Should I take a partial drop?
Ik generally the people who take partial drops are the ones who get 90%ile and above and have confidence in themselves to get 99%ile in mains or good rank in advance the next year. But I've got 76%ile. 26k rank in VITEEE and 80% in boards. I'm getting 80 marks in COMEDK and 108 in KCET. 153 in BITSAT Session 1.
Honestly all I want to do is just leave my JEE studies behind and get to coding in Rust as fast as possible. It's my dream and passion and that's what I can spend 10 hours a day studying, not organic chem for which I will have no use for in my life. Though I get that maths I will need to understand at an exceptional level for coding with things like graphics APIs.
The issue is that at these horrible marks I don't get anything of my choice. I wanna have a college that is well reputed but not strict. I love coding but I wanna do it on my own accord, not in a workaholic place like IIIT Hyderabad, even though it's amazing. Ik beggars can't be choosers, and I'm in no position to complain but it's what I genuinely feel like. I don't wanna go to Tamil Nadu for VIT, I'm damn sure I won't be comfortable there for 4 years, but VIT is currently the best I am getting. That too at cat 4/5. I'm at a dilemma. Do I take a partial drop and enroll into a college that is cheaper as a safety net and work towards atleast cutoff for next year? Or do I try to keep my coding on the side for yet another year and take a full drop? Please tell me your advice. Thanks!
[I also posted this on r/partialdropperforjee but for some reason I can't crosspost]