You need to have a higher rank if you want a decent NIT and a good branch. Here is an estimated list of cutoffs for a few reputed NITs.
Institute | Estimated Cutoff (General category) |
NIT Warangal | 1000 - 7000 |
NIT Trichy | 500 - 5000 |
NIT Surathkal | 300-5000 |
NIT Jaipur | 1200-8000 |
NIT Allahabad | 500-10000 |
These are approximate opening and closing ranks and the cutoff for these institutes varies each year.
This depends on which category you belong to, because the score will vary. But it is usually 85-90 for general category students.
Category | JEE Main Minimum Score 2021 |
Unreserved Category (UR) | 87.8992241 |
EWS | 66.2214845 |
OBC-NCL | 68.0234447 |
SC | 46.8825338 |
ST | 34.6728999 |
PwD | 0.0096375 |
Candidates who clear JEE Main entrance exam will only require their 12th standard graduating certificate for admission, no matter the score obtained by them.