Shouldn’t we be any different?
Getting up at 0530 Hrs in the morning, attending 6 hours classes, coming back home to put in another couple of hours and continuing this routine for almost a year is what it took me to get into IIT (allegedly one of the best institutes in the world). And not only me but almost all the iitians must have put near about same number of hours to crack the coveted JEE. Also for every IITian there are 99 other who follow a similar pattern but do not make it. During their preparation the (would be) iitians can cough up formulas in sleep, solve equations like a computer and reason anything at the speed of light. So one would expect the same students (read the brightest in India) to respect the institute (for which they had to work so hard) and continue the same way to eventually become overachievers (as they are hyped to be). But the real question is do they? I would disagree with anyone who thinks they do. Let me tell you a few anecdotes. Just few months into my first year one ...