IIT AND KOTA

Everyone says that the student life is the best time of any person’s life, full of joy and happiness. But ask students! Is their lives just perfect? And they would deny in symphony! It is because of just one factor- exams. Exams vary from schools to college, they differ in patterns, they come in different shapes and sizes but their outcome is the same, fear and stress. While it would subjective to rank different exams according to their difficulty level, but we have got you a list of exams which are by far considered to be the toughest by the experts. Let us have a look at the same. 10. Mensa Mensa is the society of higher than the highest of the intellects. Roland Berrill, an Australian Barrister along with Dr Lancelot War, a British Lawyer cum Scientist, thought upon this idea of making a society with people who had an exceptional IQ (Intelligence Quotient). The society was established in 1946 and today it comprises of 110000 members ranging from over 50 countries around the wo...

If you are preparing for IIT JEE 2014, it is important to know the rules related to IIT JEE eligibility criteria and admission procedure. All of us already know that candidates who are in the Top 1,50,000 rank holders in JEE Main (including all categories) are eligible for JEE Advanced next year. The JEE Main rank is determined using JEE scores and board marks of a student. A student also has to be within the Top 20 percentile in their respective boards. But there are other important points you should know about: *.Candidates who appeared for IIT JEE 2012 are not eligible for JEE Advanced 2014. *.Candidates who successfully cracked IIT JEE 2013 and were allotted a seat but did not withdraw within the specified deadline will also be considered eligible for IIT JEE 2014. However, if they did not pay the admission fee and certificate verification, they might sit for the exam next year. *.Candidates who gave their board exams in 2013 and are going to appear for re-examination next y...

I am a 16-year-old-student, about to begin class XII, and I'm preparing for all the engineering entrance exams for 2013. I have been sure of my career choice for nearly four years now, and have always enjoyed learning and building my knowledge. Here is my opinion on the change in the IIT entrance pattern, as well as the years that build up to taking these examinations. The Indian Institutes of Technology are India's pride, the apple of the Indian eye. They are revered for the standards they have set for Indian education. Respect is synonymous with IIT, because every Indian knows the levels of effort put in, and knowledge attained, by individuals who make it to the IITs.  Today, we are talking of changing the system of selecting students who deserve to enter these institutes. We are debating and shouting and screaming and slamming. Slamming each other, the government, the ministries, the school education system, and the coaching classes. And in a gigantic oversight, we have fa...

There has been a call to make Mathematics the first section in the JEE (Advanced) exam as students did not score well in this section. Mathematics is currently the last section in the exam. An  IIT-JEE  (advanced) report suggested Mathematics should be followed by Physics and Chemistry. Reports claimed that students had left out the maximum number of questions in Mathematics leading to concerns as numerical abilities are very important in Engineering. JEE (Advanced) has negative marking. One and a half lakh students who had qualified from JEE (Mains) sat for the exam. Here is an analysis of JEE (Advanced) 2013: Marks analysis Total marks: 360 Highest mark: 332 Lowest mark: minus 70 Number of students scoring over 300 marks: 23 Number of students scoring over 250 marks: 326 Students taking IIT-JEE for the first time Percentage of students who took JEE for the first time in 2013: 69.6% Percentage of students who took JEE for the first time in 2012: 80% Institu...

The Joint Entrance Exam (Advanced) is all set to cost more. The reason for the increase is due to increase in application fees for all candidates. Fees according to various categories : Male general candidates- Rs, 2000 Other Backward Castes (OBC) - Rs 2,000 The fee has been hiked by Rs 200. IIT-JEE 2014: 5 smart strategies for serious students Scheduled caste, scheduled tribes and physically challenged aspirants -Rs 1,000.  There has been an increase of Rs 100. Those taking the test in Dubai will have to pay US$220 . The earlier fee for taking the test was US$200.   However, female candidates will not be charged for the test.  IIT-JEE Advanced 2014 will be held on May 25. The JEE-Main will be conducted on April 6 2014. IIT-JEE advanced 2014 aspirants will now have to give the entrance exam only in paper pen format. There will be no computer based JEE-advanced 2014.