I took PCMB in eleventh and planned to clear AIIMS and IIT both, then after a few months

came to senses and decided that IIT and AFMC would be more realistic and awesome as I
always wanted to don an army uniform.
I worked relentlessly hard to achieve what I dreamt of.
I wasted my entire eleventh in a shitty coaching institute and learnt nothing worthwhile
there.
I topped my school though, in eleventh.
Soon after final exams of eleventh I was diagnosed with holes in my left eye's retina which
meant a strict refusal from army on medical grounds.
I was shattered. So much that I suffered from the most hideous depressed state of mind
ever.
Soon twelfth began and now I started responding to the situation.
I gave up on AFMC and pursuing medicine altogether.
Realised that a lot of damage was done already to my IIT preparation.
I took about a 10 month long course from a good coaching institute and studied and solved
problems as much as I could to bridge the gap between me and those who prepared for two
or more years, PS I had to start preparing from scratch.
All this while too I wasted a lot of time worrying about the time I wasted studying biology in
eleventh and being apprehensive of how I stand no chance to compete with those who
prepared in eleventh as well.
I even broke down the day before JEE Mains and instead of last minute preparations I was
lying on the floor weeping like the most pathetic creature ever.
I screwed the exam and scored a shitty 176 .
Now an even worse depression ensued before I appeared for Advanced, thankfully I had two
of my friends who helped me recover and showed me that there is still hope.
So despite of the most excruciating burnout I somehow kept revising all I could and
appeared for advanced.
End result

Scored 96.4 percent in CBSE boards, topped science in my school

JEE Mains rank 4497, all thanks to the board percentage

JEE Advanced rank 4865, not stellar, I know but hey I could get good streams in
new IITs.

BITSAT score 351(not great, but still, I was expecting around 270)

Bottom line...
Work hard and you can certainly get through, but work hard very hard.