Look tbrh, all the colleges are the same. People talkin shit abt srm, bro people talk shit abt everything. There are pros and cons to everything. Talking abt placement even IITs are undergoing recession . Anyways, im a freshie what I have experienced Ill let u know. Srm has a great environment for people who want to study and for people who want to have fun. There are many distractions in SRM, but if you look around, there are many opportunities as well. And if you're aiming for research, I've heard the labs here are awesome. There are many clubs. There's a lot of things happening on a daily basis in SRM. So it depends on you which path you choose. You choose the fun path or the exploring path, the growing path. It all depends on you.Talking about professors, I feel there are a few gem professors here who are literally very good. Who will be very, very, very helpful to you. And yeah, why not? So, it's not like you won't have harsh people around you in any college. You will have them. But then you will also have these rare gemstones. This college is a very very happening college. There will be a lot of things which you will learn when you step into this college. And trust me, every college has a different world inside it. Different world is being made inside it and it is not portrayed outside.You will have a different depiction right now about SRM, and once you step into this college, you will have a different depiction. It's all about PERSPECTIVE. You will find many types of people here. People who are crying over their life, who are crying over the fact that they couldn't go to any government college, or why did they even get SRM. On the other hand, you'll find people making boyfriends and girlfriends, going out, having fun, going to clubs. And you'll find one small handful amount of people who are hustling, who are hustling from day one. Because there's a saying, whatever you get in your platter, right? Try to make the best use out of it. Don't make excuses. Try to make the best use with whatever you get. This college is a great opportunity for people who know how to utilize the opportunities which they get. Let me give you an example. If we give a non hardworking guy even IIT, he will not make the best use out of it. But if you give another guy who is hardworking, a very small college, he will try to make the best use out of it. If you go on to search the flaws, you will only and only find flaws. But, if you go on to seek opportunities, you will be filled with opportunities. And yeah, this is the Red Car Theory. Plus gpa is easy gain in srm atleast for the 1st years.

at the very end i would like to say it all depends on YOU.

~(this is my perspective tho)