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Boring as hell. It felt like being incarcerated.I lived in a psych unit of a full-service hospital. Folks in specialized mental institutions may have different experiences.Before getting inI dialed 911. The police came in less than 5 minutes. Two policemen came to my dorm and escorted me downstairs. I was put into the police car, and they drove me to the nearest hospital.As we arrived at the hospital, one policeman went into the entrance hall to get a wheelchair, while the other was waiting with me inside the car.They transitioned me onto the wheelchair and pushed me down the hallway. I was pushed into the emergency room of Department of Psychiatry.The front desk asked some routine questions about me, and asked me to take a seat. I was finally allowed to stand up from the wheelchair.A moment later, I was led by a nurse practitioner into a private room full of medical apparatus.“How are you doing tonight?” The nurse greeted me automatically.“Do you really need to ask? If I'm doing well, I wouldn't even be here.”She took my blood pressure, my pulse, my blood and my urine. Then she went to fetch the case manager.The case manager came and assessed how likely I was going to live if they let me out. It seemed as if she easily reached the conclusion that I was an imminent danger to myself.Getting inThe case manager went to fetch a few other people. They pushed the wheelchair towards me and asked me to sit on the wheelchair again.Then they searched through my pocket to see if there were anything dangerous. They confiscated my bracelet, watch, electronics, pens, and a few coins. It felt very weird as I was forced to part with my phone and my watch.As I sat on the wheelchair, I was pushed down the hallway, into the elevator, out of the elevator, and into the entrance hall of the psychiatric unit.From here, I lost my freedom and privacy.*Day 1*I didn't quite listen, but it seemed they had put me under intensive care.First, they made me take off my shirts and pants to ensure that I didn't have anything sharp with me. They even asked me to pull down my underwear, as if I could hide a razor in my ass.Second, they showed me my room, and asked me not to walk out until they allowed me to. I wasn't even allowed to use the bathroom unless they went inside with me.I was closely watched by a number of nurses. They allowed me to lie inside the room alone, but they were standing right outside. They would push the door open and check on me every fifteen minutes, to make sure I didn't do anything to myself. If I wanted to use the bathroom (I had a private bathroom), one of the nurses would come in and walk me to the bathroom, which was only a few feet away from my bed. I had to fart, pee, and crap while being closely watched by someone else, which was so fucking awkward.“Do you have suicidal thoughts now?” After dinner, one of the nurses asked me.“You guys have confiscated everything remotely related to inflicting harm. Whether I am or am not does not make a difference.” I was exasperated.All the lights went off before 10pm. I had no choice but to sleep.*Day 2–9*A nurse woke me up at 7:30am and took my temperature and blood pressure. She also gave me the medication I was supposed to take. I was required to take the meds in front of her, otherwise she wouldn't leave. She offered me a pen and a notebook, telling me I could keep a journal during my stay here. Well, I couldn't remember the last time I ever wrote anything by hand.Then I was handed a schedule for the day. There were a list of programs taking place inside the unit and I was free to attend whichever session I'd want to. The programs were either about behavior therapy, music therapy, trauma recovery, or simply fun activities like doing yoga, drawing, dancing to the music, etc. In addition, I was going to meet up with a panel of psychiatrists and discuss with them about my treatment and progress.I didn't feel like participating in any of them. As I was given a little bit more freedom on the second day, I explored this place a bit.Inside a large kitchen, I was offered a variety of food for every meal, free of charge. But staying inside the unit and being put on intensive care didn't give me chance to consume much energy, so I was hardly ever hungry. There was a small library, a gym, and a lounge with TV and two computers. There were only a handful of in-unit patients, and all other patients were at least several decades’ older than me. Some of them looked a bit weird and creepy. But I was not in the mood to pay attention to other people, so I just let it be.A nurse/therapist would appear each time I sat down for more than five minutes. They looked as if they were obliged to chat with me in case I was lonely. They would ask my life, recent events, diagnosis, medical history, etc. They even offered me generic life advice. To be honest, I felt it was annoying as hell. In the end, in order to avoid being bugged, I excused myself to my bedroom and slept some more. But then, there would be nurses coming in and checking on me every fifteen minutes. I really wished they wouldn’t wake me up each time they came in, but they all looked very afraid I'd already been dead.Every day went on like this. Before being