how they are calculating eligibility for entering JEE advance exam

Dear Aspirant,

See the eligibility to appear for JEE Advanced exam depends upon Percentile scored in JEE Mains.

Every year the cutoff percentile is nearly same ,

here is the last year's  cutoff percentile (2020)-

50.1760245

Scheduled Tribe (ST)

39.0696101

PwD

0.0618524

Expected Marks in JEE Mains 2021 to qualify for JEE advanced -

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff#Previous-Years-Cutoff-of-JEE-Main

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff#Expected-Qualifying-JEE-Main-Cutoff-2021-Marks

Hi

Actually, jee main qualifying cut off percentile to be eligible for jee advanced is selected for different categories in such a way that only around a total of 2.5 lakh student becomes eligible for Jee advanced.

It's quite difficult to predict JEE mains qualifying cutoff to be eligible for JEE advanced examination as it keeps changing every year depending upon various factors like :-

*number of students that appeared in the  jee main exam,

*kind of marks obtained by them ,

*toughness level of the jee main examination for different shift etc.

But yes,

When we go through previous year trend then

JEE mains 2021 expected qualifying  CUT OFF percentile to be eligible for JEE advanced  is given below for different categories on the basis of past year trends :

.                  .  JEE      MAIN CUT   OFF    PERCENTILE

Category jeemain2020 jeemain2021 expected off

General :-     90.3765335                 90-95

GEN-EWS :-  70.2435518                  70 -75

OBC-NCL :-  72.8887969                   70 -75

SC     :-           50.1760245                  50 -55

ST :-                39.0696101                  40 - 45

PwD :-            0.0618524                      1- 2

You can check the same at our page the link is provided below

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff

For your reference

jee advanced eligibility criteria is given below :-

-----) you need to pass your class 12th with at least 75% marks in aggregate in class 12 if belong to general or obc category or at least 65% marks if belongs to SC/ST or must be in the top 20 percentile in class 12 examination. For this year i. e 2021 this percentage requirement in class 12th has been lifted off.

----) You can give JEE advanced examination for the maximum of consecutive 2 years starting from the year of appearing for your 12th examination i. e to be eligible for JEE advanced 2021 your 12th board examination appearing year should be either 2021 or 2020 .

-----) There is upper age limit, according to which to be eligible for jee advanced 2021,you should be born on or after 1st October 1996. There is 5 years of age relaxation for SC, ST and PwD so candidates of SC/ST /PWD needs to be  born on or after October 1, 1991.

-----) you must qualify JEE main 2021 to be eligible for jee advanced 2021

You can get the detailed below information about jee advanced eligibility criteria by visiting our page the link for the same is provided below

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-advanced-eligibility-criteria

Thank you