Does GATE cutoff of some colleges drop? And if so how to know?
I'm a Female, sc, Gate score 24 in Architecture and planning, cutoff-26. 6
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Yes, college GATE cutoffs may very well fall particularly in the second and subsequent phases of the centralized counselling such as COAP (IITs), and CCMT (NITs and IIITs, and GFTIs). This normally happens when seats that are given are first declined by the candidates who get admission in other institutions creating free seats which are then offered to students with low ranks in the second round. To monitor the variations, we advise you to visit twice the official COAP and CCMT websites every time a new allotment of seats is posted since they also release the entire opening and closing ranks-/scores of the different programs and catego
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