The Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) of the IITs has for long been the flagship of the elaborate system of entrance examinations, that need to be faced by students attempting to enter universities and national institutions. JEE has, over the years, acquired an image that ensures a great sense of accomplishment to students who appear high on its merit lists. A high JEE rank is a badge of honour in the days and weeks that lead up to the admissions to the IITs. Many successful students have spent three to four years, of early adolescence, training for the examinations. Coaches and coaching schools have mastered the art of preparing students for the examinations; a no mean task given the widely diverse social, economic and educational backgrounds of those who emerge successful.
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