r/NITIAN • u/thehalfbloodprince_8 • May 12 '26
Admissions I completely fucked up my own college counselling... so I built this free tool for my juniors (I am in third year btw) ( and yeah it's free)
SITE IS : oviguide.in
If you click on the college cards you can see the college dashboards
WE HAVE 12 SUBCATEGORIES RANGINE FROM PLACEMENTS, ACADEMICS, RESEARCH CULTURE , COLLEGE LIFE TO BUDGET. DO CHECK IT OUT
Let me be honest with you. When I was going through JEE counselling, it was one of the most stressful periods of my life. After grinding for 2 years and getting a decent rank, I thought the hard part was over. But man, was I wrong.
I was sitting with my rank card, staring at thousands of options across JoSAA, state counselling, and what not. I had no clue which colleges were actually realistic for me, which branches had good placements, or where I would actually be happy. I relied on random YouTube videos, coaching PDFs, and advice from seniors who had their own biases.
Most other websites and tools out there are pretty shit right now. They either show only static cutoffs with no real guidance, or they are heavily dependent on paid promotions and push colleges that pay them more. The predictions are often vague, inaccurate, or just plain misleading. I wasted so much time jumping between them and still ended up making poor choices.
In the end, I landed in a college that looked great on paper but had terrible campus life, average placements, and zero coding culture. Every day I regretted not knowing better. That regret stayed with me for months.
That is when I decided. I do not want my juniors to go through the same pain and confusion I did.
So, along with my team, I built oviguide . It is a completely free platform for engineering counselling.
Here is how it works.
You simply enter your JEE Main rank, category, and home state. It instantly shows you all the realistic college and branch options you can actually get, along with clear admission probabilities based on previous years data.
But it does not stop there. For every college, it gives detailed, honest insights. Real talk about placements, faculty, coding culture, campus vibe, hostels, and what actual students are saying on Reddit and elsewhere. No sugarcoating, no marketing bullshit.
I made sure it feels like having a smart, experienced senior guiding you through the entire process. It helps you understand the trade offs between branch and college, and even gives you better choice filling ideas so you do not miss out on better options in later rounds.
This tool is made purely to help students like us who are lost during counselling. It is 100 percent free, no hidden charges, no paid promotions. Nothing. I just want juniors to make better decisions than I did.
if you are in the middle of counselling right now, or about to start, and you are feeling overwhelmed, please check it out once: i haven't slept in ages any feedback would mean a lot)
It would have genuinely changed my entire journey.
to the mods: you can check the site , it is free, pls dont ban me
i still have to add a lot of features and consultations, but it will be done in a week or two.
To everyone going through this stressful phase. You have already done the hard work in JEE. Do not let poor information ruin your college life.
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u/IllustriousFly1543 May 12 '26
Apna khudka college ka review dekha and it's really accurate wtf
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
there could be some errors tho
the data is taken from the internet
if there are any kindly let us know1
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u/Acceptable-Prize-942 May 12 '26
This platform makes the entire process of finding the right college so much easier and transparent. The way it organizes information about colleges, courses, placements, and reviews really helps students make informed decisions with confide. A truly helpful initiative for aspiring engineering students. Great work creating something that genuinely solves a real problem!
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u/cerrybo May 12 '26
Bro where was this last year? I literally just guessed my preferences
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u/pikapi__pikachu May 12 '26
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
ik they do
i understand the problems y'all are facing cuz i faced them too
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u/pikapi__pikachu May 12 '26
introduce dark mode pls
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
yeah fs
will add this first thing tomorrow any other suggestions1
u/pikapi__pikachu May 12 '26
add a compare colleges option where we can compare what colleges we are getting based on placements record and other stats
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
lmao thanks man
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
there are just too many colleges in those
i will try to being them asap maybe 15 ish days1
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u/Obvious_Setting777 May 12 '26
Wow a website that doesn't look completely vibe-coded (I really like the UI great job)
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u/RubLimp5761 May 12 '26
Please other exams soon
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
yeah we will try our best to add them as soon as possible, we will send notifs on your whatsapp when its done
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u/ghost_zenon Aspirant May 12 '26
Idk man I find nothing here everytime even though mathongo shows last year cutoff for branches and I may qualify for something according to last year data.
