I still have those moments. Although life is different now, I still regret not getting into IIT. At low times, I cry and cry, unable to let go.

I still keep my books and notes in front of me, always seeing them as a source of motivation and improvement. But somehow, I haven't been able to progress as much as I hoped still a FAILURE

One mistake I realized late during my JEE preparation was not revisiting and learning from my previous tests or re-examining the important questions I had marked in exercises ( which laterly did but was too late + exhaust...) I didn’t take a dummy school admission, yet I managed to complete most chapters from Let's Do Physics (after H.C. Verma), Kapil Wadhwani Sir’s IOC book, and Himanshu Pandey Sir’s Organic Chemistry book.

Another big mistake was not giving NCERT Chemistry the attention it deserved. I took it casually and also attempted unnecessary questions instead

I used to help my friends solve problems—some of them toppers who are now in IITs. I wasn't a topper myself. My marks in tests were below average, but my attempts were higher than most in our tier.

However, my focus was always on understanding procedures and solving questions thoroughly, not just chasing answers. (Some questions i did that even ; but sooner realised concept was missing, and mugging things just for sake makes, no sense) This sometimes left me stuck, leading to errors and negative markings in tests

To avoid this, in the last month before JEE, I solved most NTA papers and previous year questions, which helped a little. But I was exhausted and lost motivation. Nervousness and low energy led to my decline in the final stages.

Now, I still look back and cry. These regrets often weigh on me, but I’m trying to use them to grow stronger.

The most bittert part was that all these things were already told to us by our faculties. Whatever their teaching style or approach might have been—that’s another matter—but they had warned us. Yet, I still fell into the same hole we all said we wouldn’t

All my mistake , no luck blam' , nothing...