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According to the information yes, you can still apply to private colleges with a 42 percentile in JEE Mains. Many private engineering colleges accept JEE Mains scores for admission. Here are some top private colleges that you might consider:
VIT Vellore (Vellore Institute of Technology)
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
Thapar University
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar
SRM University, Chennai
Amity University, Noida
SASTRA University, Thanjavur
Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education
Chandigarh University
KIIT University, Bhubaneswar
These colleges have varying cutoffs, and your percentile might be sufficient for admission to some of them. For finding the best college you deserve use College predictor tool.
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