If you are getting a good IIT, no need to read this. Otherwise, please analyze your situation.
If your answer is yes, do consider giving a second chance. Start from analyzing your GATE exam. mark down the topics you couldn't answer. Fix those topics properly. There are students who have gone from 10,000 to 100 and there are students who have gone from 1000 to 3000. So, simply don't repeat. Analyze and then repeat.
Are you good in academics? If so do consider a direct Ph.D. or MS Research in IITs. Even good IITs/IISc. starve for good research candidates and so mostly GATE rank won't be an issue here. IITM usually calls around 1500 GATE rank and some new IITs go beyond and some even consider good academic profile and just a valid GATE score. You can see respective IIT tabs here.
http://gateoverflow.in/40163/prepare-written-interviews-subjects-focus-questions-asked
If you are getting a good IIT, no need to read this. Otherwise, please analyze your situation.
If your answer is yes, do consider giving a second chance. Start from analyzing your GATE exam. mark down the topics you couldn't answer. Fix those topics properly. There are students who have gone from 10,000 to 100 and there are students who have gone from 1000 to 3000. So, simply don't repeat. Analyze and then repeat.
Are you good in academics? If so do consider a direct Ph.D. or MS Research in IITs. Even good IITs/IISc. starve for good research candidates and so mostly GATE rank won't be an issue here. IITM usually calls around 1500 GATE rank and some new IITs go beyond and some even consider good academic profile and just a valid GATE score. You can see respective IIT tabs here.
http://gateoverflow.in/40163/prepare-written-interviews-subjects-focus-questions-asked