Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT - A): Is having 6-7 GPA in IT from IIITA is so bad?

Either be an exceptional Coder or maintain a CGPI above 8(7.5 is manageable too). Do not listen to people who say CGPI doesn't matter, it does. It stays with you and haunts you forever.

6-7 is surly bad cause In Placements you wont be shortlisted for most companies.Only thing that can save u is if u are a good coder (e.g. Mrigesh Pokhrel, 2006 batch passing in 2014) but if dont have interest in coding, then u are totally fucked. No IT companies except TCS/IBM (dat too rarly) will hire you. You looking for furthur studies, these pointers will haunt u then too. yeah truth is Bitter, but Accept it. Wait, but it aint the end of world!!! Your low pointers clearly  suggest your Lack of interest in Computer Science, then why worry not getting good IT firm. Mind it you yourself would not have liked that place (worse than college). So What to do if not got placed?? u are one of the lucky bastards who gets a chance to build ur life from scratch. Find your passion and follow it. Go for MBA, IT consultants, IT analysts, maybe mtech, be Musician, a dancer or SRK. Best option in my opinion ; Suppose u are really interested in Field X (cricket, politics, food, travel, anything) and u have atleast basic knowledge of IT (Field Y). You are in the best situation to INNOVATE. Join some startup in Field X and IT or start one yourself. Dont let yourself down with low pointers, most innovaters were Dumb at school. Read Richard Feyman to know more  : http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/06/14/9-lessons-richard-feynman-taught-us-about-creativity/  Just Find that Field X.

It pretty much is, IIITA is not a college where scoring more than 7 should be a problem. So if you have a score between 6 to 7 you should have something else which stands out. As soon as you land in an university like IIIT Allahabad, your seniors will make you feel that getting a 9 point something means that you are a stupid mugging nerd, losers always find excuse to justify themselves and they don't want others to win. You therefore have two possible scenarios : 1. You like computer science:   Well in this case learn computer science and you will score good. If you don't score good you can't claim that you like computer science unless of course you have some other source of proving that you in fact are good.  2. You don't like computer science: In that case this question is irrelevant isn't it.

In my opinion, just be who you are and do what you wanna do. There exists nothing as "good" or "bad". Its all relative. What is "good" for me might not be "good" for you. It is very important that you understand what you really wanna do and what really makes you happy. I know my answer might sound stupid, but this is my perspective that I want to share with all of you. Now lets take some examples. Lets say you are a 9 pointer. What does that give you? Does it guarantee a job? No. Does it guarantee success in life? No. Does it guarantee long term happiness? No. Lets say you are a 6 pointer. What does it not give you? Does it guarantee you will not get a job? No. Does it guarantee you will not succeed in life? No. Does it guarantee you will forever be unhappy? No. My point is, pointers are just some parameters, and they do not define you. You need not mould yourself to these parameters. You should do your job, and let these parameters do theirs. Having said all this, I agree with Mr. Nikunj. If CS is your love, then you will definitely end up getting good pointers. If you are not into CS, but good in logic, you will automatically get attracted towards programming and will get employed in good companies. Now lets see what happens if you try to unnecessarily mold this "parameter". You will end up getting a 9 pointer. You will stand a good chance in placements, and probably you will get a good job  because of that "parameter". But then, 2-3 years down the line, you will start asking yourself some fundamental questions like - "Why am I doing this job?". "I don't like working here". "I need an MBA now" etc etc. This is a long (and very confusing) post. But in nutshell, I would suggest that you should try and identify what you REALLY want to do, and give your 100% to that. Be it programming, or CS fundamentals, or business, or entrepreneurship or whatever. Find out your passion, and work towards it. Let pointers do their job, and you do yours.

Either maintain a good GPA or be an awesome coder at any damn GPA .... both of you will get through !!!

If you are talking about placements and you don't know your core subjects - Data Structures, Algorithms and Programming It is really BAD. The level of competition in IIIT has increased too much. Either maintain a cgpa around 8.5 or leave other subjects have knowledge of subjects like OS, Automata, compiler design and primarily  focus on learning DS, Algorithms and do programming. Don't worry about learning different technologies in the college, aim to understand the basics of computer science.

Getting good pointers matters as they remain with you for your life. You don't know at what point of time you discover your interest in pursuing further studies, either research or MBA. At that point pointers become the crucial parameter as they  play a major role to get you shortlisted in many universities. Pointers don't really matter for those who are confident enough to make their own path. One has to be very determined in his or her goal and smart enough to make it. In IIIT A there is good scope for those with 6-7 pointers also as their are companies who just look for coding and creativity. But also remember in on campus Placements companies shortlist on the basis of pointers. So even if you are a very good coder you should try to maintain pointer above 7 or make your own path as I said.

Maintaining CGPI above 8 ensures either of the two things or both (depends)   1. You've mugged up all you've been feeded up with 2. You've understood all you've been taught to an extend that you can deliver better than what was taught.   Now, for sure high CGPI helps in these two ways. Low CGPI doesn't guarantee those but wait a sec, if you've got point '2' partially i.e. understood all you've been taught, you do hold a chance to have an edge over high CGPI so called toppers. Low CGPI students cracking big things are the one's who are confident guys with their knowledge and a silent killer smile, killing it all without a reason. Knowledge in the end is what matters.