JEE Advanced

You can still acquire admission to private universities, state engineering colleges and lower-tier GFTIs with a JEE Mains rank of 2,18,000 but it is improbable that you would receive a CSE in a top NIT, IIIT, or GFTI. Among the choices are:

State Government Colleges: For JEE-qualified applicants, colleges in states such as Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, or Uttar Pradesh offer their own counseling.
Private universities that offer CSE programs based on JEE Mains scores include Sharda University, Amity University, Manipal University, SRM University, and UPES Dehradun.
GFTIs: In subsequent rounds, seats may become available at certain lesser-known GFTIs, such as Assam University, Mizoram University, or Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya.

You stand a strong chance of getting into one of the top IITs if your prep CRL PWD score in JEE Advanced is 30. In older IITs like IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, etc., your rank qualifies you for branches like Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Civil Engineering. Many IITs offer special seats for PWD (Persons with Disabilities) candidates.

The admissions procedure entails

JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) is used for JEE Advanced registration and seat distribution.
Multiple rounds of counseling are part of the procedure and there are cutoffs based on category.
The deadlines for document verification and seat acceptance must be met

With a preparatory rank of 43 in the ST category in JEE Advanced, your chances of getting into an IIT in rounds 3 to 5 of JoSAA counseling are possible, but it depends on various factors such as the opening and closing ranks for each IIT and branch. Typically, preparatory rank students are given seats in IITs if there are vacancies, but the branches available might be limited to less popular ones.

You should keep an eye on the JoSAA counseling rounds and the specific cutoffs for your category. If you don't secure a seat in the earlier rounds, there's still a chance in the later rounds as the cutoffs might decrease if seats remain unfilled.

Meeting certain cutoff ranks in both JEE Mains and JEE Advanced is necessary to gain admission to the Computer Science Engineering (CSE) branch at prestigious universities like IITs and NITs.

Cutoff percentile for JEE Mains: General Category in 2024 was 93.23.
OBC-NCL Category: 79.68 was the cutoff percentile.

General Category JEE Advanced Cutoff: 30.34% was the cutoff percentile.
OBC-NCL Category: 27.30% was the cutoff percentile.

Institution-Specific Cutoffs: IITs: The starting and ending ranks for CSE change every year. For example, the CSE cutoff for the General category at IIT Kharagpur in 2024 varied from 1 to 1,000.
NITs: In 2024, the General category cutoff for CSE at prestigious NITs like NIT Trichy was approximately 5,066.