JEE Main 2026: Preparation Tips & Study Plan
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Hi
Making prediction is difficult as cutoff depends upon various factors like :-
----------------------------) number of students/ candidates that appeared in the jee main exam,
---------------------------) jee main examination difficulty level.
---------------------------) the category you belong etc.
But yes,
When we go through previous year trend then,
Minimum percentile in jee main 2021 to qualify it to be eligible for jee advanced is given below :-
--------) general :-87.8992241 percentile
--------) EWS:- 66.2214845 percentile
--------) OBC-NCL :- 68.0234447 percentile
--------) SC :- 46.8825338 percentile
--------) ST:- 34.6728999 percentile
--------) PWD :- 0.0096375 percentile
You can check the same at our page the link is provided below
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff
So, to be on the safer side, you need to target at least around 34 + percentile to qualify jee main 2022 if you are from st category
Thus, 87 yes you have very good chance to qualify jee main and be eligible for jee advanced
To help you have a personalised report on your chances to get a college, we have college predictor which will give you complete list of colleges which you can get on the basis of the category you belong to, your home state, your gender etc, the link for jee main college predictor is provided below
https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?icn=QnA&ici=qna_answer
Best Regards
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