I should have clarified that I was defining selectivity as the ratio between applicants and accepted candidates.
Getting in this school requires someone to be among the top 250k takers of a specific exam (JEE main) typically, it’d be taken by around 1.5 million students. If one is among those 250k, one can choose to do the advanced test.. which in 2025 was cleared by 56 880 students .. from which, 18,188 students were admitted.
replyAnd yes, if you have more than .. 84 candidates, your process would be more selective. However, I think the fair comparison would be .. say .. the MIT?
On the same year, the MIT got 29,282 applications and admitted 1,324 students
So if you apply to the MIT you’re more than 3 times likelier to get accepted.
Not a fair comparison. IITs are a bottleneck given there aren't better (in terms of reputation and outcome) schools here. And plenty more apply simply because it's a rite of passage for every Indian kid. I'd guess less so for MIT given kids pre-reject themselves.
replySpeaking anecdotally, of course.