Career dreams from the diaries of ISC toppers

Career dreams from the diaries of ISC toppers

For the ISC toppers, their dreams are the get the quality education in the fields of their interests but, for many of them their higher education destination lies in the universities abroad and Indian universities take the second spot. All India second topper, Ibrahim Kamal believes that pursuing engineering from abroad will be beneficial for this career and dream job. “I have applied to five foreign universities to pursue B.Tech in computer science as it provides better job opportunities in comparison to Indian technical universities offering placement in international giants of IT sector,” said Ibrahim. “I have already made it to Drexel University, Philadelphia, US. It is offering me a scholarship to pursue my dream,” he added. “A number of my classmates prefer foreign universities over Indian technical universities,” he added. 45 students from the City Montessori School have applied to the universities abroad. “I have applied to a US university to pursue higher education in medicine but I will wait for NEET results first. A majority of my classmates have applied to international institutions first and Indian institutions like Delhi University are their second option,” said Radhika Chandra, who secured all-India first position securing 99.5%. Meritorious students from the La Martiniere Girlsʼ College are also eyeing on the foreign universities for opportunities in higher education and DU gets second place in preferences. “I have applied to four foreign universities for an honours degree in economics and mathematics. In a batch of 200 students in our class, 35 have applied abroad and applications of most have been accepted,” said Vanshika Agarwal, who scored 98.75%. Similarly, top scorers of other schools such as St Francis College, Lucknow Public School, and SKD Academy have foreign institutions in mind if they don’t get institutions of their choice in India. “The number of students seeking admission to premier institutes like IIT and medical universities is in lakhs but the number of seats is limited. This is the main reason for brain drain as a good student will not want to compromise,” said Arushi of SKD Academy who scored 96.6%.

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