[mzfr]

Okay, I am just going to assume that you are from India(if not, situation in India is very similar).

I took the Gap year and couldn't clear JEE, the most prestigious test in India. So I took admission in some private college. Yes, education might not be the best but going to college is a whole different life experience I mean other than just studies. It might be difficult for you to just go to "any" college or you might feel like "you wasted a year" but it's not like that every day you learn something new and once you go to a college you'll realize that gap year was actually very important(not just for study but for personal development too.)

Also all these marks, who scored how much, how much you scored in high school etc all these matters until you go to college, after that it won't matter at all. Going to college will help you find a lot of different paths, different "career options".If end up going to college you'll meet people from different background having a different mindset that will help you a lot to develop your thinking and to understand how things actually work in the "real world".

P.S: You are 18 worries less, enjoy more :-)