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Your approximate rank at 87.54 percentile in JEE Mains 2025 January attempt will be around 1,37,000 to 1,45,000 .

If you belong to a reserved category, your category rank will be lower, improving your chances in NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs under category quotas.

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With 87.54 percentile in JEE Main 2025 January attempt, your expected rank can be estimated using the formula:
(100 - Percentile) × Total Candidates / 100.
If around 12 lakh candidates appeared, the approximate rank would be

(100 - 87.54) × 12,00,000 / 100 = 1,49,520.
However, actual ranks may vary due to normalization and session-wise variations. Check the official result for accurate details.

Congratulations on securing an 87.54 percentile in your JEE Main 2025 January attempt. Based on previous years' data, an 87.5 percentile typically corresponds to an All India Rank (AIR) between approximately 225,000 to 300,000.

As a candidate belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) category, your category rank will be higher than your general AIR, improving your chances for admissions under the reserved quota. In previous years, the JEE Main cutoff percentile for SC candidates has been around 60.09.

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your percentile is above this threshold, you are eligible to appear for the JEE Advanced

examination.

Regarding admissions, with an 87.54 percentile, you may have opportunities to secure seats in National Institutes of Technology (NITs), particularly in branches that are less in demand or in newer NITs.