committed here, I thought they were helping me actively and keeping me engaged. As days went by, I realized that they simply wanted to eliminate my suicidal thoughts by taking away all possible tools and all sorts of distractions, and keeping a keen eye on me. Without anything to do every day, I spent most of my time inside my room, reflecting on everything that happened to me. My mind went through my unsuccessful job interviews, those times my significant other wanted to break up, the nasty names my father used to call me, the uselessness and helplessness I had felt on a daily basis, and the times when I made feeble attempts to kill myself.Throughout my stay, the nurses insisted checking on me every 15 minutes. One night, the nurse on duty asked me, “how come you don't get any visitors?”“Because I don't have any friends.” I shrugged.“Not even one?”“Even if I do, do you seriously think I'd tell them about my mental illness?”Being releasedThey were very cautious about discharging me. I had to persuade them with all efforts that I wouldn't kill myself if I were out.They asked me if I had an efficient support network. To be honest, I didn't. Very few people in real life knew about my illness. I'd never disclose this unless I had no choice. Even if they knew, I'd avoid this topic at all costs. Upon hearing these, the nurses thought it was a red flag.Anyway I was eventually discharged. The nurses gave me big hugs, to which I reacted awkwardly. The nurse called a taxi for me, so that I could head directly home from the hospital. They gave me back my belongings which they had confiscated earlier, and wished me good luck.As I walked out of the hospital building, I was reminded of the exoneration projects I had worked on, where people were put behind bars for crimes they had never committed. They must be feeling the same as I did. Only that I was incarcerated for 10 days only, while the wrongfully convicted people were put behind bars for decades.TL, DR:It feels like being incarcerated. I have neither freedom nor privacy. I have to be disturbed every 15 minutes even when I'm in my room. The nurses treat me as if I were an extremely delicate flower.It did alleviate my suicidal thoughts over time, because there was simply no way I could do it, but it was really a pain-in-the-ass process, especially for a phone addict like me.It wasn't as scary as many movies portrayed. Also I had too much in my head to mind how others were behaving.

The things that make Copenhagen smart have to do primarily with it being a liveable and environmentally friendly place to live. Liveable to me means built and designed for the people that live there, rather than cars and commuters.Some nice things about the city have been there for a long time like the biking culture and bike lanes, the many parks, a city centre surrounded by water (a string of lakes on one side, the harbour on the other), “colony gardens” (allotments with a small house and garden for city-dwellers to stay in during summer) at the outskirts of the main residential areas, and, being a small city, the countryside with fields and forests within easy reach.Other things have been added on top the aforementioned within the last 10-20 years that have enhanced Copenhagen as a green, blue and outdoorsy city are:- City bikes that can be borrowed against a deposit are quite common place in European cities these day but Copenhagen introduced them as early as 1995.- The Harbour Baths – politicians planned for cleaner water many years in advance. The most known bath at Islands Brygge is also beautifully architected by the now closed company PLOT. One of their founders was Bjarke Ingels who since then founded BIG which is behind a number of inventive building projects around the city.- Amager Beach Park – located 1K from the airport and stretching for 5K (which itself is less than 15 minutes train drive from the centre). Originally this beach was fairly unattractive with shallow waters. That beach can still be seen but a few hundreds in front of it an artificial beach island has been constructed which joins another artificial beach at its southern end where you will also find the elegant wooden Kastrup Sea Baths.- Another artificially improved and attractive, but smaller beach, Svanemollen Beach, also opened in recent years.- Torvehallerne, the Danish much smaller equivalent to Les Halles in Paris, are two elegant, yet cosy and lively glass buildings in the city centre with all sorts of specialties and fresh produce as well as cafés and eateries inside and outside of the buildings. Quite expensive, but a great place to hang out in all seasons.