Students’ Speak: Don’t drop out, look for right colleges if your JEE Main is low

By: Sachin Kumar Singh

After the January results, assess yourself properly and prepare accordingly and only focus on your strengths for another attempt in the month of May. I think you have enough time to judge and test yourself and your potential and if you still not make it then definitely you should not go for a drop year.

First of all, you should not worry about your results rather you should feel confident that you have appeared in one of the best engineering entrances, it does not matter much whether you made it or not but the important thing is that you have assessed yourself properly that will help in later stage of life in different competitive exams that where you lacked and what are your plus points.

I would not suggest at all to go for a drop year rather you can still get one of the best engineering colleges on the basis of the score which you have secured. Also, you have chances of clearing other entrances conducted by the top institutions itself and you can get the branch of your choice. Because if you prepare for another one year and in case you are not able to make this time you will feel much more depressed and you will not have options. And also after your engineering, there are many good organisations which do not allow candidates with a drop year during their education.

Nowadays, students are lucky to have two chances in the same year to appear for JEE Main. So, after the January results, assess yourself properly and prepare accordingly and only focus on your strengths for another attempt in the month of May. I think you have enough time to judge and test yourself and your potential and if you still not make it then definitely you should not go for a drop year.

Even on the basis of your JEE score, you can get admissions in top private universities of the country or the affiliated ones such as BIT, VIT, KIIT, SRM, Amity, etc. As these are premium institutions with all the facilities providing quality education and even god placements. If you are getting the branch of your interest go for it without wasting another year that will help you in the future.

Another option is that you can wait for the second or the third round of counselling. If you are lucky you will make it but first, get admission to any good institute and later if you get in NITs you can cancel your admission. As there are chances that you may get any good institute on the basis of your rank after subsequent counsellings. But try to have options unless you are not much confident in your decision that will help you.

So, at last, I would only suggest that always be happy and never get hopeless in this admission session, as this is just an exam and in now-way, this is going to decide your future, just always feel confident as there are many more to go.

About the Author:

Sachin Kuman Singh recently completed his Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from KIIT, Bhubaneshwar. Currently, he is working with Simplex Infrastructures Limited as a Graduate Engineer Trainee. He is also a state-level athlete.