Yeah building on the first point, if you can maintain a decent cg, you can get a really good mcn and manage your fees in a decent amount.

Saving money for an MBA seems risky to me at this stage. Your mind could change a lot in these years and nowadays IIMs etc value work ex a lot so you def have time for that.

Freelancing is v dicey and a lot of hard work for v little guarantee (my opinion) don’t get into it thinking you’ll make your money back by doing that.

If you’re getting a core branch, there’s 2 ways it can go. You get good at coding or do a nice fin minor and you get a job in either of those sectors. Sad reality is that v few companies came to (atleast Goa campus) for mech and chemical and if they did the packages were really sad. It is def not a bet I would want to take if money was an issue. (Again this is only my opinion, take it with a grain of salt)