Need honest advice about taking a drop for IIMs after a really rough year.

This year has honestly been one of the hardest of my life.

Just before my Class 12 boards, I was diagnosed with Hepatitis A, and on top of that I also got dengue. Because of my health, I ended up getting a compartment in Physics and scored much lower than I normally do in my other subjects too. My overall percentage came out to around 70%.

Before all of this, I was a pretty good student. I had prepared well, but my health completely ruined my plans. I missed applications for some IIMs, gave a few entrance exams while I was sick, and I couldn't even attend my IIM Rohtak interview because I was hospitalized.

This year I got into NMIMS, TAPMI, and Nirma, and I was also waitlisted at IIM Sambalpur (around 15X).

I'm now thinking of taking a drop year and preparing seriously for next year's admissions, especially IIM Bangalore's UG program and other management entrances. I've almost completely recovered now.My biggest concern is whether colleges will judge me because of my compartment and low Class 12 scores, even though they were due to genuine medical reasons. I'm also worried because I haven't been able to study properly for the last 5–6 months, and I even scored poorly in Maths boards because I only attempted enough to pass while I was unwell (Maths is actually one of my strongest subjects).

Do you think taking a drop is the right decision? Will I still have a realistic chance at getting into a good IIM or other top B-schools next year, or will my board marks and compartment hold me back? If you were in my position, what would you do?

I'd really appreciate any advice or experiences. I'm honestly feeling very confused and anxious about my future.

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with the whole osm situation i only scored 79 percent in 12th cbse ,from my knowledge they do not accept such students in iim indore or rohtak is this true?

does anyone know someone in iim with shitty 12th class marks?

What more to do to crack this exam and what is the safe score? Like for general knowledge everything feels less , also I require suggestions for quants ...

What if, instead of going through every basic concept in QA (which I mostly know either way) just for revision, I practiced PYQs and questions of the same pattern? Is this a sound strategy or not?

Hi there,like I recently came across the MEDHAVI scheme of MP govt which funds ug degrees for all madhya pradesh students given that one meets the requirements.

So i just want to enquire about what are its policies, eligibility and scope.

Kindly provide the authorised details that are applicable as soon as possible.( 31st july tak ITR bharna na ).

thankyou.

Literally lost my 58 days streak by 2-3 seconds.

it was 11:58 and i suddenly realised that i didnt complete my todays target. opened incorrect word topic test to get atleast 2 questions right so that i can maintain my streak. as soon as i clicked submit the clock went 12:00.

if i would have 2 more seconds i would have saved my streak.

REQ to vani didi and bhavesh bhaiya to pls look into the matter.

Hi guys, for last few weeks I was consistently studying for IPMAT gave a few mocks,sectionals here and there, with okayish marks and I was learning a lot. But I don't know what hit me in last 3-4 days I am unable to study I cant focus, when I sit down to study my brain says no, its not that I lack consistency but suddenly I feel super low and kind of depressed, I feel like I can never make it despite how hard I try, I dont feel like studying,playing,talking with friends,watching a movie.etc. I feel like doing nothing. Pls help me what should I do?

Hi guys,

I'm new to the whole afterboards community. My weakest section is QA. Even topics that I usually find easy in school like time and work I find it really hard in the sectionals test. I feel really helpless and I'm not sure how to improve with such a short amount of time left and with the whole 12th grade boards pressure. Any tips on how to improve and which sections to focus on would be extremely helpful.

All the best with learning guys!

Hi all,

This post will be a reality check for all those who believe luck doesn't matter.

Here I am after two years of hard work.

I missed IIM Rohtak by 3 marks, IIM Indore VARC by 6 marks, and got waitlisted at IIM Shillong and IIM Ranchi, which I already know are probably not going to get cleared.

I got 89.4% in Class 12, and you know what? Do you know how it feels when even the rechecking portal never opens? Isn't that just hard luck? Now I have to give an improvement exam for just 3 marks to make it a perfect 90 so I can at least have a better profile for CAT.

And today, my last hope, SSCBS, was ruined in the same way as the others. I missed the cutoff by 9 marks, and that's not even my fault. I lost around 70 marks because of normalization. Okay, I know this might sound like an excuse, and maybe it is.

But all this after 100+ Quant sectionals, 90+ Verbal sectionals, 60 mocks and solving everything from R.S. Aggarwal to Arun Sharma, and practicing so many questions that I don't even know the count anymore.

Isn't that hard work?

And if you're expecting me to become a motivational speaker and tell you what I learned from all this, I'm not going to do that. Some things are just meant to be like this.

Okay, so what's next?

I'm going to Sri Venkateswara College for B.Sc. Statistics (which wasn't even my first choice). But beggars can't be choosers, so here I am.

This is all from my side—a little reality check that not every time things go in your favour. Sometimes, all you can do is wait, and nothing else.