JoSAA 2018 Registration and Choice Filling: Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) had opened the process of JoSAA Registration and Choice Filling 2018 from June 15 at 10 am. During the registration and choice filling of JoSAA 2018, the candidates had to submit their JEE Main roll number and password to be registered for the admission process. JEE Advanced password could be used for those candidates who have qualified the exam. After registration, the candidates had to select their choice of B.Tech course and participating institute. JEE Main qualified candidates are eligible for admissions into NITs, IIITs and GFTIs while JEE Advanced qualified candidates are eligible for IIT admissions along with the above-mentioned institutes. After the preferred options were selected, the candidates had to use their JEE Main or JEE Advanced roll number and password to print it out. The candidates were advised to be careful during the JoSAA registration and choice filling 2018 as the allocation of seats is done according to the candidates’ choices and eligibility. Read the full article to know more information about JoSAA 2018 Registration and Choice Filling.
Important Dates of JoSAA 2018 Registration and Choice Filling
S.No | Events | Important Dates |
1 | JEE Main 2018 AIRs declared by Joint Apex Board | April 30, 2018 |
2 | JoSAA 2018 Registration and Choice Filling Commences | June 15, 2018 |
3 | Round 1 of Mock Allotment | June 19, 2018 |
4 | Round 2 of Mock Allotment | June 24, 2018 |
5 | End of Registration and Choice Filling | June 25, 2018 |
Process of JoSAA 2018 Registration and Choice Filling
The online registration of JoSAA 2018 had commenced from June 15, 2018. All JEE Main 2018 and JEE Advanced 2018 candidates who have qualified and wish to participate in the process of JoSAA 2018 had to register themselves and fill their preferred choices. Since the registration process is now over, the candidates can follow the given steps for reference.
Step 1 – Registration
Step 2 – Filling of Choices
Step 3 – Locking of Choices
Step 4 – Payment of Application Fees
Step 1 – JoSAA Registration
Firstly, the eligible candidates will have to register themselves for the process of JoSAA 2018. JoSAA Registration and Choice Filling 2018 has to be successfully completed by the candidates for allocation of seats into participating institutes.
To log into the account, the candidates will have to submit their JEE Main 2018 roll number and password. If the candidates have registered for JEE Advanced 2018 examination, then they will have to use their JEE Advanced 2018 password. If not, then the JEE Main password can be used.
After logging in, the personal details of the candidates will be retrieved from their JEE Main 2018 registration process. All of the information submitted by the candidates during their JEE Main registration will be present and the candidates will be required to check for any discrepancy.
The candidates are required to compulsorily change their password. While preparing their new password, the candidates will have to set a security question.
The candidates will be able to modify their contact details.
After checking all of the information, the candidates will have to click on “Submit Changes”.
Step 2 – Filling of Choices
After the candidates are successfully registered, a list of the various courses and colleges will be displayed on the screen. All of the available choices will be based on the eligibility of the candidate (Those candidates who have qualified JEE Advanced 2018 examination will be eligible for almost all of the choices whether those candidates who have qualified JEE Main 2018 will be able to select only from NITs, IIITs and GFTIs. All of the selected choices must be according to the preference of the candidates. After selecting all of the preferred choices, the candidates will be able to modify the order by selecting “Arrange Filled Choices”. The option of “Choices Rearrange” and “Choices Interchange” will also be available for the candidates. The selected options can also be deleted if required. The new course and college preference list will be updated after the candidate saves all of the changes made.
Step 3 – Locking of Choices
Following the process of filling their preferred choices of college and courses, the candidates will be able to complete the choice filling process by clicking on “I agree to lock my choices”. In case the candidates wish to make some modifications later then they can click on “I will lock my choices later”. The candidates are advised to take a print out of the confirmed filled in choices for future reference. The print out of the filled choices can be taken only if the candidates enter their JEE Main roll number and password. If the candidates have qualified JEE Advanced examination, then they will have enter their JEE Advanced 2018 password.
Important Points of JoSAA 2018 Registration and Choice Filling
All of the candidates had to make sure to check the eligibility criteria before registering for JoSAA 2018.
Only JEE Main and JEE Advanced qualified candidates are able to participate in JoSAA 2018.
The list of choices available according to the eligibility of the candidates was automatically displayed after the candidates successfully registered themselves.
Modifications in the selected choices could be done by the candidates before locking of choices.
The personal and academic information of the candidate was retrieved from the JEE Main registration database.
