NEET UG Cutoff Trends: 2019 to 2026

How the NEET Cutoff Actually Works Unlike JEE, NEET’s qualifying benchmark is fixed as a percentile, not a percentage of marks: General/EWS candidates must fall at or above the 50th percentile, while OBC, SC, and ST candidates need the 40th percentile. Because percentile is a relative measure, the percentile itself never changes year to year […]

JEE Main & JEE Advanced Cutoff Trends: 2019 to 2026

Two Cutoffs, Two Different Jobs Aspirants often lump JEE Main and JEE Advanced cutoffs together, but they answer different questions: JEE Main qualifying cutoff — a percentile published by the National Testing Agency (NTA) that determines who is permitted to sit for JEE Advanced. JEE Advanced qualifying cutoff — a marks-based aggregate, set by the […]

JEE Advanced Rank vs IIT & Branch: What Your Rank Actually Buys You

Rank Is the Only Currency That Matters Once a candidate clears the JEE Advanced qualifying cutoff and appears in the Common Rank List (CRL), everything that follows in JoSAA counselling is decided by rank — not marks, not percentile, not board scores. IITs use only the JEE Advanced All India Rank (AIR) for admission through […]