Hello Sneha,

With a preparatory rank of 5494, getting a seat in any IIT through the preparatory course depends on the availability of seats and the cutoffs for the specific year. The preparatory course is designed for students who narrowly missed the cutoff and belong to reserved categories like SC, ST, or PwD.

Though your preparatory rank is relatively higher, you might still have a chance of securing a seat in newer IITs or less competitive branches. It is advisable to attend the counseling sessions and keep an eye on the opening and closing ranks of various IITs offering preparatory courses.

I would recommend you to use JEE Advanced college predictor tool by Careers360 to get the list of possible colleges you can get with your rank.

Here is the link to the tool:

https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-advanced-college-predictor?utm_source=qna&utm_medium=jee_adv_cp

Click on the above link, fill the required details and you will get the list of possible colleges at your rank.

I hope this answer helps you. If you have more queries then feel free to share your questions with us we will be happy to assist you.

Thank you and wishing you all the best for your bright future.