1. Most of the people study on the last night before the exam.

2. Many IITians drink and smoke a lot.

3. Few of the first day companies offer packages of 7-8 lakhs too.

4. Most of us are single contrary to popular belief.

5. Some of the students are better singer, instrumentalists, dancer, player, actor, data analyst, manager, consultant, finance freak than the trained professionals.

6. IITians too fail in subjects very often.

7. Many private colleges have better infrastructure and mess food than IITs.

8. Many of us are better at arts and we came here just because our parents wanted.

9. Connection with seniors and officials matter a lot along with CV in internships.

10. Most of us talk more about movies, TV series, football, cricket, politics etc. rather than engineering and technology.

11. Majority of us like to show off that we are IITians, in first year. The number of such people decreases exponentially on being senior.

12. Some students from non CS departments are better coders than CS students.

13. Most of the teachers are below average. They give us a feel like we are not studying in an IIT.

14. Most of the classes see less than 50% attendance for whole year.

15. Many of us go for CAT & UPSC just because our parents want us to do so.

16. A very few of us are interested in research or hardcore technology stuffs. Most of us believe that research sector doesn't pay well.

17. On our birthdays, we try to hide to escape from GPL. Alas! There is no escaping.

18. No matter how much we keep talking about the IITian girls being ugly, deep within we realise that there are very very gorgeous ladies also out there in the campus.

19. If I have a CG of 9+ and my friend has a CG of 9-, many a times the reason behind this is the mood swings of laboratory instructors and tutorial teachers.

20. The guy who never attended any class and whom you taught just the night before exam can score more marks than you.

21. Most of us play, hangout and having food at canteens around 1–2 am in night.

22. I got to know the data of packages of students and I must say that average package is almost half of what other people hope to be.

23. Seniors play bigger role in most of our lives than professors. Be it tips for scoring good marks, guidance for career, internship opportunities, CV building etc. it's seniors who help us a lot.

24. Seniors here strictly don't like to be called “Bhaiya” and “Sir”.

25. If a person is getting 100 likes within first hour on his/her DP, it necessarily doesn't mean that picture is good. It happens because of being IITian also.

26. If you find someone wearing IIT's T Shirt then either that was the only cleaned cloth he had or he is single! (Mostly applicable for first years especially when they are in hometown)

27. Most of our learnings come from seniors and internet via video tutorials, PDFs and DOCs.

28. Library remains like a haunted place except one week before exams and during the exams. Generally library closes at 11:45 pm and opens at 7 am. But one week before the exam and during exam time, it remains open for 24 hours. (Administration too knows when do we actually study)

29. We love politics. You can find hell lot of politics going on during Gymkhana elections and all sort of things happen which are expected in general parliamentary elections.

30. If you are good at nothing, still you will end up being good at something! The adrenaline for winning the general championship makes you voluntarily to do something or seniors may induce that thing in you in some cases.

31. I found students keeping their notes tangled on the front of their bicycle and reading them on their way to exam hall while bicycling.

A lot of answers over here have taken a dig at the salaries offered and the academic stereotypes attached to an IIT-ian. Being from IIT-Bombay, I might only be able to give utmost justification to the experiences of my life as a student in this esteemed institute, so here’s the disclaimer. Please do not extrapolate these findings to generalize the life of every IIT-ian, in general.

The Hostels for Undergraduates ain’t pretty.

Somewhere down the line, maybe I had to vent it out. The fresh entrants enjoy the lavish royalties of the newer hostels as they enter and they are in for a disappointment as the enter their sophomore and third-year, because the living standards just don’t cut in.

Let me describe my room when I first entered in.

1. Bunk Beds:
   
   Yes. Sharing a room with bunk beds was never a problem, but it gets kinda sad realizing you have to sleep with the lights on. And when you go on top (I like the way you think, but no), the light flashes brighter than the shiniest star. A real star boy that, disturbing your sleep while your room mate wishes to study, casually, below.
   
   Also, not a pretty feeling to wake up and have your hands ram against the ceiling fan in its full swing. Not a pretty feeling.
2. Cleanliness woes:
   
   With the new cleanliness rules being placed by the institute (from the orders of MHRD apparently), we have our rooms cleaned by the PHO workers, once a month. Yes, IITs were never mend to quench your OCD fetishes so living dirty, more than a choice, is now just a compulsion.
   
   What’s in my room? Oh that’s just dung. Apparently they (few drunk seniors of mine) locked a cow inside my room. And it did create some havoc, dismantling the “furniture” and dumping it’s way to glory. Yes. these happen!
3. One Single Table:
   
   Two people in a room. One single chair and a table to study. Ridiculous. Sure, we eventually adapt to study on our beds and compromise to share and take turns, at times, I find this sort of cramping ridiculous.
4. Utter Randomness:
   
   You can go out and come back to find your room having all sorts of random stuffs. From buckets, to smelly Football boots, to unattended rough notes, and emptied beer bottles. Just enough to make you go, WTF. Why?

There is absolutely no doubt on the fact that there needs to be an improvement in the type of hostels provided. But then, this is where we learn to live, develop, adjust, understand and grow as a human being. Every legend once started small. Every successful IIT-ian would probably sit back in his lavish bungalow and reminisce on the rooms he had to live in for two long years.

And yes. Our Institute does spend its money wisely. From having amongst the most beautiful Lecture Halls and Departments, I guess money is totally well spent to make the students stay away from their rooms and attend these beauties. A propagandish conspiracy? You never know!

