Dear Aspirant,

Both AP PGECET and GATE offers M. Tech programmes for post graduation.

The factors that shall motivate a person to appear one or both of these examinations are:-

1. If you want to join a university within your state( which means it will be close to your house)

2. If your preferred mtech programme is provided by the requisite college.

3. If you want a PSU job or post graduation programme. You must know that by applying GATE you have opportunity to be part of PSUs which you won't find with AP PGECET.

As far as food in government colleges are concerned, dude, it is not comforting as own houses or own state cuisines, but edible enough. Moreover, half of the engineering students generally dine outside than in their hostels.

But if you are looking for home-cooked food,then you probably won't get it. However, bro career comes first than food and you know what to do

As far as your marks are concerned, you shall have some competition to grab your preferred mtech programme in preferred institute.