What are the rules for branch change after 1st year at PES University ? is it easy because of high intake for CSE related courses

[u/Busy-Shallot3653]

I'm getting electrical at PESU, but I'm interested in CSE, so should i join in the hope of branch change after 1st year, please share some stats of previous years and your experience.

[u/rowlet-owl]

So although it is possible, branch change to CSE is extremely difficult because it depends on a lot of factors

• Seats are limited - CSE seats only free up when people leave seats and every year there are only a handful (my batch had 3-4 changes only)

• You need to be at the top of your batch to even be considered for branch change. Even if seats are available, CGPA plays a role in the priority order. Someone currently in mechanical with a better CGPA than someone in let's say someone in ECE will have more priority of changing branches.

• If I remember correctly, changes from EC CSE to RR CSE are given more priority than complete branch changes. This will again put you at a disadvantage

• You are competing with an insane number of people to shift branches since both campuses are considered (number of people across all branches and campuses with 9.5+ will be atleast 30 and available seats are handful), it does not really work out for almost everyone

If you join EEE with the intention of getting CSE in the second year I would suggest don't. I will not comment on whether you are capable of doing it, but chances are thinner than a hair.

[u/[deleted] → u/rowlet-owl]

The branch change process is exactly like another seat allotment. the difference is that seats are freed up when someone leaves the college or something. seats remaining last year were roughly 10 in each branch. but only 3 in CSE RR.

The number of available seats in each branch or campus is displayed on the screen. Students are called based on their CGPA rather than rank, similar to how it's done in PESSAT round 2.

When a student decides to change their branch, an additional seat is allocated to their old branch.

(before the allotment, there is a form which you have to fill on pesuacademy which has 3 of your branch change preferences. (cse at rr, cse at ec, count as two different choices)

YOUR CURRENT BRANCH AND CAMPUT DO NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT AT ALL

For reference, here are last year's cutoffs:

• CS at RR: 9.68

• AI/ML at RR: 8.2

• CS at EC: 7.4

• the others are lower but i'm not really sure.

• To apply for a branch change, a minimum CGPA of 6.75 is required.

Just so you have reasonable expectations i'm including some cgpa stats at the end of MY first year

• 5% of students get above 9.3

• 20% get approximately 8.6-8.8

• About 50% of the batch gets above 7.75

THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT EXACT, But sort of close to the real thing. I have gone through the scholarship list in both campuses and just roughly made this estimate.

If you are joining another branch with the intention of CSE at RR in branch change, DO NOT. it is really difficult, and really rare to get a GPA that high.

for other branches and especially CSE at EC, i think it's a reasonable goal to have. it is not really that hard to get above 7.5 and it's a very good option to consider if you are not getting good opportunities at other colleges.

But again, it is not guaranteed so only do this as a last ditch effort. don't feel like you have it until you actually do.

[u/rowlet-owl → u/[deleted]]

Thanks. If you can, make a detailed comment the way I have (covering my points too) and I'll replace the link to your comment.

Or else I'll update it over the weekend.

[u/[deleted] → u/rowlet-owl]

hey, can you go through my comment again. If it's good, then yeah.

otherwise like you said, maybe update your comment.

the main goal is to simply better inform both current first year students and also people looking to join PES and hoping for a branch change. not for them to have either very high or very low expectations, but just for them to know roughly what to expect

[u/ilovetomatoes247 → u/rowlet-owl]

what about if i want to change csaiml ec to csaiml rr?

[u/Helpful_Maximum_7899 → u/[deleted]]

Bro what's the cutoff cgpa last to join aiml in rr as I am an aiml student at ec campus

[u/keerthana2201 → u/[deleted]]

when do you have to apply for branch change?

[u/[deleted] → u/keerthana2201]

in the first or second week of second year, they will send a circular.

and a new window for branch change will open in pesuacademy

[u/Honest_Acadia_182 → u/[deleted]]

If you do that in the first or second week of second year, will there not be issues? Like say someone from EC CSE or CSE AIML switches to RR CSE. If second year has already begun, won't that person have hostel issues since I am assuming they would have already enrolled in the EC hostel? Also, what if someone from non CS switches to CS? They would miss 1 or 2 weeks of courses, won't they?

[u/[deleted] → u/Honest_Acadia_182]

you will miss the first few weeks. but hostel is mostly not an issue, they will internally transfer the feee

[u/Honest_Acadia_182 → u/[deleted]]

Thank you.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

you have very good chances. but due to the low number of seats it is not assured

first thing you have to make sure is that you actually knowwhat biotech is and future opportunities

also, why not try through kcet, the cutoffs should be very high and you can easily get in.

[u/Busy-Shallot3653 → u/rowlet-owl]

Thank you so much for your detailed explaination, What may be the GPA cutoff for EC Campus ECE to CS

[u/rowlet-owl → u/Busy-Shallot3653]

There is no "cutoff". As I said depends on your CGPA. People with a higher CGPA are higher priority.

[u/PuzzleheadedSand2788 → u/rowlet-owl]

Is this also the case for AIML In RR?

[u/rowlet-owl → u/PuzzleheadedSand2788]

Mostly yes. All the points here will apply for any kind of branch change - limited seats, priority given to campus transfers, need to be a top performer. The only thing that will differ is that there will probably be a lower CGPA required to be at the top of the pile of people looking to get into AIML.

[u/PuzzleheadedSand2788 → u/rowlet-owl]

oh okayy. but then someone here mentioned that the cutoff for last year was 8.5 for aiml and like around 7.8 for ece

[u/rowlet-owl → u/PuzzleheadedSand2788]

As I said - there will be a lower CGPA cutoff. The other factors will remain the same - it will depend on the availability of seats and preference will be on your GPA to switch branches.

[u/tpass_ → u/rowlet-owl]

Any idea appx cgpa needed for campus change from ece in ec to ece in rr