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So I know for fact that for software roles, top college graduates are often picked by important teams at MNC's , my cousin at UBER told they only hire IITians/NITians for certain teams.

Does same thing happen for VLSI graduates too, everyone who gets hired end up in random teams or they get in teams with better work( better is a subjective word, I just want to know if they get exposure to better work early in their careers).

Please dont vent on me, this is a genuine question

I recently searched for the best colleges for M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, and I found that IISc and IIT Kanpur are considered very strong academically. Even in many M.Tech specializations, IIT Kanpur seems to have excellent academics and research.

Still, IIT Bombay usually has one of the highest cutoffs. Why is that?

Is it mainly because of better placements and its location in a metropolitan city like Mumbai? Or is the academic pressure comparatively lower? Or does IIT Bombay simply have a stronger brand value among students because of its location, placements, and overall exposure?