Harsh truth about JEE
I see this sub flooded every year with posts saying “I prepared sincerely for 2 years, followed my coaching properly, and still the exam went badly.”
What most students don’t realise is this: the system itself is broken.
The coaching you’re paying lakhs for is not designed to make you a topper, or even to get you into an IIT. There are elite batches of students who receive significantly different treatment often separate study material, tests, faculty attention, accommodation, food and transport.
The fees paid by regular students help fund all of this, while everyone is made to feel like they’re being trained equally.
These elite students are then used to produce AIRs and for marketing, with their photos plastered everywhere.
So if your exam didn’t go well despite “doing everything right,” understand this: it’s not always a lack of hard work or discipline. Sometimes, you were simply never the product they were building.
I’m not saying effort doesn’t matter. I’m saying the playing field is nowhere near equal.