Directions: Select the appropriate phrase(s) or connector(s) from the three options provided that can be used to create a single sentence by connecting the two given sentences without changing their meaning.

Sentence l - These new IITs have struggled to meet the high standards of the traditional institutes.
Sentence ll - Top professors and the best students often avoid isolated locations of the new IITs.

1. To the contrary
2. Ergo
3. Due to their struggle