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For the AMU BA LLB Entrance Exam, a good score will be above 80. However, the good score depends on candidate category, reservation policy, and the overall performance.

IISER counselling is conducted in multiple rounds. Students who qualify the IISER entrance exam can participate in the counselling process. 

IISER entrance exam 2026 is scheduled on June 7, 2026. The exam time is from 9 AM to 12 PM. IISER Berhampur will conduct the IISER Aptitude Test 2026.

MTech in CSE, ECE, ME, CE, DA, and EE usually have the highest salaries in India. Many IITs and IIITs offer placement packages over 50 LPA. However, the average package remains around 20 to 30 LPA.

For subjects like EE, CE, and ME opportunities for high salaries are mainly through PSU jobs, as these are core branches.

There are 20000+ seats for M.Tech admission through GATE including IITs, NITs, and IISc admission. Each IITs have an approximately seat intake of 1000+ seats. On the other hand, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs, have around 20000+ seats.

The GATE 2026 toppers list will be released after the result, along with qualifying marks. Last year, 21 students secured GATE score of 1000, securing top AIR position in their respective subjects.

Candidates can check toppers list on official website - gate2026.iitg.ac.in under GATE papers section. The topper's list will have the name of candidate, with raw marks and scores.

Swarnava Biswas was the ECE topper in GATE 2025, securing 82.67 marks out of 100 and GATE score of 1000.

The scorecard of GATE is valid for 3 years. However, many PSUs often restrict of using old GATE scorecard. Many PSUs accept GATE scorecard of current year or at least one year old result scorecard.

Many new NITs do accept 500 score in GATE for M.Tech admission. Here are some NITs that accept GATE scores between 400 - 500 -

• National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

• Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

• National Institute of Technology, Silchar

• National Institute of Technology, Warangal

• NIT Mizoram

• NIT Raipur

• NIT Agartala

• NIT Arunachal Pradesh

Many new IITs do accept low GATE scores for M.Tech admission. Some old IITs also accept low GATE score, depending on category and other factors. Here are some IITs that accept low GATE scores for admission. 

• IIT Bhubaneswar

• IIT Mandi

• IIT Bhilai

• IIT Ropar

• IIT Jodhpur

These IITs mainly accept GATE scores starting from 330 to 400 (General Category), mainly in Round 4 or 5 of COAP counselling.

Securing 2500 rank in GATE is considered good. With this rank, you can get admission to new IITs, top NITs and IIITs as well. However, opportunities for PSU jobs can be limited.  GATE AIR of 2500 can roughly correspond a GATE score of 670 to 750. 

• Possible NITs include - NIT Trichy, NIT Suratkal, NIT Calicut
• New IITs - IIT Bhilai, IIT Patna, IIT Mandi, etc. 

The Psychometric Test in MICAT serves as a qualifier. There is no specific numerical qualifying score revealed, but candidates must pass this section to have the remaining sections of their exam evaluated.

MICAT scores are valid for one admission cycle only. Candidates seeking admission into the PGDM and PGDM-C batch of 2026-28 can only use their MICAT 2026 scores.

A good score in MICAT depends on the relative performance of all test takers. MICA does not declare a fixed cutoff; rather, approximately 1/10th of total candidates are shortlisted based on scaled MICAT scores.

In case of any errors in your MICAT scorecard, such as spelling mistakes in name or incorrect roll numbers, candidates must immediately contact the MICA admission desk to get the issue rectified.

Yes, MICA conducts the MICAT exam in two phases within a single admission cycle. You can appear for both phases, and the institute will consider your best score when preparing the shortlist.

MICA considers the best of two MICAT scores along with CAT/XAT/GMAT performance. Approximately one-tenth of the total candidates appearing in both exams are shortlisted for GE-PI based on their scaled MICAT scores.

Based on previous year's cutoff trends and experts analysis, here is an expected GATE score range required for M.Tech admission -