<p>A glimpse of what Indian students must do to get into "their harvard+mit+princeton" :</p>
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...who wanted to do computer science at IIT, couldnt get in. He went to Cornell, instead. Imagine a kid from India using an Ivy League university as a safety school.
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:cool:</p>
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After six hours of testing, theres an excruciating month-long wait for the results.
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<p>They have 1 test and then they have to wait 1 month? The 2% sounds quite frightening, but compared to our 5 or 6 essay/rec/etc. applications and our (potential) 6 month wait, the application process itself doesn't seem all that bad.</p>
<p>There IS NO application process! :D</p>
<p>You fill in your name, birthdate blah blah (part 1-ish) and thats all. Then you sit for the test. That article is a bit old. There are two tests now (one screening and the other main) and the # of applicants was ~250,000 this year. And there are three tests (Phy, chem, math) on the main exam day, not one.</p>
<p>If you make it through both tests, you're in. It doesn't matter if you never went out of your room for the past 4 years or are an absconding criminal, much less your ECs and stuff....</p>
<p>That would be easier as far as time expenditure......but it would do a lot of damage to my chances. I would imagine that essay-writing/swimming/artistic ability has very little weight in admissions, lol.</p>
<p>lol kebree you dont get me. all of that doesnt count at all. :p</p>
<p>and as far as time expenditure is concerned, well you gotta spend 18 hr/day (as I've said on the intl board) for a year or two to be prepared enough for takin the test. And did I mention, unless you rank among the top few hundred, you cant choose your campus or even your major! :eek:</p>
<p>anyway, enough of loathing, maybe i should just admit i didnt get in :cool:</p>
<p>no, sir. You may not. It is forbidden.</p>
<p>mercurysquad - where could I find some archieves of these tests?
That can be fun for mind for free time, is not it?</p>
<p>You can't pick your major?!! I'd almost be glad not to get in....then again, I've never even thought about tech scool, anyway.</p>
<p>nor I. Too existential for my tastes :p</p>
<p>How much time is for the math test? And It only has 20 questions???</p>
<p>well the general idea here is to just 'get into the IITs' if only for the enormous salaries at the end of 4 years.</p>
<p>my sister's friend's sister (near relative :D) got into IIT and she's studying metallurgy. wtf? when i asked how she can possibly study metal extraction for 4 yrs she said, 'doesnt matter, i got in and thats that.' oh well....</p>
<p>You know, I may sound like a hopeless romantic, but the salary matters a lot less to me than the enjoyment I'd actually have in the job. So if I go into art and starve, then so be it. =)</p>
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where could I find some archieves of these tests?
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Get archives at: <a href="http://www.123iitjee.com/free_downloads.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.123iitjee.com/free_downloads.htm</a></p>
<p>Screening (objective, phy/chem/math):
<a href="http://www.123iitjee.com/download_files/IITJEE2004Screening_ver_4.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.123iitjee.com/download_files/IITJEE2004Screening_ver_4.pdf</a></p>
<p>MAIN EXAM (subjective):
Chemistry:
<a href="http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee/jee2004/Mchemistry.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee/jee2004/Mchemistry.htm</a></p>
<p>Physics:
<a href="http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee/jee2004/Mphysics.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee/jee2004/Mphysics.htm</a></p>
<p>Mathematics:
<a href="http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee/jee2004/Mmaths.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee/jee2004/Mmaths.htm</a></p>
<p>kebree, thats precisely why i hate iit. and no you dont sound 'like a hopeless romantic' - those guys who go to iit for the salary do!</p>
<p>What's a good salary in india? Does it depend on which city/region the job is in?</p>
<p>Yes it does (most of the high tech jobs tend to be concentrated near the bigger cities). A good salary for starters is Rs 50,000/month but for IITians it might be, e.g. Rs 100,000 a month. (astrix: comment!)
Rs 46 = US$1</p>
<p>jpsi - yes, 20 questions, 60 marks. You can expect to get in with ~25-30 marks, and 40+ gets you great ranks (=you can choose your major!)</p>
<p>My dad got into IIT not once, but twice. The first time he was pretty low on the rankings, so he would have had to choose agricultural engineering or the like, so he chose to go to the local college and reapply next year. He did well enough that he was able to major in mechanical engineering.</p>
<p>Actually, according to him, in his day, almost no one went on to MIT and the like, because of the cost. Instead, they, like my dad, settled for lesser institutions where they got scholarships. Even though my dad got his masters at University of Cincinatti, because they gave him a full ride, his IIT degree has been the door opener for him.</p>
<p>A good engineer in India can make $10,000 a year, and managers about $25,000, which is really good considering how cheap the cost of living there is.</p>
<p>very true, silmon. Btw, its IIT Kharagpur, not karachpoor :p</p>
<p>yeah, sry bout that, i just edited it out</p>
<p>I'm kinda reminded of this quote
"If you really want to hurt your parents and you don't have the nerve to become a homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts." --Kurt Vonnegut</p>
<p>Coz well, my dad would have loved that I be an engineer. Anyhow, I gave up thoughts of IIT way back...</p>