Image source: My (now defunct) Galaxy 3

1. Cheating in exams in IITs is very common.
2. Failing in exams in IITs is common.
3. Depression in IITs is not rare.
4. IIT tag doesn't work everywhere as one would have thought.
5. There are IITians who don't get placed, but they are very rare.
6. There are IITians who get 1 crore+ package, but they are even more rare.
7. Not all IITians are single.
8. There are only very few IITians who are good at just studies, others are good at atleast one more thing besides studies.
9. Besides girls' reservation in IIT-JEE exam, there is one more reservation for girls - during placement (well this is obviously not by the government).
10. Last but not the least, all IITs are not IITs.

1. IIT’s have national level sports players. Yeah that’s right, being an IITian doesn’t imply that the only thing you did in your school days was studying physics, chemistry and mathematics.
2. IIT’s have professional level dancers, musicians and actors. If you have a doubt in this then watch Shape of You by cinesec IITR on youtube.
3. No one is involved in academics all day. Most of the students study stuff apart from academics and excel in that field.
4. Most of the IITians study on the last day(night) before the exams and still score good enough because of the relative grading(read the first few words of this point again).
5. Not everyone at IIT gets a 1 cr. pakage. Most of them have to settle for a job of 1 lac per month and for a 22 year old Indian, this is no less for a start and way better than most of the people at the same age.
6. IIT campuses are a beautiful place to be. They are green, clean, big and it is delight to walk around the campus at night.
7. Sleeping at 2 A.M is considered to be sleeping early at night.
8. IIT’s have people who smoke and drink a lot. That’s a hard truth.
9. Girls are a rare breed at an IIT and most of the IITians are single because of this reason and not because we are too much desperate.
10. We have to face a lot more competition after coming to IIT than we faced for getting here because everyone here is the topper of their school. Everyone here has heard the phrase “Tu to topper hai..IIT me bhi top krta hoga”(You were a topper in the school so you must be the same in IIT).
11. Depression is not rare in IITians and the administration has taken many steps to reduce this like sticking posters in every room having the number of counseling cell, suicide proofing the fan(If someone hangs, the fan will break), etc.

I’ll keep adding points as I think of any.

IF you really wanna know the truth and burst the bubble about IITians then only read it else skip it…..

• Here we feel as if we are average, let it be any field, just opposite to what the world thinks about us. They consider us most intelligent people!
• Library remains like a haunted place except one week before exams and during the exams. Generally, the library closes at 11:45 pm and opens at 7 am. But one week before the exam and during exam time, it remains open for 24 hours. (Administration too knows when do we actually study).
• Every IITian knows the names of all the girls studying in the IIT. Don't think they are very good at learning. The names are few, and when there is lots of discussion about them, chats with them. Then it is easy to remember the names.
• IITians are considered to be someone having no social qualities. But believe me, an IITian is the one who is having hundreds of friends, participating in dancing, debates and many more. All the largest College fests are those which are organized in IITs.They too are organised by the students, the IITians.
• If you think IITians must be enjoying their classes, then the answer is big yes because either they sleep in the class or they play games like the mini militia in the class. They have completely no idea what the professor is teaching even most of the IITians don't even know one-two teachers by face.
• Once you get selected in IIT, you don't have to worry about anything. This is what others think! But the truth is we have to do a lot of hard work to survive here! Yes, survive! Otherwise, you can be expelled by the institution (e.g recently 72 students were expelled by IITR )Here Life is hard as far as maintaining good CG is concerned !though you might think getting 8 CG is very easy! But you realise the truth very soon!
• Majority of us like to show off that we are IITians, in the first year. The number of such people decreases exponentially on being senior.If you find someone wearing IIT's T-Shirt then either that was the only cleaned cloth he had or he is single! (Mostly applicable for first years especially when they are in hometown).
• During exams, the Xerox shop owner knows the syllabus much better than the students. All the projects and assignments are submitted only on the last date of submission.
• The average package is INR 7-8 lakhs per annum. The whole world thinks that we don't work for less than INR 1 crore.
• Here you can find many people who are academically weak but are very good in a particular field such as singer, instrumentalists, dancer, player, actor, data analyst, manager, consultant, finance freak than the trained professionals. I mean to say that you can't predict the success of an IITian just by looking at his/her grades.

In spite of all these what makes IITians successful in lives is that it’s the place of collection of best minds in the country and they grow each day and learn every day.

Proud IITian

1. We pull all nighters before the exam day.

(Sshhhhh sleep under construction after the exam).

2. For us labs can be FUN.

3 And some classes be boring. Everyone is uniquely capable and creative here.

Even though i don’t own 1 Million followers. just some html tinkering.

4. Although cheap , But this has a high Brand Value

5. Only in IIT’s you will find corridors completely deserted during the day and grounds Buzzing during the night.

• Not everyone is interested in physics, chemistry, and mathematics.
• Food and Hostel - They make 5 stars look dumb :p.
• Profs- Was the professor selection team drunk or something?
• Many drug addicts inside the campus.
• Imbalance ratio(20:1) is making students strange.
• Many students don’t attend class. Those who do most of the time they sleep.
• Proxies - Proxies -Proxies.
• Well ,you were the topper of your school. You’re not the best one anymore.
• Never ever mess with profs.I repeat, NEVER EVER.
• If IIT is Quora then profs are moderation no-one knows when they’ll strike.
• Don’t join too many clubs .It’s a trap.
• Breakfast ??? What’s that???
• 2 types of people exist here one who sleeps 4 hours and others 14 hours.
• You’ll get to learn too many shitty subjects which you don’t even care about.
• 50% of the students start collecting notes 20 hours before the exam.

