IIT Guwahati Student Shares Journey From Secret JEE Drop To Campus Life
· India · Indian Express, Times of India
Aryan Srivastava spent eight months living two parallel lives as a first-year student at MNNIT Allahabad while secretly preparing for the JEE Advanced exam. After medical reasons derailed his 2023 attempt where he scored a 99.2 percentile in JEE Mains, he reappeared in 2024 and secured AIR 8703 to enter IIT Guwahati. Now a third-year BTech student in Biosciences and Bioengineering, the 20-year-old from Prayagraj serves as an events head on campus. Coming from a family of educators and bankers, Srivastava balanced intense secrecy during his partial drop year before successfully transitioning to IIT Guwahati.
Why it matters
The account highlights the extreme pressures and resilience required by engineering aspirants navigating partial drops within India's hyper-competitive entrance examination system.
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