Just 14, he is Delhi IIT-JEE topper

[Rahim]

Fourteen-year-old Sahal Kaushik, who holds the 33rd rank at all-India level in the IIT JEE exam, emerged the Delhi region topper in the entrance examination. At the press conference to honour the toppers, Sahal, who was too shy to speak on stage, handed the mike over to his mother Ruchi Kaushik. But that was just for a while, off the stage, the boy giggled with his friend and answered media questions quite comfortably.

[celldweller1591]

Human brain has got no limits. Simply owned !

[Rahim]

^kisi kisi ke ghutne ke neeche hote hain!!!!

[gagan007]

at the age of 4 this guy could recite tables upto 100
today's newspapers are in awe with him...

[Liverpool_fan]

Credit should be given to his mom especially

[azzu]

Originally Posted by Liverpool_fan

Credit should be given to his mom especially

Yes
for hijacking his head and stealing away all his fun matter , Sports and making him a musiem item

jokin

[ico]

He was home schooled till the age of 10.

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Originally Posted by Liverpool_fan

Credit should be given to his mom especially

+1

[way2jatin]

he is just teen like us but says that IIT JEE IS NOT A BIG DEAL

[saurabh_1e]

ya all this is just matter of chance

just a little bit of here an there in human body and the results are extraordinary

thrice intelligent than us but cannot enjoy life like all of us

[furious_gamer]

Originally Posted by azzu

Yes
for hijacking his head and stealing away all his fun matter , Sports and making him a musiem item

jokin

Agree to this, but not fully. Her mother want him to be intelligent, but she never wanted him to be a child, of his own, who enjoys life just like other kids. Thats too sad.

[harryneopotter]

kids these days .......sigh !

[furious_gamer]

Originally Posted by harryneopotter

kids these days .......sigh !

I feel good in that way. I never be over-smart or a dumb guy. I was just a ordinary kid who likes to play a lot, and study less. and i am happy as hell.

[gopi_vbboy]

poor boy may be studying from 1st class for iit,,,

[thewisecrab]

TBF, that kid pwned us all.

While we rant about the kid "not having a perfect childhood" or "we played when we were kids", that little yutz has made it to the biggest and one of the best institutes in the country.

Who gives a crap about childhood? That kid's life is set now. Kudos to him (unlike mine, which is in utter disarray )

[furious_gamer]

@thewisecrab

Do you think settling in a top institute and study the current top course would make one feel happy? Nah, atleast not for me. I even had a chance to get into a good school for XIth. But i rejected that and preferred to stay with my mom. I never regret that and i feel happy on what i did and what i am doing now. The only thing is i am happy as hell.

I appreciate that kid though,but what we said earlier doesn't mean that we're ranting that kid, but we feel sorry for him for losting his childhood. You know how beautiful it is. Did you sacrifice that just for namesake and getting into top institute @ age of 14? Nah, we need to do certain things at certain age and that means we're moving gradually.

[gagan007]

completely agree with you rajkumar_pb...children should not be burdened with studies when it is time for them to grow (I am talking about primary education). Later they should get to decide what do they want to do in life and parents should help them choose the course related to it accordingly.

It is just my thinking that in this case the mother of the kid had already decided that his son is gonna be in IIT the moment he was born (or maybe much before than that) because usually (not in all cases) parents want their kids to become what they failed to achieve in life.

[The Unknown]

This is something really mind blowing

Originally Posted by thewisecrab

TBF, that kid pwned us all.

While we rant about the kid "not having a perfect childhood" or "we played when we were kids", that little yutz has made it to the biggest and one of the best institutes in the country.

Who gives a crap about childhood? That kid's life is set now. Kudos to him (unlike mine, which is in utter disarray )

Yeah true, I don't know what to do now that I have flunked in all three exams; well IIT wasn't for me anyway, but AIEEE and MHTCET ?

Originally Posted by rajkumar_pb

Agree to this, but not fully. Her mother want him to be intelligent, but she never wanted him to be a child, of his own, who enjoys life just like other kids. Thats too sad.

Yeah true. Childhood is meant for enjoyment and of course some study , not just the IIT stamp !
But who cares about childhood these days (as @thewisecrab said) ?
Its just the IIT bandwagon to get the B.Tech/M.Tech stamps !

[furious_gamer]

Originally Posted by The Unknown

Yeah true. Childhood is meant for enjoyment and of course some study , not just the IIT stamp !
But who cares about childhood these days (as @thewisecrab said) ?
Its just the IIT bandwagon to get the B.Tech/M.Tech stamps !

Well, atleast i'm not that kinda person. I love the way i am now and i never regret for that. Opinion differs but still, i emphasize childhood is where we enjoy a lot than any stage of our life.

[The Unknown]

Originally Posted by rajkumar_pb

Well, atleast i'm not that kinda person. I love the way i am now and i never regret for that. Opinion differs but still, i emphasize childhood is where we enjoy a lot than any stage of our life.

Me neither.

[furious_gamer]

Originally Posted by The Unknown

Me neither.

