Is MIT WPU, Symbiosis Pune, or BITS Pilani the best choice for my daughter with a 94% JEE percentile and 98.44% MH CET percentile?

Ans: Pramod Sir, Order of Preference (1) MIT-WPU-CSE (AI & DS) (2) Manipal (DS & Engg.) (3) Manipal - AI & ML (4) Manipal-CS & FT & (5) VIT-V-ECE. All the BEST for your Daughter's Bright Future Sir.


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Ans: Deepak Sir, An Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Dyestuff & Intermediates Technology seat demands roughly 98.86 percentile for the General Home-State category and about 86.2–94.3 percentile for reserved quotas, with an 18-seat intake, research-oriented labs in colour chemistry, and steady 70–80 percent campus placements in speciality-chemical and textile-auxiliary majors. With 97.7812 percentile your daughter is marginally short for the open Dyestuff cutoff yet safely within reach of several reputed Pune colleges that consistently close below 97.8 and therefore offer virtually assured admission in CSE or IT. The following 15 institutions, all NBA/NAAC-accredited and carrying multi-year 80–95 percent placement records, fall in that bracket: DY Patil College of Engineering, Akurdi (Pune) – CSE last round 97.49 percentile; PCCOE Nigdi, Pimpri-Chinchwad – IT 97.46 and AI-ML 98.2 (TFWS) yet GOPENS 97.46 so feasible at 97.78; MKSSS Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Karve Nagar – IT 97.22 percentile; Dr DY Patil Institute of Technology, Pimpri – CSE 97.59 percentile; Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Bibwewadi – CSE 94.06 percentile; Sinhgad College of Engineering, Vadgaon – CSE 95.27 percentile; JSPM Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Tathawade – CSE 93.72 percentile (DEF-quota) and GOPENS 84.52; MIT World Peace University, Kothrud – CSE 93–94 percentile (general); Symbiosis Institute of Technology Lavale – CSE ~93–94 percentile via MHT-CET merit list; DY Patil Institute of Technology (Ramdaspeth campus) – IT closes 95.51-97.13; Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Lavale – CSE 90.29 percentile; Sinhgad Academy of Engineering, Kondhwa – IT 87.3–92.43; JSPM Tathawade Institute of Technology, Tathawade – CSE 82.86 percentile; Army Institute of Technology, Dighi (only for Army wards) – CSE 25,000–40,000 JEE rank equivalent to ~95 percentile so feasible for eligible wards; and AISSMS Institute of Information Technology, Vishrantwadi – recent CSE/IT cut-offs hover around 95 percentile (state merit lists). Each of these campuses provides AI-ready coding labs, industry-linked internships, and active research cells, yet maintains more moderate fee structures (?1.5–2.5 lakh per year on average) than ICT or Mumbai elites. Considering the CET percentile gap, her near-guaranteed CSE/IT seat in Pune would deliver stronger software placements (85–95 percent hiring in tier-2 institutes) than the speciality-chemical niche of Dyestuff, unless her passion lies squarely in colour science, polymers, or dye-manufacturing R&D.

Recommendation: Prioritise DY Patil COE Akurdi, PCCOE Nigdi, Cummins College Women IT, VIT Bibwewadi, and MIT-WPU CSE, in that order, because all five routinely place 85–95 percent of graduates in marquee software roles, offer modern AI/ML electives, and sit within daily-commute distance of Pune’s Hinjawadi tech belt, giving clear internship leverage over ICT’s narrower chemical-technology pathway while avoiding the steeper fee-to-return ratio of Mumbai private colleges. All the BEST for a Prosperous Future!

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