Firstly, "MSc-BE duals are given less preference than any BE during placements" - Not At All (Ask ANY bitsian or prof.)
And haan, risky situation, cuz with 290, the probability of getting a BE @ Hyd (mainy civil,chem,mech) is gr8ter than the same at Goa....
And if the Goa cutoffs do not decrease and rather increase (we cannot speculate anything)...then i guess u'll be handed some BE at Hyd.
So, if u don't want to go to HYd. at any cost, think of keeping Goa duals up.
Btw, my score is 290 too ;)