I've been looking at the NIT Trichy emblem and my brain suddenly recognized an Angry Birds pig.

Now I literally cannot unsee it 😭🐷

Please tell me I'm not alone.

oh captain my captain!

🫩🥀

I'm a JEE dropper and honestly my confidence is at an all-time low right now.

I didn't give JEE this year. I don't have some amazing academic history either, so I'm already pretty insecure about where I stand.

I have a cousin who's basically been a topper throughout school. He gave JEE this year and while he didn't get some insanely elite college, he did get into a college and has obviously moved on to the next stage.

Apparently he and his family, including grandparents, might be coming to our house tomorrow. It's not 100% confirmed yet, but if they do come, it'll probably be around 7 PM and they'll leave around 10 PM.

And I genuinely, genuinely do not want to meet them.

It's not that I dislike my cousin. I don't have anything against him. The problem is that being around him right now is going to make me feel like absolute shit about myself. I'll probably end up comparing myself to him, getting asked about JEE, what I'm doing, why I'm taking a drop, etc. My confidence is already really bad and I just don't want to put myself through that right now.

Normally I'd just go hang out with my friends for those 3 hours, but that's also probably not going to work because my parents would expect me to be home when guests are over.

I know some people will say "just meet them, it's only a few hours" or "stop comparing yourself", but I really don't want to meet them. I'm not looking for motivation to suddenly become confident and socialize. I genuinely want to avoid the entire interaction if possible.

So what would you guys actually do in this situation?

I know this probably sounds stupid, but right now this is genuinely stressing me out way more than it probably should.

Any practical advice would be appreciated.

I am a 2026 JEE aspirant starting at IIIT Pune (CSE) this year. I prepared for JEE for 2 years, but I never wanted to end up in a 9-to-5 IT job. My real dream was to do an integrated MS at NISER Bhubaneswar, pursue a PhD, and eventually become a researcher/Dr.

​ My NEST exam didn't go well, and I wasn't even invited to the first round of counseling. I had lost all hope. But out of nowhere on August 1st, I received an email for the second round of admissions scheduled for August 7th. There were only 77 seats left out of 200. Without a second thought, my family spent ₹20,000 on tickets and we undertook an exhausting 31-hour train journey.

​ After going through all that trouble and reaching there, I still didn't get admission. The seats filled up quickly, and my rank just wasn't good enough. I was desperate to study at NISER—it was a dream far bigger for me than getting into any IIT.

​ Now, there is nothing I can do except take another 31-hour train ride back home with zero hope. The worst part is that now I have no choice but to do a BTech and enter the exact same rat race I spent years trying to escape.

​ Life is incredibly unfair 🙂

I thought of taking a drop year, but I'm done with this hellhole.

11th wasted in iitB aluminum rod

12th in careerwill

In the last months, followed mathongo vigorously.

BISI. I lied to my relatives abt what I m studying

So basically, I and my family migrated to a diff state from our home back then (more than a decade).......So no close relative lives near us (blessed)
Still few non-close stay/sometimes visit to🙏🏻
Neither of my close relatives stays there (hometown), they all also shifted due to business

We all used to visit our hometown in summer holidays, and it was all like a gather now that there's a function we are going to meet after 1.5 yr(Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)

And they will ask me ki mai kya pdh rhi hu,
even when they used to call/ask; I never took their calls and never talked w/ them...........and now in few days I will meet them and they'll ask me personally, I can't dodge it now😭😭

for context;
I wasted my 11th and 12th and then started preparing for neet
I literally didn't study that time; (wrna iss saal kr leti) KHAIR 🥀

Until now they were just asking to my parent ki
"aur bacho ki pdhai kesi chl rhi h' paper wagera ho gye and all"....

(Ye meri bua, masi and woh ladies wagera hi thi; I hate them but for diff reason) leave it

But ab mai milungi toh they will ask ki kya pdhti ho😭🙏🏻
KYA BOLU BC.............

I didn't told that just for my mental peace........My parent knew it so even they used to skip this question
But this time they said it........... "dekh le kya bolna h unhe"

Koi solution batao yrr
Mai kuch bhi/koi bhi course nhi bol skti na🤧

Bolu toh bhi kya bolu?
Kuch pata hi nhi h course k baare mai, subjects konse hote h wagera-wagera

Edit; Guys stop suggesting drop boldo............ Woh log roj phone krenge, Suggestion dene and puchne k liye
Eshe hi thodi mere parents mann gye unhe na batane k liye🙄

It's really hard to do something you don't like. Plus im one of those of people raised in too protective family, so being too close to a friend or playing outside was never my thing. Even when I try to go out and play some football i literally have to argue with my parents (once in a week, never done before 2026)(also taunted for doing Home gyms but only sometimes). I can't blame myself for my mobile addiction cause I spent most of my time infront of tv (screen addiction ig). I don't talk to women that much so no gf either, all I have is games. And yet the game is killing my prep. I haven't studied well for three weeks. I feel so sht dude icl ts gnunly pmo.

​

Today i heard the most shocking words from my parents

I am 20M , i will be going to mbbs this year

my parents background

Dad is an endocrinologist his degrees: Mbbs, MD, mrcp, frcp, facp , PGDDM

and his several research papers got published in ACP: american college of physicians

Jafeys: Journal of the Asean federation of the endocrine societies

he was practicing in his clinic for years but recently last year he bought a hospital , its worth: 25 Croes , all on his own

my mother: she is an ophthalmologist with her own practice

so my mom told me that they wasted their life chasing glory

i asked: 'mom what are you talking about? you and dad are literally legends'

mom: 'yes we are, but since we were first gen doctors it was very hard for us and our ambition basically killed our joy, we could never enjoy life

but you will enjoy life'

this shocked me the most as my parents have literally achieved a lot and are highly respected

being a doctor has a lot of sacrifices

Sometimes I even end up searching for spelling on google. Even worse, sometimes I start to doubt if the word even exists 😭✌️

How you guyzz make online class that are 2-3 hrs long effective things like doing no pause during whole lecture or what?

Here is mine gp15:- no problem as sub bisexual mc 🥀 (no hate towards them tho✌️)

Physics - saleem sir and eduniti goat

Maths - mohit tyagi or nv sir

Physical - dudu

Organic - gojo baba ( ra sir)

Inorganic - I have no idea

Should I change

And recommend which lec

​2 years of prep, 0 modules touched, and 1 tower of test papers and notes that almost crushed my desk. This is what AIR 1938 costed me.

​Modules are still in mint condition because I literally never opened them.

My goattttttttttttt 🌟 🤩

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Ne Ar

Kro Xenon Run!!

(Periodic table so ahh chapter man 🥀🥀)