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<p>just a random question...which is better MIT or IIT?</p>
<p>Theyre about equal or maybe IIT has a slight edge, but IIT is literally about 10000 times cheaper..</p>
<p>which is harder to get into?</p>
<p>IIT has 2% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>but that's not accurate...every single indian applies to IIT...but not every single American applies to MIT...b/c there are other good schools around.</p>
<p>And I'd add that they have a stronger applicant pool too.</p>
<p>I don't know if you can say that. Do you have any stats to back that up?</p>
<p>BTW, I'm Indian...so I'm not biased on this topic.</p>
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You can be a !Kung and be unbiased. Just because you are Indian doesn't mean anything. There are many other good schools in India.</p>
<p>Just a short list...
Presidency College
Bengal Engineering College
University of Calcutta
University of Chennai
University of Madras
Howrah Engineering College
University of Bangalore
Birla Institute of Science and Technology
Coimbatore Institute of Technology
Pune College of Engineering
Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology
Tripura Engineering College
Madras Institute of Technology
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology
Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
University of Hyderabad
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
H.L. College of Commerce
Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences </p>
<p>I didn't care enough to include liberal arts colleges except Presidency college. The above listed universities are definitely at par in terms of education to top American colleges like Carnegie Mellon, U of R, Dartmouth, whatever...Arguably, they have an upper hand since the tuition is not ridiculously expensive, there is less affirmative action, there are no ******** speech codes or political correctness rules, there is no grade inflation, there is no political ranting by professors, etc etc etc..</p>
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<p>You are correct.</p>
<p>I have never heard of the other schools, but that is probably because I was born and brought up in the US.</p>
<p>There are a few other issue at hand. IMO, Indian culture frowns down upon students who pursue a liberal arts degree. I think that's why you see a lot more applicants for engineering-based schools.</p>
<p>Yea you are right about that. Professional degrees are much more respected. In liberal arts, you have to be very good at what you do to be respected. For example, be a good geography teacher, or a good artist, etc.</p>
<p>I really prefer the Indian college system. You do whats important to your major, thus making you much more informed about your profession, and filtering out useless stuff. i.e., if you are going into Engineering, all you take are science and math courses in grade 11+ grade 12 and in college. I am going into engineering. I consider APUSH, APGov, AP Sp, English, etc, to be a total waste. Just name me a situation where I would have to discuss Daniel Webster and his role in the Missourri Compromise!</p>
<p>The funny thing is that Indian students (eng., med. ones even) know better English grammar or geography than American liberal arts students.</p>
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<p>I agree. Do you think the admissions rate at IIT is very low because many students pursue science and math oriented degrees?</p>
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I really don't know. I know that the entrance exam is long and hard, and there is a big pool of very qualified applicants. One thing about IIT is that you have to score within a certain range to get what you want. I believe the freshman class for eng. is about 3000 students, and to study comp. eng. you have to be among the top 200..or something to that effect. In fact, I read that this one freshman committed suicide because he only got to pick between materials or mining engineering. Tough competition, eh?</p>
<p>I won't deny that its hard. I think Indian society has brought the competition upon themselves. It can be easily solved by allowing your children to pursue liberal art degrees. But, that's not going to happen any time soon. Anyway, I'll be applying to MIT. I doubt I'll get in. I think grades aren't all that matter. It's about who you are (your character). You can't expect someone to put his or her whole future on one exam.</p>
<p>Yea you're kinda right, but doing good on the joint entrance tests changes your life for the better forever. If you have a degree from IIT, you're gonna strike it rich just about anywhere (anywhere except India...like Milton Friedman said "Indians do good everywhere except in India", referring to the country's large bureaucracy and multitude of regulations)</p>