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<p>omg u guys.</p>

<p>i havnt studyied for more that 2 hours a day in my entire life except one day before each exam.</p>

<p>you'll won't have to work nearly as hard at american univs</p>

<p>omg. i attened precisely 4 lectures in the 12th grade- i dint even go to college after that. (the four lectures i attended were compulsory)
i've never studied a day in my life and i dont know what hard work is.</p>

<p>akash- u do know that there is an excessive amount of drinkin/partyin at ALL american univs dont you? be ready for all that then. ur 16 man!!</p>

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<p>personally i dont think IIT is worth it</p>

<p>waste the best years of ur life for something that u have a 2000/3lakh chance of getting into?</p>

<p>u could be just as successful somewhere else</p>

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i havnt studyied for more that 2 hours a day in my entire life except one day before each exam.

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<p>Neither have i, to be honest (except for whatever i do in class - nothing at home), although i was supposed to have studied for 6 additional hours a day for tha last two years, and 9 now...

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personally i dont think IIT is worth it

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Welcome to India. If you havent noticed it yet, IIT followed by IIM is the sure-shot money minting technique. lthough that doesnt matter to me, it does to about 1 billion indians</p>

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personally i dont think IIT is worth it

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I from Hyderabad. I attend this place called Mega Study Circle, as these were the only guys who would let me do their course with school. Otherwise, were expected to join the Intermediate, and not attend college. Attendance will be given if you pay the college some cash, and they dont have decent teachers/infrastructure anyway. Thats why im in the CBSE</p>

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<p>Hmm that's fair enough. Fortunately, FIITJEE has courses designed around the school timetable... and they take those into account. They'd postpone tests even if one student in the batch had something important at school.</p>

<p>And now they've started this new system where the school work and JEE prep will be done at the same time. No need to attend separate institutions. That's till 5 in the evening. I wish I had that in my time.. cuz I was out of home from 7 in the morning to 8 in the night, 4 times a week.</p>

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<p>"Hmm that's fair enough. Fortunately, FIITJEE has courses designed around the school timetable... and they take those into account. They'd postpone tests even if one student in the batch had something important at school."</p>

<p>haha(VERY BITTER LAUGH)-dont talk to me about Fiitjee.I spent more than a year and half at it remember?</p>

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<p>Flamethrower, You have NO IDEA about AMerican Colleges ( Esp. if you are going to a top notch school). </p>

<p>Kiss your 2 hour routine goodbye! :D </p>

<p>IIT Jee sheesh i hate it soo much but still wish I had taken the exam!</p>

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<p>and shash IIT is like MIT a dream. Dont listen to us cricticizing the place because once you get in you will be the one laughing at us :). </p>

<p>Best of Luck for screening everyone!</p>

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<p>akash, you were in fiitjee delhi... me at fiitjee patna. The latter is much better in terms of teacher/student ratio. 7 batches of 30 students each, and in my batch only ~12-15 showed up regularly. I dont know about 1 year batches though... and teachers are the same as delhi branch.. they rotate regularly.</p>

<p>nomad, you're talkin to a guy who got 94% 10th grade without studying. He might not need to toil any harder than he is doing right now.</p>

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<p>quick question.. how hard do u think it is to tranfer from MIT to Harvard? (me ungrateful me) :(</p>

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<p>Ab kya ho gaya?</p>

<p>Got another guy who sold you on Harvard?</p>

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<p>prashant.. u STARTED this so will u shutup n help me out now???
i jus figured im gonna feel a lil awkward wid all those science geeks around me.. i realised it today see.. at skool we had a maths exam, all my classmates opt for mechanics and i take statistics.. well they were all discussin some hooke's n crook's laws etc etc which totally bounced off my head.. n then it struck me..dis is how its gonna b at MIT too!!! aaaaaarghhhh.....HELP!</p>

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<p>hah update guys :) JHU wants me to pay full tuition even though i said I could pay only 1/3 of it.</p>

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<p>welcome to the harsh bitter world of Financial aid Viggy!</p>

<p>And Laila,do u realise that if any of us met u in person-we would throttle you for your last comment?:p</p>

<p>if u dont wanna do science-go do economics from MIT</p>

<p>HAVE SOME SHAME GIRL!!!</p>

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<p>Oh! Laila you're better off at Swathmore!!!!!</p>

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<p>nomad- i do what i have passions for.</p>

<p>i hated the educational system in the 11-12th so i didnt study.
i liked writing so i started my own newspaper
im sure the way education is imparted in american uniivs is considerably better than "ok class, go through pages 1-50, test tomorrow"</p>

<p>if i like the education i get im sure i'll apply myself with more rigour. i just spent two years of my life doing absolutely nothing. (academically). now its time for me to work those brain cells again.</p>

<p>the ICSE was so pretty much a joke, i started studyin hard only 2 weeks before the exams(on avg 20 hours a day) and did well on them. (in my prelims , just one month before the actual exam i was in the botton third of my class) </p>

<p>moral of the story:i'm one of those lazy bums who doesnt work unless it's necessary. </p>

<p>(i hope the better educational system in the US changes all this)</p>

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<p>my 20 hours a day cannot be described as "hard work" as it was a necessity (:</p>

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<p>wow flamethrower...btw. where have you got in so far?</p>

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<p>akash, how much did you get from Duke ? Are you going there?</p>

<p>Bah i am currently facing the possibilty of going 70000 in debt to go to a good school or 9000 in debt to go to an average school.</p>

<p>First of all the indian educational system is structured in a way that you can get 94 % in 10 without studying and i mean no matter how freaking smart you are. And flamethrower i just meant that hope to have longer studying sessions in these universities on a regular basis thats all. :)</p>

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<p>hmm didnt see the 20 hour post sheesh you sound like so many of my friends ( thats inhuman man) . Follow my philosophy - Always look at consequences:D</p>

<p>I slacked off in 10 because I simply saw no point in studying for them. I mean noone looked at 10th grades anyway ( then a 87 or a 94 didnt matter) .</p>