Ah, you’re aiming for the big labs—my cousin in Delhi was the same. Honestly, with a 7.8 from our college, they don’t even open the application. I wrote a hundred emails; one professor replied saying to try a smaller institute first and build publications. So my advice is, apply everywhere, but first get your hands dirty in a local university’s lab this summer. I’m now helping a professor in Gangtok study dye-heavy metals in wastewater—it’s not IIT, but it’s real work, and that’s what finally got me a letter.
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