I completely fucked up my own college counselling... so I built this free tool for my juniors (I am in third year btw) ( and yeah it's free)
SITE IS : oviguide.in
If you click on the college cards you can see the college dashboards
WE HAVE 12 SUBCATEGORIES RANGINE FROM PLACEMENTS, ACADEMICS, RESEARCH CULTURE , COLLEGE LIFE TO BUDGET. DO CHECK IT OUT
Let me be honest with you. When I was going through JEE counselling, it was one of the most stressful periods of my life. After grinding for 2 years and getting a decent rank, I thought the hard part was over. But man, was I wrong.
I was sitting with my rank card, staring at thousands of options across JoSAA, state counselling, and what not. I had no clue which colleges were actually realistic for me, which branches had good placements, or where I would actually be happy. I relied on random YouTube videos, coaching PDFs, and advice from seniors who had their own biases.
Most other websites and tools out there are pretty shit right now. They either show only static cutoffs with no real guidance, or they are heavily dependent on paid promotions and push colleges that pay them more. The predictions are often vague, inaccurate, or just plain misleading. I wasted so much time jumping between them and still ended up making poor choices.
In the end, I landed in a college that looked great on paper but had terrible campus life, average placements, and zero coding culture. Every day I regretted not knowing better. That regret stayed with me for months.
That is when I decided. I do not want my juniors to go through the same pain and confusion I did.
So, along with my team, I built oviguide . It is a completely free platform for engineering counselling.
Here is how it works.
You simply enter your JEE Main rank, category, and home state. It instantly shows you all the realistic college and branch options you can actually get, along with clear admission probabilities based on previous years data.
But it does not stop there. For every college, it gives detailed, honest insights. Real talk about placements, faculty, coding culture, campus vibe, hostels, and what actual students are saying on Reddit and elsewhere. No sugarcoating, no marketing bullshit.
I made sure it feels like having a smart, experienced senior guiding you through the entire process. It helps you understand the trade offs between branch and college, and even gives you better choice filling ideas so you do not miss out on better options in later rounds.
This tool is made purely to help students like us who are lost during counselling. It is 100 percent free, no hidden charges, no paid promotions. Nothing. I just want juniors to make better decisions than I did.
if you are in the middle of counselling right now, or about to start, and you are feeling overwhelmed, please check it out once: i haven't slept in ages any feedback would mean a lot)
It would have genuinely changed my entire journey.
to the mods: you can check the site , it is free, pls dont ban me
i still have to add a lot of features and consultations, but it will be done in a week or two.
To everyone going through this stressful phase. You have already done the hard work in JEE. Do not let poor information ruin your college life.