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Yes.  He was my friend's friend and his name was  Hari Krishna.  Though I don't know him personally but I have heard about him from my friend quite a few times. Jumping directly to the answer, Hari Krishna scored around  140 marks out of 360  in  JEE Main 2016.  He was quite upset with his result and so he went to his hometown right after JEE Main 2016. He also didn’t attend the JEE Advanced classes as he was not happy with his result. What he actually did was that during the time when everyone (including my friend) was busy attending JEE Advanced classes, doing the toughest sums for JEE Advanced and whatnot, he just picked  10-15 previous year JEE Advanced papers  and solved it during the  45-day period  before  JEE Advanced 2016.  Additionally, he revised his notes, important questions and formulas by doing self-study. It was to my surprise when I got to know from my friend (who scored around  230 marks out of 360...

In IIT Bombay, the first-year syllabus is almost the same for all the students irrespective of their department. The first-year course of IIT Bombay is as follows: 1st Semester: MA 105 - Calculus (This course comprises of both Differential as well as Integral Calculus. This is that one course which makes students suffer a lot in the first semester. In 1st year, everywhere there is a buzz about MA 105. It is like a nightmare for quite a lot of students. But if you study properly, you'll easily score well. Till midsem, I had 24/60 but then before endsem, the head professor said that the grading will be done on best-of (Insem + Endsem) or (2 x Endsem). Since till midsem (“till midsem” means insem which comprises of quizzes and midsem exam), I had already screwed up in this course because of fear created by the buzz everywhere and so for the endsems, I decided to knock it because I had a golden chance to do it due to the new grading policy announced by the head prof and yes, I did it. ...

In IIT Bombay, the first-year syllabus is almost the same for all the students irrespective of their department.  To know more about the first-year syllabus of IIT Bombay in detail,  please read the following post: What is the first-year syllabus at IIT Bombay? 1st Year Autumn Semester Total Credits = 36 1st Year Spring Semester Total Credits = 33 2nd Year Autumn Semester CL 203 - Introduction To Transport Phenomena - Core Course CL 244 - Introduction To Numerical Analysis - Core Course CL 249 - Computational Methods Lab - Core Course CL 255 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I - Core Course HS 3XX - Psychology/Sociology/Philosophy/Literature - HSS Elective MA 207 - Differential Equations II - Core Course - Half Sem Course Total Credits = 33 2nd Year Spring Semester CL 202 - Introduction To Data Analysis - Core Course CL 232 - Chemical Engineering Lab I - Core Course CL 246 - Heat Transfer - Core Course CL 250 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II - Core Course CL 254 - ...