tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post1058637017033658333..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: What It's Like to Attend IIT ...Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-58985125019523033692012-01-22T16:22:19.047+05:302012-01-22T16:22:19.047+05:30Good point! Except that it's too long and too ...Good point! Except that it's too long and too boring.Abihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-12495792479958856502012-01-22T16:20:55.222+05:302012-01-22T16:20:55.222+05:30@vishvas vasuki: It's not a 'square' v...@vishvas vasuki: It's not a 'square' vs. 'normal' brackets. I highlighted the brackets for the condescension that they implied.Abihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-39389314094466725142012-01-22T11:51:13.059+05:302012-01-22T11:51:13.059+05:30I did not understand why the squareness of the bra...I did not understand why the squareness of the brackets matters.. Is paranthesis considered more mainstream?vishvAs vAsukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842070302064629864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-74479456044189851022012-01-21T12:53:46.893+05:302012-01-21T12:53:46.893+05:30As for the grad students, it was certainly true th...As for the grad students, it was certainly true that a majority were just there, as one of the professors put it, "to get a stamp" to improve their job prospects. But to be honest, that was true also for a majority of us undergraduates. On the other hands, there was a significant majority of grad students at the department I went to (at least in the field I was interested) who were really passionate about, and very good at, their research.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-61621060216207100272012-01-21T12:50:23.841+05:302012-01-21T12:50:23.841+05:30I attended the Computer Science department of one ...I attended the Computer Science department of one of the IITs as an undergrad, and I'll contend that some of the best professors there were "PhDs from the IITs (ie, those who came to IIT for grad school)". They were marvelous and inspirational teachers, and their research was (and is) very highly regarded in their fields.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-29346895122973003262012-01-21T09:04:23.982+05:302012-01-21T09:04:23.982+05:30Refer to Five Point Someone ? :DRefer to Five Point Someone ? :DVikramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184698535624088994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-35706342047886855652012-01-21T00:22:50.039+05:302012-01-21T00:22:50.039+05:30This could be Abi's way of supporting the free...This could be Abi's way of supporting the freedom of speech....<br /><br />--Ajit<br />[E&OE]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com