30% of the JEE aspirants are those who don’t even want to become engineers. Some attempt JEE Main to fulfill their parent’s dream. If you were one of them and didn’t clear JEE, pursue what you like.
Apart from the national level entrance exam for engineering, i.e. JEE, India has many state and university level entrance exams offering engineering admissions in top colleges other than IIT.
If a candidate cannot get the rank to be eligible for taking JEE Advanced, they need not worry. India has an extensive network of institutes/ colleges. Most universities/institutes have their entrance exams; however, they also accept JEE Main scores for engineering admission.
Candidates who didn’t score well in JEE Main can also go for a B.Sc. degree based on their qualifying exam score or any other entrance exam. After the completion of the Bachelor of Science in the core science division. As per the eligibility criteria prescribed by the All India Council of Technical Education.
Praising the New Education Policy in the Smart India Hackathon, honorable PM Narendra Modi said, “It emphasizes creating job creators rather than job seekers. That is, in a way an attempt to bring reform in our mindset and in our approach.”
Candidates who could not qualify for JEE Main and can consider dropping the plan to pursue engineering can look for options other than engineering. Some non-engineering options include pursuing other courses such as BBA, B.A. B.Sc., BMS, etc.
If qualifying for JEE and getting into top IIT/NIT is the ultimate goal, candidates can drop the current year and dispose of the entire year to better prepare for JEE Main. However, candidates are advised if they are dropping a year, they should not waste a minute of any distractions and focus on their studies to achieve the goal.
Apart from university-level exams, there are many state-level entrance exams as well that are conducted each year for admission into the undergraduate engineering courses offered by the participating institutes of the state such as MHT CET, AP EAMCET, TS EAMCET, KCET, and KEAM.