Dear aspirant,
I myself scored a general rank of 842 and 122 girls rank last year but after the counselling lists were out I was alloted the mechanical branch although after going through the branch change process i got my branch changed from mechanical to electrical. So you see even after getting a rank under 1000 it was difficult to get admission in cse or elctrical.
Hope this answer helps.
All the best.
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