should I take a second drop for jee or opt for private college ?

Ans: With a MET score of 154 and a PCME aggregate of 343/400 (85.75%), your son’s final MAHE merit rank will be calculated using the formula combining 50% MET score and 50% Class 12 aggregate. While his MET score is good, considering the 85.75% board score, his chance for CSE at MIT Manipal Main Campus is reasonable but not guaranteed. It should be treated as borderline to moderately possible, depending on this year’s rank list and counselling trends. It’s advisable to have 4-5 backup options (for CSE Branch) rather than relying solely on MIT Main Campus. ALL the BEST for Your Prosperous Future!

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Ans: ISI is a premier research institute with a strong global reputation. Its BSDS program is rigorous, math-intensive, and relatively new, so success depends heavily on your interest and strength in mathematics and data. If you are confident in your math skills and prepared for academic rigor, it’s highly worthwhile—especially for careers in data science and quantitative fields. Admission is competitive, but the degree significantly enhances long-term career prospects and higher study opportunities in data science and related domains. ALL the BEST for Your Prosperous Future!

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Ans: Lokesh, with a 94.5 percentile, your exact EWS category rank cannot be predicted accurately from percentile alone. A rough EWS rank estimate would be around 10,000–15,000, but treat this only as an approximation. ALL the BEST for Your Prosperous Future!

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Ans: Pragati, Bennett University is the better option, if you target core IT, product?based roles, or higher studies abroad. Choose SRM Ghaziabad only if fee is a strict constraint or if you strongly prefer the SRM brand and campus culture. ALL the BEST for Your Prosperous Future!

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Ans: If she has started rolling from back to tummy and vice versa and she can sit up then her development is normal. If her head is floppy and she doesn't roll then please visit your pediatrician

Ans: Rachna Madam, with a BITSAT score of 144, admission to the CSE, Electrical, or Mechanical branches at all three BITS campuses is effectively not possible. Recent official cutoffs have been much higher—for example, Hyderabad closed at CSE 284/319/270, EEE 251/262/239, and Mechanical 218/192/214 in 2023/2024/2025, respectively, with Goa and Pilani cutoffs even higher.

Through JoSAA, with an 86 percentile in JEE Main, admission to CSE in NITs/IIITs is generally unlikely, and getting Mechanical or Electrical in mainstream NITs is also difficult under the open category. Chances improve mainly with home-state quota, reserved categories, female-only seats, or in lower-demand GFTIs and self-financed institutes accepting JEE Main scores.

Please check JoSAA’s official opening and closing rank archives year-wise before filling choices. Your son can focus on mid-tier or newer NITs and IIITs and state-level colleges and should also consider 4-5 reputed private universities as backup options instead of relying solely on BITS or JoSAA. ALL the BEST for Your Son's Prosperous Future!

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Ans: Prefer DS + AI at IIT Madras as the 1st preference, followed by Guwahati and Jodhpur. In all cases, long-term career impact depends far more on your projects, skills, and internships than on the specific IIT tag. Even after admission to a specific IIT, you will need to learn more via online courses to meet market and tech requirements.

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Ans: Shyam Sir, I have thoroughly reviewed your son’s background. You haven’t mentioned whether he is continuing with the ISC board or has enrolled in the CBSE board with Allen-JEE coaching for this 11th/12th Grade. Firstly, I recommend a psychometric test for your son to gain a rough idea of the most suitable career options for him.

Secondly, job opportunities exist across domains, but to be competitive, your son must have passion and interest in his chosen field and continuously upgrade both technical and soft skills relevant to that domain.

Thirdly, besides understanding suitable career options through the psychometric test, ask him what types of problems he is interested in solving in the future.

Fourthly, since you mentioned his performance is better in History and Geography than in Science and Maths, Allen-JEE coaching would be suitable only if he is truly interested in Maths and Science. If not, his performance may fall short of expectations, leading to demotivation.

My suggestion is to consider enrolling him in the Arts/Humanities stream with a focus on Geography-centric subjects. Later, he can pursue civil services, media, law, or management studies. Reassess his progress after about a year (by December 2026), focusing on his interest, mental health, and realistic performance rather than perceived job security alone.

Before he completes 11th grade (by February 2026), you both can collectively decide and start preparing for entrance exams in law, media, or management (CUET, CLAT, IPMAT, NPAT, SET etc.) based on his interests and future plans. ALL the BEST for Your Son's Prosperous Future!

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Ans: Namaste
UGEE is primarily for admission to 5-year Dual Degree B.Tech programs at IIIT Hyderabad
Yes CBSE PCB + NIOS Maths considered equivalent to PCM requirenment provided you should secure A minimum of 60% aggregate in the PCM subjects. However, you must verify the latest IIIT Hyderabad admissions notice.