- Part of one of the main traffic arteries Norrebrogade was closed down for cars, meaning that they can’t leave the city via that route - to the despair of shop owners and commuters but to the delight of most of the inhabitants who suddenly got a fairly peaceful street at the centre of their neighbourhood (buses still pass through, and cars and parts of it). In connection with this, the pedestrian and bike lane parts on Dronning Louises Bridge at one end of the street were enlarged and benches added, making it a favourite spot for especially youngsters to enjoy the sun, beer and loud music.While the number of cars and car owners has grown dramatically in the last 20 years, Copenhagen still feels less congested than most other European capitals and larger cities. Bike lanes are continuously being added including the bike and foot bridge Bryggebroen across the harbour which has now been joined by the pretty bike bridge Cykelslangen opened just a few weeks ago, allowing cyclists to take in the view of the harbour whilst snaking up its meanders.Add to this the terrace café culture that has been imported from France during the nineties: I had a French friend who visited in 1991 and again in 2003 who was astounded to find all the people sitting outdoors at cafés at his last visit – he could only remember seeing one such café during his first visit.With the very sunny summers being the rule, rather than the exception in recent years, all of this makes Copenhagen a terrific place to be in summer.The refurbishment of several neighbourhoods, turning them into pleasant areas with small shops, cafés and restaurant has also improved the city, starting by Sankt Hans Torv/Elmegade in the mid-nineties with later additions such as Kodbyen & Halmtorvet, Jaegersborggade (highly interesting project driven by the inhabitants who joined forces to improve this ill-reputed street, now sporting loads of small and often posh shops & restaurants but still retaining a rough edge – you may want to interview one of the inhabitants), and the harbour-front area around the playhouse (Skuespilhuset). Also a new recreational area will be built next to the Royal Library at an empty part of the harbour-front.While Copenhagen lacks modern architectural master pieces like La Grande Arche in Paris, the Guggenheim in Bilbao or even the Turning Torso in Malmoe across the water, it has generally well-preserved and beautiful old buildings. They rarely go higher than the 4th or 5th floor, giving the city a cosy, rather than a big city feel.Security and cleanlinessIn Copenhagen (and Denmark in general) you can drink clean water straight from the tap, such a privilege that we take for granted. Streets are relatively clean compared to other major cities.It’s a very safe place to be and even at night, there are few areas that I would avoid.TechnologyYou asked about technology but to my mind the great things about Copenhagen have little to do with technology, apart from the metro, which is new, beautifully designed, particularly because it has no driver and you can sit at the front and enjoy the impressive vaults of its tunnels through the front window.And yet there are a few other technology-related things that spring to mind, notably energy production where we have a number of offshore wind turbines visible from the harbour and Amager Beach, where we have an advanced district heating system, waste-to-energy plants (which also have an architectural value both the “money tank” at Avedore (From coal to biomass at Avedøre Power Station) and the planned Amager Bakke (Amager Bakke increases total energy efficiency by 20%) which BIG suggested to create with a ski slope on top of it.Our harbour buses (small yellow/orange ferries) are excellent and I use them when I want to play tourist here – and run on the same tickets as the rest of the public transportation system. Their diesel can’t be environmentally friendly, though.We also have one the most agreeable airports that I know, with many shopping opportunities and within easy reach of the city by metro or train.Other services and featuresOur libraries are generally modern, very good and manifold. The Royal Library is well worth a visit, especially the inside, as is the main public library in Krystalgade (though they should get rid of those electricity consuming screens that serve no purpose).Families tend to stay longer than in my parents’ generation when people moved to the suburbs after having children if they had the means. The relative gender equality in Denmark means that many fathers care for their children and within the last ten years, many have taken paternity leave instead of the mother taking her full maternity leave so you should see lone fathers pushing prams when you come in August.Also our access to free (i.e. tax-paid) health care is essential, although waiting lists for operations remain long and emergency rooms have centralised in a few non-central hospitals. Of course our high taxes also pay for other things such as social welfare and education.Of course there are lots of things to improve here, too, e.g. air pollution and noise, increased problems with gangs and newer residential areas in the city that lack life (Sydhavnen, Orestad, Langelinie) – not to speak of the autumn and winter weather - but you asked for the smart things so I will not go into detail on these.People & organisations to contactSharing Copenhagen, an initiative that seeks to share : EnglishMorten Kabell, mayor for Technical services and the environment: via the municipality’s press officer International PressBjarke Ingels (I don’t know whether he is still based in Copenhagen or out of N.Y., though): Page on www.big.dkHerbert Dreiseitl, Liveable Cities Lab at Ramboll (based in Germany but often travels to Copenhagen): Liveable cities labOlafur Eliasson: great artist, has done many projects in Copenhagen Olafur EliassonI have a friend who founded a café in Jægersborggade, he might be interested in speaking to youRealdania: a member-owned fund that supports a lot of projects in Copenhagen financially: RealdaniaSake good order, I should say that I work for Ramboll (the largest engineering consultancy in the Nordics), although not with architecture or engineering myself – and all of the above reflects purely my personal views. I could help you with more contacts in Ramboll – if you need more help, send an email to pebn(at)hotmail(dot)comBy the way, one of my colleagues wrote this article related to your topic:Why some cities are better than others

