For JEE Main, your State Code of Eligibility is determined by the state where you complete your Class XII exam, not your home state. Since you are studying Class XII in Assam, you shall be considered under the Assam State quota, irrespective of your being a Meghalaya native.

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1% in the JEE Mains exam means you cannot apply for admission to NITs, GFTIs or any government engineering colleges. However, you can still apply to private engineering colleges that accept JEE Main scores or conduct their own exams. Please check out the list in the link given here

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As per previous years trends, you may get JEE Main rank around 77,000 with this 94.7 percentile. It is very difficult and impossible to get CSE in NIT Jamshedpur under OBC category. Because the closing rank in final CSAB special round in 2025 was 21,000. Check the link

After JEE Main, you need to register for counselling through JoSAA (for NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs) or apply separately to state/private colleges that accept JEE scores. Fill in your choices, participate in seat allotment rounds, and complete document verification and fee payment to confirm your admission.

With the 56th percentile in JEE Mains , you have to apply through the state counselling to get the college. You can check the list of colleges for 50–60 percentile in JEE Main 2026 here.

With 81.85 percentile in JEE Mains, it is unlikely to secure a seat in NIT for general category candidates.  As, it usually requires over 90 percentile to get admission at NIT.

With around 40 percentile in JEE Main and being from outside Maharashtra, getting CS or AI branches in top government colleges is unlikely due to high cutoffs. However, in Pune, there are private engineering colleges where you can still pursue Computer Science or related branches through state counselling, institute quota,

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For top private universities like Thapar, BITS and SRM the JEE Main cut off is around 95+. Mid tier colleges like UPES, Chandigarh University require around 80-90 cut off marks.