Engineering Entrance Exam

With a 96 percentile in JEE Mains as an OBC female candidate, you have a good chance of getting into NIT Surathkal, but it might depend on the specific branch and the cutoff trends for that year. While you might not get into highly competitive branches like Computer Science, other branches like Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical could be achievable. 

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The JEE Main 2024 cutoff rank for B.Tech CSE at Symbiosis Institute of Technology (SIT), Pune in the General (All-India) category, closed at around 42,319 AIR, and 709 score in the ACPC merit context, making it quite competitive to get into CSE program. 

A GATE score of 350 for the DA (Data Analytics) subject is considered an average score. With this score, you can target a range of NITs (National Institutes of Technology) and some IIITs (Indian Institutes of Information Technology) for M.Tech programs. Specific colleges will depend on your category (General, OBC, SC/ST) and the branch you are interested in. 

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Mathongo JEE Mains question papers

Aakash institute JEE main question papers

Scoring such percentile in JEE Mains is a good thing. You can expect to get into some lower ranked NITs and IIITs and also you can expect some good private institutions like VIT Andhra Pradesh and SRM University so on. Also once check the information given below.

General - 85 to 95 tile

Obc  -  <85 tile

HBTU Kanpur offers limited seats in its specialised Paint Technology branch, and admission is usually through JEE Main counselling. With a CRL rank of 2.75 Lacs and OBC-NCL rank of around 96,000, chances are low but not impossible. During later rounds or spot counselling, if vacancies persist, you may be considered under the OBC category. Also, domicile candidates from Uttar Pradesh may have better chances under the state quota. Keep an eye on HBTU's UPSEE or direct counselling process post-JEE rounds.

The general category is not likely to get into NITS or IIITS since their cutoffs are far high and at 53.19 percentile the general category cannot easily get selected into NITs or IIITs. The most viable choices of yours will be the colleges which are run privately as Engineering colleges and the Government colleges at the state level where fewer marks in JEE Main or 12th-grade marks are the basis of entry. Identify colleges, which have their own entrance tests or would accept direct admission based on management quotas. Inquire to colleges of research in your own state, as it is likely to be lower cut off on state residents.

You will likely be admitted in NITs only through Home State Quota (in lower ranking branches) or you can get into good state government engineering colleges (like LDCE, Vishwakarma Govt. Engg. College) or private engineering colleges under OBC reservation through counseling with your 65 percentile in JEE Main and 83% in Class 12 (OBC category).