JEE Main 2021 May exam postponed due to COVID-19; new dates to be announced later
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JEE Main 2021 May phase exam has been postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. NTA will announce new exam dates later.
National Testing Agency has postponed the JEE Main 2021 May exam due to COVID-19 pandemic. The new dates for the exam will be announced later, at least 15 days prior to the exam. The exam has been postponed looking at the present situation of the COVID-19 pandemic and taking into account the safety and well being of the students.
Official NTA Notice for JEE Main May 2021 Postponed
NTA was scheduled to conduct the May edition of JEE Main 2021 on 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 May across various cities of the country. As the COVID-19 cases are under spike from last several days, the NTA has postponed the exam. Candidates are advised to regularly keep checking the official website jeemain.nta.nic.in regarding any update of the new JEE Main 2021 April exam dates.
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If you get above 93 percentile in the 1st or 2nd session of JEE Main, take preparation of JEE advanced. You can get IIT's seat through JEE advanced. Or you can also try for NITs. If you are unable to clear the cutoff, you can also give exams for state government colleges and exams for specific colle
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Yes, you can take admission in BTech at ABES Engineering College without appearing in JEE Mains. They can take direct admission in the B.Tech programme. Candidates with an Engineering Diploma or a B.Sc degree with a minimum of 45% marks are eligible.
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The I2IT Pune JEE Main cutoff 2025 was released in the form of ranks for the All India categories. For the General AI category, the BE in the Computer Engineering branch had the overall cutoff ranging from 42136 in the first round to 52834 in the last round. Hence, General AI students needed to atta
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The selection process for the All India quota students is based on their JEE Main ranks. Students who want admission to I2IT Pune need to appear in the CAP counselling process to avail a seat for any BE course.
The minimum rank required for admission was 68635 for the General AI category. Hence, stu
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The minimum rank required to get admission at I2IT Pune would depend on the category you belong to. The I2IT Pune JEE Main cutoff 2025 for the General AI category says that a rank of at least 61370 is required to be eligible for admission to the BTech in Information Technology department. This categ
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Students who attempted the JEE Main should start preparing for the JEE Advanced entrance examination if they want admission at IITs. Those who score above the 98th percentile in JEE Main session 2 should start to study for the JEE Advanced exam.
Students who get around the 95th and 98th percentile
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As of now, the easiest shift of JEE Main 2026 April session was the April 4 shift 2 exam.
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No, JEE Main is not compulsory for Intellipaat School of Technology, Pune BTech admissions. The institute conducts an in-house test based on which seats are given. Aspirants have to appear for the ISTEE to get admission in the institute.
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Yes, MITS Deemed to be University accepts valid score in JEE (Main) for admission in its BTech programme. Students can also choose take the MITSUCET instead which is conducted by the university for BTech admission.
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