ISC students need to have scored above 83.8% in their board exams to be eligible for an IIT seat. They, nevertheless, will have to clear both the Main and Advanced levels of Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) to secure a seat in the premier engineering college.
This is the first year that the IIT council has introduced a two-tier admission test. The 1.5 lakh candidates, who qualified in the JEE (Main), appeared for the Advanced level on Sunday. The ones who clear that level as well, will have to fall in the top 20 percentile of their respective boards.
With the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) releasing the rather high cut-off marks for being in the top 20 percentile to be eligible for IIT, several students, who have scored less than 83.8%, may be out of the race, even though they clear JEE (Advanced). The ISC cut-off is higher than that of CBSE and the state board as its schools have fared better than that of the other two. CBSE has pegged the cut-off for IIT aspirants at 78.2% and the state board at 64.3%. The council's circular stated that the percentile of successful candidates who passed in English and other best four subjects in the 2013 exam are calculated category-wise. In the open category, the cut-off is 419/500, for OBC, it is 397, SC 378 and ST 351.
"The cut-off may have come as a disappointment for students who have scored in 70s and less than 83.8%," said Praveen Tyagi, MD of coaching institute, IITians Pace. "The high cut-offs could prove to be a disadvantage for borderline students."
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/83-8-IIT-cut-off-for-ISC-students/articleshow/20419129.cms
This is the first year that the IIT council has introduced a two-tier admission test. The 1.5 lakh candidates, who qualified in the JEE (Main), appeared for the Advanced level on Sunday. The ones who clear that level as well, will have to fall in the top 20 percentile of their respective boards.
With the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) releasing the rather high cut-off marks for being in the top 20 percentile to be eligible for IIT, several students, who have scored less than 83.8%, may be out of the race, even though they clear JEE (Advanced). The ISC cut-off is higher than that of CBSE and the state board as its schools have fared better than that of the other two. CBSE has pegged the cut-off for IIT aspirants at 78.2% and the state board at 64.3%. The council's circular stated that the percentile of successful candidates who passed in English and other best four subjects in the 2013 exam are calculated category-wise. In the open category, the cut-off is 419/500, for OBC, it is 397, SC 378 and ST 351.
"The cut-off may have come as a disappointment for students who have scored in 70s and less than 83.8%," said Praveen Tyagi, MD of coaching institute, IITians Pace. "The high cut-offs could prove to be a disadvantage for borderline students."
| Category | cut off Marks |
| General | 419 |
| OBC | 397 |
| SC | 378 |
| ST | 351 |
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/83-8-IIT-cut-off-for-ISC-students/articleshow/20419129.cms
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