First of all, this question needs to be a lot specific. Comparison between Bits Pilani Pilani campus and one of the new IITs is meaningless. Same applies to comparison between an old IIT and Bits Goa/Hyderabad/Dubai(?) campuses.Secondly, what makes a college better depends on the individual and his requirements. But answering the question in a general sense, the real bugger is comparison between Bits Pilani Pilani Campus and an old IIT like IIT Bombay.Since this answer requires a subjective treatment,there is a lot of ground to cover, so hold back,stretch your hands,relax, make yourself a coffee and find a good couch as this will take time to read.First lets analyze on points that are believed to give Bits an edge over the IITS:(1)Reservation:Reservation is one messed up system and we do have students above 5k rank in core branches, boasting their IITB credentials. Situation is even worse in other IITs as IITB witnesses higher cutoffs than any other IIT. However the rest half are arguably the cream students of the country and for a population of 1.3 billion, that’s saying a lot. This makes IITB an incredibly competitive place and in general, the level and quality of competition is definitely much higher than that in Bits.Besides majority of students in Bits also have ranks above 5k ,so even the reserved crowd logically offers more or less the same competition. IIT(old)ians in departments like electrical and cs, whether reserved(OBC) or not, still possess much higher ranks than Bitsians. The OBC btech cutoff for cs and electrical at iitb remains around 300 and 1200 respectively. Nobody with right mindset would have chosen Bits with those ranks. SC/ST’s are whole other stories but they comprise just 22% of the population. So the general crowd in an old IIT based on entrance tests is better than the regular Bitsian crowd. The best in IIT are at whole new level while the mediocre are not so far behind.The impact of reservation on overall quality is felt only in new iits. It may feel not difficult (but only in your first year) to score more than the average even if you perform poor, thanks to reservation. On the flip side, try to score maximum marks in an exam and you will regret being born.(2)No attendance: This is a major argument given against IITs that Bits follows zero attendance policy and hence gives more freedom to its students. However this hardly makes a difference as professors in Bits ensure attendance through unannounced tut tests or covering stuff out of slides in lectures. Besides most of the courses at IITB also are relaxed on attendance and it really depends on the professor. Most of the courses in the first year IITB had no attendance requirement. Following a passion during lecture hours doesn’t make much sense if you want a decent academic record. The only relaxation that zero attendance policy provides is that one will still be allowed to give term end exams even with zero attendance, or one can pay uninterrupted attention to private endeavors like startup, etc.(3)Dual Degree: This is really a very nice policy at Bits where they have integrated Msc courses with BE ones. Hence one can graduate with both a bachelors and a masters degree in different streams and this allows for a lot of flexibility. Any engineering stream of one's choice can be clubbed with the dual at a low cgpa cutoff. Dual degrees certainly provide Bits an edge over IITs. There is no such concept at IITB.For people smartly pointing out that IITB also has dual degree courses, take a deep breath and try to understand what's being said here. The dual courses in iit is very different from bits pilani even though both are called dual degrees. See comments for more info.(4)Practice Schools: Another good policy of Bits. Students are almost certain to be interned at the end of second and fourth year. There are extremely high number of opportunities at IITB also but there is no certainty. The minor flip side is that you cannot attend PS2 if you missed PS1.(5)Deciding own timetable: In Bits you can choose own timetable but that’s only if you have a high PR number(randomly generated each semester) else you will have to compromise on your instructors/schedule. All this is not of much consequence overall.(6)Fees: Fees in Bits is a tad higher than IITB but you get exemption on fees if you perform well in Bits. There is no such provisions at IITB. SC/STs study at this premier most institute for free and no reason at all. The closest you can come is a Merit-Cum-Need or some private scholarship. All this is pretty irritating.Edit: Fees is no longer a tad bit higher in bits as the administration there treats the students as gold mines for its vision 2020.