Hello student,

If you’ve scored 85 percentile in JEE Main and you belong to the general category, then it will be tough to get admission in colleges through the JoSAA Counselling. However, if you belong to reserved categories like the ST, then you would be able to get admission based on your percentile and category in a lot of colleges, for example NIT Delhi, Birla Institute of Technology (both Patna and Mesra), and different IIITs and GFTIs.

If you belong to the general category, then you can either apply for different state counsellings and university counsellings, or my suggestion would be to go ahead and give the second attempt since you will have a chance to improve your score and get admission in different top colleges based on your improved score.

If you want to check your rank range based on your percentile, then you can refer to the Careers360 JEE Main Rank Predictor: https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-rank-predictor?utm_source=qna

If you need more information regarding which colleges you would be eligible for based on your marks and details, then you can refer to the Careers360 JEE Main College Predictor: https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?utm_source=qna