Jee mains qualification means that you are eligible to give the Jee advanced exam. It is not necessary for you to have a rank under the mains cutoff to be eligible to apply for jossa counselling. Cutoffs for jee mains 2020 are

GEN-EWS78.2174869

Other Backward Classes (OBC-NCL)74.3166557

Scheduled Caste (SC)54.0128155

Scheduled Tribe (ST)44.33

Eligibility criteria for jossa counselling is

• Candidates have received a rank in the jee mains exam no matter they are eligible for jee advanced paper or not

• Candidates must have qualified Class 12th or equivalent examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of either Chemistry/Biology/Biotechnology/Technical Vocational Subject as optional subject

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• In order to get admission to NITs, IIITs and GFTIs, general category candidates must have secured minimum 75% aggregate marks while reserved category candidates must have secured at least 65% marks

If you wish to check the college you can get with your jee mains score use the link below

https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?icn=QnA&ici=qna_answer

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• Candidates are required to score higher marks than the cutoff of JEE Main 2020 for Paper

• Candidates must have qualified Class 12th or equivalent examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of either Chemistry/Biology/Biotechnology/Technical Vocational Subject as optional subject

• In order to get admission to NITs, IIITs and GFTIs, general category candidates must have secured minimum 75% aggregate marks while reserved category candidates must have secured at least 65% marks