Why are IITians so entitled and fragile about this tag??

The effort put into to get that tag is huge. If you are an general category person, then it is no less than super human. The attitude shown is absolutely worth it.

I agree with you....But I have seen some people trying to constantly mock me just because of my IIT tag and it shows their inferiority complex ... That is also unfair....

There is no point in having superiority complex because of IIT tag and there should not be any inferiority complex for not having IIT tag...

Life is short... Be happy

I've met quite a few, and none of them were demeaning. It has more to do with people themselves rather than the IIT tag I guess.

Because their life peaked there

Given how much hard work and talent they put in to get admission in IIT they deserve to be prideful above it

If you want fragile, try telling a BITS Goa grad that they aren't BITS Pilani pass outs.

As someone who went to IIT, I do partially agree with you. I have seen quite a few folks( including some batchmates) who had superiority complex.

I feel a big reason for this is the hype created for IITs in our society and media. Agreed that IITs were really good 15-20 years back but now with opening of 2nd gen and 3rd Gen IITs, even a 10k rank in jee would fetch general candidates some lower branch in some IITs since many people choose other options like NITs/BITS/IIITs.

That being said majority of the people (>90%) aren't like that.

Also, to people supporting this kind of God like complex with reasons like they cleared a very hard exam, you are a part of the problem.

You probably had the misfortune that most iitians you met couldn't do anything better after that (it happens to an unbelievable extent, I saw a lot of similar people in my campus). But majority are not like this, they are aware of the perks they receive because of the tag, and although know that they deserve them in one way or another they continue to work hard and be respectful. I hope you meet some more iitians who had proper personal development as well

Entitlement is when one wants something but does not want to be actively contributing for it .. thinks she/he deserves it due to they current position . But yes IIT people have themselves worked so hard so why this change ?

Well broadly there are two types
Majority - Born genius , Family contribution, Family reason , Conducive environment

Minority - Discover themselves . Self motivated , Self accountable
These are the ones you will not find entitled.

Reasons could be separate but Respect to both types for making it .

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