TNEA 2014: All about the counseling procedure
TNEA (Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission) is a process through which over lakhs of students are admitted into engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu through single window counseling. Conducted by Anna University, the TNEA Single Window Counseling process ensures transparency while admissions into engineering colleges of Tamil Nadu.
The counseling process for TNEA 2014 is expected to commence in the third week of June, 2014. The very process involves five stages: Application Issue & Submission, Application Scrutiny, Random Number and Rank Publication, Counseling Call Letter and Single Window Counseling.
Application Issue & Submission:
The process begins with issuing of applications forms. The applications have been issued and students can check the status for the same here. The application form includes a coding sheet, application form, instruction booklet and list of all engineering colleges booklet.
The number in the coding sheet is the candidate’s application number and any reference to a candidate’s application can be made only with the application number.
Application Scrutiny:
An internal process, the application scrutiny process is the second step after the application issue and submission. The coding sheets that are filled by aspirants are scanned by special machines and the data is fed to the computer for further processing. Therefore, it becomes extremely important to fill the coding sheet meticulously. The data in the coding sheet is final if there are no contradictions between the data provided in the printed application form and coding sheet. The scanned data from the coding sheet is then verified with the application data along with supporting documents attached. Any data requiring supporting documents not enclosed will be nullified. So the candidate needs to be very careful in ensuring that all the necessary documents are enclosed.
Random Number and Rank Publication
Eligible candidate should satisfy all the minimum eligibility criteria like minimum eligibility mark as per the Government of Tamil Nadu described in the TNEA booklet. One of the main eligibility criteria is the minimum eligibility mark and it is the sum of marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry and Maths divided by sum of maximum marks in Physics, Chemistry and Maths.
Aggregate mark or cut-off mark is the sum of Physics mark obtained scaled to 50, Chemistry mark obtained scaled to 50 and Maths mark obtained scaled to 100. Thus the maximum aggregate or cut-off mark is 200.
Counseling Call Letter
The candidates will be ranked and called for counseling based on the rank. A call letter containing the date of counseling for the particular candidate for allotment of seats will be sent to the communication address. The counseling date will also be published on the TNEA website during publication of rank.
Single Window Counseling
On the day of counseling, the following process is followed:
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