In January mains I have entered my category as OBC but now I know that My category comes under General Merit so what am I suppose to do continue as a fresh application or the old application.

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In January mains I have entered my category as OBC but now I know that My category comes under General Merit so what am I suppose to do continue as a fresh application or the old application.

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Mohammed Mujtaba 17th Jan, 2020

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Sharon Rose Student Expert 26th Feb, 2020

Hello,

There is a correction window for Joint entrance examination(JEE) main application. The correction window will be from 8/3/2020-12/3/2020. During this correction window you can make correction in your from including your category. Please click the below link to know more

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-application-form-correction

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Mohammed Mujtaba

26th Feb, 2020

Should I continue as old applicant or apply freshly.
Thanks a lot n lot..!

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Sharon Rose

Student Expert 26th Feb, 2020

Mohammed Mujtaba You don't need to apply again.You can change the details during the correction period.

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Mohammed Mujtaba

26th Feb, 2020

Sharon Rose Thanks a lot ma'am

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Mohammed Mujtaba

27th Feb, 2020

Sharon Rose Ma'am sorry to trouble you again, but now the situation is i have appeared in the january mains and my application says
OBC but now i wanna got to change it to general merit cause i come under general merit so what should i do?
I haven't applied for the april mains, in the application section should i go on as a new applicant or continue as the old one? Can i still make corrections ???

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