Hello aspirant,

I hope that you are doing absolutely great.

With reference to your above mentioned query, i would like to tell you that it's up to you whether you take a year drop for JEE examinations to perform much better ti get top notch colleges in the second try. According to my opinion, if your first try isn't gone so well, then I think you must consider taking a year drop to boost your JEE mains preparation so that you can score good marks and rank next time to get top ranked Colleges in IIT's or NIT's.

Further, if you're consider taking a year drop for JEE exams, then you can follow some below tips and strategies that can help you to score high rank and score in JEE mains so that you can get top rank NIT's or IIT's next year. These tips and strategies are followed by experts and toppers to help you score high rank and score in JEE mains  :

1. Be Thorough with the Syllabus

2. Manage your Study  Time Well

3. Study from the best books for JEE preparation : To follow some of the bets books for JEE preparation, you can follow the below mentioned link : https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-preparation-tips

4. Finish the Existing topic and then move ahead

5. Develop clarity of concepts

6. Prepare short notes or flashcards

7. Practice the JEE Main Sample Papers and Question Papers : Follow the alongside link to download the previous year JEE mains papers : JEE Main question paper , JEE Main sample papers

8. Give regular Mock tests.

Further, to know more tips and details about scoring great marks in JEE mains and for the best preparation strategy, you can prefer following the below mentioned link  : https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-preparation-tips

Further, if you want you can also follow the JEE mains crash course that will add some extra boost to your JEE mains preparation : https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/careers360-jee-main-crash-course

I hope that this will help.