Hello dear candidate,

With 150-170 marks, your percentile will be around 96-98%ile in JEE Main exams you have high chances of getting colleges such as:-

• mid-tier NITs
• Newer NITs
• Many IITs
• BIT Mesra off campus and other GFTIs
• strong sate level colleges

for more details you can visit the link given below:-

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff-marks-and-ranks-faqs

If you score 150–170 in JEE Main , your chances of admission in top NITs or IIITs are low , but you may get admission in newer NITs, state government engineering colleges, or private engineering colleges .

Expected options with 150–170 marks in JEE Main:

• Newer NITs like NIT Meghalaya, NIT Mizoram, NIT Nagaland (state quota may improve chances)

• IIITs like IIIT Sonepat, IIIT Kottayam (state quota and home state quota help)

• State Government Engineering Colleges in your home state

• Private Engineering Colleges like Manipal, VIT, Amity, SRM, Chandigarh University

Tip:

• Check the previous year cutoff trends for your category and home state quota.

• Participate in JoSAA / CSAB counselling to maximize seat options.

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Hello Aryan,

If you score 150–170 in JEE Main , your admission chances depend on your category, state quota, and preferred branch . Generally, this score can fetch you seats in good NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs , especially for branches like Civil, Chemical, Production, or Metallurgical , which are less in demand compared to CSE or ECE. For state engineering colleges , your chances improve significantly, and you may get top branches depending on your state rank and reservation category . Private engineering colleges under JEE Main counseling may also offer you seats in popular branches.

It’s important to check the JoSAA or state counselling cutoff trends for previous years to estimate the colleges and branches available for your score.

I would recommend that you use the JEE Mains College Predictor Tool by Careers360 to get the list of possible colleges you can get with your rank.

I hope this answer helps you. If you have more queries, feel free to share your questions with us, and we will be happy to assist you.

Thank you, and I wish you all the best in your bright future.

If you score between 150–170 marks in JEE Main, your percentile will usually fall around 98–99 percentile , depending on the shift difficulty. With this score, you have good chances in NITs, IIITs, and top GFTIs .

1. NITs (National Institutes of Technology)

• NIT Trichy – Mechanical, Civil, Chemical (other than CSE/ECE in open category)

• NIT Surathkal – Mechanical, Electrical, Mining, Civil

• NIT Warangal – Civil, Metallurgy, Biotechnology

• Other NITs (Rourkela, Durgapur, Hamirpur, Jalandhar, Silchar) – CSE, IT, ECE, Mechanical, Electrical

2. IIITs (Indian Institutes of Information Technology)

• IIIT Gwalior – CSE, IT

• IIIT Lucknow – IT, AI/DS

• IIIT Pune, IIIT Nagpur, IIIT Una, IIIT Sri City – CSE, ECE

3. GFTIs (Government Funded Technical Institutes)

• Assam University, Silchar – Engineering branches

• Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar – CSE, ECE

• North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology – various B.Tech courses

4. State Engineering Colleges Through JEE Main

• Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh

• DTU (Delhi Technological University) and NSUT (for Delhi students via JAC counselling)

• State colleges in MP, UP, Rajasthan, and Haryana that accept JEE Main scores

Tip: Exact branch and college depend on your category, home state quota, and counselling round . With 150–170 marks, CSE in top NITs may be tough, but you have strong chances in core branches (Mechanical, Civil, EEE) at top NITs and CSE/ECE at newer NITs and IIITs.

Hello Dear !!

Scoring in the range of 150–170 marks in JEE Main is definitely a strong achievement, and it opens up a wide set of possibilities for admission. While the exact college you may get depends on the category you belong to (General, OBC, SC/ST, EWS, etc.), the state quota, and yearly cut-offs, we can still make a realistic estimation. With this score, your percentile generally lies between 97–98.5, which means you stand in the top 2–3% of all candidates.

In this case you will qualify for JEE adv. And with extra preparation you will get too IIT college like as IIT Bombay,Delhi , Roorkee and etc with specific branch you choose as per your criteria...

Possible Colleges & Branches with 150–170 Marks in JEE Main

1. Top NITs (Tough Competition, but possible in certain branches)

NIT Trichy, NIT Warangal, NIT Surathkal, MNIT Jaipur

Likely Branch are given below :—

• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Metallurgy
• Electrical (sometimes, depending on category)

2. Mid-tier NITs (Better chances in core + CSE/ECE in some cases)

NIT Patna, NIT Raipur, NIT Jalandhar, NIT Silchar, NIT Hamirpur

Likely Branches are given below  :—

• Computer Science (CSE) – possible in some NITs
• Electronics & Communication (ECE)
• Electrical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

3 . IIITs (Good chances for CSE/IT)

IIIT Allahabad, IIIT Gwalior, IIIT Jabalpur, IIIT Bhubaneswar

Likely Branches are given below :—

• Computer Science Engineering (CSE)
• Information Technology (IT)
• Electronics

4. GFTIs (Government-Funded Technical Institutes)

Assam University, PEC Chandigarh, Gurukul Kangri, Mizoram University

Likely Branches are given below :—

• CSE/IT (easier here compared to top NITs)
• Core branches like Civil, Mechanical and electrical etc.