JEE Advanced

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 in less competitive branches. Make sure to list all available options during choice filling and consider state-level options too.

The IIT Goa BTech cutoff 2026 was released for the first rounds for various All India categories. For the General AI category, the round 1 cutoff ranged from 6448 to 12299. As per this range, B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering was the toughest couse for admission. 

Students can refer to the table below to know the round 1 category-wise closing cutoff range. 

No JEE advance exam qualification is required for admission if you have done Diploma in pulp and paper.

The complete schedule of the JEE Advanced 2026 has been announced on the website - jeeadv.ac.in. The information brochure for JEE Adv 2026 has also been released. IIT Roorkee conducted the IIT JEE Advanced exam 2026 on May 17, 2026. The registration form was released on April 23 for Indian nationals and on April 6 for foreign candidates.

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 JEE Advanced in 2026 can attempt JEE Advanced in 2026, and this will be their final attempt.
• The Candidates who will attempt JEE Advanced in 2026 can attempt JEE Advanced in 2027.
• Candidates who took JEE Advanced before 2025, cannot appear for JEE Advanced 2026.

Aspirants must keep in mind that exam difficulty level cannot be determined by organising IIT. JEE Advanced paper is not made by one single IIT; but it is prepared by experts from multiple institutes. Difficulty level of exam is independent of the IIT conducting exam.

The JEE Advanced application form 2026 will be realesed for the in the third week of April 2026 for the candidates who will qualify JEE Main 2026. For the foreign nationals and OCI/PIO (F) candidates, the registrations will start in the first week of April 2026.

Okay, so if you finished your 12th boards in 2024 but didn't take JEE Advanced that year, your first real attempt is 2025. You're what we call a “dropper, ” and that's totally normal. When you apply, make sure you mark 2025 as your first attempt year. No cap—it matters for eligibility. So don't mess it up on the form, or you'll be in an unnecessary soup.

It is highly unlikely that a state level common entrance test and JEE advanced exam would take place on the same day because JEE advanced is a national Level Examination typically conducted on a specific date while CET Exam are state specific and their dates vary while JEE advanced itself consist of two paper conducted on the same day the schedule of a state level CET is independent of national exam like advance JEE advanced though there might be instance of overlap or close proximity in scheduling