I had my AIEEE central counseling today.It was a really tiring experience as over 400 candidates reported at the Delhi counseling center.Here are the details of the on-campus online counseling procedure.

Documents Required(With one copy)

-AIEEE Admit Card
-AIEEE Score Card
-Class X mark sheet and certificate
-Class XII mark sheet and certificate
-Demand Draft of Rs.15,000
-4 Photographs

First,you need to queue to get a token number.Then wait for your turn to get a file with a declaration form issued.After that,arrange all documents in the file and fill up the form.Now you need to get the documents verified and wait in a room for your file.Then you will be called to finalize your choices online.

Sounds simple?I reached the center at 9:30am.I got a token number at 11:00am(I was number 360).I got a file at around 2:30pm and the procedure of verification of documents took another 30-50 minutes.Finally,I entered the counseling room at 3:30 PM.And by the time I collected my fee receipt and completed all formalities it was 4:00pm.The people at the center had a time limit of 1 hour in mind and they were sort of giving the people taking more than that tough time.

Parents are not allowed in the counseling room.Thus I could hear people saying on the phone

Mummy,Silchar mein bharoon?.......

I was lucky to sit in front of the window so I just called my Dad in front of it and easily cleared a few doubts that had found their way into my mind all of a sudden.The on-campus online counseling website was 100 times better than the off-campus online one.Unlike the off-campus counseling,the on-campus one didn't reload the entire page in order to rearrange options.

Then you have to freeze your choices for Form1 and Form2 and to to an official to lock your choices and get a print-out of your form 1 and form 2.I was finished with everything by 5:15pm.

Here are some tips-
1.Don't fill too many choices in Form1 if you have hope from Form2 as if you get alloted to a crappy place by form 1,you won't be considered for drop-out seats.
2.Either reach the counseling center at 6:00 am or at 3:00pm.The reason being that the guy who reached at 8:30 am left at 10:30.I reached at 9:30 am and left at 5:15pm.A guy arrived the center at 4:00pm and left at the time I left.

The allotment is generally put up on the CCB website by 12 midnight.You can download the allotment letter and report at the institute by 20th July to complete admission formalities.

Update-I was alloted Energy Engineering at Maulana Azad NIT Bhopal.I never expected getting to a good NIT in a good branch with an All India Rank of 14191.

The counselling details for AIEEE 2008 are out.The online counseling starts on 23rd June.Ranks upto 470266 are eligible for counseling.Before counseling,you should check if you are eligible for central counseling by visiting the eligibility page.There's loads of stuff you need to read before the counseling.I can't mention all of it so you can check out the following links-

Click Here for Counselling Procedure

Click Here for Central Counseling Schedule

Click Here to Download Information Brochure about Counseling

After the First Phase of counseling,there are a few vacant seats in VIT which claims to be India's top private engineering college.But from what I've heard from people elder to me,its a crappy place and the only thing good about it is its Prospectus which depicts it as a Paradise.Also the hostel food is cooked in Coconut Oil which is intolerable and you'll feel miserable if you get a room near the kitchen.

Anyways,if you are still keen to join VIT,I have news for you.VIT has announced the 2nd Phase of it counseling.The number of vacant seats are as follows-

BIOINFORMATICS-NIL

BIO-MEDICAL ENGINEERING-NIL

BIOTECHNOLOGY-NIL

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING-27

CIVIL ENGINEERING-47

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING-NIL

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING-NIL

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING-94

ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING-60

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY-105

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING-85

MECHANICAL AND ENERGY ENGINEERING-36

If you wish to get one of these seats at VIT and your rank is under 8000,register for 2nd Phase of counseling via SMS.To get more information about the 2nd Phase of counseling,visit the following link-

The counseling schedule for AIEEE 2008 which was due to come out today has been postponed.The counseling details will be revealed soon.

While you wait for the central counseling board's decision,you can check your eligibility for Central Counseling.

On June 13th,a new admission criteria was released for admission to NITs.A 50% state quota will be implemented for the state in which the NIT is located.Rest of the seats will be filled according to All India Rank.