Getting admission to an NIT with 79% marks in Class 12 depends on your JEE Main percentile, category, and home state quota — not just board marks.
Here's an easy clarification:
79% in Class 12 makes you eligible for NIT admission (you need minimum 75% for General/EWS or pinnacle 20 percentile in some
Upvote 
With a 79 percentile in JEE Mains, it's difficult that you'll get a seat in the top NITs or IIITs, especially for popular branches like Computer Science. However, you might have a chance at some NITs with lower cutoffs or for less competitive branches, particularly if you belong to a reserved catego
Upvote Taking an Exam? Selecting a College?
Get authentic answers from experts, students and alumni that you won't find anywhere else.
On Shiksha, get access to
Didn't find the answer you were looking for?
Search from Shiksha's 1 lakh+ Topics
Ask Current Students, Alumni & our Experts
Have a question related to your career & education?
See what others like you are asking & answering