“When Junior asks Bhaiya how to prepare for JEE? They fake them with Study-hours test series and stuffs. But deep inside Zindagi chun BC Engineering nahi (choose life instead of engineering)”-found somewhere on the Internet.

“IIT is IIT only because of the students . Once you get into one you realize how infected and outdated our education system is”

1. We do not study all the day. Even for our college exams we start study 1 Or 2 days before ( especially me) .
2. Since girls ratio is very less in IIT so there is a tough competition in boys .
3. We are not boring! We are more awesome and do craziest things like we ( my peer group) climb the hill at the midnight when it's not allowed and lot more like this.
4. “Tu to IIT me hai, teri life to set hai”-this is the not true even we IITians also have to work hard for our future.
5. Professor are so boring here that we sleep in most of classes.
6. In IIT there is nothing like raging, only healthy interaction with seniors. Even we are not allowed to call senior “sir”, just by name.
7. As know, campus of IITs are most beautiful campuses all over the India so we never get tired of being bored inside the campus.
8. It is a myth that everyone gets good package in placements, no not at all, even some of IITians got packages of 4–5 lpa.
9. Events are the best thing here. At a regular intervals there are events in the IITs. Many famous personality come to these fest. It's quite normal here. Events like mood indigo, techfest are Asias largest fest in Asia.
10. Initially books and copies were our Love and we used to stay away from distraction but now in IIT we have distraction with books and copies.
1. These were my thoughts to explore more about IITians then I will say - “Aao kabhi IIT me “.

• Start before a night to crack the mid-sem and end-sem exam it is sufficient for all.
• Seniors did not want to hear Bhaiya and Didi at all .
• Enjoying the fest through the hole night for three day with some weird friends .
• Approaching the DU is most common in fest only iitians and understand the important of this.
• With free unlimited excess of internet started watching movie and TV series.
• There is a men in wing of every one who say i have watched this movie before starting any movie .
• A special person is appointed as a DOPA ,to make happy every one .
• Every man have a unique interest after clear iit .
• Every one want to get maximum POR(Position of Responsibility ) to make CV attractive and heavy.
• Many of students also got fail Grade .
• Writing on quora for more view and followers .
• GPL most memorable moment of life on your birthday ,they won’t give you any gift but also this is most memorable .
• Placements are average for for first few day of placements week.
• Smoking and drinking is most common to all .
• Every one started Abuse, this become a Lingo (Language).
• Even girls started abusing more harder the us (sorry if it hurts anyone )
• Girls ratio is most problem of iits .
• Lots of seniors have junior as GF.
• Rest juniors have nothing to to with this “Sab Moha Maya Hai !!!”
• Late night hangout with friends .
• Playing after Quiz ,Mid -sem and End-sem. (u will find no place even at 2 am) for Frustration on the game.
• Getting like on the Photography club post .

Here is some pic of campus in lockdown

Here are the new trends going on fb (don't be offended )

Source:fb , google

• Going inter iit is one the best moments
• Life without gf is absolutely correct .
• And have power to not take a single night sleep for preparation of fest (thanks for this to all seniors ).
• Getting help with seniors is always good and worthwhile before exam and anything.
• Cycling trip is most memorable part .
• planning the sudden tour is most interesting part .
• And last Photo shoot with friends whom you spend all the day and nights from pitfall to proxy and cheating to pass the courses together .

Thanks for reading and if this answer is satisfactory the do upvote and enjoy your day .

That we are not that confident and egoistic as people consider us. We may act confident but deep down we are disappointed by the fact that being among the best crowd in the country, we are not better than anyone else in the campus. It takes us no time to realize that here we are nothing.

Contrary to the beliefs life is not 'chill' once you get into IITs. People here are under tremendous pressure to do awesome things and get ahead of others. And inspite of all the hard work, getting a decent job is hard, as opposed to the myth. The media does a great job in creating unworthy hype about pay packages which increases the expectations of parents and society. The ultimate victim of this is the IITian.

Some of the interesting facts about iits that only iitians know are as follows:

▪︎IITians studying throughtout the night…

Ps:occurs only a night before exam..

▪︎IITians completing their assignments leaving their parties…

Ps:happens a day before the day of submission..😜

▪︎Habit of showing the Iit tag before non iitians is limited to just 1st year..then it becomes a normal thing for them…

▪︎ Getting a girlfriend is still a myth for boys…All blame goes to boysand girls ratio

▪︎ Majority of iitians use quora to get more and more popular through there content and getting more and more followers…

▪︎Strong connections with seniors turn out to be like a diamond in the bush..🤪

▪︎Not everyone get the package in crores.. some are even unemployed…

▪︎The campus life for them is love…full of enjoyment and fun

▪︎They would rather love to discuss about games and movies rather than passing the exam…

▪︎More attendence doesnt mean more marks….many of them dont even see the face of classrooms for weeks..

▪︎Your birthday GPL is going to be the most memorable part of your special day..

▪︎Seniors like to be called by their names and not by sir or mam

▪︎Hardly anyone pays attention to what is taught in class…tutorials are the only live savers…

▪︎last but not the least…hostel life is amazing…going on trips,night outs etc..🔥🔥

Hope you enjoyed reading it!!

Dont forget to upvote!!

Divyanshi Agrawal

• After studying day & night during preparation, IITians might be thought as most energetic souls but actually they are the most laziest one.
• Thought of a girlfriend, you can try. Competition is not that tough with only 20:1 ratio. (Obviously girls reservation excluded).
• Professors - same as JEE teachers.
  > No way, that's why they are called pro-fessors not tea-chers.
• Exams might be a cup of tea for IITians.
  > Oh actually it is, but we often make that tea hard to swallow by starting preparations just few days ago.
• Once in an IIT, all the way to job.
  > Really want a job? Then work for it.
• Foods - Not as you thought of.
• It might be hard to bunk classes.
  > It is not that hard. If you can maintain the 75% mark and that becomes more easy when you got some good friends.
  Yeah I meant proxies.

