No amount of words will be enough : 1. Entrance test - Possibly the toughest in the world 2. Networking opportunity - Excellent and creates awonderful peer circle 3. Academics - The most popular are IITs in Bombay,Delhi , Kanpur, Kharagpur,Madras .The Khargpur education has a high level of applications and less of theory.It is said this IIT produces engineers while the others produce scientists. 4. Higher Education- The first 4 mentioned are better in terms of getting schols from US Ivy Leagues To make it to the IIMs all IITs are equally good , but since IIT Kgp provides a good mix of non-IT jobs ,it might have an edge. 5. Job Opportunity - IIT Kharagpur produces more robust personalities suitable for Indian factories and markets . 6. Extracurricular Activities - IIT Kharagpur leads in terms of sports and other literary and cultural activities. 7. Quality of life - Most IITs are in cities and provide a good quality of life on weekends.Kharagpur and Kanpur are like Cornel
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