Chirag Falor Tops JEE, But Opts For MIT

A Pune-based boy, who topped the Joint Entrance Exam-Advanced, results of which were announced on October 5, said he would continue with his studies in the United States’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Falor will skip studying at any IITs in India as he has already secured admission in MIT, one of the most prestigious tech institutions in the world, reports PTI.

 He topped the entrance exam by scoring a massive 352 out of 396 and topped the exam, among more than 1.6 lakh students. 

Falor had earlier also cracked the JEE Main and secured an all-India rank of 12.  The Pune boy had secured admission in MIT back in March but was pursuing studies online from here due to the novel coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown.

Falor’s announcement about giving up his seat in the IITs brought about a string of unwanted advice online, take a look: 

#1 

#JEEAdvanced topper Chirag Falor to skip studying at IITs, says he has already secured admission at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in US

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News)

#2 

Good.
Looks like he has read NEP 2020.
Very soon there will be shitting syllabus on Veda, Yoga in IIT.

— Debasish Paul (@ComradeDebasish)

#3

He knows one fine day IIT will face backlash like JNU.

— Anup Agrawal (@anupagrawal23)

#4

Desh ka education system dekhlo apna talent abb US me tax bharega aur usse aage le jaega.

— Navin Singh Rajput (@Navinrajput45)

#5

Don’t worry, we will make our nation great without taking his help. Keep your champ there. We don’t need him. We will produce thousands of Excellent engineers who will build world class infrastructure, make excellent Machines.

— Himanshu Srivastava (@raj_sri01)

#6 

Then why did he sit in exam and took someone elses seat??? Just another topper’s tantrum

— Surya Yadav (@shinenshimmer)

#7 

Why is his personal choice becoming news & fodder for ppl to give him unsolicited advice?

— Shraddha (@shraddhs)

Falor said he had prepared for the JEE for four years and did not want to waste his preparations.

Falor had earlier told ANI how JEE is the toughest exam because there is time constraint in it. “MIT or any other US institutions doesn’t have an entrance exam. First-year exams of some common classes of Physics & Maths in MIT are much easier than JEE Advanced. I’m planning to appear for JEE Advanced,” he had said. He has earlier received the Bal Shakti Puraskar for 2020 and was praised by PM Narendra Modi.