even close to worth it but keeping fees aside is it still a better option than Manipal main campus cs etc?

I'm in gap year last year I was getting main campus electronics, this year I've given boards again and definitely getting 93%+ and will get better marks in met too (didn't give first attempt this year) so I'm pretty confident can get main campus cse this time.

But every single person my dad has talked to have put in his mind that manipal is shit and nothing more than a drugs hub, meanwhile rvce is fantastic. And obviously being an indian parent he thinks all the other people are always correct and their child knows nothing, and RVCE being strict and school-like is somehow a plus in his eyes!? So what to do now is life at RVCE and infra really as bad as people make it seem? I don't really care about placements but he definitely does

My future plans are either doing MS from USA/UK or building a startup or maybe both, and in all of these cases the placement of my college won't matter but he can't see that coz he's blinded by the opinions of others. The only pro i can see about RV is that it's in Bangalore.

Also which of the two would be more helpful for me to land a great college abroad for MS.

For those who are wondering why not just do Bachelors from abroad, well I'm not mentally prepared rn and not getting any tier 1 options either.

Tldr; fees not an issue, RVCE Management CSE vs Manipal Main campus cse from merit. Plan to do MS abroad. Counsellors and relatives telling Dad to go for RVCE and he won't listen to me.