Misleading Tactics Exposed by Coaching Institutes’ Advertisements

Misleading Tactics Exposed by Coaching Institutes’ Advertisements

Nithish KUpdated on 02 Jul 2025, 10:38 AM IST

The JEE Advanced 2025 results have again highlighted the remarkable achievements of India’s brightest students. Every year, after the JEE Advanced results are announced, advertisements flood newspapers and social media, claiming that certain coaching institutes “produced” the top rankers. But how true are these claims? Let’s take a closer look at the data and facts from this year’s top 100 rankers and uncover what lies beneath the glossy ads.

Misleading Tactics Exposed by Coaching Institutes’ Advertisements
Misleading Tactics Exposed by Coaching Institutes’ Advertisements

JEE Advanced 2025 Rankers

The top 3 All India Rank holders in JEE Advanced 2025 are:

  1. Rajat Gupta – AIR 1 ( Allen)

  2. General High – AIR 2 (Allen)

  3. Husain Majid – AIR 3 (Macro Vision)

The Misleading Tactics Exposed by Coaching Institute


The "Always No.1" Deception: How Narayana's JEE Ad Misleads Aspirants:

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Narayana's advertisement prominently declares "Always No.1" alongside its claim of "5 Ranks in Top 10" in JEE Advanced 2025.

  • "Always No.1" slogan very clearly is meant to create false brand association with top ranks and is misleading.

  • Prominent display of AIR 3 (non-Narayana student) distracts from missing AIR 1. The fact that even the 3rd ranker did not study at Narayana makes it worse.

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Narayana's ad exemplifies how institutes exploit aspirant dreams through carefully crafted illusions. The actual AIR 1 remains conspicuously absent from their "Always No.1" narrative - a silent testament to the deception. Narayana students never secured the 1st rank. This is misleading.

Sri Chaitanya's Deceptive Rank Claims: A Systemic Scam Exposed

Sri Chaitanya's advertisement fraudulently presents Dharmana Gnana Rutvik Sai – officially AIR 18 in the All India Open category and OBC Rank 1 – as an undisputed "AIR 1" topper. This deliberate misrepresentation, confirmed by JEE Advanced 2025 rank lists, exploits category ambiguity to mislead aspirants.

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The institute further inflates achievements by claiming "4 students in Top 11" when only one (Arnav Nigam, AIR 11) belongs to the open category top 11. Similarly, its bold declaration of "29 ranks in Top 100" collapses under scrutiny: just *9* open-category students feature in the official top 100. These distortions rely on strategically blending OBC/SC/ST ranks with open-category data.

Financially, this deception costs families Rs. 3 to 4 lakhs annually for "premium" coaching, while academically, it diverts students from transparent institutions. The Dharmana case epitomizes this scam: his OBC achievement is hijacked to fabricate a nonexistent "AIR 1" victory under the "All India Open" banner

The AIR 3 Hijack: How Three Institutes Stole Majid Husain's Success

Majid Mujahid Husain's JEE Advanced 2025 AIR 3 achievement became a battleground for coaching giants, with Physics Wallah, Sri Chaitanya, and Narayana all fraudulently claiming him as their product.

Despite Majid Mujahid Husain (JEE Advanced 2025 AIR 3) crediting only his residential school, Macro Vision Academy (Burhanpur, MP), Physics Wallah, Sri Chaitanya, and Narayana wrongly claimed him as their "product" – exploiting his incidental use of mock tests to peddle "full-page illusions" that reveal the coaching industry's desperate monetization of authenticity through deceptive rank-clubbing tactics.

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Unless we have a government which not just releases standards of advertising but also penalises institutions for wrong and misleading advertisements, these ads will continue and students will continue to be misled.

Is anyone listening?

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Questions related to JEE Advanced

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Have a question related to JEE Advanced ?

Hello,

If you appeared for the NIOS October 2024 exam, your passing year will be 2024 (because NIOS counts the year in which the exam is held).

For JEE Advanced eligibility :
You can appear in JEE Advanced only in the year you pass Class 12 and the following year .

So, since your passing year is 2024 , you are eligible for:

  • JEE Advanced 2024

  • JEE Advanced 2025

You will not be eligible for JEE Advanced 2026 , as it will be your third attempt after passing Class 12.

Hope it helps !

Hey,

If you take an additional exam in mathematics from an open board, as you want to pursue engineering, you will have two mark sheets which is not acceptable for JEE Mains or Advanced or JOSSA. NTA and IIT require single 10+2 certificate with the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Maths.

Hi,

JEE Advanced me qualify karne ke liye JEE Main me kisi fixed percentage ki requirement nahi hoti. Percentile aur rank ke basis par cutoff decide hoti hai.  JEE Advanced ke liye eligible hone ke liye aapko JEE Main ke Top 2,50,000 rank holders ke andar aane chahiye, sab category mila kar.

Har saal cutoff percentile thoda alag hota hai, par approximate range general (UR) ke liye hoti hai 90–92 percentile tak, EWS ke liye 78–80 percentile tak, OBC-NCL ke liye 73-75 percentile tak, SC ke liye 55-60 percentile tak aur ST ke liye 45-50 percentile tak.

Iska matlab hai ki agar aap SC category se hai, to lagbhag 55 se 60 percentile JEE Main me lana par aap JEE Advanced ke liye qualify kar sakte hai.

Hope it helps!!!

You can find the syllabus and past years papers here on careers360


for the syllabus

https://engineering.careers360.com/hi/articles/jee-main-syllabus

for the previous years question papers

https://engineering.careers360.com/hi/articles/jee-main-question-paper-hindi-medium



Hello,

Yes, you can start now and prepare for the January attempt of JEE Main . It will be challenging, but with focus and proper planning, it is possible.

Here’s what you can do:

  1. Make a study plan : Divide topics into daily and weekly targets. Focus more on important and high-weightage topics.

  2. Start with basics : Make sure your concepts in Physics, Chemistry, and Math are clear.

  3. Practice regularly : Solve previous year papers and mock tests to understand the exam pattern.

  4. Revise often : Keep revising formulas, important concepts, and tricky problems.

  5. Stay consistent : Even small daily progress is better than irregular study.

If you stay dedicated and follow a strict plan, you can be ready for January.

Hope it helps !