now lemme update u about 2 most important things--food and assignments

Assignments will most definitely not be the 'copy-from-book' types. You would have to do some amount of research. Marketing classes might include field studies as well.. And as you learn the ropes you would end learning the 3R's (Research, rip and reuse)

... But if you really wanna make use of assignments you would need to do a lot of research.. definitely not the engineering type of assignments...
A laptop is very useful... for the following
* Presentations
* Sometimes (lecturers might insist on u bring lappies to classes esp statistics)
* Browsing for info in de hostel (for presentations, case studies, assignments)
* Playing games
* Watching movies (in class and in the hostel)
* ip Messenger fights
And basically to be in touch with ur campus and the outside world....
A lecture hour per say is for 70 minutes .. but lecturers do combine 3-4 such hours... For second year you might have a whole day 8:30 - 8 for one single subject.. But don't worry you'll either get used to it or learn a way to bypass it
Mess is completely run by the students(messcom i.e mess committee is incharge)... You get to choose the menu and so there are no issues on that front.. and the menu would keep you interested for a pretty long time... (however, incase you get bored of the foodthere are a lot of eatouts to keep you interested)... The mess works on a sharing system and tokens are available for cooldrinks and special egg delicacies...And no you cannot enter the mess at anytime you want and expect something to eat.. There are timings for breakfast, morning and evening tea break, lunch and dinner..
A peep into some of the mess specialities --
* Fried Chicken
* Chicken Biryani
* Mutton Biryani
* Chicken gravy
* Mutton and Egg Kheema
* Paneer Butter Masala
* Malai kofta
* Gobi Manchurian
And a few more delicacies.. Apart from the normal meals (rice, sambhar, rasam, curd, roti and vegetables)...
Snacks would be provided during the evening tea break...
And during events, special buffet type food would be served...
mess food is really good...u r bound to put on 5-6 kgs by the time u leav aftr 2 yrs of studies