How many times can I apply for Mains and Advanced? What is the passing score and cut-off of both of these exams?
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You can apply thrice for mains and twice for advanced.
The cut-off vary year wise.
In our country, people truly believe on IITs and NITs for B.Tech and placement.
But, due to downfall, these are also losing its position.
Apart from these, s
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8 years ago
Hello Prahalad!
There are 3 attempts for JEE main and 2 attempts for JEE advanced. So, you can apply thrice for mains and twice for advanced.
The cut-off marks vary each year. Last year, the cut-off was high but this year it has gone too low.
So, to get a good NIT, you need to score 250-300 and a
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7 years ago
For JEE Mains, you can appear for 3 consecutive years and for Advanced, you can apply for 2 consecutive years only.
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7 years ago
You can apply 3 times for Mains and 2 times for advance, you need to score around 200 to get admission in an NIT.
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