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Minimum percentile in JEE Main to appear for JEE Advanced
| Year | Session | General | OBC-NCL | SC | ST | EWS | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jan | 89.7 | 75.3 | 54 | 44 | 78.2 | 2.5L/ 11.5L |
| 2024 | Apr | 93.2↑ | 81.1 | 61.5 | 52.4 | 84.7 | 2.5L/ 9.9L |
| 2023 | Jan | 90 | 76.5 | 55.5 | 44.5 | 79.5 | 1.1L/ 8.7L |
| 2023 | Apr | 90.7↑ | 77 | 56.2 | 46 | 80.4 | 1.9L/ 9.4L |
| 2022 | Jan | 88.4 | 67 | 46.9 | 34.7 | 66.2 | 1.6L/ 8.7L |
| 2022 | Apr | 87.9↓ | 68 | 48.1 | 36.2 | 67.4 | 1.1L/ 6.2L |
| 2021 | Feb | 87.9 | 68 | 48.1 | 36.2 | 66.2 | 1.5L/ 6.2L |
| 2021 | Mar | 87.9 | 68 | 48.1 | 36.2 | 66.2 | 91k/ 3.6L |
April cutoff is consistently 1–3% higher than January for General category.
Harder paper in April or better preparation? Either way — January is your safer bet if you are borderline.
SC/ST cutoffs rose +8% over 4 years vs General +5%.
Reserved category competition is rising faster. Do not assume an old cutoff still applies to you.
~2.5 lakh students qualify for Advanced every year regardless of session.
NTA adjusts the cutoff to hit a fixed qualifier count — not the other way around.
General category, All India quota, Round 1 closing
The bar starts at 99.0 percentile for visual clarity — actual range is 99.25 to 99.42.
Top NIT CS cutoffs are rising ~0.05 percentile per year. At 99.42, the margin is already razor thin.
For OBC-NCL students, 98th percentile gets you in the same NIT CS seats that require 99.4 for General.
JEE Advanced qualifier count stays ~2.5L. The cutoff is backward-engineered from that target.
January session gives you a second attempt if you underperform. April tends to be 1–3 points higher for General.
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Open College Predictor →Source: NTA official results, JoSAA archive. Data for informational purposes only. Cutoffs change every year — verify at nta.ac.in and josaa.nic.in.