No it is not an only way to get into good engineering college or university , there are some entrance exams for private universities , here is the list :


MU OET 2019 which is an entrance exam for manipal university 

AEEE which is an entrance exam for Amrita university
SRMJEEE which is an entrance exam for Srm university
UPESEAT which is an entrance exam for University of Petroleum and Energy studies
NMAT which is an entrance exam for Nmims university
VITEEE which is an entrance exam for Vellore institute of technology
BITSAT which is an entrance exam for Birla institute of technology

Check the link below for more engineering entrance exams other than jee mains :
engineering.careers360.com/exams

These are the top exams you can give other than jee .

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