Actually,
The IIT programs (by the way engineering schools are a small segment of the high ed system) are at several campuses so it's not just one school. I believe only 2 of them are even held highly. On top of that, they are run like businesses and not schools and often target sending their graduates to companies outside the US (increasing the brain drain in a developing country). They emphasize a type of linear thinking that Asian and Indian schools are known for - a thinking that is very limited and is slowly starting to change in countries like China. Those schools definitely do not outshine the US schools - particularly MIT and CalTech.
I'm sure Indians and those who spent their entire youth studying for the one exam to get them into those schools would love to argue their IIT diploma means more. Some alums are successful but that doesn't compare to grads of US schools - the same grads that recruit them. Some alums are just too burnt out to care.
-Rudey
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Originally posted by rocketgirl
AMEN!
Obviously, there is Greek life outside of the US, but it is not as important to the collegiate in most countries. For example, there is an engineering school in India, IIT that by far outshine anything we have here including MIT. Those students compete hard to get in and once they do, it's all about the business. A lot of the college students here may have come from families where the parents went to these schools. They believe college is about getting an education, not joining social groups, especially with us "unserious" American students.
Think about the fact that women are considered second class citizens in many countries and are not allowed to go to universities. The parents move here to give their daughters a chance to succeed. Or the fact that in general in society...including the oh so great American society...women are also much more under the parent's lock and key than the men in the families. That double standard means that while the sons may be allowed to date and party, the daughters are supposed to stay pure and innocent. I know this is hard, but you have to look outside of your personal experience and realize that you cannot compare the experiences of midwestern men to foreign women.
And about learning our ways...what are our ways? I'm sure my beliefs that I grew up with are much different than many other people on this board. Not better or worse, just different. We are not a country of one culture, one religion or one belief..so what way are they supposed to adapt to? Learn from everyone around you and don't expect them to be like you. Then we ALL can be a little more enlightened.
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