Hi Yash!

First of all, you’ve got good scores in both NEET and MHT CET, and your SC category definitely gives you a stronger position in the admissions process. COEP is one of the top-tier engineering colleges in Maharashtra, and it mainly considers MHT CET scores for BTech programs like Biotechnology. With 86.82 percentile in PCB, you stand a chance, but PCB group students generally face more competition because most engineering seats are filled via PCM group. You could still try for COEP, especially if the cutoff drops a bit. Make sure to apply to other state-run biotech colleges too as a backup.

If you want to explore more colleges in Maharashtra you can check here:

https://engineering.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-biotechnology-colleges-in-maharashtra

Hope you will find it helpful!