What is the JEE Mains cutoff to get into top engineering colleges?

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    Group Captain Vinayak Deodhar La vie est faite pour vivre pas pour stresser | Scholar-Level 18

    5 years ago
    Hello Jahnvi, As a general English word 'cutoff' means cutting off. Similar meaning is intended when we talk of 'JEE Mains cutoff'. Large number of students are desirous of getting Admission in IIT or NIT. A way out needs to be designed to select those students who have a reasonable chance of getting admission in either IIT's or NIT's or CFTI's. Hence a certain number of students only are allowed to appear for JEE Advanced or seek admission in NIT's, based on their marks or percentile in JEE Mains. This figure above which only students are allowed to proceed to next stage is called as cutoff. I hope you have understood. Best wishes to
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