What After JEE Mains?
What to do after JEE Mains Result?
What after JEE Mains? – Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) is one of the toughest exams in the country with students appearing in this exam to get into some of the best engineering and architecture colleges in the country. Getting an IIT-tag is not everything. Students appearing for JEE Mains are always in a dilemma if their score is lower than they expected or what they had thought would get them admission into the top technical colleges in the country or not.
Some of the questions that bother:
- Career: What would happen to my career if don’t get admission to a good college because of a low rank? What other career options do I have? Will my parents approve of other career options?
- Family: What will my parents think of me because of my low rank? Will my parents doubt my capabilities?
- Expectation: Why are my marks not up to mine or my parents’ expectations? What should I expect next?
- Society: What will others think of me? How come my friend who was not a topper got a higher rank than me? Should I take admission in some local college?
- Life: What should I do in life? Why do bad things happen to me? Why did life treat me this way even after studying hard? What if I do not succeed in life?
- Goal: What would happen to my goal of becoming an engineer? Should I change my goal? Will my parents support my goal? How do I achieve my goal?
It is natural to have such thoughts. There is no need to worry and get into depression.
Talking about colleges, they can be classified as follows:
- Tier-I: Good IITs, Good NITs, Good IIITs, BITS, DTU, NSUT
- Tier-II: IIT, NIT, Manipal, PEC, Thapar, VIT Vellore, USIT, RVCE
- Tier III: others
There are two kinds of students who appear for the JEE Mains:
- Repeat: You don’t have the option of taking a drop. You’ll have to take admission into a college. Now, because of low rank, you may not get admission into IITs, NITs, IIITs, but there are still esteemed colleges like BITS that have their own entrance exam. Other such colleges are VIT and SRM. Do not forget to fill those forms. The main thing for you is to find your passion and think about why you decided to take PCM. If you have that cleared up, decide your stream and then work hard in college.
Once you get into a college, the opportunities are endless. You can get wherever you wanted to be, even from non-IIT colleges, if you work with the right attitude and in the right direction. You can further study for CAT examination and get into IIMs who give windfall of money. All you have to decide is whether you really want to pursue engineering or not. Another option could be getting into civil services.
If all you wanted was to get into an IIT, then after getting a B.Tech degree, give GATE examination and pursue M.Tech in top IITs. You can also prepare for GRE and take admission in a foreign college. Your dream has not shattered yet. All you are facing right now is just a minor injury. All you have to do is realize your mistakes and learn to rectify them by working hard in the future. Dream big. Don’t be afraid to take a step on a road not taken. Remember to understand while you study. If you just learn to get marks, you will never be able to get to the top.
Time to see the Big Picture:
If you get admission into any of the Tier-I colleges in a good branch, then taking a drop just for the IIT tag is not worth it. Average package and job will depend on an individual’s caliber and hence, instead of thinking about repeating, try working hard in the first year itself and build a good resume. If you get CSE or IT in a tier II college, it is not good too. Some big companies like Goldman Sachs, Amazon, etc. do visit those colleges and again, it depends on your caliber. There are many facets of questions that arise in students’ minds and it is very natural too. However, if you get lower streams like Biotech or Chemical Engineering, you might not get good opportunities.
Many colleges have the system of promoting a student into a higher branch based on first year’s performance. So try your best to get good results and get into CS/IT. If not, build your skillset together with studying for college. Even a student of Biotech can code and apply for tech companies. Many non-tech companies, as well as Deloitte, give good packages. In Tier-III, the situation is tighter, CS students may get good placements but others do not have good job opportunities. So, before taking a drop, think five times, not just twice.
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