CURIOSITY AND HARDWORK TOOK THEM TO THE TOP

 

CURIOSITY AND HARDWORK TOOK THEM TO THE TOP

They are Class XII students. They cracked the JEE Main 2026. One scored the perfect score of 100. The other scored 99.98. Unbelievable indeed.

Look, how they achieved the impossible.

Shreyas Mishra 100%

Curiosity defined his childhood. As a Class V student, the world around seemed buzzing with questions. Bridges, trains, monuments, and machines weren’t just every day sights. They were puzzles to be understood. Why a bridge is shaped the way it is? Why are trains designed differently? Why is it,  the Ashoka pillar is not rusted?

Aged 17, Shreyas has turned that curiosity into an extraordinary achievement. He is among the 12 candidates, nationwide, to score 100 percent from among the 13 lakh candidates who had appeared for JEE Main 2026.

Shreyas attributes his success to years of disciplined preparation that he had begun from 2019 when he was in Class.VI. It had been a 12-14 hours grind every day. Apart from the studies he had pursued cricket and music. He defines consistency as the key to sustaining such an intense routine over the years where he had been balancing rigorous study with personal interests.

His father states that recognizing his aptitude early on he had enrolled him in speed mathematics and Abacus competitions during his childhood. The exposure had sharpened his numerical skills and confidence. The interest in mathematics had raised him to a superior level that many consider unattainable..

Vaishnav ENK 99.98%

Vaishnav credits his incredible feet to his prolonged ambition and the relentless perseverance. He had a clear goal.  He unravels his success mantra, “I believe everyone has more or less the same intelligence. But you need to be ambitious to attain a high goal and work hard consistently to reach there.”

He gives equal credit for his success to the entrance coaching at Brilliant Institute, Thrissur where he stayed in the hostel. The coaching included the solving of previous years’ question papers. He joined the Institute from Class XI onwards and it had enabled him to prepare well for JEE. He says, he found peer groups with his own mentality there. It certainly had a positive impact on him.

However, according to his perception, the CBSC Board exams are tougher than the JEE (main) and he has to  still work harder for that.