Ofcourse most of us here are the same kind.... think so...

[thewisecrab]

Originally Posted by rajkumar_pb

@thewisecrab

Do you think settling in a top institute and study the current top course would make one feel happy? Nah, atleast not for me. I even had a chance to get into a good school for XIth. But i rejected that and preferred to stay with my mom. I never regret that and i feel happy on what i did and what i am doing now. The only thing is i am happy as hell.

I appreciate that kid though,but what we said earlier doesn't mean that we're ranting that kid, but we feel sorry for him for losting his childhood. You know how beautiful it is. Did you sacrifice that just for namesake and getting into top institute @ age of 14? Nah, we need to do certain things at certain age and that means we're moving gradually.

No, I'm not mentioning about happiness. Thats relative to a person. Yes, I too had a great childhood.

I would have sacrificed my childhood if it meant getting into IIT tbf, reason being that only now, I realise how messed up I am, and that I'll get a crappy college in the bargain. Whats better? being set for life, or running around like a headless idiot (as I am now) ?

[furious_gamer]

Originally Posted by thewisecrab

No, I'm not mentioning about happiness. Thats relative to a person. Yes, I too had a great childhood.

I would have sacrificed my childhood if it meant getting into IIT tbf, reason being that only now, I realise how messed up I am, and that I'll get a crappy college in the bargain. Whats better? being set for life, or running around like a headless idiot (as I am now) ?

That depends. For some of us, life is not so hard but its not for everyone. What i said is purely from POV. I feel sorry for you and ofcourse i dont get into a top institute but i myself learned programming languages well and now i got my job only because of what i know. Anyhow past is past and nothing gonna happen. So try your best to push yourself up in the foodchain.

[gagan007]

moreover some of the guys here who are not in any job yet think that all IITians get extraordinary pay or jobs which is not true at all. My own brother passed out from IIT KGP (and currently finishing MS/PHD from NUS) and he told me that only the toppers get those meatier jobs while others get at-par treatment which is given to BE graduates. It is not the degree that matters but the education we receive from these institutions...and which is what is asked in the interviews also.

Moreover, coming back to topic, I seriously hope that this kid doesn't lose it all one day but continue to bring laurels to India, no matter wherever he works or lives after completing his education.

[The Unknown]

Originally Posted by gagan007

moreover some of the guys here who are not in any job yet think that all IITians get extraordinary pay or jobs which is not true at all. My own brother passed out from IIT KGP (and currently finishing MS/PHD from NUS) and he told me that only the toppers get those meatier jobs while others get at-par treatment which is given to BE graduates. It is not the degree that matters but the education we receive from these institutions...and which is what is asked in the interviews also.

Moreover, coming back to topic, I seriously hope that this kid doesn't lose it all one day but continue to bring laurels to India, no matter wherever he works or lives after completing his education.

I don't agree with your view completely.
B.Tech Metallurgy from IIT has anyday greater value than a B.E. in Comp Engg when applying for an IT industry (there are many such samples ).
The stamp makes the difference. If you're applying for a job in the field itself, for example you are Mechanical and apply in a automobile industry then the knowledge may matter, not the institute, but still...IIT is an exception

[gagan007]

if you are saying it so confidently perhaps you would have seen cases in practical life. I commented based on what my brother told me who himself is an IIT product. Plus there are couple of "friends" (not friends exactly but I know them) who have passed from IIT Roorkee and Chennai. They failed to get decent jobs. One is working at lower sal than me (passed out from Civil,same year as mine. I am a govt engg college passout) and other one started his own coaching class. Haah!

[Liverpool_fan]

IIT brand matters, a LOT, however if you fail then rather not.
And btw this kid didn't really prepare for IIT brand but just for knowledge. I rather doubt a mother pushing for *that*. Perhaps this kid enjoys studying more than playing or idling? Not sure he had a "bad childhood" in that case

[The Conqueror]

Its good but I doubt if he , you know , randomly ticked answers in IIT-JEE. Yes, I know it will be difficult but it can be done..Because consider the statement from the source "This topper scored a modest 76 percent in Class 10 and 73 percent in Class 12 board exams" (From the source)
Just a thought, I appreciate his hardwork and dedication.

[The Unknown]

Originally Posted by The Conqueror

Its good but I doubt if he , you know , randomly ticked answers in IIT-JEE. Yes, I know it will be difficult but it can be done..Because consider the statement from the source "This topper scored a modest 76 percent in Class 10 and 73 percent in Class 12 board exams" (From the source)
Just a thought, I appreciate his hardwork and dedication.

I know many people who have been average scorers in 10th and 12th but university gold medalists.

[thewisecrab]

10th = lol-iest exam known. Sorry if I offend anyone, but if that marksheet didnt have my DoB on it, its as good as toilet paper.

[The Unknown]

Originally Posted by thewisecrab

10th = lol-iest exam known. Sorry if I offend anyone, but if that marksheet didnt have my DoB on it, its as good as toilet paper.

But the government sees all your details: bdate, father's name, mother's name in the marksheet / sslc only