How many marks should I score in JEE Advance to get the top 8 IITs? I am an OBC-NRL category student.

To be eligible for JEE Advanced JoSAA counselling:

• Candidates should have JEE Advanced rank
• Candidates must have passed class 12 or equivalent exam
• Candidates should have studied Physics, Chemistry and Maths in class 12 
• In class 12, canmdidates must have score 75% aggregate marks or must be in top 20 percentile scorers in class 12 of their respective school board.

No, your candidature will be rejected as you need to have minimum of 75% in class 12 to be eligible for admisison to the IITs, NIT, IIITs and GFTIs via the JoSAA counselling. Even if you pass JEE Advanced and JEE Main, of you do not have 75% minimum marks in class 12 boards you will no get admissions.

Devdutta Majhi was the female topper in JEE Advanced 2025. She has scored 312 marks out of 360 marks and got anm all India rank of 16.

In 2025, the number of male candidates who passed JEE Advanced were 44,974 and 9,404 females qualified.

1,87,223 candidates registered for JEE Advanced 2025 and 1,80,422 appeared in the exam. Of them, 54,378 passed the JEE Advanced exam in 2025.