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Re:Nadella as Microsoft CEO: A slap in the face for Indian s... by kamaal on Thursday February 06, 2014 @12:48AM (#7188935)
That's just not correct. IIT's are exceptionally difficult to get into. The entrance exams(IIT JEE) nearly kill the kids.

Plus in the scale of India's population you get a lot of kids, who are working for years to crack the examination. So the only way to create a selection process is to have a crazy difficult exam.

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Re:Nadella as Microsoft CEO: A slap in the face for Indian s... by enscr on Friday February 07, 2014 @12:54PM (#7197630)
Please read the comment again, I think you interpreted it incorrectly. I'm saying, lots of people are forced to appear for IIT/IIM due to peer/parental pressure but they are clearly not even close to prepared for it. This isn't the case with ivy leagues i.e. bound-to-be-rejected applicants are far lesser with ivy
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