IIT- JEE 2013: ISC students need to score 83.8:

ISC students who have scored at least 83.8% are eligible for an IIT seat. The students will be required to clear both the main and advanced levels of Joint Entrance Exam (JEE). JEE Advanced was conducted by the Joint Admission Board (JAB) for admission to IITs on June 2 across India.  Around 1.5 lakh selected candidates were appeared in JEE Advanced 2013. According to the students appeared for the exam, JEE Advanced was tougher than expected. Students found mathematics section lengthy and tricky. However, Physics and Chemistry seemed to be relatively simpler.  JEE Advanced’s new method negative marking scheme and format surprised students. Certain questions had negative marking and others did not. In both the papers, equal weightage were given to the three sections- Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.  A student could score a maximum of 60 in each subject in each paper. Thus, the total credits for either of the papers were 180. Both three-hour papers totalled 360 marks, lower than previous years when the total was above 400. The original cut off marks will be published after declaring JEE Advanced 2013 Result. The results of the JEE Advanced 2013 are expected to be declared on June 23, 2013. SOURCE : Indiacolleges URL : www.examhook.com

JEE: Cut offs for top 20 percentile students announced:

New Delhi: IIT aspirants who have scored over 78.2 per cent marks in their class XII CBSE exam this year and have made it to the final round of the JEE examination stand a chance of being selected to the prestigious institutes.

According to CBSE, the cut off score for the top 20 percentile for the general stream has been put at 391 (78.2 per cent).

Rank holders in the JEE advance test under the new two-tier format for admission to the under-graduate programme in the IITs must be among the top 20 performers for admission.

For OBC, the cut off will be 389, SC 350 and for ST 338, a CBSE statement said after the results of class XII was declared on Monday.

The class X results are likely to be declared on May 30.

JEE advance test will be conducted on coming Sunday and students who have made it to this final round of examination but do not find them within the cut-off need not lose heart and should consider the exam as a "good exposure", said a CBSE official.

The new format adopted by the IIT council comprises a two-tier system -- a main and an advance test.

Students clearing the advance test after being screened in the Mains would be considered for admission provided they are among the top 20 percentile in their boards. The mains were held on April 7.

The logistics for both the exam will be conducted by CBSE. The advance exam will be solely conducted by the IIT.

IIT will prepare a merit list of those who sat for the advance and then select the successful candidates if they are among the top 20 percentile.

Source:ZEE NEWS.

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