Shiksha Poll Analysis on GATE 2025 Results: Aspirants Reveal Their Confidence Levels
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With GATE 2025 results announced on March 19, aspirants have shared their expectations and confidence level regarding their performance in exam. GATE, which is known for its difficulty level and competition,plays an important role in getting admissions to top IITs, NITs, and PSUs recruitments. Read below about Shiksha Poll Analysis on "How Confident are students about their GATE 2025 results?
IIT Roorkee released the GATE 2025 result on March 19. Candidates who had appeared exam, were able to check at GATE GOAPS portal using their enrollment ID and password. Before the announcement of GATE exam result, Shiksha conducted a poll asking aspirants confidence level regarding their performance attempting exam. The poll resulted around 2517 participation and responses refelected a bag of mixed emotions from high confidence to nervousness.
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The GATE 2025 Results Shiksha Poll has ended. Check what aspirants feel about their GATE results
Level of Confidence among GATE 2025 Aspirants
The Shiksha poll highlighted the aspirations and emotions among aspirants. When some students felt confident that they would achieve a good score in GATE, on the other hand, few sttudents were unsure about their performance. Honestly, this is completely understandable because of the competition and normalisation process.
Overall, the GATE exam not only tests candidates technical and conceptual knowledge but also checks on their problem-solving abilities and critical thinking skills. Even the most prepared students have felt anxious about their performance due to the concept-based questions and high-cutoff over the past few years.
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What does it mean for GATE 2025 Aspirants
- Students who felt fully confident - Based on Shiksha poll, 29% of aspirants felt super confident about their performance in GATE 2025. If you are among them, then now it's time to start planning for MTech admissions and apply for PSUs based on your expected scores. Go through the GATE cutoff trends and start preparing for next stage.
- Students who felt clueless - About 40% aspirants felt doubtful of their performance. If you are among them, then look for backup options. Apply for state-level entrance exams, such as TS PGECET, AP PGECET, VITREE, etc. You can look for alternative career options where your interests match.
- Candidates who are nervous about their results - Candidates who are nervous, remember this is not the end. There are many career options beyond GATE. Give a break and work on yourself, take online certification programmes and internships to gain skills and technical knowledge.
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IIT Delhi cutoff 2025 for BTech admission has been released for Round 1. The cutoff was released as opening and closing ranks for different categories of students belonging to the AI quota. During Round 1, the BTech admission cutoffs were between 125 and 5608, with CSE being the most competitive specialisation for admission. Tabulated below are the Round 1 closing ranks of all the BTech and Integrated BTech specialisations offered at IIT Delhi for General AI quota students.
| Course | JEE Advanced R1 Closing Ranks 2025 |
|---|---|
| B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering | 125 |
| Integrated B.Tech. + M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering | 186 |
| B.Tech. in Mathematics and Computing Engineering | 316 |
| Integrated B.Tech. + M.Tech. in Mathematics and Computing | 353 |
| B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering | 591 |
| B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering (Power and Automation) | 806 |
| B.Tech. in Engineering and Computational Mechanics | 1103 |
| B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering | 1862 |
| B.Tech. in Engineering Physics | 2358 |
| B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering | 2425 |
| B.Tech. in Energy Science and Engineering | 2622 |
| B.Tech. in Production and Industrial Engineering | 3027 |
| Integrated B.Tech. + M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering | 3426 |
| B.Tech. in Materials Engineering | 3470 |
| B.Tech. in Civil Engineering | 4228 |
| B.Tech. in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology | 4830 |
| B.Tech. in Textile Technology | 5608 |
Aspirants with a valid bachelor’s degree in the relevant specialisation are eligible to apply for the PG course. Admission to M.Tech at IIT Mandi is based on merit in GATE followed by COAP counselling. Candidates with a score equal to more than the cutoff become eligible to participate in the counselling round. In addition, IIT graduates with an 8.0 CGPA or above are exempted from the GATE score requirement and can apply directly.
Candidates who meet the course-specific eligibility criteria and have a valid GATE score can apply. Aspirants can complete the application form through the IIT Delhi official website. This is for M.Tech full-time programmes. For part-time/sponsored full-time courses, eligible candidates can register directly at the official website. Admission to part-time M.Tech is based on a written exam and interview round conducted by the institute.
The dates for JoSAA counselling 2026 choice filling will be announced once the result of JEE Main 2026 is declared. Candidates can fill choices only during the choice filling period. Also, candidates need to lock their choices before the last date.
No, one does not have to apply separately at IIT Madras website after JoSAA counselling. This is because the institute follows a common admission process for its BTech course just like the other IITs. Shortlisted students who get a seat through the JoSAA counselling, simply need to report for document verification and pay the acceptance fees. All the details of the students will be forwarded to IIT Madras by JoSAA directly. Information about the orientation, fee payment, and hostel allocation will be mailed online.
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Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati will release GATE admit card 2026. The hall ticket will be released at GOAPS 2026. Candidates have to enter their enrollment ID and password to obtain admit card of GATE exam.
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GATE admit card release date is January 2, 2026. However, the release time for GATE 2026 admit card has not yet announced by authorities.
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Yes, the TS PGECET and GATE syllabus remains the same for M.Tech admission. However, GATE questions are trickier and conceptual compared to TS PGECET. Students who want to appear both TS PGECET and GATE must prepare accordingly-
- Go through pattern of both exams and syllabus
- Solve mock test and questio
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Candidates can check their offer status using their login ID and password obtained during COAP registration. GATE COAP offers will be displayed on given date and time only, where students have to confirm their choices.
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The COAP counselling is done online only. For registrations, students need to keep the following details ready-
- GATE application details
- Scores secured in GATE exam
- Mobile number and email address
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Candidates who have qualified GATE exam will be eligible for GATE COAP counselling. The counselling offer admission to IITs. The admission counselling registration is online and is done in multiple rounds depending on seat availability.
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GATE CCMT counselling is expected to start in June/July. Students who have qualified in GATE exam 2026 and want to take admission in NITs and other engineering colleges must register and participate in CCMT. The dates will be updated here for each round.
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GATE 2026 COAP counselling dates will be released in June/July after the announcement of results. Students who want to take admission in IITs must register through COAP for counselling.
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GATE 2026 Electronics and Communication paper will be conducted on February 15 in the first shift. Students who have regsitered for EC paper must download their admit card on January 2.
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IIT Guwahati will conduct GATE CSE exam on February 8, 2026 in two shifts. The CS1 will be held in first shift and CS2 in second shift. The exam timings can be checked below-
- CS1 paper - 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
- CS2 paper- 2:30 am to 5:30 pm
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Admission to the BTech courses offered by IIT Madras are entrance-based and done on the basis of scores obtained in JEE Mains and JEE Advanced. Seats are allocated through JoSAA counselling after the results of the entrance exams are out. Students who clear the IIT Madras BTech cutoff are then required to go through document verification and pay the required fees to complete the process.