JEE Main Counselling 2021 - Know JoSAA Schedule, Procedure, Dates, Online Reporting
JEE Main Counselling 2021 - Candidates who will qualify JEE Main 2021 will have to apply for the counselling for admission in NITs, IIITs or GFTIs. JEE Main counselling is conducted by Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). Registrations for JEE Main counselling 2021 will start in June. JEE Main counselling through JoSAA will include many steps such as registration, choice filling, locking of choices, seat allotment, and payment of seat acceptance fee. JEE Main 2021 counselling will have a total of 7 rounds. JoSAA will also conduct two rounds of mock seat allotment before the actual seven rounds of JEE Main counselling 2021 to help students understand the process. Candidates are provided here the details about how to register for JEE Main counselling and other necessary processes involved in JoSAA.
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JEE Main Counselling 2021 Dates
Events | Dates (Tentative) |
Start of JEE Main counselling 2021 registration and choice filling | June 2021 |
Mock Seat Allocation-1 | June 2021 |
Mock Seat Allocation-2 | June 2021 |
End of JEE Main Counselling Registration and Choice Filling | June 2021 |
JEE Main Round 1 seat allotment | July 2021 |
JEE Main Round 2 seat allotment | July 2021 |
JEE Main Round 3 seat allotment | July 2021 |
JEE Main Round 4 seat allotment | July 2021 |
JEE Main Round 5 seat allotment | July 2021 |
JEE Main Round 6 seat allotment | July 2021 |
JEE Main Round 7 seat allotment | July 2021 |
JEE Main Counselling 2021 - Process involved
Students participating in JEE Main counselling have to undergo various steps from registration to choice filling among others. Given here is the detailed step by step procedure involved in JEE Main counselling 2021 to help students get aware of detailed process
Step 1- Registration: Firstly, candidates will have to get themselves registered on the official website of JoSAA 2021. To log in to the JoSAA candidate portal, students have to use their JEE Main application form 2021 number and password. Upon successful login, the candidates details will automatically be fetched from the JEE Main database. Students must verify all the details before completing the registration.
Step 2- Choice filling: After registration, candidates will have to fill in their choice of institute and courses. Students are advised to select as many choices as they can as this will increase the chances of admission. Note that JoSAA 2021 choice filling has to be done within specified dates.
Step 3- Mock seat allotment and locking of choices: The authorities will also conduct two mock seat allocations to help candidates know their chances of admission into the institutes. The mock seat allotment process will help the candidates understand which seats can be allotted to them on the basis of their preference list. Candidates will also be able to change their preferences after the mock allotment.
Step 4- Final seat allotment: JoSAA will conduct a total of seven rounds of seat allotment. The seat allotment process of JoSAA will be done on the basis of the merit, category, selected preferences and availability of seats. All the seat allotted candidates will be able to download the provisional seat allotment letter and an e-challan to remit seat acceptance fee in online mode.
What options will be available after JEE Main Seat Allotment?
Candidates will be having three options available after seat allotment is done:
Freeze - Candidate is satisfied with the allotted seat and does not wish to participate in the further rounds of counselling.
Float - Candidate is satisfied with the seat but would like to be considered for other institutes during the future rounds of seat allocation.
Slide -Candidate has accepted the seat allotted but is also open for admission into a higher preferred course in the same institute.
Step 5- Payment of seat acceptance fee: Candidates who will be allotted seats will have to pay the seat acceptance fee through e-challan or SBI net banking. Note that the seat acceptance fee will vary depending on the category of the candidate. After accepting the seat, candidates will have to report at the allotted institute for document verification.
