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<li>Exceptions are always there.</li>
<li>I was mainly talking about ppl. who graduate from IITs, not about people who study for IIT and get in (they might be good too), but I am saying that IIT produces great graduates, and its reputation is for what it produces..</li>
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<p>^ well said :)</p>
<p>Yep.. I am so bored of chemistry that I really dont mind going and sticking my head into an ant hill...... Actually, I do. But it doesnt matter</p>
<p>and the reason i think they are over hyped is because of the population of our country along with the large number of foolish people who think they can make it when they really can't.
would IIT be so overhyped if 2 lakh people werent giving it- i don't think so.
Almost every science student who has maths will try for IIT- thats why these coachings have sprout up like mushrooms- and i doubt that there would be the hype it is if it werent for these coachings- it has become a business these days. I know people who got into IIT without coaching and as Abhinav said- he studied 3 hours a day to get in with a decent rank.
The hype is created by the students themselves i think.</p>
<p>about BITS being better than IIT's- is that a joke?
The BITS pilani campus sucks- girls can't step out of the hostel to go even to the library after 7 pm.</p>
<p>@Shreya: Yep.. I agree to the jab about BITS.... But its a good school nevertheless</p>
<p>Eeks, I would die at BITS if such is the case</p>
<p>Actually, I believe BITS Pilani is better than some IITs, but IIT- Delhi, Mumbai, Kanpur, some others are the best.....</p>
<p>i never said itsn't a good school- its a very good school- it just doen't get government funds which makes a big difference. </p>
<p>plus i have a thing for all these colleges with rules limiting girl's freedom- can you imagine living in a place and never watching an evening movie show.
wierd.
In IIT kanpur you can see guys and gals roaming around the campus at 3.00 in the morning. i cannot imagine going to a university where boys are allowed to come and go as they wish and i am not.</p>
<p>I agree kumara</p>
<p>I would hate to be in a place like that :( I didnt know it was that bad actually</p>
<p>hmm--is that only for BITS Pilani, or is it also true for BITS Goa and BITS Dubai? Cuz that's something I've never heard of b4..</p>
<p>BITS Pilani is in a somewhat middle of nowhere setting, but BITS Goa isnt. Or at least, not to my knowledge, and the new BITS campus at Hyderabad is supposed to be superb. So I would guess stringent restrictions for safety perhaps?</p>
<p>maybe...</p>
<p>changing the topics, do u guys have anything special for your senior year?? (events, honor days, ditch day, trips etc.?)</p>
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Don't provoke me to start ranting about the IITs. After three years of first hand IIT experience the verdict is they are nothing more than over hyped, moronically run institutions.
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<p>Overhyped - Yes
Moronically Run - No
What makes you say that morons run the place? If the IITs are run by morons, I cant imagine what the NITs or RECs are!</p>
<p>@Kumara: Except for preparing for the exams, I would think not.... :D We did have a farewell sometime back</p>
<p>@Abhinav: I know... But anyhow, NIT( Earlier REC)'s are pretty decent I should say.....</p>
<p>No comment :)</p>
<p>I took my OS to IIT - Kharagupur last year. They sent agricultural dept professors to look at it. If that wasn't moronic enough, despite telling them its open source they started rating 'No No we know that you will charge for it later.' FTW Its my OS, its under GPL who the hell do they think they are?</p>
<p>Lets be realistic here. You DO NOT have a social life at IITs. The pay packets or whatever we are talking about only goes to them who stuff their brains day and night and maintain a 8-9 point something GPA. Others are still those gits who gave up their high school to make it there. IIT-D dean came here for some intel conference and said today's IIT students have no drop of creativity. They are creatures of rote who made it in.</p>
<p>Fine lets say you get the pay packet you want after busting your butt for 2 years in school and 4 years at the IITs. You think the company that is paying you so much will leave you in peace? They are going to suck out everything worth the money. You get a 8-10pm job. They wont let you rest anytime. Now go spend your money :p</p>
<p>I have 3 cousins who are students and 2 relatives who are Profs. at the IITs. The cousins are pulling their hair right now and I dont even want to talk about how moronic those Profs. are.</p>
<p>Have a look at the IIT websites. Despite the *** great, superb, whatever*** students they have cant they even setup a decent portal?</p>
<p>Well these are just my views. :)</p>
<p>GreenIndian : Thanks for the analysis man. Other companies would have charged me for it. Since you are doing this free for me. I owe you one, mate! Any suggestions what I should do?</p>
<p>Lol.... Fine Ajay! I get it... I know, the portal isnt really all that suave as people might like it, but its not bad either....</p>
<p>What should you do? Since GreenIndian has very eloquently told you that you ain't getting in anywhere...you should go watch Psych (guys, everyone should watch this awesome show - all the episodes are available on surfthechannel.com).</p>
<p>^ Check out Princeton's portal :D OR Duke's :p</p>