Polaris School of Technology

Polaris School of Technology offers admission under the following criteria: 

Criteria 1: Academics Applicants are required to have a strong foundational academic record, specifically a minimum of 60% marks in both their 10th and 12th-grade examinations. It is mandatory for students to have cleared their 12th grade with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM) as their core subjects.

Criteria 2: Aptitude Score Candidates must appear for the Polaris Admission Test (PAT), a 120-minute standardized assessment. This test is designed to evaluate essential engineering skills, including analytical ability, critical thinking, and logical reasoning. To remain eligible, applicants must meet the specific sectional cutoffs defined for the exam.

Criteria 3: Extracurricular and Scholastic Activities The selection process values well-rounded individuals and provides an added advantage to students with verified achievements outside of the classroom. This includes success in sports, cultural activities, literature, or debates, as well as high performance in scholastic competitions such as national or international Olympiads.

Criteria 4: Purpose & Passion Because the programme is high-intensity and industry-focused, the admissions team assesses each candidate's "techie mind" through a personal statement and a 1:1 interview. This criterion focuses on understanding the student's unique story, their underlying motivation for pursuing a career in technology, and their specific reasons for choosing the Polaris ecosystem.

Polaris and Newton are not college and university itself, neither are they affiliated to any university as a college. They just "partner" with institutions to provide B.Tech degrees. These institutions mostly not well known universities with no legacy and ranking, like Madhavi, Rishihood, which are looking for a new stream of revenue for themselves. The partnership comes with trade offs and limitations, and they are bound to follow the same prescribed curriculum and rules of UGC and AICTE to function legally.

Scaler is also not a college or university. But their structure is different. They don't partner with any institution and get complete freedom in choosing their own teachers and designing their own curriculum accordingly to market Standards by their own standards. The students there opt for 4 year Bsc/ degrees from BITs or IIT Madras, which are proper recognised degrees and equivalent to regular degrees, according to UGC guidelines. Also, these degrees are from well known institutions, which are also Institutes of eminence, not unheard institutions. A 4 year BS/ Bsc hons. degree and BE/ B.Tech are both equivalent to NcRF rating of 6, also known as Degree (hons.) category. That makes you eligible of exams like GATE, UPSC, CAT, GMAT, GRE for higher studies in India and abroad, and also for all sorts of relevant jobs.

Having a degree from an Institute of Eminence is an added advantage in addition to good skill set, because you are often asked "whether your degree is from an Institute of Eminence" while filling forms of higher studies from IIMs and other Bschools in India and in college applications for doing MS and MBA abroad.