BITS entrance test more competitive than IIT

Chennai: Cracking the IITJEE may be top priority for most students, but the BITSAT is now the most competitive of all national engineering entrance exams in the country. An average of 68 students will compete for a seat in this year’s BITSAT, the online test for admission into degree courses at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, which starts on May 10. In comparison, only 54 students contested for a seat at the IIT-JEE 2012. 

    Based on number of applications received, 1.36 lakh students are expected to take the BITSAT-2012 for admission to atotal of 2,000 seats at the institute’s campuses in Pilani, Hyderabad and Goa. 
    The exam will be conducted in 32 centres across the country between May 10 and June 9, 2012. On the other hand, 5.2 lakh students took the IIT-JEE 2012 on April 8 to be eligible for 9,600 seats in the 15 Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), the Institute of Technology at Banaras Hindu University and the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. 
    The VITEEE, which was conducted on April 21 for admission into deemed university Vellore Institute of Technology, follows the IITs with 48 students competing for one seat. The exam was taken by about 1.5 lakh students across India for admission to 3,100 seats.