Thanks.

Confessions Of An IITian: What I Learned, And Didn’t, In My 4 Years Of College

Something has been bothering me for the past few days. After days of soul searching and lonely walks across the dim-lit roads of the institute across the Powai lake, it wasn’t difficult for me to understand what this abstract thing is that has been so unsettling. And, there has been a reason for the whole storm to start in my brain. In less than a week from now, I will be sitting for my placements. For many of my friends and classmates, placements are a very big thing in life where they get to take up a much hyped-high profile, good paying job, the dreams which we were shown when we slogged nights and days preparing for IIT-JEE, frequently splashing cold water into our almost closing eyes to stay all awake in order to ace the JEE. The slogging ensured that a majority of us entered into these prestigious institutes with an eye on the ‘package’ and the ‘job’, and not on evolving into engineers and to develop technology. The worst, many of us will now end up as Investment Bankers, Analysts and Consultants, and not as Engineers as we have been trained for the past four years.

Exactly three and a half years ago (July 2011), I got admitted into the Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science in IIT Bombay on a rainy July day when Bombay monsoons were in full flow. Today, as I am awaiting for the results of my seventh semester, with just one remaining, I will have to confess, with contempt and despair, that academically I stand where I had been in July 2011. I have aged four long years, or to be precise, 40 months, during my stay here in IIT Bombay. The things I learnt and experienced here are undoubtedly numerous. The place gave me what I could have not have asked for in other institutes – a liberal space for thoughts to flourish. I have grown up all along my stay here looking at the same trees, the same roads, the same departments and the same hostels and of course, the same canteens and lounges. With every passing Bombay monsoon, I evolved as a human being pioneering different ambitions and dimensions of my life with maturity – emotional, intellectual and ideological issues, nurturing hobbies and passions. I can speak on and on of what this place has given me, but will save the same for the sentimental post which I will write towards the end of my stay here. I want to concentrate more on what I haven’t learnt.

I have enjoyed everything, literally everything, in IIT Bombay except academics, which is the main reason why I am here. The three and a half years are an academic void, which I hate to say. As I am writing this, I understand that this is going to haunt me for the rest of my life. The thought that I will leave the institute in April 2015 with the same or incremental increase in academic knowledge as I entered this institute with in July 2011 is already creeping in and is getting very hard to digest. The little I learnt during the course of mugging for exams get erased as soon as the exam is done. I am pretty much sure that I would not be able to take a paper of a course in a previous semester now.

How could I have expected something different if I had bunked classes or just attended them for the sake of the 80% attendance rule? Waking up at 8.20 AM and dragging myself to a lecture at 8.30 AM and reaching the classroom at 8.45 AM just because the professor will force the 80% attendance rule has been part and parcel of my culture and life all along the seven semesters. And, numerous of them went by with the professor singing lullabies in the Air-Conditioned classrooms. Not to forget, the seats are not too uncomfortable for a short nap either. Why would the consequence be something different if I had spent just the night before to study even for the end semester examinations? Why would I be academically equipped to be an ‘engineer’ if I don’t even go through the textbooks suggested for the course but end up mugging the few tutorial problems and last year examination papers during the last minute?

As I end this, I am quite unsure whether this is my experience alone or the issue of a major part of the student community. I also can’t pass on a judgement on whether it is my problem or if that is the problem of the education system. But, one thing I can tell you with a certain amount of surety is that there are many students like me and the system failed all of them. Every one of them! While I don’t deny the mindset problem, I also believe that the education system can be fixed with proper dialogue and deliberations etching a progressive, inclusive and more practical form of education. While the quality of research by the professors is unquestionable, their teaching standards definitely need improvement. The fact that some professors have been successful in waking me up for a 8.30 AM class in the Bombay monsoons or a cold January winter is testimony of some wonderful professors we have. Sadly and unfortunately, they form a very tiny part of the professor community. The rigorous academic curriculum needs to be reviewed to make sure that a wider diversity is allowed to be opted for by the students. And, the most important treatment for the malaise is to disincentivize all the coaching institutions which are nothing but factories churning out to-be engineers, thus inspiring humans to run a rat race. The last one is the long term solution. That would have saved people like me from following this race, which I became a part of, despite several and repeated attempts by my parents to convince me to take up Humanities.

All this is propelling me to now take up further studies and stay in the academic field, this time in a field where I would not be academically handicapped after one or two years. I would want to be academically proficient, at least in a single subject which I am interested in, and subjects like Political Science, International Relations and Sociology always enticed me. This has taught me a lesson for life – to never run a rat race until someone aims the gun at point-blank. I would not like to take up a job precisely for this reason and also would not repeat the same mistake and will consciously try to gain expertise in the field which I will chose out of choice and passion, but not out of compulsion and bad-faith.

By Rahul Maganti

Source: Youth Ki Awaaz: Citizen Journalism, News, Opinion, Analysis

Thanks!

Edit 1: Block quoting the information.

At least in IIT Bombay , This one for me :

In the starting weeks of the Insti , I saw people wearing T-shirts of various clubs of the college . I used to think that they must have done lots for the particular club to get the T-shirt , and would have lots of enthu for the particular activity .

But after a month , I received a mail in my GPO ( Common college mail ) , informing about the sales of the T-shirt of XYZ Club for Rs.300 .

