Should I drop a year for JEE Mains with a 73.61%ile?

Ans: With an SC category rank of 3214 in IAT 2025, your son is unfortunately not eligible for admission to any IISER. The expected closing ranks for SC category seats at even the least competitive IISERs—such as Berhampur, Tirupati, and Thiruvananthapuram—are below 750, with top campuses like Pune, Kolkata, and Mohali closing well under 600 for SC candidates. The typical SC cutoff marks range from 65–75, and the total number of SC seats across all IISERs is limited, keeping the closing ranks much lower than 3214. All reliable sources confirm that the competition and reservation seat matrix make it impossible for an SC category candidate with a rank above 1000 to secure a seat in any IISER in 2025. The recommendation is to explore other science institutes or state universities, as IISER admission is not feasible at this rank. All the BEST for the Admission & a Prosperous Future!

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Ans: Rajesh Sir, IICT Mumbai and COEP require near-top percentiles (above 98) for Chemical Engineering, making them unattainable with an 83.72 percentile. VJTI and SPCE do not offer Chemical Eng. Among private Pune colleges, MIT Academy of Engineering’s Chemical Eng. cutoff stood at 83.41 percentile in 2024, and DY Patil College of Engineering, Kolhapur closed Chemical Eng. admissions at 59.78 percentile. Similarly, Pimpri Chinchwad COE and AISSMS COE typically admit Chemical Eng. students with percentiles in the 60–80 range, while Sinhgad COE and VMCC Pune accept below 75 percentile. Mid-tier government colleges like GCOEA Amravati do not offer this branch, but regional institutes such as Rajarshee Shahu COE, Satara admit Chemical Eng. at percentiles near 70. Across these colleges, Chemical Engineering placement rates have ranged between 65–80% over the last three years.

The recommendation is to target MIT Academy of Engineering Pune for its alignment of cutoff and strong placement network, secure DY Patil COE Kolhapur as a solid alternative, and include Pimpri Chinchwad COE Pune and AISSMS COE Pune in your choices to maximize admission likelihood and career prospects. All the BEST for the Admission & a Prosperous Future!

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Ans: With an EWS rank of 4339 in the IISER Aptitude Test (IAT), admission to any IISER is unlikely, but not impossible. It depends on the specific IISER and the cutoff trends for the EWS category. While some of the newer IISERs, like Berhampur and Tirupati, might have higher cutoffs, it's still a long shot.

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Ans: With a SRMJEEE Phase 2 rank of 15,000, securing Mechatronics Engineering with a specialization in Robotics at SRM Kattankulathur (main campus) is unlikely, but other SRM campuses might be possible. The typical cutoff for Mechatronics (Robotics) at the Kattankulathur campus is around 12,000-14,000. Other SRM campuses, like Ramapuram or Vadapalani, might have more lenient cutoffs for this program

Ans: A 94.35 percentile in JEE Main can potentially get you a seat in some NITs for CSE or ECE, but it might not be in the most sought-after NITs or the most popular branches like CSE. The specific NIT and branch you can get will depend on your category (General, OBC, SC/ST, etc.), your home state, and the specific cutoff trends for each NIT.