A friend of mine got CSE at IIT Bombay with a rank of 10k. How is it justified?
The "10K rank getting CSE at IIT Bombay" claim — this is almost certainly not CSE at IIT Bombay main campus. Let me explain what's actually possible at rank 10K.
CSE at IIT Bombay closing rank (JEE Advanced 2024, General category):
- IIT Bombay CSE closing rank: approximately 50-80 (yes, double digits) in the general category by final round. This is among the most competitive allocations in the world.
- No 10K rank gets IIT Bombay CS/IT in any category under general.
What a 10K rank could actually get at IIT Bombay:
- Absolutely NOT CSE main program.
- Possibly: Engineering Physics, Metallurgical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Earth Sciences — these have closing ranks in the 5,000-12,000 range.
- Or: 5-year Integrated M.Sc programs at IIT Bombay in some sciences.
What a 10K rank CAN get overall:
- Good branches at IIT Roorkee, IIT Kharagpur, IIT BHU, IIT Guwahati.
- CSE at lower IITs (IIT Patna, IIT Mandi, etc.).
So if your friend genuinely got CSE at IIT Bombay with 10K rank: Either the information is inaccurate, they're referring to a different IIT, OR this was under a specific reserved category (SC/ST where cutoffs are very different) or a different program path (like postgraduate/lateral). Ask for clarification — this doesn't add up for regular JEE Advanced general category.
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The IITs are funded by the Government so it has complete authority to give admission to anyone. The teachers or the students are not the stakeholders in the case of IITs. It is the Government that pays the teachers' salaries and installs the various facilities. The Government is at complete freedom to decide who can come into ITs and who needs a push in the form of the reservation to join ITs.
The aspirants know beforehand that the Government has set such rules according to its own discretion. No one is forced to give the exam and you can always choose any other option if you think it’s unfair.
Here is a video giving you an honest review of the institute
Aspirants know that there might be cases where a candidate with 10k or above rank will get admission in contrast to the general cutoff. They still fill out firms in hope of clearing the exam. You are precisely giving a Government Exam and need to follow all the necessary rules. So it indeed is justified if someone with a 10k rank is able to make it into IIT Bombay.
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Your friend must belong to the reserved category. Securing IIT Bombay CSE with a rank of 10k is only possible if you have any reservations. Your friend must have cleared the cutoff for his category.
For general category students, the cutoff is definitely higher. For 2021, IIT Bombay cutoff for CSE was 66 (general category students).
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If your friend got CSE at IIT Bombay, that means he/she must belong to the reserved category. Reservation is good (not caste-based) as it evens out the playing field for the students belonging to this category.
For instance, this friend of yours has a rank of 10k- if he is a reservation candidate, his rank would depend entirely on his category. This arrangement is separate from the normal ranking system. And as you've mentioned, if your friend has secured a rank of 10k, chances are- he might have belonged to a list that's open extended. These students from the open extended list don't save a seat for themselves in IITB CSE. But if he has still managed to grab a seat at IITB CSE too, his AIR must have been >25. Comparing such a candidate's rank to the general category list, it should be around 3-4k.
This incident may not reflect equality, but assuming it was a genuine case, it is justified.
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