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    More smaller town students now aim for foreign degrees

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    At ReachIvy, non-metro applicants now make up 60% of the entire pool, with applications growing 50% in the last year alone, its founder Vibha Kagzi said. The growth from metros was 20%.

    The brain drain is accelerating – and not just from Mumbai or Delhi, but from places like Surat and Jamshedpur.Exclusive data from four leading foreign education consultants show that the number of applications for admission in top foreign universities from non-metros is growing twice as fast as metro cities.ReachIvy, Collegify, LilacBuds and Yocket attributed the trend to greater internet penetration that boosts their exposure and more time at
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