Will dropping an year for JEE (Mains and Advanced) be a good exam strategy?

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Trishula Das | Contributor-Level 10

9 years ago

If you make a plan and work on it, then it is a good idea. You have to aim for your vision, work hard and smart for the same.

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Alapan Roy | Guide-Level 11

9 years ago

Very well said.

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Vikas Kumar | Beginner-Level 4

9 years ago

it depends upon your previous year score if you missed it from 15-10 marks then go for pepration and work hard .. and the gap is large 40-50 then try for state college or any private institute wbjee , jcece , bcece etc...

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Akarsh Jain | Contributor-Level 7

9 years ago

Hi, If you want to pursue engineering from a reputed government college and unable to get admission because of less marks then go for a year drop, but there are good number of private colleges in India, first go for their respective state or university's entrance exam. You can also save your precio

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Navan Jain | Beginner-Level 3

9 years ago

Its depend on your efforts and strategy if you are dropping then always prepare keeping family aside...

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Akash Kundu | Beginner-Level 3

9 years ago

You should compel yourself to choose the field, which you like. You can drop a year, if you are fully determined to crack the exams. Else, you can continue with simple B.Sc because studying that effectively could get you better jobs than IITans. I hope it helps.

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Suketu Upadhyay Upadhyay | Contributor-Level 6

9 years ago

According to me, you should not drop your valuable 1 year but you should learn the capability of taking two studies together and getting good scores.

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Suprem Kumar | Contributor-Level 7

9 years ago

its obviously good to drop a year if u r confident that u can get a seat in IIT or nit then there nothing better then it...but remember its make or break tym !!!!studying one more year is better then searching for job one year after passing out wid an avg college

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Anupam Kakati | Beginner-Level 3

9 years ago

Hi dear, its a foolish Idea.Don't do this.Do your best this year.

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Prasoon Sharma | Contributor-Level 8

9 years ago

no never ....one must start preprations from +-1

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Prashant Kaushal | Beginner-Level 5

8 years ago

See, if your JEE score is below 70, then there is very less chance for you to score good marks in the next year. (I am talking about the chances, there can be exceptions but exceptions are very less) Still, if you know that you won't get any decent college this time and have a decent grasp over the

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