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With 8000 st rank , you have extremely low chance in NITs For example, Under other state quota , closing rank for some of the lower nits for which closing rank goes low are listed below along with their closing rank in the 6th round of josaa counselling 2020 for st category :-
1.NIT Mizoram ,civil engineering :- 2975 st rank.
2.Nit nagaland ,Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering :- 3086 st rank
3.National Institute of Technology Agartala, Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering:- 3521 st rank
You can check the same at https://josaa.nic.in/Result/Result/currentorcr.aspx From above, it is clear that you need at least a rank of around 3500 st rank to get into an NIT . And to get a rank in this range, you need at atleast around 81 .
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To improve your score in remaining session of JEE main you should focus on your preparation go through previous year question papers ,mock test papers and to help you in your preparation we have jee main knockout out for you, for which link is provided below https://learn.careers360.com/knockout-jee-main
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Your profile suggests that your home state is Telangana.
With 8000 st rank , you have extremely low chance in NITs
For example,
Under other state quota , closing rank for some of the lower nits for which closing rank goes low are listed below along with their closing rank in the 6th round of josaa counselling 2020 for st category :-
NIT Mizoram ,civil engineering :- 2975 st rank
Nit nagaland ,Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering :- 3086 st rank
National Institute of Technology Agartala, Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering:- 3521 st rank
You can check the same at
https://josaa.nic.in/Result/Result/currentorcr.aspx
From above, it is clear that you need at least a rank of around 3500 st rank to get into an NIT . And to get a rank in this range, you need at atleast around 81 . To predict rank you can use our rank predictor at
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To have a personalised report on your chances of getting a college you can go through our college predictor, it will give you complete list of colleges which you can get on the basis of the category you belong to, your home state, your gender etc, the link for jee main college predictor is provided below
To improve your score in remaining session of JEE main you should focus on your preparation go through previous year question papers ,mock test papers and to help you in your preparation we have jee main knockout out for you, for which link is provided below
https://learn.careers360.com/knockout-jee-main
Thankyou
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