NIT Goa, VJTI Mumbai, and COEP Mumbai are well-known engineering colleges. The choice depends upon you. The following are the points to be considered.

• If you are Mumbai-based, VJTI is the best choice. The college has played a crucial role in setting up IITs and RECs in India. It has a decent infrastructure.
• If you are Pune-based, COEP is the best choice. It has the best infrastructure with a big campus and excellent placements.
• If you want to have an NIT tag under your belt NIT Goa is the best choice.

All these colleges are at a similar level. So, you should choose according to your convenience. If you don’t live at any of these locations then your preference order should be COEP/ VJTI > NIT Goa. VJIT has a great placement record. The average CTC offered by the institute is 7 LPA. 

There's a change in rules and the student's thinking manner every year and also the cut-off changes. So, these are the factors to attain admission in NIT Goa or any other lower-ranked NIT. Some new rules are imposed every year. 

To be safe and have admission in NIT Goa or any other lower-ranked NIT, the OBC students could attain a score of 150 out of 360. Through this score, a student from the OBC category can have admission to the average NIT. 

This is not the score for the general category students as they need to attain a higher score because of the reservation policies. 

I have a friend from NIT Goa and according to him, it will be really tough to get into NIT GOA with these statistics. The number of seats at NIT GOA is very few but also many of the students prefer it for its culture.

Here is the 2021 course-wise JEE cutoff for NIT Goa. 

This should give you an idea about the cutoff required at NIT Goa. 

According to the 2021 cutoff trend, the required cutoff of CSE for OBC category students is 14577 (HS). If you are an out-of-state student then the cutoff is 3779. So, getting admission to the institute will be tough if you are not a resident of Goa. 

The counseling process is done based on the AIR and not the category rank. The category rank is just a measure to rank you in your particular category. If your category is OBC NCL then your category rank would be the position among the other OBC students who had appeared for the examination. 

Some of my friends studied at NIT Goa, so I might be able to answer your question. You can afterward analyze it and see if it matches your expectations.

• The faculty at NIT Goa at the initial phase was very ordinary. 
• Most of the faculty was the graduates who have completed their graduation recently. 
• The initial phase or this phase was in December 2011. 
• The current scenario is different too in a positive aspect. 
• The Institute has developed drastically. 
• In comparison to the fresh graduate faculty, now the professors are from the IITs, IISC, and NITs who have completed their Ph.D. 
• The faculty is well experienced and knowledgeable. 
• Their way of teaching is good and impactful. 

They also prefer to explain the subjects effectively than to just cover up the syllabus and mug up. The exams are not just planned to pass a student, rather they are tricky and feel like an actual exam. 

NIT Kurukshetra and NIT Goa are reputed engineering colleges. But among these two colleges, choosing NIT Kurukshetra will be a better choice as it is better in terms of rankings and offers better placements to the students. 

• The faculty of this college are very talented and qualified in their fields. They have years of experience in teaching and they are very helpful too. 
• The placement records of this college are amazing too as a lot of top companies visit the college for interviews. Companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, Adobe, Flipkart, DirectI visit the campus during interviews and offer jobs to many students with decent packages. According to the recent placement statistics the average CTC offered at the institute is 10 LPA.

However, NIT Goa offers a better campus experience. Goa is a more happening place with beaches, tourist spots and its environment is more chilled and relaxed. But overall, NIT Kurukshetra is a better college with good faculty and placement opportunities. 

Having some friends studying in these institutes, I can say that as per what they mentioned, NIT Patna arrives with a better placement rate than the other two counterparts. 

• In a nutshell, there are multiple core companies that visit the campus during the placement drive. 
• These include major firms like Alston transport, L&T HED, L&T Constructions, Thermal, Havells, TATA Motors and many others.
• Other than these few, various other students secure placement offers in companies belonging to the IT sector and the Consultancy services. 

But, apart from the factors mentioned above, NIT Silchar is several steps ahead because it has established one of the best campuses, unlike many. That is the only brownie point NIT Silchar enjoys. It is best if you still research vividly about the prospects implanted in either institutes, and see what suits you best.