It was then that I realised how you get the coveted T-shirt of a club .

P.S : A week later , I saw many of my batch mates , having no interest in the activities of the club , wearing it's T-shirt .

Cheers .

Several are there and they might impress you as well.

1) IIT s are "truly" the best technical institutions in India. Everybody seems to acknowledge this fact. But only IITians can appreciate the upper hand they get in terms of knowledge and facilities as compared to other institutions.

2) The value IIT "tag" when applying for a job or Masters or Phd. It really does miracles.

3) Some IITs provide the best free internet connection to its students. IIT Roorkee is famous for its 24x7x365 unlimited superfast LAN facility. That is a dream come true.

4) That some IITians are the best creative minds in the world and they all don't end up becoming engineers. See Kejriwal !

5) That not all other engineering college students are dumber than all IITians. Afterall just a 6 hr exam cannot measure your true potential.

So whether an IITian or not never stop dreaming. IIT is a brand and it happens to produce a lot of "BEST" for sure. But Hard Work beats Talent when Talent does not Work Hard.

Hey, IITIANS discover many things after they join college. Many of them are contrary to their expectations.

Some of which we encounter are:-

• Not all of us wanted to be an IITian. Many of us wanted to join NDA,NIFT,AFMC or any other institute.
• IITians too study a day before exams. Study routine is not regular.
• Library is haunted place except a week before exams. Library hours are also extended for our comfort(24 hour open) in exam time. We don’t consider library as a part of campus in normal days.
• IITians too drink and smoke, many of them almost everyday. Many are addicted to drugs.

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• Many of us realise that life is beyond phy,chem and Maths.
• Our lectures are interesting not because of teacher, mobile games(mini militia and PUBG) make them.
• Bunk classes and say for proxies to our batchmates and go for a movie with friends is common.
• Students fail in some of the subjects (back lag jaati h) and may have semester back.
• Many of times 500+ likes on pics uploaded on Instagram or Facebook is due to IIT tag(pic may not be good).
• Many of us start preparing for UPSC or CAT because of family pressure and reputation in society.
• IIT t-shirt are not worn always for show-off. The reason may be that there are no washed shirt left or too lazy to change it.
• IITians are night-owls. P.C game addiction is in full form at night. All group discussions (backchodi) starts at night only.
• We need to find a safe place to escape from the #GPL on our Birthday.
• IITians too develop procrastination. Start delaying many of projects and tutorials.
• Realise the reality of high income packages by MNC's and reality of placements at international companies.
• Girls in reality are not ugly what other college students think of them. They are beauty with brain. IIT girls too win fashion contest and are HOT and Sexy.
• Many of us join annual fest and programs just for certificates (signed by dean) and most importantly hoodies and t-shirts for show-off outside IIT.
• You may score less than your friend who never attends class and read a night before exams from NPTEL or any other online coaching channel.
• Interaction with seniors and juniors is more important than your CV. They help a lot during your college years.
• Sometimes love for politics is much more than studies. Full environment is loaded with politics and hotel parties during student representative elections.
• Entry of boys at girl's hostel bhawan day is very common.
• Some seniors are more than friends, they are like brother(Bhai ho sir aap mere).
• None of the students are going to attend lectures if 75% compulsory attendance is removed.
• At some IIT's mess food and hostel infrastructure is worse than private colleges.
• Suicide at IIT's is very rare. Many people have misconception that IITians do it in stress.
• Use of LAN is more for P**N, watching online web series, and youtube videos rather than study.
• Many students switch from their core subjects and start coding and learn other languages, when they realise the reality of placements.
• Open book tests are also taken and you need to be more careful and afraid in that case.
• Cheating in exams is very common. Sometimes teacher fail each of the students who have same answer in their sheet.
• Not all IITians are single. Their relationship status can be checked at college cultural fest.
• We learn to never mess with professors,its like a crime.
• There are only few IITians who are good at studies others are good at atleast one other thing beside studies.
• Most important:- contrary to everyone's notion most IITians want to help their lovely country INDIA. Hailing from middle and low-class background and no availability of proper resources from government they have no option other than to go abroad.

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✍️Proud INDIAN and IITIAN.

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Well! There are many such things, but I would like to mention few things here:

1. Average Package at IIT is around 8–10 lacs per annum. People think that if a student enters in to IIT, he will become earn in Crores. Its a myth.
2. IIT is the best platform to excel in any field such as arts, music, dramatics or even movie making. IITs have produced good musician, actors as well as directors. Only an IIT’an can experience these things when he is living campus life.
3. IIT’ans don’t have girlfriends like other college students do. It is primarily because sex ratio in IIT is 1:10 . So, you know the reason! :P
4. IIT network (All over world) is so strong and IIT brand help us to connect so well with our seniors. Also, they are always there to help you out.
5. At IIT (Specifically at IIT Bombay), you need not address your senior by calling them, Sir or Madam, even some respectful words like ‘aap’ works very well.
6. If student are wearing IIT t-shirt, then one thing you can guess is “ THE GUY IS SINGLE” and he is looking for someone. :P
7. The best teacher at IIT will be your friend or your senior who will help you out for studies and score good marks.
8. Many of the IITans don’t take daily bath. :D
9. We have many lingos like, Dadda, Batka, kya fart hain, daya etc which only an IITan can understand.
10. Almost all IITs have their night cafes , Like we had Maddu mess at IIT Bombay where you can get delicious south Indian food at night.
11. Most of the IITan take their branch not because of choice but because of their IIT JEE Rank.

The most important fact that only we know is that there a lot of false rumors about IITs and IITians in India. Here are a few of them-

1.) Every IITian is desperate for girls.

