I applied for JEE and wrote the exam but I have put my category as general but actually, I belong to OBC & my CRL is 166000. What to do?

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Yash Gupta
7 years ago
Hi, Kindly predict your college in this college predictor. JEE Mains rank predictor is an online tool which predicts the candidate's rank range and probable colleges based on the difficulty level of the examination, average marks scored in JEE Main and seats available in IITs, NITs, GFTIs and other

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pradeep kumar
7 years ago
There is nothing wrong and you can apply through the general category also. Now you have to focus on general category as filled in registration form, Participate in JoSAA counselling process through general category. It is my experience that closing ranks of general category are going too much highe

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7 years ago
Hi PRANAVKUMAR, As your CRL ranking is 166000. As you have mentioned the category as general in the application, but you are from OBC category, so it will be difficult now to change it. Although I will suggest you to write a mail to the concerned authorities mentioning all your details. They might

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