The Illinois Institute of Technology USA has recently agreed to offer four-year scholarships to all low-income Chicago Public School students who meet the school's rigorous admission standards. In addition to having a household family income under $40,000, students must measure up to the standards achieved by IIT's freshman class: a 3.88 grade-point average on a four-point scale; a 1286 SAT, and 28 on the ACT. That is IIT USA. In India, let us not talk about it. In India it looks like only BITS Pilani is talking of merit while all others are talking politics and religion.
