Here are some helpful tips for students starting their first year at Manipal Institute of Technology 

1. The syllabus for the first year is very easy so work hard to get good grades. It might be challenging to get good grades once you go to the second year.
2. Try to score maximum marks in internally because those marks are in your hands but externals are not. This is again regarding academics. For this, you need to do well in assignments and score above 10 in sessionals.
3. Attend the classes regularly especially in the beginning so that you can take leaves during exams for studying.
4. Socialize and make new friends to make your college life exciting.
5. Always carry an umbrella as the Manipal rains are unpredictable and more so in the odd semester. 
6. As a first-year student, you will have a lot of time on your hands so join clubs that suit your interests.

Hope these tips help you make the most of your first year at Manipal Institute of Technology.

It's great that this question has been asked for some advice and there will be no simple answer to the question of what or how. KNUST is both, big and a small university. Depending on how you see life and what you want to accomplish.

1. The first and most significant piece of advice is to be curious. Take a week to discover all the locations and activities available to you.
2. Professors are very strict and you have to work hard to match up to their teaching standards.
3. Make your connections better, be it with your peers or teachers. Good connections will help you in the long run.
4. Time management is an important skill you have to master.
5. Always make an effort to get along with your roommates.

1. Try to take part in everything, from student campaigns to organizing events. Your involvement in extracurriculars is highly regarded by interviewers.
2. Always keep in mind the principles of discretion, moderation, balance, and ambition.
3. Always reach for your goal.

Try to make friends and interact with everyone. Take part in industry visits, seminars conducted by visiting companies like TCS and Tech Mahindra. Top companies like Accenture, Wipro, Infosys also recruit students for internships. Always stay vigilant.

According to my friend's personal experience, the biggest problem that is being faced in BITS, Pilani is that everyone has the same thinking and they go in that sync only. They want to be in one of the most prestigious engineering colleges just to get a decent CGPA, clear CGPA cut off for the placements, get a good placement and enjoy life afterward, which is pretty much boring.

All the students are not even aware of the various academic facilities that are being provided in the college. They aren't even aware of the fact that the library orders any book that a student desires through the library portal, which contains most of the famous journals including MIT Tech Review, Scientific American Harvard Business Review, and many others. The students focus more on salary rather than developing their overall personality and attitude towards the subjects they are studying.

My friend also feels that it will be better if the institute included some core subjects in the first year of the course instead of focusing on a generalized curriculum for all branches.

Some students also complain about the management and administration.

For 1st year M.Tech students at NIT Warangal, classes are held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. There are no classes on Saturday. You will get a lunch break of two hours, from 12 noon to 2 p.m. The classes are of 1 hour each, so there are 7 slots- from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and then from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The morning slots are filled with theoretical classes. For any 3 days a week, you will have 2 labs and 1 seminar (one among them for a single day), for a 3-hour duration. These are scheduled in the afternoon slots. On the remaining 2 days when you have no labs or seminars, you will mostly have 1 or 2 theory classes in the afternoon slots. The chances are low, but you might also have no classes in these slots. 

There are no classes during the 2nd year. So you have all the time to complete your M.Tech thesis. But you need to regularly update your guide on your progress. You may occasionally be asked to take the labs of your M.Tech juniors or the B.Tech students.

The most important thing is that you have to sign on the department register before a set time each day, during the weekdays. This is to give your attendance for the day. You will have to do this for both years in order to receive stipends.

This is the complete class schedule for an M.Tech at NIT Warangal.

My friend studies in IIIT-Sricity which shared some faculties with IIIT Hyderabad initially as it was under its mentorship. 

Generally, you can find both good and bad professors here. But the bad here does not mean underqualified, but arrogant ones. By no means will you find a professor who is underqualified and their extensive knowledge is their biggest weapon. Some of them are as great as Prof Raj Reddy, a Turing award winner which is considered a Nobel Prize or Oscar for Computer Science. So you can get an idea of the level of faculties here. 

In reality, most students at IIIT Hyderabad are dependent on peers or seniors more than their faculty. So you can stop bothering about the parity of the professors here.