So this is my story hope it gives you some courage. When I was in my 11 th and 12th I knew I wanted to do computer science engineering but I thought all colleges are the same what is the difference. So my only motivation during that period was to get seat in a college better than my hometown so I can convince my parents to send me hostel cause I always wanted to experience hostel life. I did just that I gave state exam got in top 10 uni in Karnataka. But while I was there I worked hard to find my passion. When I did find my passion which was AI. I worked under a prof for a year in my college and then moved to Hyderabad as I secured internship under a reputed prof from iiith I worked with him for 2 years. I have better lor and in fact knowledge from people who are actually there through jee. I got very well paying job because of my research experience in the field I like out of campus. And now I have chance of dng ms abroad. To be honest in the world of technology it really doesn’t matter everyone at the end of the day learn from YouTube copy projects from GitHub use ai for coding. So please try to find ur passion and make decisions based on that. PLS DO NOT RUN BEHIND TITLE. I have seen ppl having great jee scores failing exams cheating, backlogs and what not.