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In India, students can study whatever they want, so long as its engineering

August 15, 2013Environment

The majority of students in India want to be engineers — and they’ll go to great lengths to get there. Some 500,000 students will apply for 10,000 spots at the Indian Institute of Technology, and they’ll spend years cramming for the exam that makes or breaks their chances.

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