Hello aspirant ,

I hope your studies are going well. As per your mentioned query, if you want only NIT colleges then you can give only JEE MAINS entrance exam but you have to work hard so that you can get the college. Like nowadays the cutoff trend for best NITs increasing.

To know more, refer this:

https://engineering.careers360.com/exams/jee-main

I hope this helps you!

With a JEE Main rank of around 18,000 (CRL) , you have very good chances of getting top branches in some of the best NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs , especially if you're open to branches beyond CSE or are from a reserved category/home state.

Here’s a branch-wise breakdown of what you can expect at this rank:

1. CSE (Computer Science Engineering)

• Tough at top NITs (like Trichy, Surathkal, Warangal), unless you have home state quota .

• Likely in:

  1. NIT Raipur

  2. NIT Nagaland

  3. NIT Mizoram

  4. IIIT Bhagalpur

  5. IIIT Bhopal

  6. IIIT Ranchi

2. ECE (Electronics & Communication)

• Good chances in:

  1. NIT Durgapur

  2. NIT Jalandhar

  3. NIT Silchar

  4. IIIT Allahabad (possibly, if category applies)

  5. IIIT Gwalior

3. EE (Electrical Engineering)

• Available in:

  1. NIT Rourkela

  2. NIT Jaipur

  3. MNIT Allahabad

  4. NIT Calicut

4. ME, CE, Chem, Civil, Meta, etc.

• Sure-shot in most NITs and IIITs:

  1. Mechanical/Civil in top NITs like Trichy, Warangal, Surathkal.

  2. Chemical/Metallurgy in even better NITs.

Other Good Branches (with good placements too)

• Data Science, AI, IT in newer IIITs and NITs

• Production, Mechatronics, Environmental at NIT Kurukshetra, Nagpur, etc.

What Will Affect Your Options:

• Home state quota

• Category (SC/ST/OBC/EWS)

• Gender (some girls-only seats)

• Round (keep trying till CSAB rounds)

Hello Aspirant,

With a rank in JEE Mains of roughly 3 lakh, securing CSE or IT in OUTR (Odisha University of Technology and Research) or VSSUT (Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology) in the general category would not be very feasible, as such branches are usually in demand and usually close early with much lesser ranks. But as you also have the state quota (Odisha) and the Ex-Serviceman quota, you do have a unique edge. Ex-Serviceman quota seats are fewer, but there is also less competition. Your fate hinges on:

1. Number of seats reserved for the quota that year.
2. Number of candidates applying under that quota.
3. Your category (GEN/OBC/SC/ST), since it can affect cutoff in addition.

You may have a hope in VSSUT, particularly in IT or in fresh/similar streams like ETC, as long as your quota is duly taken into account. Watch the state counselling cutoffs and be prepared for related branches or fresh colleges in Odisha as fall back.

Hello,

With 38 marks in JEE Main 2025 Session 2, your expected percentile would be around 65 to 70, based on previous trends.

This percentile may not be enough for top NITs or IIITs, but you might still get admission in some private colleges or state-level engineering institutes.

You can use our JEE Main Percentile Predictor Tool to predict your percentile based on your score.

Hope it helps !

With an 80 percentile in JEE Mains, you may get admission in:

1. Newer NITs (in less competitive branches)

2. IIITs (like IIIT Una, IIIT Kota)

3. State Government Engineering Colleges

4. Private Colleges (like UPES Dehradun, VIT-AP)

Branches like Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, and Environmental Engineering are more likely to have openings.

Hello Himanshu,

with a score of 126 in JEE Main 2025, your expected percentile is approximately 95. this percentile may qualify you for admisssion to newer or lower ranked NITs in branches like Civil, Chemical, or Metallurgy, depending on your category and state quota. to explore specific college and branch options, consider using the official JOSAA counseling portal or reliable college predictor tools.

108 marks 2025 jee mains April shift related to 93 to 95 percentile.You can use following predictor design by careers360 to determine which college/university based on given percentile range.

https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor

For the 2025 JEE Mains April shift, a score of 108 marks would likely correspond to a percentile around 85-90 for the General category. This estimate is based on previous trends, where a score of 100-110 marks typically falls within this range. However, the exact percentile can vary depending on factors like the overall difficulty level of the exam, the number of candidates, and the normalization process. It’s important to keep in mind that these are just approximations.

For more details you can visit the link given below

https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor