BITS Pilani - Birla Institute of Technology and Science Eligibility

BITS has provision for direct entry for toppers of different board of examination 10+2. Eligibility criteria is as follows:
"To be eligible for admission under the 'Direct admission to Board toppers' scheme, the candidate should be the topper from the science stream having taken physics, chemistry, mathematics subjects in 12th. To identify the topper, the following criteria is adopted.
The topper is the student who fulfills the following criteria:
a) has taken physics, chemistry, and mathematics subjects in 12th class examination and
b) has obtained the highest aggregate percentage of marks in 12th class among all the students who have taken physics, chemistry, and mathematics subjects in 2016 from the board. For the purpose of calculating, the aggregate percentage, the aggregate marks should include the marks of physics, chemistry, and mathematics subjects in addition to other subjects which are required to pass the 12th class examination from the board under consideration. Further, the physics, chemistry, mathematics subject marks should be included in the aggregate, irrespective of whether the physics, chemistry, and mathematics subjects are identified as main/ optional/ elective in his mark sheet(s)".