JEE Mains - Cutoff

• The JEE Main cut-off score determines if students will qualify for the Advanced exams
• National Testing Authority (NTA) publishes cut-off marks online.
• JEE Main’s cut-off marks differ for different categories – Paper 1 & 2
• Individual subjects are not assigned separate cut-offs. But each year, the cut-off marks are changed, based on the difficulty level of the exams, the previous year’s cut-offs, total number of seats in each college and finally, the total number of students who appeared in the JEE Main exams
• Ranks are assigned on the basis of scores they got in JEE Main exams
• All India ranks are given based on 60% of JEE scores and 40% scores of the 10+2 results.
• Cut-off scores for the JEE Mains can be calculated by students to find out which college/branch they can enrol themselves into.
• There are different lists of cut-off scores for the General/Open and Reserved categories.
• Various institutes also release their cut-off scores for JEE aspirants who can apply to the other courses offered by them.
• Engineering colleges have their own criteria for cut-off lists and deciding the opening and closing ranks of students:
  • Total applicants for various courses in these colleges
  • The number of seats allocated for students

JEE Main Qualifying v/s JEE Mains Admission Cut-Off