Reality- This is the most stupid myth about IITians. Not all IITians are desperate for girls. In fact, most of us are not even ready for relationships. Our career and personal goals are far more important to us than any other thing and we prefer to stay away from things that might divert us from our path to success. Again, I would like to stress on the fact that not all of us are the same. Not that we are not interested in girls at all. But Desperate is a strong word. We do fall in love, we do break our hearts. But that does not make us despos, does it? A few among us are despos, agreed! But assuming all of us to be the same is similar to assuming that all men are rapists!

2.) All girls at IITs are UGLY!

Reality- Seriously? Do you really believe this bullshit? I personally know a lot of girls in my college who are far more pretty than many other girls in my neighbourhood. And it is a crime to call someone ugly only going by their looks. Some people go to an extent to calling them non-males. Wow! I pity you guys! Their beauty lies not only in their looks but also in their personality. They are confident, independent, strong and that makes them beautiful!

3.) All IITians grab an annual paycheck of atleast INR 2,000,000 or above.

Reality- Guys, those are average salaries offered in our campus. And there is a reason we call it average. There are a few people who earn a lot more than that, and there are many who earn less than that. When Bill Gates walks into a bar, everyone there becomes a millionaire on an average.

4.) IITians do not love their country and prefer to settle abroad.

Reality- We love India from the bottom of our hearts! But, a lot of us come from middle class families and money is amongst our major priorities. We do have a family to look after. Secondly, the research facilities even in these top universities in India are not good enough. Some of us have to move abroad due to these reasons. But again, a very few IITians are working abroad. A lot of us are still working in and for India. In fact, the number of Keralites, Gujratis and Punjabies abroad is much more than IITians. But I have never seen people questioning their patriotism. So why do we become hypocrites when it comes to IITians?

There are many more myths about IITians. But time does not not permit me to bust all of them. I will keep on updating the answer when I have time to spare.

1. We pull all nighters before the exam day.

(Sshhhhh sleep under construction after the exam).

2. For us labs can be FUN.

3 And some classes be boring. Everyone is uniquely capable and creative here.

Even though i don’t very own 1 Million followers. just some html tinkering.

4. Although cheap , But it's increased Brand Value

5. Just in IIT’s you will find corridors entirely deserted in the day and reasons Buzzing during the night time.

• IITians doesn't always get a 1 crore package ,as people think . Students also recieve 4 to 8 lakhs per annum package. Morever in some branches placement percentage is 60 to 70 % also.
• If you think you can easily impress a girl if you were a IITian , then you are completely wrong. The girl to boy ratio in iit can bring tears in your eye. Having a girlfriend in IIT is much difficult then cracking JEE exam.
• If you think IITians must be enjoying their classes , then the answer is big yes because either they sleep in the class or they play games like mini militia in the class. They have completely no idea what the professor is teaching .
• All the imaginations of getting the best professors in the IIT ruins just after your first class. The professors are so boring that you can never imagine.
• other than this if you think people would respect you just because you are an IITian then also you are wrong. Sometimes people also compare IIT with ITI also. morever many people don't have a idea of what iit is.
• Now many people think IITians are so talented , yes they are because they have a great talent of finishing the whole syllabus in just one night. They are always busy in watching movies , playing games or something else but not reading
• Going to library and reading in library are completely two different thing in IIT.
• Library is the most haunted place in IIT untill semester is nearer. Library in iit are open for 24 hours during exam because even they know when actually students read.
• IITians have amazing talents of dancing,singing,painting,photography,video making and fine arts. In IIT prople come to know about their hidden talent and get busy in sharping their hidden talent rather than studying.
• Some student in IITs are involved jn smoking, drinking and some are addicted to drugs also. But all these things are completely banned there .
• Bathing more then thrice a week is a sin in IIT. Rarely you can find people who take bath daily.
• During exams the xerox shop owner knows the syllabus much better then the students.All the projects and assignments are submitted only on the last date of submission .
• IITians have a unique way of celebrating their friends birthday that is called GPL that can not be described in word. you can google to find some pics and video.
• I will add some more points later,thanks for reading.

I would like to mention a few facts specific to IIT Bombay,

• IITians are usually nocturnal animals. Most of our work is usually done between 10 pm to 3 am. This is so well established in the campus that during our exam weeks, our mess serves us maggi at 12 in the night and the food shops which usually close at 1 in the night are made to stay open till 4 or 5 in the morning!
• The students are given a lot of freedom. Most of them come to class in shorts. Infact sometimes some of our professors come to class in shorts (very few though).
• We live amidst wildlife. Sometimes panthers are spotted within the campus. Monkeys and snakes are also the common visitors in my hostel.
• We have a student run magazine which does all kinds of surveys ranging from number of suicides happening in the campus to the percentage of people in a relationship. They also did a survey about how, where and what kind of porn students like to watch!!
• We sometimes have open book exams while some professors allow us to take any number of cheat sheets to the exams. But we donot prefer these exams since they will be usually tougher.
• And for gods sake not everybody in IIT gets a package of 1 crore. The average package is around 8 to 10 lpa.

A myth exists that an IITian will get a huge package with monthly salary of lakhs.

But another myth exists that an IITian starts getting placement offers just after he gets into IIT.

I am a first year undergraduate at IITR.I was on my midsem break of 2nd sem and one friend of my uncle met me casually and asked me normal things like kab aaya, etc.

Suddenly he asked me that “beta abhi tak 3 4 package to aa hi gaye honge.”

I was shocked that he is asking me this question although I was in middle of only my 2nd sem in the college.Then I told him the reality that things are not that easy in an IIT.

