dear aspirant;

Firstly,i would tell you about the JEE advanced because it creates the main difference.

For general category,around 50 % marks will get you some decent branch .

If you want to take CSE in old IIT’s you should score around 70 % marks.

For electrical,ECE and other top branches,60% will be good enough.

And if you want to get into a decent IIT with a decent branch,you should score atleast 50%.

Suppose if you don’t get a very good rank and you are not getting a good branch in an IIT,you can take whatever the branch you are getting and study hard during the first year of college to get a department change .Department change is a way to change your department based on your outstanding academic performance.

But department change is risky.I would suggest you to study hard during JEE preperation.

I don’t know much about the present system for board marks but even if it’s top 20 percentile,85 % in boards will make you eligible for JEE advanced.And JEE mains is quite easy to qualify . Around 120 marks in mains is sufficient to qualify for advanced.

Best of luck!

NIT Trichy is one of the top NITs so you will have to secure a good rank in Jee Mains. Considering general category, 250+ score is enough to admit in NIT Trichy. For OBC students, There is slightly less score to need like 230+ and 180–190+ score need for SC, ST students. It may be vary depending on question paper and cutoff rank. And of course, you will get some advantage for being home state quota.

Go through the below provided link where you can check previous year cutoff rank for  NIT Trichy.

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff-for-nit-trichy

All the very best and good luck.

Hi Jayasree,

Based on your score, your expected SC category Rank will be approximately between 1000-1100.

And according to NIT Trichy's previous year cutoff  for Home state students, closing rank was 2761.

So, you have chances for admission.

You can check for previous year cut-offs of other NITs as well to know about your chances for admission from the link below:

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff

All The Best for you future!