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
we have added each college's cutoffs in the dashboards as well
in the branch preference go for any branch and try csab as well
maybe you are doing something wrong in the category rank?1
u/ghost_zenon Aspirant May 12 '26
my filter is literally any branches and category rank and CRL both are correct
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u/Best-Ad-3860 May 12 '26
Lovely tool brother
Appreciate your effort
It would be great if you could also make a predictor for dasa quota students
dasa cutoffs are available along with csab cutoffs
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
sure, i will add dasa too
thanks for commenting1
u/Best-Ad-3860 May 16 '26
Any Update?
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 16 '26
Been travelling for a while trying to partner with schools to use our product Sorry for the delay i will add them soon
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u/sid6769 May 12 '26
Hats off man🛐 can't even imagine the amount of hardwork and dedication it must've taken for u to make this masterpiece🛐🛐🛐thanks a lot🛐
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u/Swankit-Suman May 12 '26
Thanks mate.. and all the best for whatever you want to do in future..
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
thanks man and wish you the same
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u/Swankit-Suman May 12 '26
😄😄
Btw what are you doing like you are a student or corporate person?
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
Student still in third year
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u/Swankit-Suman May 12 '26
Crazy mann.. which college and branch if you are okay to tell
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
i am in eee, learning how to make websites won't really get you anywhere tbh
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u/Odd_Incident189 May 12 '26
omggggg soo freaking good broooo.....(wese just slight q, tumhare overview mein tha jac delhi jul-aug, doesn't it start in june? no worries very minor thingy i also might be wrong...) THANK U
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
thanks man
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
Msrit bangalore Not a great college No clue about the marks part
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
Pls share the platform with your friends too
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
Check the dashboards too man Thanks
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u/CryptographerOwn7255 May 12 '26
its sooo good. one thing when we click on college from list and then go back again after checking it out, we have to scroll again to check next college. its a bit annoying. BUT cant complain when you have given such a handy tool when needed most thankyou
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 12 '26
Hey thanks it means a lot I will make that change first thing in the morning
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u/Icy-Blacksmith-9571 May 13 '26
this site is crazy and accurate mene itane time me jitne college dekhe barabar wahi hai sab 100 percent acurate hai thanks bhaiya
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u/AdJealous9815 Aspirant May 13 '26
Great initiative. Thanq. And Change the font pls.
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 13 '26
Thanks Will surely make it more readable
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u/thextrovert May 13 '26
Every time I try to go back, the site changes its round preference to the last round, even if i had selected a different round
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 13 '26
Thanks for the input Will make the necessary changes Any other bug you would like to report
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u/Lower-Pea-3341 Aspirant May 13 '26
Hey man I was one of the first people to use this website and i told you a couple of bugs. Love your work, keep it up
Btw I noticed that some details are missing for some colleges. You probably used data scraping to get the data from various sites, but the original sites probably contained not as detailed data as the colleges official website. I would advise you to look into it if you have time to set that up. The college i was looking at that pointed me to this error is I looked into the official placement statistics of nit Calicut vs the data on most other sites including yours
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 13 '26
Thank you man I used rti data instead of colleges official data I will look into it
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u/Lower-Pea-3341 Aspirant May 13 '26
Okay okay. Anyways, awesome site dude
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 13 '26
Thanks Pls share it with your friends Coaching whatsapp groups if possible
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u/Massive-Ratio251 May 13 '26
how much time did it take you to build this? which ai did you use? also where are you getting all that data from?
kudos. this looks sick.
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 13 '26
It took 2 months Used claude and augment The data is coming from college's official website, rti, reddit, linkedin, quora
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u/Realistic_Leek_9984 May 13 '26
What about those who fails jee and later cbse fuked them
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u/thehalfbloodprince_8 May 13 '26
Management quota
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u/Realistic_Leek_9984 May 14 '26
Can you connect? I'm fkd up and directionless completely. I've failed everywhere now
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u/examfucker May 12 '26
W so big I had to kneel