This is all because some students got a big PPO(pre placement offer) and the news got viral.

PS-This is my first answer on quora.

There are many facts that people are not aware about.

Stating some of them:

• Everyone considers that IIT students are geeks. But the truth is other way around. Most of us don't even study during the exams! There are many students with backlogs and low GPA.
• We can solve any problem. Hell No!!! We are also doing the same course as other college students are doing! We also ponder over stackover flow, YouTube tutorials and ofcourse googling till we get the same problem on the internet with solution ;p
• Packages worth crores. There are very few who get offers above 50 LPA. And most of us has to settle down with 10LPA or even less.
• We lack in social skills. No, not at all. We have a lot more connections than a normal college student.

Enough!

• Most of the boys will remember the girls names as girls are few in no. hence it is easy to remember.
• IITians don't consider themselves as smart inside the campus.
• Most people think that iitians are too antisocial which is wrong. We are too social, we can start a conversation with any random person if it is of our interest.
• Most of them don't visit library until or unless exams are coming.
• We too face depression, mental or academic pressure.
• We too play games in class.
• IITians too fail in some subjects.
• Some of us don't bath for 1 week or may be longer.
• Most of us skip breakfast.
• We too crave for attendance (exceptions are always there).
• Some of us study one day before the exams still get good marks.
• IITians too drink and smoke.
• We too take power nap in boring lectures.
• We do lot of things beside academics.
• Here late night talks are common. It can extend sometimes to 1 or 2 AM.
• For 8AM class, some of us wake up at 7:40 or 7:30 (exceptions are always there).
• We love adventure.
• GPL are common things at birthday parties.

But still we enjoy our college life……

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Thanks for reading…………❤

• You are constantly trying to justify your tag.
• You try to boast about it in initial years but then you intentionally don’t even let people know about it.
• You always have this confusion if what you chose is acceptable as an IITian
• One is adaptable after living in hostel and eating in mess.
• We try to do as many different things as possible.Studies generally take a backseat.
• We are generally quite busy all around the year.
• We hate it about ‘1 crore ‘ package expectations.
• We know we are great at some things and suck at some things.
• We know we are not superman but thanks to general perception we have to act like one.
• Life is way more than a degree - we know that and also the fact that one day does not decide your IQ but then at least we did it.Acknowledge it.
• Don’t think if a guy is talking about new gadgets he is technically sound. There are thing called tech-journalists.There is a reason they are not called engineers.
• We are generally logical.Intelligence in a girl is an icing on the cake for us.
• We are humble but not weak.Mock us and be ready to hear some desi slangs.
• We appreciate hard work, ingenuity and intellect. But of all , we like the one who does not study and still scores 10. :D
• It feels great to meet a fellow IITian. Be he from any Batch , you will consider him as if you knew him for ages.Also , you can really talk about your fears with them as they can easily understand your concerns.
  
  Many more things.IITs let you meet some of the brainiest minds of our country. And there is a reason people say one should have good friends.

Everybody knows maximum students in India wants to be a doctor or engineer but only less than 1-3% students able to make it to govt. engineering & medical colleges. Entrance exams are meant for rejecting students because of soo much competition. By God's grace or reservation and soo much hardwork if someone of Hindi or regional language student able to crack entrance through this barrier then after admitting respective medical or engineering college many students couldn't cope up with the compulsory English medium syllabus [except some God gifted] then back after back in the semester exams and depression after depression that's why in many IIT's, NIT's, medical colleges many students commit suicide, start taking alcohol, drugs, weed, cigarettes etc. and then the students remain unemployed. Many students starts YouTube channels for future JEE & NEET aspirants , Start-Ups where probability of success rate is 1/100%, rest of the students start preparing for last hope of miracle famous UPSC Civil Services Exam.

IIT's famous B.Tech degree is treated as not as engineering degree, It's your capability degree.
It's like if you want to be a photographer, writer, IAS/IPS officer , business consultant, YouTuber, singer, actor, chaiwala, want to do management studies in IIMs, B.Tech is treated as starter of main course. 😂

IITs are overrated universities of India. There is not any special magic happens in IIT, their brilliant students create magic. Media & billion dollar coaching industry created this 1crore fake hype by converting USD into INR. Many people think 1crore for 1 month 😂, sorry but it's not 1crore for 1 months it's for a year in expansive USA. Reality is only 5-6 maggu students per year gets placed in international locations with 1crore CTC through conversion of USD, in soo much expensive cities like Bay area, mountain view, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, New York City of US. Where everything is soo much expensive. There rent for 1 month is approx 4 lacs rupees if you stay alone without sharing. There is also expansive food expenses you could hardly save some penny over there.
Entire 99.9% students irrespective of their major branches placed in India with average 50k-60k monthly packages with 9-5 coding jobs in expensive cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai. Only some students placed in core branch jobs.

Rest of the students, who didn't get selected, maximum convent school students opted for private colleges but the poor hindi & regional medium students opted for B.A or B. Sc after that maximum student ends their education and maximum students start to look for govt. or private 3rd grade/4th grade jobs.

It's the harsh reality and big issue of India education system and people's mentality.

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I was a bit skeptical before writing this answer, as usually when people refer the term IITians they mean the B. Tech students here and not the M. Tech ones.

But as I have done my Bachelors's in a Tier-3 Local Engineering College from Mumbai and my Master’s here at IIT Madras, I think I can give a comparative analysis between both the Universities.

