Hello there,

At 96 percentile in JEE Mains 2025 under the EWS category (without home state quota), your expected Common Rank List (CRL) rank will be around 40,000 – 45,000 , and your EWS rank will be around 6,000 – 7,000 .

For Electrical Engineering , getting into the top 6 NITs will be very tough. NIT Trichy, NIT Surathkal, and NIT Warangal generally close around an EWS rank of 2,000 – 3,500 , which makes it nearly impossible for you to secure a seat there. MNIT Jaipur, MNNIT Allahabad, and NIT Calicut sometimes extend their cutoff to around 4,000 – 5,000 , so you may have a slight chance in the later rounds .

If you are open to other NITs like NIT Rourkela, NIT Jamshedpur, or NIT Silchar , you might have a better chance.

I would recommend you to use JEE Mains College Predictor Tool by Careers360 to get the list of possible colleges you can get with your rank.

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Hello,

With 96 percentile in EWS category and no home state quota, your chances of getting Electrical Engineering in the top 6 NITs (Trichy, Surathkal, Warangal, Allahabad, Calicut, Rourkela) are moderate to low.

Expected Rank:

CRL Rank: ~40,000 - 45,000

EWS Rank: ~5,500 - 6,500

Cutoff Analysis (Based on Previous Years):

NIT Trichy, Warangal, Surathkal: Requires EWS rank under ~3,000-4,000 for Electrical → Difficult.

NIT Allahabad, Calicut, Rourkela: Possible in later rounds if the cutoff extends to ~5,500-6,000 EWS rank.

Backup Plan:

Consider mid-tier NITs (Jaipur, Nagpur, Bhopal, Kurukshetra, Jamshedpur) where you have a higher chance of getting Electrical.