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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:

1. VIT Vellore (Vellore Institute of Technology)

2. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

3. Thapar University

4. Siksha 'O' Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar

5. SRM University, Chennai

6. Amity University, Noida

7. SASTRA University, Thanjavur

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8. Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education

9. Chandigarh University

10. 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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