Students’ Speak: Disappointed with your JEE Main score? Read this

By: Gatiq Doultani

If you are planning to go for a Masters or for higher studies, then it is advisable not to drop a year. 

Let’s talk about what if you didn’t score well in the January JEE Main exam. Don’t worry! You still have a lot of time left to prepare and score well in the April exam. However, there is going to be a lot of extra pressure on you because of your boards.

In such a situation, you need to know the value of time. The very first thing that you should do is to solve your own question paper, second, learn from the mistakes you made in the January exam. Nobody else knows what was your condition during the exam so try to work on your weak points and try not to repeat those mistakes again because if those weak points are not rectified then might land you in great trouble. You should leave each and everything aside and should focus on preparing for the exam. Cover the Class 12th topics first because that will help you prepare for your board exams also.

Solve as many previous year question papers as you can.

Again, pick the important and scoring topics, study them and practice the previous year questions from that topic. Do subject-wise preparations, pick your favourite subject which you know you can score in, revise it’s theory, do not take long breaks. I know it’s really hard to stay concentrated for a long time but you don’t have any other option. If you have not joined any test series yet go join or if you are in any coaching center then attempt of the exams held there. Take extra classes.

One thing I would ask not to compromise is your sleep and health. At least eight hours of sufficient sleep, eating less junk food and staying healthy is important. Guys you need to do smart work along with hard work.

Now what if you didn’t even score in the April exam, I know it can be heartbreaking. Don’t worry! You still have options, there are a lot of good and renowned engineering colleges in India such as BITs, VIT, Amrita University, Jaypee, SRM, Amity, etc. If you have dreamt of getting into IIT or NIT or other good state colleges like DTU or NSIT and you want to give another try next year, then please go sit alone and ask yourself what you want to do in life, what kind of job you want, what do you expect from life, moreover what you expect from yourself.

I think having a year gap is not at all a good idea, I myself dropped one year due to some reasons and what I experienced was a whole different experience, which I pray nobody experiences. But everyone’s situation is not the same. 

So do ask yourself what you want to do in life.  

If you want to prepare for government exams, then please do not drop don’t even think of that, I’ll let you know why. UPSC or SSC or other clerical level exams are not at all easy and the eligibility criteria for appearing in the exam is that one should be graduate, nobody is going to ask you or judge you from which college you have done your B.tech. 

If you want to go for Masters or you want to go abroad for higher studies, then also please don’t drop because outside India people are only aware of IITs none of the other colleges are known by people over there. And remember one thing, every degree replaces the previous one. Therefore, if you didn’t get good marks in JEE don’t worry you can pursue masters of other post graduation courses. 

However, if you think that you don’t have to study after B.tech and have to work or get a job then be prepared mentally.

There will come a time when you will see all your friends going to college and you will be the one at home, you might start doubting your decision, you would have to face a lot of things the most difficult thing will be to see and have a conversation with your parents. A small suggestion, please join a coaching center any tuition center as being under an institution is really important for a person. It helps to keep things managed and make a routine. You would have to stop over thinking. 

About the Author:

Gatiq Doultani is a student at Dronacharya Group of Institution pursuing Bachelor of Technology. He loves to be around computers and to code.