JEE Main Scores

Yes, you can get a good engineering college. It also depends on your class 12th percentage if the 60/40 pattern is followed while preparing the rankings, you can get some good colleges in Pune, Maharashtra. Also, in your City/Town or State. Do the proper research about colleges in your City/Town or State, their cut-offs, approved by AICTE or not. Fill the admission counselling form properly. You will surely get a good engineering college.
Good luck.

Check out the link below:
https://www.resonance.ac.in/reso/news/JEE-Main-Branch-Predictor.aspx

You have chances of getting good central institutes like NITs, IIITs and central universities. All depends on your desired branch. I will better suggest you to check the old cutoffs available at JoSAA and CSAB.

You can go to some of the top private colleges accepting JEE Mains and board percentage. There you can also get scholarships up to 100% (maybe).

You can get admission in good colleges with 72 marks in JEE Mains if you have good marks in board exams.

Provide your board exams result as well.
In which city or state are you looking for?
You can admission in many colleges with 94 marks in JEE Mains, if you have a good boards result.

What are you saying?
230 marks in JEE Mains are awesome.
You really got a good marks with a good rank.
You will definitely get admission in IIIT Hyderabad with CSE branch.
I am totally sure about it.

If you want to get good NITs, you must score atleast 230-240 and with this score, you can take any core branch which you want and your rank should be within 5000 so that there will be no problem. I hope you will like the answer. All the very best!

Dear,
Dropping one year is not a wise decision. 159 is good enough score. I think you will get good NIT with your desired stream. Best wishes.

There's almost negligible chance even for SC/ST reservation students opting for Northeastern Quota. At least from last year.