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The
IITs were established with the goal of providing quality education in
engineering and the sciences - an education that would train its engineers
and scientists to be innovative and inventive and rank among the best
in the world. As the premier technological institutes of the country,
the IITs have always endeavoured to keep our country at the forefront
of technical advancement and have contributed richly to research and
development. The education at the IITs compares with none other - and
this possibly explains why so many youngsters dream of being an 'IITian'.
And to choose the best among these many thousands of aspirants, is an
intensely competitive selection procedure, held each year - the JEE
and DASA for B.Tech., GATE for M.Tech. and individual subject entrance
tests for M.Sc. admissions. |
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JEE
- the Joint Entrance Examination for admission to the B.Tech. programme,
is held annually in two stages - a screening test in December and the
main examination in May. Students are tested in three subjects - Physics,
Mathematics and Chemistry. JEE enjoys the reputation of being one of
the most fairly conducted examinations in the world and is extremely
competitive as well, attracting over 1,25,000 candidates every year.
Its papers are famed for their 'difficulty' levels - questions in JEE
are not run-of-the-mill, seeking mere plugging in of values into formulae.
What the JEE paper looks for in an examinee is a thorough understanding
of the fundamentals coupled with the ability to think laterally, a powerful
combination that can subdue even the most ominous -looking problem with
an elegant solution. |
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And
yet, all this doesn't mean you need an IQ of 200+ to make it through
JEE! These skills are the result of plain hard work and are developed
over time; tempered and honed by diligent, determined and concentrated
effort. Not all the 3500 students who make it to the IITs every year
get in by virtue of their 'brilliance' or 'genius'; it is by sheer dint
of hard work that JEE can be tackled and without this dedicated effort,
even the best minds can meet with failure. Of course, such work needs
guidance and coaching and that is probably why there has been this proliferation
of countless coaching classes, tuition centres and correspondence courses,
vying with one another to train their students to make it through the
JEE! But the most popular and time-tested method is to seek the help
of teachers who can train you to adopt the line of thinking necessary
to attack JEE questions. This personalised form of teaching has been
found to work the best; the numbers of such students who have made it
to the IITs year after year is proof enough. So, check with your friends
and relatives about such teachers in your city, who train candidates
for the JEE. |
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You
may be wondering if the IITs themselves provide any coaching. The answer
to your question is a qualified "yes". IIT does not provide
any instructions as coaching for students who will be taking JEE. However
for students coming from the reserved category(SC/ST) a one year preparatory
programme is offered at IIT Madras. A selected set of students from
the reserved category who do not directly qualify in the JEE in their
first attempt will be given an opportunity to spend one year at IIT
and go through the preparatory course. |
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Upon
successful completion of the preparatory course these students will
be admitted to the first year of the B.Tech programme without having
to write JEE a second time. |
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Students
belonging to the reserved category are urged to take advantage of this
preparatory course. |
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The
IITs organise JEE jointly and publish notices in leading newspapers,
calling for applicants. They also send brochures to hundreds of schools
and institutes, to increase awareness about the examination. Of course,
your friends, schoolmates and relatives will also be of assistance to
you in this regard, sharing with you the knowledge that they possess
about IIT and the JEE. And the best source would probably be an ex-IITian
who has experienced it all himself/herself! It has been observed, however,
that such sources of information are not always accessible to students
from the rural areas. Statistics show that a majority of students who
join the IITs are from metropolitan areas; the number of students from
rural areas is very small, mainly because of the lack of information. |
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The
admission to the IITs is however, only the first step that a student
takes towards becoming a good engineer. Getting here is in itself an
achievement, but what is more challenging is to sustain the academic
excellence thereafter. Considering you are now in the company of the
'cream of bright young talent' from all over the country, it is critical
that the sincerity and enthusiasm that brought you here must not wane.
Many students heave a sigh of relief when they make it to the IITs,
with an attitude of 'thus far and no further', wrongly believing that
they have accomplished their ultimate goal. It is ironical that the
academic responsibilities do not hold even a fraction of the interest
that they once evinced to get here. As a consequence, they do not utilize
completely, the wonderful opportunity given to them to become a master
in their field of study. |
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Information
about the IITs in now available on their websites - a facility which
was not available in the last four decades of their existence, providing
valuable inputs about their system of education and their functioning. |
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