IIT Bombay and IIT Madras Are Not Equally Hard to Get Into
Computer Science closing rank, 2010-2026 — Bombay's cutoff has stayed 2 to 11 times tighter than Madras's, every single year measured.
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Even at Their Loosest Branch, IIT Bombay Still Beats IIT Madras
Institute-wide overall closing rank — each school's easiest branch to get into at all. Madras is still 1.2 to 2 times looser than Bombay, every year, 2016-2025.
IIT Bombay's Placement Rate Just Hit a Multi-Year Low
IIT Madras vs. IIT Bombay placement rate, 2010-11 through 2025-26, one formula throughout — placed ÷ registered, not each institute's own inconsistent math.
Out of 1 Million Kids Who Want to Be a Doctor, About 59,000 Make It
The US path from wanting to be a doctor to finishing residency, real conversion rate at every step. The one brutal cut isn't medical school — it's organic chemistry.
India's Education Minister Survived a Leaked NEET. A Canceled One Ended His Tenure.
Dharmendra Pradhan's tenure, told through one exam: a real but limited 2024 leak he survived, and a 2026 cancellation that didn't let him.