TNEA Choice Filling 2024: Check Dates & Procedure

Appearing for TNEA 2024 counselling process? Candidates can check details about TNEA 2024 choice filling, step-by-step procedure to fill and submit choices from below.

TNEA 2024 Choice Filling

The Directorate of Technical Education (DoTE) conducts the TNEA choice filling 2024 for the General (Academic) category. TNEA choice filling 2024 schedule round-wise is released by the authority. Registered candidates will be eligible to appear for Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) 2024. Students have to login using their TNEA 2024 application number and password for filling in the choices. The TNEA counselling for the General Category process is an online process. Shortlisted candidates in the TNEA rank list are able to eligible for TNEA choice filling 2024. While filling out the choices, the candidates will have to select the seats as per their preference since it will be taken into consideration during allotment. For the choice filling, candidates have to deposit INR 5000 for other categories and INR1000 for scheduled castes and tribes. To know more about the TNEA choice filling 2024 process and details go through the article below.

Step 1 – Login

Step 2 – View Personal Details

Step 3 – Payment

Step 4 – Add/Remove choices

Step 5 – Rearrange the choices

Step 6 – Choice Lock

Step 7 – Tentative Seat Allotment

The snapshot of the TNEA choice filling step-by-step procedure is given below:

Detailed TNEA Choice Filling 2024 Procedure

Step 1: TNEA 2024 Login: Firstly, candidates have to login with their login ID/email ID and password.  After entering the login credentials correctly, candidates have to click on ‘Sign in’ to proceed with the choice-filling process

Step 2: View Personal Details: After login into the system, candidates can see the personal details as registered by you, your academic details, Tamilnadu Engineering admission 2024 information, TNEA application number, rank, etc. Click on the 'Next' button to move to the next screen for the initial payment.

Step 3: Initial Payment: In this step, candidates have to click on to payment gateway. The counselling fee of TNEA choice filling is INR 5000 for others and INR1000 for SC/ST. Candidates will be navigated to the payment gateway. The payment can be made in two ways:

• Online Payment Gateway

• Demand Draft - DD should be drawn in favour of “The Secretary, TNEA”, payable at Chennai and payment should be made only through any of the TNEA Facilitation Centers (TFC)

Once the payment is successful, candidates have to see an e-receipt. After completing the payment, the fee receipt will appear as follows. Then click the ‘next’ button to start the choice-filling process

Step 4: Add/Remove Choices: Candidates have to choose carefully their preferences for getting a seat in a branch of an institution. Based on the availability of seats, rank, and community, candidates will be allotted. Candidates must prepare a list of choices in the order of preference to enter the choices in the order of preference correctly and quickly.

Choice Entry and Locking of Choices will be available for 3 days, 3rd day until 5.00 pm. All the above processes can be completed from anywhere, from your home if you have a facility or you can avail of the facility of TFC. Choice Entry and Locking of Choices (3 days, 3rd day until 5.00 pm.

Adding choices - On the top Navigation Bar, candidates will see the link for ‘Add Choices’. Using this, candidates can create a list of branches and colleges. This choice list or preference list should finally be in the order of candidate preference. By clicking, add choices, the following screen will appear on the screen.

• Choice by District – Entering the name of the District in the list box field
• Choice by Branch Name – Entering the name of the Branch Name in the text box field
• Choice by College Code – Entering the name of the College Code in the text box field
• Choice by College Name – Entering the name of the College Name in the text box field

TNEA 2024 Choice filling – Important Points

• Candidates can save these, modify the choices until the scheduled time, and lock the choices before the said time
• Candidates can modify choices by deleting, moving up by a place, making a particular choice as the desired choice number etc.
• By clicking on the Yellow colour ‘Move’ button place it near the selected choice

Step 5: Rearrange the Choices: In this step, candidates can add/remove choices anytime within the stipulated time (3rd day before 5 pm). After clicking on the ‘Download My Choice’ candidates can download the choice list. Click on ‘Send My Choice List to My Email’ to send the choice list to your personal email.

Step 6: Locking of Choices: After adding/removing choices, candidates have to lock their choices. In this step candidates have to click on ‘Send OTP’. An OTP will be sent to the registered mobile and email ID, then enter the One Time Password in the space provided for that and click the ‘Lock My Choice Lock’ button.

Candidates must note that once the choices are locked, they cannot be changed. However, if candidates do not lock within the given time, the admission authority will lock the TNEA choice filling automatically.

Step 7: Tentative TNEA 2024 Seat Allotment- Once you have locked your choices, a tentative TNEA seat allotment will be made based on the rank and preferences of the candidates.

After the tentative allotment is over, candidates can login and see their allotment.

Note: The candidates must submit their options for the tentative allotment

Tamilnadu Engineering Counselling 2024 will comprise four to five rounds. Each round will be held over 5 days and candidates will have three days to enter their tentative option (college/course).

TNEA Seat Allotment 2024

The authority will release the TNEA 2024 seat allotment after the TNEA choice filling. The list of candidates will be prepared solely based on the merit list prepared by the authority, choices filled and category and candidates have to login to their TNEA account to see the result of seat allotment.