IIT JEE Blogs

Do you know how difficult is IIT JEE and what makes it more difficult? Do you know which of the colleges in India that admits students based on IIT JEE? Do you know what mark a student should secure in IIT JEE to get into IIT? Do you know what rank an IIT aspirant should get in IIT JEE to get into IIT? Would you like to know more about new IIT’s that admitted students in 2008? What are the top branches of IIT which admits students every year? To know more about IIT JEE go ahead….

How difficult is the JEE? And what makes it difficult?

The difficulty in getting through lies in obtaining a merit rank within the top 8,200 or so, to qualify for admission to IIT’s. The performance of a candidate is assessed comparatively among the numerous competitors.

This year about 3 lakh students took this examination and the seats offered were about 8200. Compared to 2007, 70,000 more students took this exam in 2008. The acceptance level is about 2 %.

Indian Institute Of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT JEE)

A total of fifteen colleges use JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) as a sole criterion for admission to their undergraduate programs. The fifteen colleges include the seven old and six new (2008) Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), IT-BHU Varanasi, and ISMU Dhanbad. Starting in 2007, newly established institutions such as Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) at Kolkata, Pune, Mohali, Bhopal & Thiruvananthapuram, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Indian Institute of Maritime Studies, Mumbai and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), rae bareilly Uttar Pradesh are also admitting students through the JEE (Extended Merit List). The exam is conducted by the various IITs by a policy of rotation. IIT JEE is one of the toughest engineering entrance exams in the world with a success rate of around 1 in 45. Candidates who qualify in the IIT-JEE can apply for admission to the B Arch (Bachelor of Architecture), B Des (Bachelor of Design), B Tech (Bachelor of Technology), Dual Degree (Integrated Bachelor of Technology and Master of Technology) and Integrated MSc (Master of Sciences) courses in the various institutes. Achieving entrance into an IIT is often considered the pinnacle of achievement for a student of the sciences, and the IITs/IT-BHU/ISM attracts most of the brightest students of the nation.

Of the 384,977 candidates who appeared in the examination conducted on April 12, 2009, 10,035 candidates have been declared qualified to seek admission, giving a selectivity of 1 in 38 overall, 1 in 46 for the 8,295 seats in IITs,IT-BHU and ISMU and 1 in 59 for the IITs only.

VITAL STATISTICS

Aggregate Total And Subject wise Marks For The First And Last Admitted Candidates

The New IIT’s That Admitted Students In 2008

The TOP 5 Branches at Various IITs
The tables given below give the top 5 branches in all IITs. The branches have been ranked based on student preferences . That means the most preferred branch by students counseling has been ranked No. 1. The tables will help you in choosing the branch in IIT of the time of counseling

IMPORTANT DATES FOR ENGINEERING ENTRANCE EXAMS

OPENING AND CLOSING RANKS DURING AIEEE COUNSELLING

(TOP 3 NITs)