India, March 26 -- An IIT Bombay graduate was shocked when he saw a 17-year-old aspirant's timetable for JEE preparation. He noticed that the time allotted for sleep was very little. The graduate even reshared the schedule posted on X and wrote, "This schedule is highly exaggerated and misleading."

He then shared the number of hours IITians study during their preparation for JEE: "A typical IITian studied for no more than 8 - 10 hours a day during their IIT JEE (JEE Advanced) preparation days. I'm saying this from my own experience and experience of countess IITian friends. On rare occasions, had to study for 12 - 14 hours a day, but those were only extraordinary days where the academic load was higher."

He also shared that he began pre...