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Champak Question by Champak on Jun 28, 2024Hindi
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Hello Sir, Myself confused about on which exam to concentrate or focus completely on.. I am currently studying in class 11,and I am from Karnataka.I am confused wether to focus on KCET completely or JEE.. I have made a plan like this.. First I will attempt my JEE Exam and then go with KCET..If I get a good score in both of these then it is okay or I have kept an alternative of preparing for COMEDK and IMUCET.What would you prefer me to do?Or please suggest a good plan seeing these many options..

Ans: Champak, (1) It is always advisable to appear in, minimum 5-Entrance Exams (JEE, COMEDK, KCET & any other 2-Entrance Exams, depending upon your career goals. Some students commit the mistake of appearing only in 2-Entrance Exams and later they regret, due to NO option or very very less options open. (2) Syllabus of almost all Entrance Exams for Engineering is more or less same. NO major difference. (3) If you appear in, minimum 5-Entrance Exams, you will have a lot of options open for you as far as College / Stream / Specialization / Location are concerned and will be much easier for you to choose the best and most suitable one. (4) Please go through some of my answers related to 'Preparation Strategies for JEE' containing Practical Steps / Tips. All the BEST Champak.

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I have secured 55924 rank with 96.306%ile in JEE Mains & I have secured 9451 rank in KCET. Now what should I do? What are the best options I will be getting? & Which one will be better to choose???
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Hello sir... I got 86.7%ile in jee mains (CRL 196706, EWS rank 28516, girl) and secured 93..2% in my 12th Cbse board.I have haryana domicile and want to pursue btech in cse, it or ece. What are my chances of getting a good govt college and is there any chance in CSAB for NITs or IIITs ? Thankyou
Ans: Lavisha, With an EWS Home-State rank of 28,516, securing Computer Science seats via CSAB Special in premier NITs under Home-State EWS quotas is challenging, as CSE at NIT Kurukshetra closed near 8 198 for general HS and the EWS HS cutoff typically tracks within 25 000–35 000—just within reach. Electronics & Communication Engineering at Kurukshetra closed around HS?Open 9 692–15 127, with EWS HS often extending to 45 000–57 000, making ECE a viable target. In JoSAA 2025, IIIT Kota’s HS-EWS CSE cutoff was 39,410, which places your rank comfortably within the acceptable range. Beyond these, peripheral GFTIs such as CIT Kokrajhar (CSE up to ~150 500 CRL) and Assam University, Silchar (CSE ~75 981) admit EWS candidates with ranks well above 28 000. All these institutes meet AICTE/NIRF accreditation, maintain ≥70 percent placement consistency, feature modern labs, active MoUs for internships, and have outcome-based curricula.

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