I HAD CHECKED MY ANSWER KEY MY FOR 20 JULY 2021 ATTEMPT FOR JEE MSINS. AS PER COMPARISION AND EVALUATION I GOT 236 MARKS. I WAS EXPECTING PERCENTILE ARROUND 99.7 BUT TO MY SURPRISE I GOT ONLY 99.14. CAN THERE BE COMPUTATION ERROR?
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Hello Aspirant,
No there is no any computation error because there are many factors that led to some variation in the expected and actual percentile so not to worry for that but yes if you are seeking 99.7+ percentile then you can definitely try for upcoming attempt of JEE-Main 2021.
Since you have not mentioned your category so considering it as General.
According to the percentile you have mentioned your CRL rank is expected to be in the range of 7000-10000 , you can check out marks Vs CRL ranks Vs Percentile from the link given below :-
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-marks-vs-percentile
Or
You can also use JEE-Main Rank Predictor to predict your rank :-
So on such rank and category you have good chances to get the enlisted NITs :-
- Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar - Computer Science Engineering
- Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad - Electrical Engineering
- National Institute of Technology Durgapur - Computer Science and Engineering
And some more. You can check out previous year's cut-offs from the official website of JOSAA as given below :-
https://josaa.nic.in/Result/Result/currentorcr.aspx
Note that the above prediction is made on the basis of latest cut-offs available on official website of JOSAA or CSAB and the cut-offs are bound to change every year depending upon various factors such as the number of candidates appearing in an examination, the number of candidates qualifying an examination, difficulty level of the paper, and so on.
So you can use JEE-Main College Predictor to predict your chances of admission in different engineering colleges of India on the basis of your JEE-Main 2021 result :-
https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?icn=QnA&ici=qna_answer
You can also check out the JEE-Main 2021 qualifying cut-off (expected) for JEE-Advance 2021 from the link given below :-
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
Hi
No, there's no computational error, you got less than your expectation because
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Your shift was not that difficult as you had assumed
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The students in your shift performed relatively better than your expectation.
With 99.14 percentile
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your rank will be around 8798 - 9890 as per our rank predictor at
With above rank, you have chances in following NITs .
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NIT Patna :- computer science engineering
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NIT calicut :- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
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Nit Nagpur :- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
And more
For previous year cut offs of top colleges like NITs, IIITs , you can refer our page at :-
NITs :- https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/nits-cutoff-for-top-btech-branches
IIITs:- https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff-for-top-iiits
Or alternately you can visit official website of josaa at
https://josaa.nic.in/Result/Result/currentorcr.aspx
This prediction of colleges is based of past year data but cut off or closing rank changes every year depending upon many factors like the number of students that give the examination, difficulty level of the JEE main for different shifts etc so
To have a personalised report on your chances of getting a college you can go through our college predictor, it will give you complete list of colleges which you can get on the basis of the category you belong to, your home state, your gender etc, the link for jee main college predictor is provided below
https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?icn=QnA&ici=qna_answer
Thankyou
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