(7)Seclusion: Pilani is located very remotely with nearest cities being Delhi and Jaipur, both around 200 kms far. So for every little initiative or career requirement you have to shuttle between cities. Though the enthusiasm for startup is great at Pilani, one has to travel to Delhi again and again to run it. IITB being located right in the financial capital of the nation offers much more opportunities and attracts companies more.Comparison of experience at both the institutesCampus: Both the institutes have a breathtaking campus to boast, with IITB campus being larger and greener, while the Pilani campus being cosier and less green due to the geographical location of Pilani. The Bits campus is slightly better maintained and has got more places where you can simply lay down,relax and stargaze or something like that. The Saraswati Temple , the grass area of NAB(New Academy Buildings), and the Sky Lawns are great places to spend time in peace.Meanwhile the IITB campus feels more spacious and has a cooler appeal to it.Overall, both campuses are worth taking a pause to appreciate their beauty.2.Clubs: Club culture in Bits is more or less meaningless. The first few weeks of a fresher is spent in tedious interactions with seniors and if you can impress them, you might get selected in a department. Interactions for clubs are meaningless as ultimately auditions for them are what that matters eventually. Further if you somehow couldn’t make into a club that you are interested in, there is very little possibility you will be given a second chance. However once you do get in a C/D, you will spend a good time. One positive aspect of this is that senior-junior interaction at bits is very high from the start. You make contacts with tons of seniors effortlessly, which kind of felt missing at IITB where there was minimal interaction in the beginning. Gradually however, through various channels like working in institute bodies, department events, etc. you get in touch with a large number of seniors in IIT also.In IITB, scenario is different as “enthu” is the main thing that’s required. Anyone can work if one is interested. For tech teams, of course they expect you have the required skills if you join late, but the process is much less stringent. The orientation of each club were exciting events and the participation was purely voluntary. This system works way better as you get to freely experiment with the work involved in different bodies at your comfort level and then gauge your interests accordingly. All this freedom and opportunity to explore varied sorts of work was highly missing in Bits.Both institutes have clubs for most of the activities.3.Ragging: Zero(rather negative) in IITB, dismal in Bits Pilani. Only during interactions when you visit seniors, you might be asked to give your intro and stuff but everything’s under control. In IITB if a senior is caught in a fresher hostel in the first month, he will face a hard time justifying that.Besides that, there is an excellent system at IITB to provide a 4th-year student as ISMP mentor to the freshers to assist them in all their difficulties and guide them, and a DAMP mentor (of the same branch) in the following years to help you regarding all academic or curriculum problems. Such a system really ensures one gets a proper guidance and stay comfortable with the insti life and policies.4.Facilities:Mess- Food quality is definitely better at IITB especially in senior hostels. IIT mess is markedly better as it serves 4 times a day, provides a lot more variety to food than Bits’ mess, has wifi, TV and is more spacious. However, Bits somewhat compensates that by having a nice canteen in the mess itself and by organizing regional dinners called “Grubs”, but even that is retaliated in IITB by organizing multiple gala dinners and hostel events.Library-Bits library is better hands down. Its much larger, aesthetically much more beautiful, calmer and has got an excellent environment and facilities to read and study. Obviously, all sorts of books and facilities are available at both libraries, it is just that the Bits library is better built and maintained. Plus its got a nice CCD machine.Workshop-Mechanical Workshop in Bits was much better than at IITB with more shops and a stricter first-year course that focused heavily on the details of the processes involved. Plus the equipments were provided in the workshop itself and needn’t be bought, unlike at IITB.Internet-The net speed at Bits made me laugh and cry at the same time. Wifi speed is okayish while Lan speed is laughable. There were restrictions on many sites. The only relief was the software labs in NAB but that too was closed after midnight. One had to rely on mobile data outside hostels and DC++ to download stuff.IITB, on the other hand, offers high Lan and wifi speed clocking around 100mbps and has got wifi in every building. There is no restriction of any kind, except torrents. So IITB has a lot better internet connectivity.Hospital-Bits had a medical center that closed down in the evening(lol) and in cases of emergency, you would have to call the warden who will in turn either come himself with his car or send for an ambulance. Besides