1. Opportunities, activities, events are just insane here: I don’t know where to start on this point. My first week in IIT when I opened the institute mail, a bunch of unread mails was there. Someone is speaking about how to do research, Turing Award winner about research, Nobel laureates, saints from ashram talking about yoga and how to improve concentration, NGO’s talking about national campaigns and whatnot.
   
   I literally don’t remember anyone visiting my undergraduate campus and giving any such kind of lectures or talks. All we did was running here and there for meaningless fest organizations and getting a certificate and consoling ourselves by saying we get “experience” by doing all this.
2. The placement process from campus recruitment is easy here: Most of the companies which come here do not visit local engineering college campuses and their offline process is way tougher than the campus recruitment one. I have seen interviews asking just basic questions which by the way any engineering student(with some preparation time) would have answered and students here bagging the job.
   
   In no way, I am implying that the students here do not deserve these sorts of placements or they do not work hard, but the benefit of doubt students graduating from here get is just appalling.
3. Packages here are structured differently, but they are good: CTC is not the same as the base, also CTC may not be the cost to the company only for one year. CTC can have 4 years salary structure(Microsoft, Salesforce, Cisco, Oracle, Amazon).
   
   It’s cute to see other students complaining that they end up with salaries as less as 3.3LPA. Brother in our university mostly (read 85%) students get salaries around 3.3LPA. And I am still from Mumbai, the financial capital of India and a metro city where companies can easily come for campus recruitment.
   
   I guess B. Tech students here do not understand the actual unemployment problem in India. One of the B. Tech students here commented that Microsoft here is a mass recruiter(It regularly hires 17–20 students every year from almost every IIT). For people who don't know, mass recruiting is hiring around 200-300 students from a batch, from all the colleges around. There are no mass recruiters in IIT.
   
   Saying all this, I think I should clarify this too, your engineering stream is extremely important for placements.
4. Mostly professors here aren’t active on research: A lot of students have already mentioned this in their answers and mostly we(Master’s and Ph.D.’s) get to deal with this problem. If you’re coming for an M.S or a Ph.D. to an IIT make sure your guide is good. Professors over time become busy with the administrative work of the department and the young professors(assistant and associate) usually are active on research work, that too only selected people from them actually aim for A* conference papers.
   
   But even after saying all this, comparing currently where the Indian education system is, this is the best that you get. In my undergraduate university, I am sure the faculty wouldn’t even have a journal-level conference paper submitted by themselves.
5. Undergraduate students are really competitive: Competition to get good grades is crazy here, and so is the jealousy among friends. Students seem to relax and say they only study for one week and all, but the same students will argue with the TA and profs even for 1 single mark. I have seen 2nd-year student crying because in LAB test one of his test cases didn't pass.
   
   Again not here to make fun of the undergraduate students or anything, I believe because most of the students here have been toppers before coming here, and all of them have great expectations from themselves. Not to mention how the parents and the media reinforce their beliefs, and indirectly(or unknowingly?) have created this environment of high expectations.
   
   It’s after coming here most of the students realize that, how average they’re and only some of the students studying here are truly geniuses or something.
   
   After coming here only we learn how to handle failures, and believe me, most of us become really humble by the time we graduate(This includes Master’s students too).

There are actually many points which can be shared, but most of the things have been already mentioned. Other than that, the answers which I read none of them were similar to my perspective so added a few.

After my marriage, me and my wife were staying at different locations for few months due to our jobs. So, we could only meet around once a month when either of us travelled to the other’s location. One of the months when I was supposed to visit her, I could not go due to whatever reasons and I informed her that. But, after few days I saw that I could visit her on the next weekend. I decided to make it a surprise. It was fine till then but I also decided to make it interesting. So, I started acting aloof and indifferent to my wife to the extent of ignoring her messages and calls like a legit Sakht Launda :P. I knew that after this when I would appear in front of her unexpectedly, it would be romantic and her happiness would be doubled (just like the night is darkest just before the dawn). Ultimately I travelled to her place and surprised her, but that is a story in itself for another day. The bottomline was that she was angry and anxious with my behaviour, but when I surprised her she was ecstatic to the point of crying. So, mission accomplished. :D

Now when I came back, I was telling this story to a friend and she became outraged instead of the appreciative reaction I was expecting. She went ballistic saying,” Are you guys trained to behave like that in IIT or what?” I asked her what has happened and then she narrated this story of another IITian. Her friend was going out with an IITian for sometime and it was going well. But then suddenly that guy started behaving aloof and rude to the degree that her friend thought that he was going to break up without any reason. When the girl was losing all hope in the relationship, he proposed to marry her in the most romantic way and all was well again. So, this was the reason for her asking me the above question. I did not think much about it at that time and just laughed it away saying it was just a coincidence.

Subsequently, I got to thinking about her question again and it came to me that actually there was some truth in her observation. The revelation came to me that actually the IITian guys are conditioned to behave like that. Let me explain. When we enter IIT, we are exposed to an endless ocean of movies and TV series on the LAN. And most of the guys wet their feet in this ocean by starting to watch Friends. They watch it once completely and then watch it again one more time and then watch random episodes which they like whenever they have nothing else to do. Although the IITians love all the Friends’ characters the favourite character for most IITian guys is Chandler Bing. I don’t know the reason for that, may be he is the only character they can relate with or whatever. And the episode which is the favourite for most of them is the one with Chandler and Monica’s proposal. If you have seen Friends you know what I am talking about, for others, Chandler is going to propose to Monica and he starts behaving aloof and strange to her before the proposal. When the proposal finally happens it is one of the most magical and romantic scenes in TV series history.

Hence, you can now see the connection between the stories I have told above. Most IITians are subconsciously suffering from what I am calling now is the Chandler Bing Syndrome. :D