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  • Category: General
    Points:5

    The course matters more than the college for pursuing any UG program. Do you agree?

    When deciding on a UG program, parents and kids are in a dilemma as to whether the course matters more than the college. Choosing the best college with the right course is indeed a challenge. It is a crucial decision that can impact the kids' personal, academic, and career prospects.

    With the XII CBSE Board exam results announced recently, our neighbor's son scored 85% (he is a school topper in the commerce group). His father being an auto driver and doing some catering business is financially lagging to pay the exorbitant fees of the best colleges in the city, so he is forced to join the college, not academically good enough, choosing the course he would like to pursue (B. Com with business mathematics and computer science). Though he is a school topper he is satisfied with the course and the college he has chosen. He is confident, "I can achieve my goal with the curriculum and the course I would like to pursue that is more important than the college."
  • #779653

    Points:4
    Many people believe that a student can make a good career if he gets admission in a good college. How much authentic that statement is may be a matter of discussion but some colleges are well known for their select courses and said to be instrumental in getting jobs for their students through campus recruitment.
    Anyway, if a student is good in academics and is hard working then he would not depend on any push for getting a job from institute side but is good enough to compete in some exam to get a coveted job.
    So, in my opinion a good student should not bother for the college he gets for continuing his studies but see that he gets the subject of his choice.
    Thoughts exchanged is knowledge gained.

  • #779659

    Points:5
    Every year we see rankings of educational institutes based on the analysis made by considering certain vital parameters like faculty, infrastructure, course coverage, industry affiliation, internship scope, placement, and many other such factors. The top ranking institutes are declared and attract attention of the interested candidates or their parents.
    Today education is commercialized and the institutions which get better ranking as well as better marketing attract more candidates for admission. College fees is also an important factor because many students cannot apply in some institutes where fees and expenses are high.
    For a student from a middle class family it is not possible to take admission in those high end educational institutes which are reputed for their courses but also are costly. So these students go for normal institutions but can do better if they are serious about their studies and compensate for lack of excellent faculty by their self studies. So in my opinion only getting a good college has no meaning if the student is not laborious and does not score high. There are many cases where students from good colleges also could not make a good career because of their low scores. Ultimately, the talent and merit of the student matters much.
    Yes, at the same time, course selection is an important aspect because one should go for a course of linking as well as where good scope for job and career making exist.
    Knowledge is power.

  • #779672

    Points:5
    In my opinion, the teaching faculty, library, laboratories, infrastructure etc, will definitely have a say on a student's results. A student who scores 85% in an institution where all the above are at the top may not get the same percentage in a normal college where these facilities are not there. But the difference may not be abnormal. The main points required are focus and hard work, These days everybody has internet facility. We rarely find a house without a mobile phone with data available on it. So getting information is not a problem. If a student is not able to follow a lesson or is not able to solve a problem can approach his/her teacher and get the doubts clarified. So the boy mentioned in the thread will be successful as he decided to take it as a challenge.
    Some people fail in examinations even after having a quality education from colleges of repute. The reason may be a lack of interest and concentration. So one should give importance to the stream he likes and wants to study more than the institution.
    drrao
    always confident

  • #779700

      

    Points:4
    In my opinion, students opting for the Arts or Commerce streams for their UG studies need not actually bother about the college to which they are taking admission though it may be an important factor for a student opting for the science or related streams to check the infrastructure available in the college.

    A student of Arts or Commerce or Humanities who is interested in studies and is ready to work hard with his lessons can easily do well irrespective of the facilities that the college offers. So, I think a confident student should join a college that would offer him a course of his choice rather than joining a college that has better infrastructure but cannot offer him the course of his choice.
    'Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all'.
    -Aristotle

  • #779705

    Points:6
    It all depends upon the attitude and the confidence of a student in showing a better performance in the stream he has opted for in his career. There are a lot of students whose parental's income was meagre but their kids could manage their studies with a college charging affordable fees and ultimately succeed in their career with the consistent effort
    I feel that a reputed college is not the factor of success but a clear-cut strategy can solve the difficulties about his career.

    This can be seen with the students of low group incomes having cleared even UPSC with either arts or commerce stream with his dedicated effort regardless of the status of the college.

  • #779707

    Points:5
    I do not agree. Everything needs to have a proper ambience and background.

    Even if the food is great and tasty, we may not like to eat it at a very dirty, place. Contrary to that even if the food is not very tasty, we would spend more time and pay more also for the food in a well-furnished AC restaurant playing good music etc. Similarly, we would not like to sleep in a place we cannot like. Only when we are driven to such a dire state that we cannot survive or there are no other alternatives that we would be forced to do so.

    I personally will give the last place in the list for the course per se. I will give priority to the quality of teaching and the infrastructural facilities priority. Then comes the fees, the distance to be commuted or the need to stay in hostel etc. Th next one is the reputation about the results and campus recruitment.

    If there is only one institution for the course and the institution lacks in most parameters, then I will change the course rather than join in such less quality institution.

  • #779712

      

    Points:5
    What matters is the result in the field of application. However good the college may be and however attractive the course may be unless one knows how to apply it, the result will not be up to the mark. One chooses a good college because of the quality of teachers and infrastructure. Now education fees are also a concern as good colleges charge more fees. If parents cannot afford then they have to look for other options and in this case, when the student is confident of doing well then credence must be given to the boy.

    The infrastructure of the college for preparing the students for a specific course is quite important and if it is not there then the students have to face a lot of trouble while pursuing the course. Nowadays, with lots of advancement and regulation, I feel UGC should approve only those colleges having adequate infrastructure to teach a specific course. To improve the education scenario these regulations are a must.
    Sankalan

    "Life is easier when you enjoy what you do"

  • #779720

    Points:5
    I appreciate the guy's attitude and of course, due to financial constraints, he might have chosen the college. Yet I feel he might have made an alternative to a good college with the course of his choice with banks providing educational loans. Why do they not have tried that option? He is smart enough to support his father's catering business but may not be regular.

    In general, the government should streamline the fee structure of the private arts and science colleges as it fixes private engineering and medical college fee structure. As Mr. Sankalan Bhattacharya mentioned, the UGC's rules and regulations must be mandatory, but I feel how far it is true implementing its regulations is a million dollar question. To the best of my knowledge, both college and the course are equally important whatever course it may be since higher education is a stepping stone in a student's career path.


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