Dear Aspirant,

With a 93.5 percentile in JEE Mains 2025, being an OBC female candidate and scoring 69 percentile in your Class 12 boards, you meet the eligibility criteria for most engineering colleges, including HBTU Kanpur. However, getting admission into CSE or IT at HBTU is quite competitive, especially since you are not from Uttar Pradesh and will be applying through the All India (AI) quota. The CSE and IT branches at HBTU generally close at higher ranks, often requiring a percentile above 95, especially for outside-state candidates. Given your rank would be approximately 60,000–65,000 in the common rank list (CRL), and your OBC category rank would likely be around 15,000, admission to CSE or IT at HBTU under AI quota seems unlikely. However, there’s still a moderate chance for other core branches or for IT if cutoffs drop in later rounds. Aside from HBTU, you can explore several other options. Some of the newer NITs (like NIT Puducherry, NIT Meghalaya, or NIT Agartala) and IIITs (such as IIIT Bhopal, IIIT Sricity, or IIIT Nagpur) may offer CSE, ECE, or related branches for OBC female candidates in your percentile range, especially in the later rounds of JoSAA or CSAB counselling.

Best Wishes