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JEE Main Seat Allotment 2021 - Fee Details
Category | Amount |
SC/ ST/ ST-PwD/ SC-PwD/ OBC-NCL-PwD/ GEN-PwD | Rs 20,000 |
Candidates belonging to other categories | Rs 45,000 |
Documents Required for Verification after JEE Main Seat Allotment 2021
Candidates after accepting the allotted seats have to visit the reporting centres setup by JoSAA for verification of documents. At the time of reporting, candidates have to carry all the below mentioned documents along with them
JEE Main seat allotment letter issued by JoSAA
Three passport size photographs (have to be the same as uploaded during registration)
A government issued photo identity card
Proof of fee payment for JEE Main seat acceptance
Date of birth proof
Class 12 Mark sheet
Category certificate (if applicable)
Participating Institutes of JEE Main Counselling 2021
Institutes | Number of Institutes |
National Institute of Technology | 31 |
Indian Institute of Information Technology | 25 |
Government Funded Technical Institutes | 28 |
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Questions related to JEE Main
I got 100 marks jee mains Feb 25 shift 1 how much percentile can I got
100/300 is nearly 33.33%. With this score, you may expect anywhere between 94-95 percentile, subject to session toughness and relative difficulty, besides on the Competition this year.
For more information about JEE Main 2021 do follow the link below
if I am a EWS candidate .either my crl rank or my EWS rank is taken into account to giving me college ?? please answer straight.. for jee main.
hello aspirant,
For otherstate or homestate for only oc category crl is considered,for other categories like obc,ews,sc,st category ranks are considered for giving the admission into nits.
for more information about cutoffs you can refer to: https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-marks-vs-percentile
hope this helps,
thankyou.
ca i appear for both jee main B tech and B arch? and as i am in 12th jee 2021 aspirent can i appear forjee main paper 2 thats B arch?
Hello,
Yes, you can appear for JEE Main for paper 1 and paper 2. The eligibility criteria to appear for JEE Main paper 1 is that a candidate must have passed 10+2 or it's equivalent with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry/Biotechnology/Biology/ Technical Vocational subject. from a recognised board.
The eligibility criteria to appear for JEE Main paper 2 is that a candidate must have passed 10+2 with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Candidates who are currently studying in 10+2 are also eligible to appear for JEE Main 2021. If you qualify in both the papers you can get admission in any course (B.Tech/B.Arch) of your choice. But if you qualify in only in one paper you will be eligible to get admission in a course for which you have qualified.
my home state is Andhra pradesh and I am an EWs student I am getting 90_100 Marks in jee mains 2021 and I am the only one girl to my parents can I get an NIT seat?
hello aspirant,
As of now its tough to say where and if you can fetch a seat because the cutoff changes every year with college due to many factors like total students appearig for exam,difficulty level of paper etc.but based on previous year analysis we have help you find possibilities into colleges.based on: https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-marks-vs-percentile marks around 90-100 would fetch you a percentile around 94-96 and crl around 40-60k but ews rank would be better .so you will have chances to fetch in nits in good branches.for more information about cutoffs refer to: https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff-for-nit-andhra-pradesh
to check out the list of colleges you can have for your rank refer to: https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor
hope this helps,
thankyou.
if may 140 in jee mains in EwS catagory i geir NIT Warangal
Hello Aspirant,
As we go through the latest cut-offs of JEE-Main 2020 of JOSAA 6th round then it shows that the closing EWS rank for NIT Warangal was 5154 for Bio Technology branch in NIT Warangal under Other state quota for EWS category. Now to secure such rank you should have your JEE-Main 2021 score at least 110 marks out of 300 and as you have mentioned that your marks are expected to be around 140 then you have good chances for getting seat in NIT Warangal.
You can check out marks Vs ranks Vs Percentile from the link given below :-
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-marks-vs-percentile
Or
You can also use JEE-Main Rank Predictor to predict your rank :-
https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-rank-predictor
You can check out the latest cut-offs from the link given below :-
https://josaa.nic.in/Result/Result/currentorcr.aspx
Note that the above prediction is made on the basis of latest cut-offs available on official website of JOSAA or CSAB and the cut-offs are bound to change every year depending upon various factors such as the number of candidates appearing in an examination, the number of candidates qualifying an examination, difficulty level of the paper, and so on.
To have a list of all those colleges which you can get based upon your marks, category, and state you can use JEE-Main College Predictor:-
https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?icn=QnA&ici=qna_answer
If you are preparing for JEE-Main 2021 or 2022 then I would recommend you to check the resources made by our experts to help aspirants like you in the best and smart preparation of JEE-Main 2021 or 2022 :-
https://learn.careers360.com/jee-main-coaching/?utm_source=%20QnA
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!