JEE Main 2025 Tie-Breaking Criteria Revised: NTA implements one major change in determining percentile rank

JEE Main Tie-Breaking Criteria 2025: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has re-revised JEE Main tie-breaking criteria for 2025 examination. Candidates can check the tie-breaking rules at jeemain.nta.ac.in. For convenience, the changes have been mentioned on the page below. Compared to the JEE Main tie-breaking criteria 2024, only the last two tie-breaking rules have been modified and will be implemented from 2025 onwards, until any further changes are announced by the officials. The total number of tie-breaking criteria has been reduced from 9 to 8 in 2025. A new change has been introduced, and two old changes have been discarded. Check out JEE Main tie-breaking criteria in contrast with JEE Main tie-breaking criteria 2024 on the page below for better clarity. As released by the officials, JEE Main Session 1 2024 examination will begin on January 22, 2024.

Changes in JEE Main Tie-Breaking Criteria 2025

The JEE Main 2025 tie-breaking criteria, along with the recent changes introduced have been provided here:

• Criteria 1 - No Change: If there is a tie between candidates, then the highest NTA score obtained by the candidates in Mathematics will be first considered for resolving the tie. 

• Criteria 2 - No Change: If the tie persists between candidates, then the highest NTA score obtained by the candidates in Physics will be considered second for resolving the tie. 

• Criteria 3 - No Change: If the tie still persists between candidates, then the highest NTA score obtained by the candidates in Chemistry will be considered second for resolving the tie. 

• Criteria 4 - No Change: If the tie still persists between candidates, then the applicant with less number of attempted wrong answers and more correct numbers in all subjects will be considered fourth for resolving the tie. 

• Criteria 5 - No Change: If the tie still persists between candidates, then the applicant with less number of attempted wrong answers and more correct numbers in Mathematics will be considered fifth for resolving the tie. 

• Criteria 6 - No Change: If the tie still persists between candidates, then the applicant with less number of attempted wrong answers and more correct numbers in Physics will be considered sixth for resolving the tie. 

• Criteria 7 - No Change: If the tie still persists between candidates, then the applicant with less number of attempted wrong answers and more correct numbers in all Chemistry will be considered seventh for resolving the tie. 

• Criteria 8 - Change: In 2024, the older candidate was given priority, and even if the tie remained after, then whichever candidate’s application number came first in the list was considered. However, from next year onwards, if the tie still remains after Criteria 7, then the candidates will be given the same percentile/rank. No priority will be given to age and application number. In 2024, due to age and application number, there were 9 criteria, but in 2025, only 8 criteria will be followed by replacing the old two with a new one.

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