IIT JEE 12th Marks: 80 Percentile Cutoff For Board Exam

With the new common entrance test (JEE) for IITs, XII board marks will play a very important role in selection process. As we earlier posted, only top 20 percentile will be eligible for JEE advanced. And the rank in JEE advanced will be used to select students for IITs.

There are 29 education boards in India. Till date, all boards used to provide percentage marks in 12th board. But now with this added criteria for percentile score, boards will have to provide additional data. They will have to publish percentile score of all the students for 12th board exam.

Not only this, the percentage cut off will vary drastically for different boards. The number of students in each board also varies. There are boards like CBSE with lot more students than some smaller state boards.

This has also led to confusion among students because as of now they have no clue what percentage marks would be required to get through 80 percentile cut-off. So far, the eligibility criterion for IITs was that a student should score a minimum of 60%. Now this percentage score will vary across boards. For instance, check out the 80 percentile cutoff for 12th marks of some of the boards for year 2012 below.

Board 12th marks percentage for top 20 percentile
CBSE 77.8%
Tamil Nadu 78.1%
Karnataka 67.5%
Uttar Pradesh 65%
Madhya Pradesh 64%
West Bengal 58%
Maharashtra 73.4%

Source: Hindustan times 

As we can see, these vary drastically. What do you think? Are you happy or sad with this new criteria?

 

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47 comments on “IIT JEE 12th Marks: 80 Percentile Cutoff For Board Exam
  1. answerer says:

    Here is some more data for eligibility for IIT JEE Advanced:

    For Meghalaya and Nagaland boards, the 80percentile cut off less that 50%

    For Assam, Chattisgarh,Goa, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Orissa, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal – Cut off 50% to 60%

    For Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, National Open School – Cut off 60% to 70%

    For CBSE, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu – Cut off 70% to 80%

    And for Andhra Pradesh – Cut off is above 80%

  2. needinfo says:

    Can you also print the cut offs of the OBC, SC, ST etc of each state?

  3. inneed says:

    can anyone please tell the 80percentile for sc in AP??? its urgent please

  4. Ankit Ahaudhary says:

    I HAVE GOT 70.2% MARKS IN RAJASTHAN BOARD .KYA ME IITJEE KE ADVANSDED TEST KE LIYE ELIGIBLE HO? I AM BELONGS TO O.B.C.

  5. Atul says:

    I have passed cbse class 12th in 2012 with 80% marks.
    This year the minimum percentage to get into top 20percentile in cbse was about 78% this year. So i wanna know that when i appear for ISEEET 2013 will my marks be compared with the students of cbse 2013 to be in top 20 percentile for cbse or will i face no difficulty as i am in top 20 percentile this year?

    • answerer says:

      Hmmm.. valid question. Unfortunately, I do not know the answer for sure. Ideally it should be compared with 2012 students. Will revert back once we have more clarification on this.

  6. RAHUL DEWANGAN says:

    i got 95% marks in chhattisgarh 12th board. i know that i am a illegible candidate for iit jee 2013. i have some questions in my mind. first one whats the processure of this year exam. second one if commen interence exam will be going on that for nit’s whats the percentage marks of 12th board is to be considered. third one if a person clear mains and he obtained his 12th marks less than cutt off marks can he give the advance test. in iit whats the percentage marks of 12th is to be considered.

  7. RAHUL DEWANGAN says:

    reply me some suggetions its just importent.

  8. vishal says:

    Sir kya cut off se kam marks wala b advanced exam me baith sakta hai

  9. jitender nagar says:

    Sir i have score 67% from cbse board for SC category then i can able for jee advance2013

  10. Mayur Mishra says:

    so 64% is neccesary for meeeeee.

  11. mayur miishra says:

    i want to know that what is the persentile basis of mp

  12. Mahesh kumar das says:

    I am appear biharboard 2012 61.8./. Categry sc in 20 percentile

  13. Vikram J Joshi says:

    that is not gud system.

  14. Vikram J Joshi says:

    that is not gud system.

  15. what about ISC board? anyways i had got 90.8% in ISC 2012(12th of ICSE).. am i elligible??

  16. dev says:

    what about bihar board cutoff mark for illigiablity in jee main exam if any budy knows then please tell me…..

  17. sudhanshu shekhar says:

    sir mera 12th me 68% marks hai kya mai jee mains ka form bhar sakta hu

  18. ankit says:

    sir i got 64percent marks in biharboard 2012 am i appear in jee advance . meri board marks top 20 percentill kaun se year ke equavallent count ki jayeingy

  19. noddy says:

    for students passing out 12th std in 2013, there 12th marks are not yet available as the exams havent started still! how do they fill up the application form?

  20. Saurabh Jayant says:

    ya one cant concentrate on both at same time.

  21. Shivam Bhaskar says:

    Hey this system will cause very much stress on students. and if the student is not eligible fof IIT JEE examination on the basis of 12th so he have to repeat is 12th for better marks.

  22. amit says:

    I want to know bihar board cutoff marks for jee mains 2013

  23. Pratyush Ranjan says:

    finely it is a good decision…..

  24. Mikly Silky says:

    what % mark did haryana board student needs.

  25. sahil says:

    how much percentage for isc students

  26. prithvi raj says:

    Is there any relaxation for sc/st category students.

  27. Nil says:

    Want to know c.g board top 20% cut of marks

  28. Nil kumar says:

    Want to know c.g board 12 th top 20% cut of marks

  29. Ashish says:

    please tell the expected cut off for cbse 2013?

  30. Rahul says:

    What is the cutoff percentage for cbse assam 2013 for jee advance

  31. nihariks says:

    i am from andhra ipe board ……..n i am a sc canditate……can i know how much percentage i should get in the ipe to get into advanced exam and can i know if both 11+12 is taken for jee mains for our andhra board…………….please sir i am really waiting for the reply…its very very imp……:(…..hope i get a help from you…..i request you…

  32. Vivekkr says:

    Yeh cbse ne acha nahi kia

  33. mayank jaiswal says:

    at least 4 to 5 percent is increases this year .{approx}

  34. prashant sahu says:

    Sir i got 73 % in class 12th cg bord so am i eligible for jee advanced if i clear jee mains

  35. animesh says:

    % add up of pcm only or not

  36. simmy says:

    not bad, new system need both presence of mind as well as hard work.. m happy with that

  37. Vemula Nikhil Chakravarthy says:

    what's the obc cut off percentile for andhra pradesh.

  38. Vemula Nikhil Chakravarthy says:

    is there category in top 20 percentile in 12th standard.

  39. SUMIT SHARMA says:

    CBSE BOARD 2013 MAE 78.2% SE KAM MARKS AUR MAE JEE MAINS MAE SELECT HO JATA HUA TO KAYA MAE 12 KA IMPROVEMENT BHAR KAR 12 DOBARA DE SAKATA HUA?.

  40. Ranadheer Thatishetti says:

    468 anukunta

  41. jitendra vashistha says:

    what is %percentile of the rbse board

  42. Deva Harsha says:

    Too many useless requirements fot iit -one among them is this top 20 percentile.
    anyway since the decision has already been taken, i request the CBSE board to publish the cut off mark as soon as possible , until then atleast put on the expected cut off which should be provided even on the basis of the category.

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