Hi, my daughter's Common rank is 4026 and OBC-NCL rank is 699. The last merit rank admitted in 2019 in the NIFT website shows different ranks category wise in different campus. Please clarify, which rank should I compare in OBC category to get an idea. Is it Common or Category Rank. (9790702353)
Hello sir,
Cut off is institute specific and program specific. Each category has different cut off. To get seat your daughter must score the minimum cut off rank. For example in 2019 a candidate belonging to OBC-NCL category with category rank 764 got admission in NIFT, Bangalore in Fashion Designing course and in the same year another candidate belonging to OBC-NCL category with rank 300 got admission in NIFT, New Delhi in Leather Designing. We can see that there are two different cut off for different campus and program but category is same. Cut off depends on number of candidates applied, number of seats available in a course etc. It changes every year and it may increase or decrease. You need to consider category rank because with common rank 4026 it if difficult to get seat but her category rank is decent enough to fetch her a seat.