Do you regret not getting admission to IIT?

@thebigk • Oct 25, 2024

Oct 25, 2024

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This thread will appeal more to the Indian engineers who aren't from IIT. I remember checking the IIT results online for the first time (over the Internet; it was all new to me back then) and getting terribly disappointed because I wasn't meant to get into IITs. However, I do not have any regrets that I didn't go to IIT. I don't think my life would have been 'better' had I been admitted to IIT. What about you?

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durga ch

@durga-TpX3gO • Aug 27, 2012

I never aimed for IIT. Never prepared for it. But I did put in lot of efforts to get into best gov college and do regret my decision of joining some private college. if I had a time machin, I would really want to go back and change it all.
Ankita Katdare

@abrakadabra • Aug 27, 2012

Being a diploma holder, IITs and NITs were never a choice for me given the system doesn't allow for it. (What were they thinking while bringing such a rule? 👀 )

Now that the graduation is complete - I don't see how I could've been a better engineer had I joined IIT.

PS: May be I would've not been able to find as much time as I have for CE back in college days AND 'that' would've been a BIG MINUS.
rk rao

@rk-rao-XDlYMf • Aug 27, 2012

i rather regret for preparing for IIT, wasting my DAD'S money in those coaching institutes, which otherwise would have got me a BIKE, playing cricket and badminton. In a way, i had made my life hell even though my dad never put any pressure on me to prepare for IIT.
rk rao

@rk-rao-XDlYMf • Aug 27, 2012

i want to know, that what have IIT done for india? the B.TECH were preferable only to work as labors in AMERICAN MNC like MICROSOFT, ORACLE way back in 1990's-2000. Because americans and europeans did not want to join these corporates and indians have still this JOB MINDSET. I know there have been lot of good engineers from IIT who only developed india and indian industries, but media never promotes this. And these IITians never brag about themselves that they have an IIT tag and they are superior engineern, unlike those who fly to west and would drum beat about themselves.
Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Aug 27, 2012

Yeah, I'm suddenly all nostalgic about all those "Brilliant Tutorials" books that piled up on my desk all the time when I was in higher secondary school. How I wished I could solve those problems like a pro 😁.
rk rao

@rk-rao-XDlYMf • Aug 27, 2012

The_Big_K
Yeah, I'm suddenly all nostalgic about all those "Brilliant Tutorials" books that piled up on my desk all the time when I was in higher secondary school. How I wished I could solve those problems like a pro 😁.

it was truly wastage of money.

And one day, i was reading a mechanics book, KLEPPER and KOLENKOW.

I got surprised when one of the problem of that book was asked in the FIIT JEE test series examination.

then i got it, you need to read heavy booksto get into IIT.

it seriously is a pain.
rk rao

@rk-rao-XDlYMf • Aug 27, 2012

durga
I never aimed for IIT. Never prepared for it. But I did put in lot of efforts to get into best gov college and do regret my decision of joining some private college. if I had a time machin, I would really want to go back and change it all.

good, it is indeed wastage of time.

enjoy life to the fullest

you would never get those moments back.

and on engineering, one has to practice it.

IIT/college will not make you an engineer.

it is field work which is important.

but in india, what matters is getting a blue collar job in those SWITCH or companies like them.

and wearing a tie and speaking english fluently.

i belive that even ITI grads have better knowledge than the employees of these SWITCH comapnies.
rk rao

@rk-rao-XDlYMf • Aug 27, 2012

i think that turk/mughals and britons rule have jaded the minds of indians

still, that legacy of servile attitude is visible even though they have left, nations got divided.

i have never seen a muslim running behind a job.

he would be rather happy opening a garage or a hotel

or he would get break in films.

it is not that they are good lookers so they get in films.

or they have more entreprenurial capabiliites.

it is the thing that they try their hands in venture, they are successful.
anuraadha

@anuraadha-57t1B5 • Aug 27, 2012

I don't regret for not getting into IIT. I did prepare for it though. It was not my cup of tea. I remember my physics teacher telling "Don't join the rat race". And indeed it is one. I am better now not getting into IIT.
durga ch

@durga-TpX3gO • Aug 27, 2012

I think the misconception is building here.
Just to clarify - I respect IITs. Its only that my home was too far from these coaching centres stopped me from attending any.
rk rao

@rk-rao-XDlYMf • Aug 27, 2012

durga
I think the misconception is building here.
Just to clarify - I respect IITs. Its only that my home was too far from these coaching centres stopped me from attending any.

i don't know whether they are respectable now or not

yes, in 70s, they were good

as there were no coaching instis

without any coaching and studying 2 hours a week,

i cleared IIIT-Bangalore

only if these coaching factories are eliminated, then IIT would come back to their purpose.

but GOI's attempt always gets thwarted.
Saandeep Sreerambatla

@saandeep-sreerambatla-hWHU1M • Aug 28, 2012

I was a great admirer of IIT , but I tried once qualified through prelims but failed in mains and not tried again.