one cannot expect very good medical services in a small town like Pilani. The medical center was also not very up to the mark.The IIT hospital is a very large one with 24-hour emergency service, very sincere ambulance service and highly skilled doctors. A medical file of each student is maintained and the medicines are supplied free/subsidized rates. One can find medical assistance for any trouble.Hostel-Bits has better living conditions :P if you think for 4 years. Gandhi, SR,Ram and Buddh bhawans are very nicely built and are spacious. Rest all hostels can be described as “meh”. The rooms are sufficiently large, open; no space crunch so hostels are only one story high. There are small courtyards in the hostels where one can play cricket, badminton, etc. and the common room had TT tables, TV and CCD service at night. Any complaint was immediately dealt with. However the washrooms in older hostels were miserable and cleaning staff wasn’t very sincere.IITB hostel rooms for the first year are as good as it gets, offering a very nice view of Sameer hills from the windows and with a nice large Refugee area on the 7th floor where one can chill out and enjoy the scenic beauty of the Powaii area(including Vihar and Powaii lakes). The common rooms are spacious and have TT and foosball tables. Besides rooms get cleaned once every month by the staff. However things go somewhat ugly after the one year paradise. The hostels for sophomores and third year UG male students seem no less than haunted places with rooms small enough to put slums at Dharavi to shame and old enough to remind us of the colonial era.Edit: Most of the crowd in the older hostels have been shifted to the newly formed Hostel 18 with single rooms, which has top notch infrastructure and facilites.For any recreation, one needs to go to SAC which is not very far away.Infrastructure:The Saraswati Temple,Rotunda, NAB area and FD5 are really well built and comfortable to spend time in. The Bits campus is small so reaching from one place to another usually take no longer than 15 minutes. However the SAC and GymG(sports ground) were small and very ordinary and there was not much scope to pursue a new skill/sport if you are a beginner, or barring a few activities there was not much emphasis overall on extra-currics. IITB on the other hand has a very good Lecture Hall Complex and excellent facilities at SAC, better roads in the campus, more comfortable classrooms and really nice auditoriums.Transport in Pilani is a big pain in the ass with no direct trains and limited connectivity to the nearest station Loharu. Inside the campus, the autos charged profusely though there was never a need to ride with them. On the other hand, IITB is located right in the city and inside the campus, tumtum services are good and the autos charge moderately.The FD2/FD3 divisions in Bits were old. IITB does have more halls for teaching and better maintained department classrooms.5.Sex Ratio: Both are engineering colleges at the end of the day. Be prepared to die single, no exceptions here.6.Life in the campus:In bits life was more chilled out(or lite) as the academic pressure was a little lesser and the no attendance rule always cut off some slack. Beside the late night culture in bits is really popular and the campus is much more alive at night. Places like ANC, SR reddy , Rotunda see a lot of footfall and team meets. Such thing is missing at iitb as people mainly gather in the canteens but don’t roam around the campus or carry out their business too late at night.There are many places in Bits where one can hang out to eat or celebrate. There were reddys for each of the 14 hostels, ANC, Sky Lawns and a few restaurants inside the campus. As compared to that, IITB also has a similar case with many canteens and cafes to eat. However, outside the Pilani campus, there were not many options. The Connought place was at a stone’s throw but had substandard food at high prices. There were very few restaurants/bars outside, no Dominoes, no McDonalds,no anything. On the other hand, outside the campus of IITB there is Hiranandani and the whole Mumbai city. Obviously there is no further need to mention anything more, you can explore new places and restaurants every day of the year if you want to.Being located in city area has its own perks. There is an ocean of options if one wants to hang out or plan a one day trip in IITB, notably for trekking. In Pilani, there is a lot of seclusion and less exposure. To have any little excursion or adventure outside the campus, one has to consider Delhi or Jaipur.Freedom: In IITB the institute gives somewhat more freedom to its students. You can leave or enter the campus at any time and roam outside all night if you want. In Pilani until this year, girls had to return back to their rooms by 10pm which I guess, sucked a lot, and is a pretty seneseless rule. Further there is no restriction in iitb to enter hostels of the opposite sex until 10 pm.Edit on the request of Navneet Prabhat : boys are not allowed to enter the girl's hostel at all(Mira Bhavan) in Bits Pilani :PYou don’t need to take your wallet when you go out of your room in Bits. Your ID card takes care of that as transactions in most of the shops happen against your