Engineering Entrance Exam

Yes, this time around JEE Mains is being conducted both online and offline. The offline exam was on 8th April and the online one on 15th April.

Without management quota, your rank should be below 8000 and for IT to be 11000 to be precise for a confirmed seat in category 1 there. This year in Phase 1 counselling Day 1, ranks from 1-8000 were called and to my surprise, all the seats of CSE branch were filled. In category 1 the CSE branch fees

JEE Mains is just like a qualifying round. JEE Advanced marks/ranks are independent of boards percentage as well as JEE Mains marks.

Scholarship tests in India-
NTPC Scholarship Scheme - for SC/ST/Physically disabled ones
KISHORE VAIGYANIK PROTSAHAN YOJANA
FELLOWSHIP - this is on Merit based, minimum eligibility is 60% in X/XII
NEST- National Education and Scholarship Test ( Senior category) is for Science and engineering students. A

Yes, you can appear for other state engineering entrance exams. Based on your IIT-JEE Mains marks you can apply for good engineering Institutes accepting the Mains scores. Other good exams to look for BITSAT VITEEE KIITEE SRMEEE, Manipal University Entrance Exam.

You might get admission in last few rounds in non core branches but it totally depends on your exact rank. Also, explore your other options in premier private colleges to have a better option.
All the best.

If this is your first drop than you can go for it. Just keep one thing that after taking a drop you need to work hard. Keep practicing and give as many mock tests as possible. You must work hard and consistently assess your performance. If you are confident enough to put a good performance than go f

Marks obtained in VITEEE 2018 Expected Rank Range
118 + 250-1
113 u2014 117 500 - 250
90 u2014 113 2,500 u2013 501
81 u2014 90 5,000 -2,501
72 u2014 81 5,001 u2013 6,500
60 u2014 72 6,501 u2013 8,500
43 u2014 60 8,501 u2013 11,000
31 u2014 43 15,001 -20,000
Less than 31 20,000Civil Engineering 40000
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If you belong to general category, then you need to score at least 180+ marks to get the top of the NITs. Regards.