What are some great inspirational stories of JEE aspirants who have successfully battled poor marks in tests?

This is not my story but this is the story of one of the closest friends I have ever had.

We went to the same coaching institute and also we used to go for the resonance AITS together every weekend. Now our preparation was going pretty smoothly and our AITS marks and rank were more or less okay. We had a common pattern to our marks. She always scored more than me in JEE main level tests and I always scored more than her in JEE Advanced level tests, though the difference was mostly marginal.

Now with the exams approaching we got more serious with our preparation and finally it was time for the board exams.

She was strongest in mathematics but unfortunately on the day of CBSE Maths exam she started feeling sick in between the exam. Somehow she managed to write the exam and scored something close to 90.

Now it was time for JEE main, and she was serious about the exam. But somehow she managed to give her worst performance possible. She got a rank around 66 thousand. Just imagine a girl who used to score 200+ marks in all the mock tests scores something around 100. Needless to say her confidence was completely shattered.

The story doesn’t end here, after JEE main she started preparing for JEE Advanced. The big difference this time was that she did not have any expectations and she only focused on solving questions rather than focusing on cracking IIT.

She sat for JEE Advanced and secured a rank around 4000.

Right now she is studying Metallurgy and Material Science Engineering in IIT Kharagpur.

The jump from 66,000 to 4,000 is one of the most inspiring JEE preparation story that I have witnessed in front of my eyes.

Thanks.