SUCCESS STORIES ARE ALWAYS HIT BUT WHAT IF YOURS IS A DIFFERENT ONE.
After all its only 4000 students out of those lakhs of engineering aspirants which are able to reach the destination.
AIEEE comes as a rescue to especially those students who miss JEE, that is the majority , because though it can not provide them with the prestigious IIT mark but provides them with NIT s & IIITs which too offer bright opportunities & placements later.
It is rightly called a cake walk for all those who are seriously involved in JEE preparation & the top AIEEE ranks are usually captured by such students (this is my idea of what I observed , there may be a huge no. of exceptions to this!!!) AIEEE is one of the well organized exam of India by Central Board of Secondary Education. Clearing it makes you eligible not only for NITs & IIITs but also many good deemed universities
Since 2002 when it was introduced it is held after JEE screening, so all those students esp freshers who had just faced their XII boards & could not perform as expected in JEE screening have a chance to save a year but thats not easy .
Yeah, its difficult to see your friends who always was below you or at par with you in your earlier mock tests to prepare for JEE mains (& you are left with only objective books heaped around you )but you have got to carry your patience with you till your other exams coz you never know you may be in a much better position then your friends later .This is one of the most crucial period of your career.
This is where you need something more than your academic intelligence & if I am not mistaken this is where EQ( Emotional Quotient )is required. If you feel bad that you have lost one of the best opportunities of your career after failing in JEE (coz clearing IIT-JEE is infact a great launchpad to your career )then this shows that you were really capable for it & feeling sad for this is natural.This shows that you have been left behind maybe just coz of your stupidest mistake & you have AIEEE to amend your mistakes ( the MOST IMPORTANT thing after making a mistake --- to learn from it).
This is why they say that battles are lost & won in minds & not in a battle feild.
So, you have to just keep your spirit alive, focussing on only basic concepts even found in your NCERT books(must for AIEEE) & be confident as we know that some of us need patience too along with our hardwork to meet that sweetest thing-SUCCESS .
BEST OF LUCK