I dont know how I would be if I was a IIT pass out.
KenJackson

@kenjackson-mBf7HF • Aug 28, 2012

Are you guys talking about <a href="https://www.iit.edu/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Illinois Institute of Technology | Illinois Institute of Technology</a>, <a href="https://www.iit.it/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT</a> or <a href="https://www.iit.ac.lk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Informatics Institute of Technology | IIT Campus</a>?
Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Aug 28, 2012

KenJackson
Are you guys talking about <a href="https://www.iit.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Illinois Institute of Technology | Illinois Institute of Technology</a>, <a href="https://www.iit.it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT</a> or <a href="https://www.iit.ac.lk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Informatics Institute of Technology | IIT Campus</a>?
Nope, the Indian Institutes Of Technology - considered as the best engineering institutes in the country.
rk rao

@rk-rao-XDlYMf • Aug 28, 2012

i had cleared IIIT-Bangalore

did not join
rk rao

@rk-rao-XDlYMf • Aug 28, 2012

The_Big_K
Nope, the Indian Institutes Of Technology - considered as the best engineering institutes in the country.

the purpose of IIT was different

in my opinion, it did not fulfill the purpose for which IIT system was created

and after 90s, what happened was the IITians living in the west wanted some news

this way, they created a BRAND IIT

and not to forget, those coaching institutes which helped to leverage the brand.

are nations so stupid that its own citizen would take pride in churning out a GLOBAL WORKFORCE, a modern term for slaves?

but only in india, we take pride in being slaves/servants
Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Aug 28, 2012

#-Link-Snipped-#: Could you please let the system handle default spacing between lines? It makes the text more readable. 😀
rk rao

@rk-rao-XDlYMf • Aug 28, 2012

The_Big_K
#-Link-Snipped-#: Could you please let the system handle default spacing between lines? It makes the text more readable. 😀
kindly let me know how to do it?
Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Aug 28, 2012

rk rao
kindly let me know how to do it?
Just don't hit 'Enter' multiple times after every new line. 😀
rk rao

@rk-rao-XDlYMf • Aug 28, 2012

The_Big_K
Just don't hit 'Enter' multiple times after every new line. 😀
okay,i got it
so you have TEXT FORMATTING s/w also implemented in this? CSV with C++?
graphite

@graphite-tkk1sC • Aug 28, 2012

I never aimed at IIT's, though my father suggested to give a try but I not appeared for the exams. I always thought that IIT is not meant for me, I regret for demoralizing myself..😔
But had put all efforts to crack other entrance exams to get into a good engineering college.
rk rao

@rk-rao-XDlYMf • Aug 28, 2012

IIT or any college
all indians eventually have to write CODE
archlpe

@archlpe-UuSVgC • Aug 29, 2012

regretted only when i couldn't make it, but when i got admission in the college i never looked for IIT. After all, it is job that matters to majority of people (at least for me). No doubt the IIT people get better salaries and designations in shorter period of time but to be successful it requires lot more than technical skills
sweet_honey

@sweet-honey-areuMs • Aug 29, 2012

I never aimed for IIT and didnt bother to prepare for it..
But now I think if I would have worked quite harder than may be I would also be and IITan next year...!!😔
[Prototype]

@prototype-G9Gn5k • Aug 29, 2012

Diploma holder, so no IIT for me. I do feel little down hearted when I read in news papers about Facebook hiring them @ 58 LPA but anyways, we shouldn't forget that they do deserve it & they worked towards it.

At some stage of life, you've to put your ass over a grinder. Some do it earlier for 1-2 years, go to IIT & live a peaceful life after. Some does it for rest of the life, after realizing that are wasted their crucial period & are left behind.

rk rao
okay,i got it
so you have TEXT FORMATTING s/w also implemented in this? CSV with C++?
There's no additional software. The editor you write is a WYSIWYG one, so a JS formats the text with proper HTML tags.
Abhishek Rawal

@abhishek-fg9tRh • Aug 29, 2012

Being a diploma holder & currently pursuing bachelors, we D2D students never given chance in lateral entry in IITs college, so IIT was not an option. But, again if I would've given opportunity of lateral entry in IITs 5 month back then I would've ripped it for sure.

Anyways, I have seen some IITians doing great things, while some are clue-less dumbs even after graduating from IITs, same thing happens to regular college engineer graduates. So what's the difference ?
I think it all depends on yourself, your thirst for knowledge & will to do something great, No college can make you "GREAT ENGINEER".
Hence, No Regret 😀
vinod1993

@vinod1993-r3yTlk • Aug 29, 2012

I don't think it's good to generalize that preparing for IIT's is a complete waste of time..! Eventhough you don't get into IIT..! The things you learned whilst preparing for it will surely stay beside you forever(if you are interested enough..! ).. Because nobody can crack JEE's by just rote learning(which we've proudly inherited from the britishers..! ) No regret..! 😀
archlpe

@archlpe-UuSVgC • Aug 29, 2012

vinod1993
I don't think it's good to generalize that preparing for IIT's is a complete waste of time..! Eventhough you don't get into IIT..! The things you learned whilst preparing for it will surely stay beside you forever(if you are interested enough..! ).. Because nobody can crack JEE's by just rote learning(which we've proudly inherited from the britishers..! ) No regret..! 😀
absolutely, when i failed in the iit i thought it was the end of the world but soon i realized there are other colleges too and my preparation for iit had made my basics strong enough to clear the first year exams easily