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JEE Main score vs percentile 2025 - Candidates can check the scores vs percentile of JEE Mains 2025 here. This JEE score vs percentile details are released by the experts of careers360 after evaluating the past year’s scores vs percentile. NTA does not release JEE Mains score vs percentile. Since the difficulty level varies, NTA will use the JEE Main 2025 normalization process to ensure fairness.
NTA is likely to issue the JEE Main 2026 admit card in the third week of January, around three to four days prior to the examination.
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A candidate's raw score (marks obtained) is converted into a percentile to determine their All India Rank (AIR). This article provides a detailed breakdown of JEE Main score-to-percentile conversion, JEE Main normalization, JEE Main admission cutoffs, and preparation strategies to maximize your JEE Main exam 2025 performance.
The following table provides an estimated relationship between JEE Main percentile vs rank vs scores based on previous years’ trends:
JEE Main Score | Expected Percentile |
|---|---|
300 | 100 |
285 – 299 | 99.99 – 99.999 |
260 – 279 | 99.95 – 99.98 |
200 – 219 | 99.70 – 99.79 |
150 – 179 | 99.00 – 99.49 |
120 – 149 | 98.00 – 98.99 |
90 – 119 | 96.00 – 97.99 |
60 – 89 | 90.00 – 95.99 |
Below 30 | Below 50.00 |
Note: The actual JEE Main percentile 2025 may vary depending on the number of candidates and paper difficulty.
If a candidate receives 150 points and there were 10,000 students in that session, with a rank of 5000, the percentile is as follows:
Percentile = 1000000 - 5000 ÷ 1000000 × 100 = 99.5
In other words, the candidate performed better than 99.5% of test takers.
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The following table outlines the JEE Main percentile cut-offs for admission to top NIT colleges in India, categorized by both tier and candidate type.
Category | Top NITs (Cutoff Percentile) | Mid-tier NITs | Lower-tier NITs |
General | 99+ | 96-98 | 90-95 |
OBC-NCL | 97+ | 94-96 | 85-90 |
SC | 90+ | 80-89 | 70-80 |
ST | 85+ | 75-85 | 65-75 |
Several factors influence a candidate’s JEE Main percentile and score 2025:
Number of appearing candidates
Exam difficulty level
Performance of other candidates
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The JEE cut-off 2025, seat availability, and category reservation all affect admission.
Candidates must be in the top 2,50,000 ranks in JEE Main to qualify for JEE Advanced.
A 99+ percentile score is regarded as good for NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs. A percentile over 90 is considered decent, but one over 95 is considered competitive.
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Hello there,
Here is a link for JEE MAINS mock test paper for 2026. Please tap on the link mentioned below to open it:
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You can download the JEE MAIN SAMPLE PAPERS from the Careers360 website. Practising these papers will helps you to understand the exam pattern, to identify the important topics, to improve time management, overall it enhances your exam preparation.
LINK: https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-sample-papers
I hope it helps!
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If you are scoring around 120 marks in JEE Main mock tests, it usually falls in the 88–93 percentile range, but this depends heavily on the difficulty level and normalization of the paper.
Many coaching mock tests are deliberately tougher than the actual JEE Main, so scoring lower in
Dear candidate,
1. Difficulty Level
JEE Main / Advanced
Very competitive, national level
Only top ranks get NITs, IIITs, and top private universities
EAMCET (Engineering, Agriculture & Medical Common Entrance Test – AP/TS)
State-level exam
Easier than JEE, syllabus is mostly Class 11 and 12 basics
More weightage for speed
If you prepare for JEE Main , you automatically cover a large portion of the TS EAMCET syllabus , because both are based on Class 11 and 12 PCM. You can attempt JEE Main, TS EAMCET, AP EAMCET, and even private university exams like VITEEE or SRMJEEE. The difference is
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