Hello aspirant!

With a JEE Main Paper 2 rank of 17,000, your chances for admission to B.Arch or B.Planning courses depend on the category you belong to, the state you're from, and the type of institute you're targeting (NITs, SPAs, or other colleges through CSAB).

Here's a rough idea of what you can expect:

If you are from the General category, it may be tough to get top choices like:

• SPA Delhi

• SPA Bhopal

• SPA Vijayawada

• NIT Calicut

• NIT Trichy

These institutes usually close much earlier (ranks below 2,000–6,000 for general candidates in architecture).

But you still have chances in:

• Lower or mid-tier NITs like NIT Hamirpur, NIT Patna, NIT Raipur, or NIT Nagaland — depending on your home state quota and category.

• State-level architecture colleges that accept JEE Main Paper 2 scores.

• Private architecture colleges that accept Paper 2 ranks (some may offer direct admission based on vacancy and management quota too).

If you belong to OBC, SC, ST, or EWS category, your chances improve a lot, especially for NITs with higher closing ranks.

To get a more exact idea, I would suggest checking last year's cutoff trends or wait for the CSAB/JoSAA counselling rounds to begin — that will give you the actual seat allotment options based on your rank.

Best of luck with your counselling!