One Day to JEE Main 2025 Session 2: Analysing Competition Intensity for IIT JEE Advanced

The final session of JEE Main 2025 is starting tomorrow. Here is an analysis of the competition that the students will be facing. It is interesting to note that the selection rate of candidates for JEE Advanced after JEE Mains was less than 20% last year.

One Day to JEE Main 2025 Session 2: Analysing Competition Intensity for IIT JEE Advanced

The National Testing Agency is set to conduct the final session of the JEE Main 2025 exam starting tomorrow, April 2. This will be the last chance for students to take the JEE Main this year, and the results from this session will be crucial. They will determine which students qualify for the JEE Advanced 2025 exam, scheduled for May 18. Only the top 2,50,000 performers from the JEE Main will be eligible for JEE Advanced 2025.

To select these top candidates, the National Testing Agency will establish a minimum score, known as the cutoff, for different categories of students. Last year, the JEE Main 2025 cutoff for JEE Advanced 2025 was the highest they had been in five years, reflecting the increased competition as more students take the JEE Main exam.

Experts believe that after the first session of JEE Main 2025, which took place in January, the JEE Main 2025 cutoff for this year’s JEE Advanced may be similar to or slightly lower than last year's. The official JEE Main 2024 cutoff percentiles will be released along with the results for this final session, which are expected to come out by April 17.

The April session of the JEE Main 2025 exam will take place on April 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 9. 

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Intensity of Competition for IIT JEE Advanced

In JEE Main 2025 January session, the total number of candidates who appeared was 12,58,136, which is more than the JEE Main January session held in 2024. In 2024, in the January session, the number of candidates who took the exam was 11,70,048. The total number of candidates who took the JEE Main exam last year after both the exam sessions was 14,15,110. Out of these 14,15,110, the number of candidates selected for JEE Advanced was 2,50,284. This means 17.68% candidates out of the total JEE Main candidates qualified for JEE Advanced last year.

Check below the JEE Main cutoff percentile for JEE Advanced from the previous 5 years:

A look at the JEE Main cutoff or JEE Advanced for the past five years shows that the cutoff scores for the JEE Advanced exam have been increasing since 2021, following a decline that year. The highest cutoff in the last five years was recorded in 2024.

Safe Score to Pass JEE Main Cutoff 205 for JEE Advanced 2025

Based on last year's analysis, here are the safe scores that students should aim for if they're looking to get into IIT:

• For students in the general category, a good target is to score at least 93 percentile or above.
• For students from the SC/ST categories, a safe score would be around the 45 percentile.
• For OBC candidates, aiming for 79 percentile and above is recommended.
• Lastly, for those in the EWS category, 82 percentile or higher is advisable.

These percentiles give students an idea of what scores they should try to achieve to increase their chances of qualifying JEE Main 2025 cutoff for JEE Advanced for IIT admissions. JEE Advanced 2025 registration will start on April 23 for Indian nationals.

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