JEE Main 2026: Preparation Tips & Study Plan
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The qualifying cut off percentile for SC category for JEE Main 2020 was 50.1760245 and the qualifying cut off percentile for SC category for JEE Main 2021 is expected to be in between 50-55 percentile. Considering the previous year cut off percentile you have decent chances of qualifying JEE Main 2021. But cut off may increase or decrease depending on number of candidates appeared, difficulty level of examination and number of seats available etc. Your overall rank is expected to be in between 327360 - 368000 with such rank you may not get seat in NIT or IIIT. You need to score minimum 90-92 percentile. So if you want to get admission in IIT you can prepare for JEE Advanced but if you want to get admission in NITs or IIITs you need to prepare for JEE Main March/April/May session. We have JEE Main knockout package you may check the details and enroll to help you with your preparation
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To get some ide about cut off for NITs and IIITs use the link below
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/nits-cutoff-for-top-btech-branches
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff-for-top-iiits
To know the colleges in which you have chances of getting admission other than NIT or IIIT you can use our JEE Main college predictor tool
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