does my college preference number decides whether I will get the college in JoSAA(provided I clear the cutoff) or if I just mention the college in my prefernce list will I get it?

Hello student,

The college you will get is depends on you score ,rank and category reservation, and the order of the option you gave.

Iam giving you some information about jossa counselling also

After the seat has been allotted to a candidate, he/she is required to Log-in to

their account on JOSAA-2020 portal to accept the allotted seat and strictly

follow the JoSAA-2020 schedule for subsequent activities. They are also

advised to start the process at earliest without waiting for the last day of

scheduled deadline in order to avoid the last minute hassle.

Based on candidate’s rank, his/her category and choices of programs,

he/she has been provisionally allotted a seat in the academic program and

Institute shown in his/her log-in.

Allotted candidates have to follow JOSAA-2020 Business Rule and

summarized instructions listed below:

After log-in following steps have to be performed for confirmation of the

allotted seat

1. Candidate is required to submit the willingness option

(FREEZE/SLIDE/FLOAT) online.

2. Candidate is required to Upload the (applicable) Documents as per list

of documents given in Business Rule.

i. Class X Certificate/ Birth Certificate

ii. Class XII Mark sheet/ State of Eligibility Proof

iii. Category Certificate(EWS/OBC-NCL,SC/ST) if applicable

iv. PwD certificate if applicable

v. Medical Certificate

vi. OCI/PIO card if applicable

vii. Passport/Citizenship Certificate If applicable

viii. Crossed Bank Cheque/Photocopy of Passbook/Screenshot of

Online account

ix. DS certificate if applicable

3. Pay the Seat Acceptance Fee (Rs. 35,000 for GEN, GEN-EWS and OBC-NCL,

Rs. 15,000 for SC, ST and PwD Candidates).

4. The uploaded Documents will be Verified ONLINE by the verifying

officers.

5. During online verification, verifying officer may raise query (ies) which

will be visible to the candidate in their login account on JoSAA portal.

6. Candidates are advised to respond to the queries as soon as possible

as there may be further query raised by the verifying officer.

Candidates are also advised to visit their log in account frequently till

their entire queries are resolved.

7. The candidate is Mandatorily Required to respond the query (ies) raised

by the verifying officer within stipulated time period mentioned in the

schedule for each round. In case the query has not been responded the

allotted seat may get cancelled.

8. Forged Documents: At the time of admission, if the documents

submitted by the candidate are found to be forged / fake, then the seat

allotted will be cancelled.

9. After online verification of the documents the seat may be confirmed or

cancelled and the Provisional Seat Confirmation or seat cancellation

letter will be generated based on updated credentials of the candidate.

10. The candidate can download the Document Verification-cum-Seat

Acceptance Letter or seat cancellation letter from their account.

11. Seat Up-gradation: If candidate accepts the allocated seat with

floating/sliding option, and if he/she is allotted a different seat in a

subsequent round, then his/her currently offered/accepted seat will

automatically be forfeited.

12. In the subsequent rounds, candidates with SLIDE /FLOAT options have

to check their account for any upgradation in their allotment and may

update their option.

13. In case candidate has been allotted a seat in NIT+System in one round

and his/her seat is upgraded to IIT system in subsequent round(s) or

vice versa, candidate will not have any claim on previously allotted

seat. Moreover, in such cases his/her uploaded documents will be

verified again in the new system. Such candidates must have to

respond to query (ies) raised by verifying officer in the new system, if

any, failing which his/her currently allotted seat will be cancelled and

candidate will be out of JoSAA-2020 counselling.

14. All the Candidates who have been allotted a seat first time in any round

have to follow the above Instructions.

15. Candidates may use the WITHDRAW /EXIT options if they wish as per

details given in the JoSAA-2020 Business Rules.

Hope this will help

Thank you