Contradicting the popular belief, a larger number of students who studied themselves qualified for JEE- Advanced compared to those getting through with the help of coaching through various institutes.
The following trend from JEE-Advanced results have been analysed by IIT-Madras. The analysis this year shows that 50 per cent students, 5,443 out of the 10,998 have got admission into IIT, studying on their own.
A total of 5,083 which stands out to be 47 per cent had undergone coaching while the remaining 3 per cent either took private tutorials or correspondence courses.
This trend has been continued from last year. More than half (52.37%) who cleared the exam last year has opted for self…