Comment by nindalf

For an international audience, the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is more like the Chinese gaokao than the SATs. In my day it took 4 years of preparation starting age 14. Nowadays kids start at 11 or earlier. The stakes are pretty high, and only the top 1% get through. The remaining 99% try to move on with their lives or spend another entire year preparing full time for the exam.