IVY League Admission

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In that case the Indian taxpayers should invest in creating their own Harvard peers so that the bright Indians they have invested in will stay home. There is no law that says only the US can have top universities. All it takes is money, determination, and a little time. Don’t say that it can’t be done because Harvard has a 375 year head start. Oxford and Cambridge had 500 year head start on Harvard, but that didn’t stop them. Stanford is barely over a hundred years old, but that hasn’t stopped it from challenging Harvard for supremacy for many decades now.

I never said that it shouldn’t happen. I’m not saying it’s America’s fault–thank god for it. I am saying that it is sad for India to have to experience that. My dad always said the worst thing India did is let him leave.</p>

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And if the argument is that IIT and other top Indian schools are already the peer of Harvard, I’m willing to accept that, but then what’s the point? Why are the top Indian students still trying to get into US schools when they have some of the best schools in the world right there at home? Why waste all that effort and money? Doesn’t make sense.

Firstly, the assumption is wrong–they’re not as good. Secondly, like texaspg mentioned, they are insane to get into. My dad applied for IIT three times and was rejected each time–got into Harvard with a full fellowship.</p>