This slide show indents to help students, parents those who are bound to select college, course in engineering in Tamil Nadu.

1. A G Sankar
How to select / choose YOUR BEST College &
Course in Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission
Counselling ?

2. How to select / choose YOUR BEST College &
Course in TNEA Counselling ?
STRATEGY ::: C2 (College & Course)
Preparetion ::: C Square Matrix

3. How to select / choose YOUR BEST College &
Course in TNEA Counselling?
Which Strategy to Adopt? which one to select First?
• College or Course or Combination?
• If your qualifying cut off marks for counseling are in the range of
First 2 / 3 days of counseling
 Strategy – “Great Focus (College) / Selective (Course)”
• If your called for counseling in the fag end, i.e., last 5 days either
you may
 Strategy – “Avoid & Pursue Alternative Career ”
• Applicants called for counseling after first 3 days but before the
last 5 days of counseling
 Strategy – “ Pursue Passion (Branch)”

4. How to select / choose YOUR BEST College &
Course in TNEA Counselling?
Before you prepare “C Square Matrix” to take right decision
in the Counselling, you need to collect details about the
College & Course.
Collate details about the College:
• Profile of Faculty.
• Percentage of Visiting faculty & their profile.
• Feedback about Teaching / coaching by faculty members.
• Placement record in terms of no. of offers made branch wise with
compensation package and profile of role offered by the recruiters /
companies.
• Placements in & off campus details.
• Past students pursuing PG in India / abroad with details.
• No. of Academic activities held in the college such as Seminars /
Workshops / Visit & Speech by prominent personalities etc.
• Facilities of Laboratory & Library.

5. How to select / choose YOUR BEST College &
Course in TNEA Counselling?
Before you prepare “C Square Matrix” to take right decision in the
Counselling, you need to collect details about the College & Course.
Collate details about the College:
• Refer to Engineering College Rankings published by MULTIPLE Publishers
because of more inputs would help to see that ranking – consistency / Trend
beware that such a ranking alone cannot be the basis to decide.
• Refer to feedback from known circles
• If possible visit to the college, talk to students, faculties to have firsthand info
• Any report about excessive fleecing by college management? Fees / Fines.
• Was there any unrest in the college & hostel campus in the past?
• Profile of College Management & Purpose of college – Business Philanthropy?
• No. of seats vacant after each day of counselling session and on the last day of
the counselling session.
• Previous year cut off marks for admission branch wise.
• Total Cost of Pursuing education in the college.
• Look at the advertisements Only to decide about to be a day scholar or
Hosteller?

6. How to select / choose YOUR BEST College &
Course in TNEA Counselling?
Before you prepare “C Square Matrix” to take right decision in the
Counselling, you need to collect details about the College & Course.
How to select a Course / branch to pursue Study & Career?
• Parents’ Wish / desire?
• Friends’ recommendations?
• Any other input?
• Study about the Job opportunities in each field such as – Civil,
Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Chemical, Computer Science etc.
since we don’t have sufficient information of India specific and career
guidance facilities in schools, suggest to visit web pages to learn more
about the career in each field, then you can choose as per your likes.
• No Career / Field is superior / inferior – it depends up on you.
• Career Success depends upon your passion, interest, hard work, your
Learning & performance.

7. How to select / choose YOUR BEST College &
Course in TNEA Counselling?
C SQUARE MATRIX (Example)
Primary determinant :: College
Priority Order
For Courses →
For College ↓
Mechanical ECE CS EEE CIVIL CHEMICAL
PSG 1 2 3 4 5 6
SSN 7 8 9 10 11 12
GCT - CBE 13 14 15 16 17 18
CIT 19 20 21 22 23 24
THIYAGARAJA 25 26 27 28 29 30
Now with the input that you have collected, prepare “C Square Matrix” to take
right decision in the Counselling, for selection of College & Course.

8. How to select / choose YOUR BEST College &
Course in TNEA Counselling?
C SQUARE MATRIX (Example)
Primary determinant :: Course
Priority Order
For Courses →
For College ↓
Mechanical ECE CS EEE CIVIL CHEMICAL
PSG 1 6 11 16 21 26
SSN 2 7 12 17 22 27
GCT - CBE 3 8 13 18 23 28
CIT 4 9 14 19 24 29
THIYAGARAJA 5 10 15 20 25 30
Now with the input that you have collected, prepare “C Square Matrix” to take
right decision in the Counselling, for selection of College & Course.

9. How to select / choose YOUR BEST College &
Course in TNEA Counselling?
C SQUARE MATRIX (Example)
Primary determinant :: College & Course
Priority Order
For Courses →
For College ↓
Mechanical ECE CS EEE CIVIL CHEMICAL
PSG 1 2 3 16 21 26
SSN 4 9 7 19 25 29
GCT - CBE 5 10 8 17 22 27
CIT 6 11 12 20 24 30
THIYAGARAJA 13 14 15 18 23 28
Now with the input that you have collected, prepare “C Square Matrix” to take
right decision in the Counselling, for selection of College & Course.

10. • Just Before you enter into the Counselling Session get updated with
vacancy position and strike off filled up slots in the C Square Matrix.
• At the time of selecting your choice in the Counselling session use the C
square Matrix to avoid wrong selection / confusions / dilemmas.
• Select the College & Course whole heartedly with happy / satisfaction
note.
• Wish You a very Satisfying selection of your choice course in the college
that you would like to study in the TNEA Counselling session and
• WISH YOU A “GREAT SUCCESS”, “ALL THE BEST” for your CAREER & LIFE.
• If you WISH to get clarified with any doubts you can send me your queries
to my email: xlsankar@gmail.com or you can call me to my mobile +91
98848 99126.
• THANK YOU for watching this power point.
How to select / choose YOUR BEST College &
Course in TNEA Counselling?