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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 19th Nov, 2021

Hi

You have tagged jee main

No, your age will not affect your rank it doesn't matter even if you are 20 year old or whatever your age is.

This is because,

Now, the age of actor has been removed by NTA

.Earlier for tie breaking situation when two students used to get same marks then the one older in age use to get the better rank but now this age factor has been dissolved so if two students now get the same number then they would get the same rank.

You can check the same at our page for which link is provided below:-

https://news.careers360.com/jee-main-neet-2021-nta-removes-age-factor-from-tie-breaking-method

Also ,

Your age will not affect your eligibility for JEE main as there is no age limit for the same

For your reference,

Jee main eligibility criteria is given below-

--------) Qualification required :- to be eligible  for JEE mains you need 10+2/equivalent qualification.

Course

Required Criteria based on Class 12th  or equivalent

B.E/B.Tech

Passed qualifying examination with Physics and   Mathematics as compulsory subjects

along with any one of :-


----)Chemistry

-----)Biotechnology

-----)Biology

----) Technical Vocational subject.

B.Arch

Passed qualifying examination with

-----)Mathematics,

-----)Physics,

------) Chemistry

B.Planning

Passed qualifying examination with Mathematics


--------) Passing year :- one is eligible for JEE main examination for consecutive three years starting from the year of appearing for 12th /equivalent examination i. e to be eligible  for JEE mains 2022 you should be either appearing for 12th board exam or equivalent  in 2022 or should have passed it in 2021 or 2020

--------) There is no age limit to be eligible

--------) there is no minimum percentage requirement to be eligible for JEE Main.

But yes,

To be eligible for NITs, IIITs, CFTIs one needs at least 75% marks in class 12th if belongs to General or OBC category  or at least 65% marks in class 12th if belongs to Sc or St category. For only this year i. e 2021 this minimum percentage requirement of 75% - 65 % was lifted off.

For detailed information about jee main eligibility criteria  go through our page, the link for which is provided below

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-eligibility-criteria

Thank you

Anurag Khanna 19th Nov, 2021

Hello Aspirant,

Definitely not your age will not affect your rank, and your rank will be allotted solely based upon your performance in JEE-Main 2022.


Now there are some criterion which you need to satisfy in order to appear for JEE-Main 2022 so let us discuss them.

1--- Age criteria :- There is no age limit to appear in JEE-Main but note that there might be the age limit in any particular institution taking admission through JEE-Main score, so you should keep this thing in mind.

2--- Qualifying Examination :- To be eligible for JEE-Main one should have passed 10+2 examination with Physics, Mathematics as mandatory subjects along with one of the Chemistry/Biotechnology/Biology/ Technical Vocational subject from any of the recognized central or state board.

3--- Year of qualification :- For JEE-Main 2022 only those candidates who have passed Class 12 / equivalent examination in 2020, 2021 or 2022; or those who will be appearing in Class 12th / equivalent examination in 2022, would be eligible to appear.



So if you follow all above criterion then you are definitely eligible for JEE-Main.


For more details kindly check out the link given below :-

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-eligibility-criteria


I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

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