mess bill. So its a good step towards going cashlessWeather: The weather at Bits is another pain in the ass. Being located in Rajasthan, the temperature goes from 45C to all the way down to -2C. The rains are torrential and sometimes choke the campus. Mumbai on another hand remains mild, showery and pleasant all the year long.Lingo: There is virtually nothing to call a lingo at iitb. Words like craxx and machauu seems too forced to be used in regular conversations. In bits “lite” culture is really popular and the lingo was addicting. Words like “phoda”, “ghot” really slip out of the mouth.Fests: Oasis is not very interesting and rather a little over-hyped. Yes I said it. Not sure about being the second best but surely it lags behind Mood-I. The only flip side to Mood-I is that the institute provides no food or accommodation to the first year students. However loads of people get room retention on the pretense of projects under profs, IB work or sports camps.A lot of cultural, entertainment, technical and academic events are organised all the year round in both the colleges, the frequency being more in IITB.DC++: Dc++ sharing at IITB is very poor. Not many hubs and very limited files. Meanwhile at Bits, DC++ was the lifeline with many hubs and almost all sorts of files were available. Plus I don't believe IITB can ever have a DoPo of its own :P7.Academics:The first few weeks at both the colleges felt same in terms of quality,pressure and peer group. However differences segregated out a lot gradually.In Bits, almost all the courses were dealt superficially with a less in-depth treatment. Many courses could easily be nailed by properly covering the slides and practicing a particular set of questions. There were rare surprises in the evaluative papers in many courses although some courses like CP, Meow, EG, Bio and Thermo were challenging. Situation in IITB was different as the courses are much more detailed and depend more on implementation of the concepts taught rather than simply understanding them. Plain slide reading wouldn’t ensure a good grade at IITB. Conclusively, the evaluatives in Bits didn’t compel one to appreciate or explore the subject.The quality of interaction between students and the instructor during lectures was dismal. Some professors like Rishikesh Vaidya, Sunil Kumar, and Vishal Saxena were amazing and even received ovations. However lectures were usually rushed and less time was devoted to entertain doubts. The quality of discussions was also very ordinary. A lot of this depends on the peer group also. In IITB according to my experience the students take a much greater interest in initiating these discussions which sort of felt missing in Bits.In IITB, the instructors are academically more qualified and the student-prof interaction is very rich. The doubts are highly entertained and the discussions are very stimulating. In general the professors at IITB teach better, focus on intricate points, and resolve doubts effortlessly. Overall for similar courses at both the places, IITB covered them in a more comprehensive and conceptual manner, rather than stressing on formulas or on concise/shallow coverage of more topics; as was the case in Bits.A lot of open-book exams were held in bits which really was a good thing. Open book exams were a lot more challenging and really tested one’s level of understanding of the topic/course. There were fewer open book tests in IITB.The tutorials in Bits were taught by professors while in IITB mostly senior students took them. Obviously a professor with PHD has a more in depth grasp on the course and a much higher expertise in teaching than a 2nd/3rd year student. Thus tuts in Bits were more beneficial than tutorials at IITB, provided one opted for decent profs when deciding the timetable.Relative grading is followed at both the colleges. In bits performance of students are evenly distributed and its easier to score a good grade and even if one messes a course, the grade doesn’t fall down drastically. In IITB, scoring a top grade can suck the life out of you and if you ruin your paper, the grades slip down sharply. Even 0.5 marks are sufficient to push down the grade. The peer group is very competitive,which is natural considering that majority of under 500 rankers choose IITB. Consequently, academic pressure at Bits is more relaxing and less stressful.A good initiative at IITB is that each student has to compulsorily have to enroll in NSO(sports),NSS(social work) or NCC(cadet corps) zero credit course. This was missing in Bits.8. Internship opportunities: Probably this point is one of the most impactful one to establish a contrast between the two institutes. Internship and research opportunities offered by an engineering college, particularly in the third year, are the benchmark for deciding its eminence and IIT-B for all purposes comprehensively edges over Bits in this regard. Right at the onset of the fifth semester, a plethora of companies, universities and firms approach the institute for extending internship and work opportunities, and a good majority of them extend PPOs to the students after the third year summer. The situation is such that maximum students get interned by the end of the semester in a highly reputable company or