I got 21000 rank in general category in JEE Mains. Should I opt BIT, Mesra or take a drop to get better marks next year to get NIT, Trichy?

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Asked by Ritesh Kumar
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6 years ago
Given your rank, a number of branches, like Biotechnology, Chemical, Chemical Plastics and Polymer, Civil, ECE, EEE, Mechanical and Production are possible at BIT Mesra. Other considerable options are BIT-Deoghar, Jaipur and Patna.

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Rahul Dhurve
6 years ago
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6 years ago
If your percentage in boards is more than 75%, then you can try once more for JEE. As NITS and IITS don't take admissions below than percentage.

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Sharath H Aithal
6 years ago
Hi, Visit this link to check colleges based upon your rank: https://www.shiksha.com/b-tech/resources/jee-mains-college-predictor Good Luck. Hope it helps.

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Manish Motwani
7 years ago
NIT, Trichy is better but not with a huge margin. BIT, Mesra has somewhat better placements. Also, don't take a drop for NIT. Frankly taking a drop for NIT, Trichy is not worth as you are getting the colleges with somewhat same reputation.

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Nithash Majumdar
7 years ago
Hi there, with this rank you would get admission in BIT, Mesra. You can check for the previous year opening and closing rank of BIT, Mesra to get an idea of which branches you will be able to apply for. Regarding the drop thing, if you are not getting your preferred branch or if you wish to improve

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Hello Ritesh, BIT Mesra is a very old and reputed institute. It has a very good academic record. If you are getting admission here I would advise you to take it else you can take a break, prepare well and appear next year again.

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