Students’ Speak: Here’s what you could do if your JEE Advanced score is low
Joint Entrance Exam - Advanced 2025 ( JEE Advanced )
Registration - 23 Apr '25 - 2 May '25
By: Manish Motwani
JEE Advanced takes place every year. Although, only a few get into the top IITs and a dream career, getting the best life for the rest does not end here.
JEE Advanced witnessed over two lakh aspirants across the country appearing for the exam every year. This is just the beginning of everything. So, even if you have scored low in JEE Advanced there is no need to worry or let negative thoughts enter your brain.
Now, the first question that will come into your mind, after receiving your below-expectation score, is whether or not you should take a drop.
There are certain things one should take care of before opting for a drop. Drop year is a year of risk, pressure and dilemma. One should take a drop year only if:
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- One is unable to do well in the exam due to boards or other exams.
- The rank earned by the student is not up to the expectations or it is only behind two or three marks to enter the cut-off.
One case is rare when someone has not studied for Advanced but is taking the drop. Well, there are cases happened with my friends where they have prepared from zero in one year and achieved under 1,000 rankings. But it depends on your own analysis and belief.
Looking at it from the different side, drop year can also push you one year behind. In my opinion, if you do not want to take a drop, there are still some good colleges one can get into with low scores. These include College of Engineering Pune, Manipal University, Lovely Professional University, Amity University, among others.
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These are renowned colleges having their own entrances. Below is the list of all the colleges one can take through JEE Advanced:
- Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram)
- Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
- Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
- Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology
- Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh
- NorthCap University (NCU), Gurgaon
- Arni University, Himachal Pradesh
- Alliance College of Engineering and Design
Now, the question arises, whether one should wait for counseling sessions to opt for colleges. Well, according to me, once you get to know your ranking, you will easily find an approximation of which college you are getting. Hence, you can trust that and start going for other options. Once, the counseling session gets over, you will be forced to take a drop or compromise with your branch.
About the Author:
Manish Motwani is a third-year Computer Science student from Lovely Professional University. He is passionate about writing content to help students in solving their career-related queries and providing guidance in their journey. He is also a tech enthusiast and travel freak.
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Those who appear for must check the JEE Main 2025 cutoff for general and other categories. The previous year cutoff marks for JEE Main for the General category are 93.24, 79.67 for OBC, 81.33 for EWS-ALL, 0.0018700 for UR-PWD, 60.0923182 for SC-ALL, and 46.6975840 for ST-ALL,
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered 2 weeks ago
JEE Advanced attempt limit is twice in two consecutive year. As a one time measure, 3 attempts at JEE Advanced 2025 has been permitted ONLY to the candidates who had dropped out of their courses between November 5, 2024, and November 18, 2024.
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The candidates of Indian origin have to ppear for JEE Advanced and qualify the same for admission to IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi campus. Indian candidates will be allotted seats at IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi campus based on JEE Advanced ranks and via JoSAA counselling. One-third of the total UG seats in IIT Delhi
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CAET 2025, or the Combined Admission Entrance Test 2025, is an entrance examination for admission to undergraduate (Bachelor of Technology) programs at the IIT Delhi – Abu Dhabi campus. It is open to:
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The BTech Degrees are Offered at IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi campus via CAET and JEE Advanced are:
- Computer Science and Engineering
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BHU cutoff 2024 has been concluded with Round 5 seat allotment results. The JEE Main is necessary to appear in JEE Advanced and to get into the same exam, one needs to score low rank than cutoff. With a better cutoff marks, candidates can surely eligible for JEE Advanced. The minimum marks needed in
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Beginner-Level 5
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With a better cutoff marks, candidates can surely eligible for JEE Advanced. The minimum marks needed in JEE Main to qualify for JEE Advanced 2025 are usually around 90-91 for the general category. However, these marks can vary slightly depending on factors such as the difficulty level of the exam a
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Beginner-Level 5
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Yes. JEE Advanced counselling is conducted by JoSAA. The candidates with JEE Advanced rank have to register for JoSAA counselling for admission to the IITs.
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Answered 2 weeks ago
The JEE Advanced counselling is called the JoSAA counselling. All details regarding it is updated on the JoSAA official website - josaa.nic.in.
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Answered 2 weeks ago
No, there is no oecentile marks. The marks in JEE Advanced result is the raw marks scored by the candidates. The marks are simply calculated using the making scheme of the exam and is totalled to get the aggregate marks scored by the candidates. This marks form the basis of the JEE Advanced ranks.
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What minimum score is required in JEE Mains or JEE Advance to crack an IIT or NIT by a PwD category student?