a notable university with lucrative stipends, just because of the sheer volume of companies/univs that approach IITB.In Bits, the large majority of students mostly venture on opportunities that they have to create for themselves, be it through apping or personal contacts, for the third year summer. Barring a few, the masses either spend the summer learning stuff on their own, without a professional guidance, or engage in self undertakings, which is quite a waste of a golden period. However the 7th sem is spent in PS -2 which does provide a comprehensive working experience with reasonable stipend.In general, the trend to intern in a company or take up a research project is markedly more in IIT-B, where staying idle even in the second year summer is scorned upon.9.Alumni Support: This is again an important area where IIT-B considerably triumphs over Bits-Pilani. There was hardly a body in Bits that meliorated the student-alumni interaction in the institute to benefit the students. In contrast, the Student Alumni Relations Cell (SARC) in IITB, is a committed and highly active body to foster productive and constructive relations between the students, the alumni and the institute through a variety of initiatives, most notably the Alumni Student Mentorship Program (on the same lines as ISMP and DAMP), and Alumination (a plethora of events for career boosting and personal guidance). Consequently, the alumni side engagement is also very high, leading to enrichment and high networking opportunities.10.Tag value: No doubt tag value of IITB is more marketable than that of Bits Pilani. This difference is even more pronounced internationally. The local population also tend to respect the IIT tag more, no matter whether you enter by merit or through bogus means like reservation. That’s a hard fact and there are no if or buts.11.Connection of Campuses: It doesn’t matter whether you graduate from Bits Pilani or Bits Goa, you will get the same graduation certificate and treatment by every recruiter. The course structure, curriculum and administrative policies at all campuses are identical. In IITs this is not the case and each IIT isn’t bound by same curriculum and policies.12.Experience after one year: Iitb definitely felt like a more dynamic institute with a hell lot of more opportunities to learn and apply after the first year. The aggressive and productive environment was sort of missing in Bits. The provisions are such that one can pursue whatever one wants whenever one wants in IITB. The programs like ITSP, SOS and SOC, plus surplus internship opportunities, coordinator work, social programs, summer courses, adventure trips, and various other workshops at IITB felt missing a lot at Bits where maximum students are compelled to waste their summers doing nothing or next to nothing. Further over-viewing the curriculum at the end of the year, IITB curriculum felt more relevant, rigorous, qualitative and productive. There is much more clarity regarding future years. Further Bits also pays the price of seclusion as the IIT experience felt more wholesome. The peer group is also very challenging in IITB that automatically induces one to not to lag behind.So that indeed was a comprehensive comparison between the two institutes. And though IITB is definitely better than Bits Pilani Pilani Campus on many parameters, including the important ones, the Pilani campus is one of the most unique ones in India. Furthermore all the comparisons I have done is on the basis of limited knowledge gathered over just one year and there can be a lot of aspects that might make a difference.Besides an ideal college also depend on what courses/stream one wishes to pursue. Leaving CS/Elec at IITB to study the same at Bits is one horrible decision, and leaving the same at Bits to study non core courses/courses you have no interest in, at IITB just for the sake of it, is also a very bad decision. Needless to say, perspective guides me . Someone else might observe things differently.The real difference to a college is brought about by its students. Since old IITs has top rankers of JEE, they definitely accept the cream. If the same students go into Bits, it may supersede IITs.So “Is Bits a good college?”: yes. Its rare for a completely autonomous private college with no government support and ties: to engage in a somewhat close battle with completely government funded premier institutes, and still maintain its identity and reputation both internationally and locally. Furthermore Bits has really been efficient at progressing on limited resources and finding its own way. If it had its own lavish research funding and government support, it would improve way much more than other colleges.However nothing can be said for 5–6 years in the future. The way Bits is going on regarding low cutoffs, increased strength and fees has really put its reputation at stake.I hope I have been thorough and gave a glimpse of what it is like to spend time in these colleges and hence give my version to the long debate of which college trumps over the other.Leave in comments any correction or any more parameter that should have been discussed.Edit: More than 100 upvotes in less than a day. Thanks for the response.Edit2: Addd a lot of stuff in the answer.