35% cut-off for entry to IITs

Updated on: Friday, October 21, 2011

Candidates aspiring to crack JEE 2012 will have to score at least 10% marks in each of the three subjects and a minimum aggregate of 35% to figure on the common rank list for admission to IITs.

The Joint Admission Board (JAB) of IITs decided to fix the minimum marks required to crack JEE in a recent meeting. Last time, the minimum qualifying marks in JEE were worked out after calculating the average of marks scored by all the candidates who wrote the exam.

According to JAB, the decision will make the system more transparent while making it easier to set their goals in the examination. “Earlier, the minimum marks required to qualify in JEE varied from year to year as it was calculated as the average performance of everybody who wrote the examination. So, the students did not really know the qualifying marks,” said professor G B Reddy, organizing chairman, JEE 2012. “It now the candidates will have an advantage. They may not be equally good in all subjects. So, they can work towards scoring at least 10% in the subject they are weak in and then work on their strengths.”

JEE has two sections each having a paper in physics, chemistry and mathematics. Reddy said average score or the qualifying marks was a little over 10% in JEE 2011.

35% cut-off for entry to IITs

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