ulfar risker
Last Activity: 15 Years ago
Well I guess you already would have got your seat allocated by now, but still just for your information IIIT Hyderabad never participates in 2nd councelling (even if any seat goes empty).
With a 1902 rank I guess you would not get a Btech seat, but you can get a 5 year MS Dual degree (Btech + MS). (5 years is a misnomer)
Note that this MS by research is not Mtech (by courses) where you just finish courses, but here you are required to do your thesis. Typically IIIT-Hyderabad funds all MS students (tuition fee + stipend) from fourth year onwards, so that is a plus, but then finishing MS on time has been really tough for most people. The academic standards are really quite tough and you would need to do research and publish papers to get your thesis accepted, all that which would require hard work, lest which finishing your MS would take more time.
But then, MS by research is an esteemed degree, and you should go for it. Even at IIIT a significant number of Btechs shift to the MS Dual in their 3rd year. It would make it easy for you to get job positions in research labs or PhD admits in top US universities, which otherwise is difficult to get with a normal BTech.