What if one is doing his 12th as not a regular student, but as a private student, will they allow him to appear in JEE?
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Yes you can apply for Jee Main but your School where you done 12th is affiliated to CBSE.
Year of Appearance in Qualifying Examination (QE), only those candidates who have passed their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2016 or 2017; or those who are appearing in their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2018 are eligible to appear in JEE (Main) 2018. Candidates who passed Class 12th/Qualifying examination in 2015 or before as well as those who will appear in such examination in 2019 or later are not eligible to appear in JEE (Main)- 2018. Candidates who appeared in class 12th/equivalent Qualifying Examinations in 2015, did not pass in 2015, but passed in 2016 are also not eligible to appear in JEE (Main) 2018. This criteria is applicable for both private and regular candidates. Private candidate can fill 'nil' against the school name column.
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AS JEE MAIN 2018 Application form is about to release on 1st December, 2017 and candidates will be able to register themselves for the exam till 1st Jan, 2018. S it becomes important for the student to know and understand the eligibility criteria for the JEE MAIN exam.
The candidates are majorly concerned with Age Limit, Education Qualification, Number of Attempts and one must ensure complete eligibility before appkying for the exam as there are only 3 attempts for the JEE Main exam. The eligibility criteria as per CBSE is as follows-
Age Limit- The age limit to appear in JEE Main 2018-
The candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1993.
There is age relaxation for SC, ST, PWD candidates of 5 years is applicable.
2. Year of Passing the Qualifying Examination –
The candidates should have appeared for Qualifying Examination in 2016 or 2017 or appearing for the final exams in 2018, but they need to submit the certificates before the due date.
If a candidate did not pass the Qualifying Examination in the year 2015 but passed in 2016 is not eligible.
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