Well, there are two fresher's parties organized at PEC Chandigarh. One is the hostel fresher's where the dress code is based according to the theme of the party and they will tell you the dress code before a day or two. 

Another is the branch wise fresher's party where there is no such mandatory dress code and one can wear anything they like. Yes, many people tell that boys should wear western formals and girls should wear a western dress to the fresher's party, but these are all rumors and it is not compulsory at all. 

Many people prefer wearing formals but you can choose to wear whatever you are comfortable with. You can go to the party wearing party casuals and it is perfect wear as these clothes look good and are also comfortable too unlike formals. Some people even attend wearing casuals too.

It is completely your choice to choose your dress for the fresher's party and no one will judge you based on your clothes. 

Unlike many different branches available, you have to work harder if your decision is PEC Chandigarh. 

• The subjects taught to Aerospace Engineering by the faculty are extremely crucial as compared to the numerous advances in the same field.
• It has a great lab where they are required to wind tunnels, both subsonic and supersonic. 
• You will have a variety of engines to inspect and observe, airfoil design labs, and several other experimental hikes.
• In your 4th year, you will be provided flight training. There will also be internship opportunities in the second half of your 3rd year.
• Now, when talking about the placements, there are almost no placements for this branch. Presently, only non-core branches are getting placement offers. 

A subject like this will requires you to complete the post-graduation for better exposure. regardless of the university. One of my friends chose this branch not to get a job but to study it in detail and pursue it further in post-graduation.

You can go for it without thinking twice. But, you can only excel at PEC with complete hard work and dedication. It never fails to provide the best of all opportunities. 

Lastly, if you did not know, Kalpana Chawla was one of the reputed alumni of PEC Chandigarh, which can most probably make your decision quite simpler too.

I have two friends who are Electrical Engineering graduates from PEC and are currently working in a good IT company. One of them was also among the only two people who cracked directly written. 

Being from an electrical background, it can be tough to learn coding in your free time and also cope up with your syllabus and keep your grades high. But if you are persistent you can definitely do it. You might also need to study some CS/IT subjects like DBMS while learning to code. As many students of the institute suggest to secure a job in an IT company you have to take off-campus routes, as most of the top companies are not open for interviews for the Electrical branch at PEC Chandigarh. 

But yes, it is possible to land a job at an IT company even after completing ELE if you can learn to code properly and work hard enough to make yourself prepare for the job. 

Yes, there is news about the addition of 175 seats in PEC Chandigarh and many are thinking that the cut-off marks will decrease as a result. With the increase in numbers of seats, the cut-offs are supposed to go down but it might not decrease for popular branches like CSE, ECE, Mechanical. There might be a difference of a few marks for some of the courses, but other than this everything is likely to remain the same.

The table below shows the required cutoff for PEC Chandigarh in recent years.

Hope this gives you an idea about the cutoff required for PEC Chandigarh.

Both NIT Bhopal and PEC Chandigarh are very good for CSE and provide many facilities to its students. Out of both of them, I would recommend you to choose NIT Bhopal over PEC Chandigarh due to the following reasons.

• Placements are much better at NIT Bhopal. The average package being offered is around 12.51 LPA which is comparatively better than the packages offered to PEC Chandigarh students. 
• CSE department witnessed 100% placement offers at NIT Bhopal.
• While studying at an NIT, you get the 'NITian' tag which is very valuable and a matter of pride for every student out there. 
• As a city, Bhopal is more beautiful than Chandigarh.
• You can enjoy your 4 years of B.Tech at NIT Bhopal while pursuing your graduation. As there is not much load of studies and assignments on students. 

Hence, NIT Bhopal is a better institute than PEC Chandigarh and provides all the facilities and the proper environment to students without much load of studies. So, it is better to choose NIT Bhopal over PEC Chandigarh.

PEC University of Technology, which was formerly renowned across India as Punjab Engineering College is among the premier technical institutions of the nation. In fact, back in 1994, it was called the best technical institution India ever had by the National Foundation of Indian Engineers (NAFEN). 

In brief, the department of electronics and communication engineering (ECE), which was primarily known as the Department of Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering started with an intake capacity of around 30 students. As the time passed, it subsequently saw an increment to 60 with regard to the competence of the infrastructure, besides the faculty of the department itself. 

The intake capacity of PEC Chandigarh has gradually seen an upward slope of 75 students from 2014 - 15 and 120 students from 2016 - 17 onwards. You can check the recent stats of the intake capacity of the institution if necessary.

The department of ECE in PEC Chandigarh is considered to be extremely good. It also has a good placement record. 

Besides, you will acquire a lot of exposure in a city like Chandigarh in your upcoming years

Although students may be told that they won't get a hostel in earlier stages after waiting for a few days the students in the Chandigarh quota can get a hostel in PEC. But there is some process that needs to be completed in order to get a hostel in PEC. 

You have to submit an application to the hostel warden and you have to mention your reason clearly, why do you need a hostel after being from Chandigarh as they don't provide hostel facilities to the students belonging from Tricity (Mohali, Chandigarh & Panchkula).

But the first preference is always given to the students who are taking admission through all India quota and they are allotted the hostel rooms first. But after a few weeks from their allotment of hostel rooms, the students in the Chandigarh quota who have applied and submitted an application will get the hostel rooms.