<p>Which is better for engineering?</p>
<p>if its iit ahmedabad probably iit. But then again, I'm indian so I have a very favorable impression of all the itt's.</p>
<p>hold on im getting the popcorn.</p>
<p>If you mean IIT as in the ones in India, then I'd say IIT.</p>
<p>if it was MIT vs IIT or UCB vs IIT, the thread would have made more sense. Duke is not on par with IIT. IIT officials would be disgusted to be compared with such no-name university.</p>
<p>But Duke has better objective data. Besides, IIT is not even ranked on USNWR...</p>
<p>IIT (note not ITT) all the way, with a "negative" acceptance rate, it solidly beats Duke. But I do hear that Berkeley is better than both.</p>
<p>ITT Tech all the way.</p>
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<p>What is this negative acceptance rate about?? Seems intriguing.</p>
<p>India also has a negative deodorant rate...</p>
<p>Go to Duke.</p>
<p>Lol Vegas...that's true for a lot of countries..and parts of the US</p>
<p>Illinois Institute of Tech?</p>
<p>I hope some of the Duke supporters realize that this is what happens when you become arrogant.</p>
<p>I don't know about that, novi. I bet some of the IIT supporters are quite mad to have their beloved school compared at this level. IIT is the CalTech in India and incredibly selective (admit rate used to be less than 2% and I see now it's 'negative').</p>
<p>Also to be fair, you will need to compare IIT to the science and engineering departments of your school ... and you know how that goes.</p>
<p>The admit rate is more like 0.1%.</p>
<p>From a non-professional website:</p>
<p>"While it seems true that admission rate at IITs is less than even the most selective US school like the CalTech, it does not mean IIT recruits students of higher caliber. In a country like the USA, educational resources were well developed and the enrollment capacity for engineering majors is kept about the same as the number of seniors intending to enter those programs, if not more. It means less desparation. Moreover, there are lot of top-notch schools of about equal caliber which decreases their selectivity figures. My guess is that the top 50 engineering schools in the USA exceed IITs in almost all respect and another 100 or so other schools are not far behind."</p>
<p>The article also argued that Tokyo University is more difficult to get into than the IIT's</p>
<p>From my experience with IIT graduates(many of my Indian friends' parents in America are IIT grads), IIT students are about equal in caliber if not better than students from MIT and Caltech. </p>
<p>I don't know if any school on the planet is more difficult to get into than IIT. Granted, all you have to do is take an entrance exam, but realize that the kids who take this entrance exam study for it their entire lives, and they number 2 million! If you are one of the top 2000 scorers out of the 2 million kids who apply, you get into IIT. No affirmative action, no recruited athletes, no developmental admits. Only pure academic ability will get you into IIT. </p>
<p>That's meritocracy at its finest.</p>
<p>^^
IIT practices AA lol.</p>
<p>Reservation</a> policy in Indian Institutes of Technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p>
<p>Also, I am certainly no expert on IIT, but the text CWalker obtained can very well be true.</p>
<p>Wow I wasn't aware IIT practices AA... never heard about this from alums. I guess AA is not just something we see in the US then. </p>
<p>I was even more surprised though when the quote given by CWalker said that the top 50 engineering schools in the nation exceed IITs in all respect. Now this just doesn't make sense... schools with basically non-existent engineering programs such as Harvard, or Dartmouth are among the top 50 engineering schools of the nation.</p>
<p>selectivity/student body strength =/= prestige. </p>
<p>IIT may be the hardest school to get into in the world, but seldom do I hear people saying IIT is one of the best schools in the world. Let's face it. IIT students may be smarter than Harvard or Oxford students, but in the end, Harvard or Oxford have much bigger prestige and influence around the globe, only except for India. Personally, I hadn't even heard of IIT until I came to this site. In the end, people will judge schools based on the research, the level of education that school offers, the reputation, resources, and many other factors including selectivity, but not exclusively on selectivity alone. (IIT)</p>