JEE Advanced Eligibility

You are not eligible for JEE (Advanced) 2027 because your first appearance for Class 12 was in 2025. For JEE (Advanced) 2027 candidates must have taken their Class 12 (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2026 or 2027. Since your first appearance was in 2025 you fall outside this

As per the JEE Advanced 2026 eligibility criteria, general/OBC-NCL/EWS candidates must be born on or after October 1, 2001 in order to apply for the exam. Candidates from SC, ST, and PwD category get a 5-year relaxation hence they must be born on or after October 1, 1996.

You will not be eligible for admission as preparatory ranks are not considered under round 1. Since you have already qualified to appear for JEE (Advanced), all you need to do is meet the second criterion and apply for round 2, which will be only conducted if seats from round 1 remain vacant.

Yes, you can still get admission in Round 2 if you meet eligibility criteria to appear in JEE (Advanced) and have a valid JEE (Mains) rank. Also, you must have scored 60% or above in class 12th. For SC/ST/PwD category students, 55% or above is required.

• Candidates should have JEE Advanced rank.
• Candidates must have at least 75% aggregate marks in class 12 and SC, ST and PWD candidates must have atleast 65% marks.
• Candidates must be within the category wise top 25 percentile of successful candidates of their respective class 12 boards.

Candidates can check the JEE Advanced eligibility on the official website - jeeadv.ac.in and also on the official JEE Advanced information brochure released every year.

Yes, you are eligible to register for JoSAA counselling even if you are not eligible for JEE Advanced. Your 31 percentile and 30,000 rank in ST category allow you to participate in JoSAA, although the chances of getting top NITs may be low. You may have a better chance in NITs from the North-East or

Until now, no official announcement has been made for the increase in the JEE Advanced attempt limit in 2026. Until any official notification is released, the JEE Advaced 2026 attempt limit is as follows:

• Candidates can attempt JEE Advanced 2026 two times in two consecutive years.
• Candidates who took

If you're a PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) student without Mathematics in your 10+2, Then you are not eligible for JEE Advance.JEE Advanced is meant for admission to IITs, and the eligibility criteria clearly state that candidates must have studied Mathematics along with Physics and Chemistry in

75% is the requirement:

To be eligible for JEE Advanced, you need to score a minimum of 75% in your 12th board exams (or be in the top 20 percentile of your board). You might need to reappear for the 12th board exams to be able to appear for JEE Advanced. For more infromation on the same, please refe