With WBJEE 2025 General Rank 42,903 and OBC-B Rank 3,703, your chances in top-tier government colleges (like Jadavpur University, IEM, Heritage, Techno Main Salt Lake) are very slim, as their closing ranks are usually below 10k–15k in general and much lower in OBC-B. However, you still have chances in:

• Mid-tier

With a WBJEE General Rank of ~50,000 and OBC-B Rank ~5,000, getting Heritage Institute of Technology (HITK), Kolkata is very tough. Heritage usually closes its OBC-B ranks within 1,000–2,000 for popular branches (CSE, IT, ECE). Even for lower-demand branches like Civil, Electrical, or Chemical, OBC-B cutoff is usually below 3,500–4,000.

With a GMR of 38,729 and TFW rank of 9,249 in WBJEE 2025, you have a fair chance of getting a TFW seat in mid-tier colleges like Techno Main Salt Lake, University of Calcutta, or similar institutes for branches such as CSE, IT, or ECE, since their previous TFW cutoffs

With a GMR of 33,760 in WBJEE 2025, getting into top government colleges like Jadavpur University or Kalyani Government Engineering College is unlikely, as their cutoffs close much earlier. However, you still have a chance in some lower-tier government engineering colleges in districts (like Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, Cooch Behar

With a GMR of 57,330 and an OBC A rank of 3,657 in WBJEE, your chances in top government colleges are limited, but you can still get options in a few mid-tier government engineering colleges and several private colleges. Branches like Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Production, and some core branches are

Hello Aspirant,

Yes, the student is admissible for WBJEE. The eligibility rule is that a candidate must have studied Physics and Maths along with Chemistry/Biology/Biotechnology/Computer Science as compulsory subjects in the Higher Secondary (10+2) examination, and had an aggregate of 60% (45% for reserved category) in Physics, Mathematics and the

Hi aspirant,

If you’re eligible to claim West Bengal domicile, then you should always choose ‘AT’, which is the code for WB domicile candidates. This gives you access to home state quota seats, which come with more reservation benefits and better chances of getting a government seat or a lower

Here is the last year’s WBJEE cutoff for OBC-A category in major government engineering colleges under the Home State quota:

– Kalyani Government Engineering College
CSE closed around rank 5200 to 7000
ECE and EE closed around 8000 to 11000

– Government College of Engineering & Ceramic Technology, Kolkata
CSE

Sorry, but as a PCB student, you are not eligible for WBJEE. You need to  PCM for WBJEE

Absolutely, your son still has options. Even with a 54 percentile in JEE Mains and not appearing for WBJEE, he can still get admission into a B.Tech CSE program, especially through private universities or colleges that offer direct admission or accept JEE scores with no specific cutoff.

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