Students who are expected to receive 80 marks in the first JEE Main 2025 session may be trying to forecast their score. While students from the general category who receive an 80 on the JEE Mains exam might not be qualified for JEE Advanced, applicants from the SC, ST, and OBC categories might be. Only NIT Sikkim, NIT Manipur, and NIT Mizoram may admit candidates with 80 JEE Main Session 1 scores in the Female-only and Gender Neutral open categories; private B.Tech institutes and deemed universities may also accept them. Students who take part in the B.Tech counselling procedure or state-level entrance exams have a number of additional alternatives. You may find a detailed explanation of what to anticipate for 80 marks in JEE Main 2025 Session 1 here.

80 Marks in JEE Main 2025 Session 1: What to expect?

A thorough analysis of the JEE Mains January 2025 (Session 1) and the 80-mark requirements may be seen below. 

• Those who achieve 80 on the exam are most likely in the 86.08+ percentile. Since JEE Main results are shown in percentiles, candidates must check the JEE Main Expected Percentile Score January 2025. If a candidate's score is in the 86.08+ percentile, they may be ranked higher than 2.10 lakh.
• In JEE Main 2025 Session 1, the only element that counts is the question paper's difficulty if you want to score in the 86.08+ percentile with 80 marks. With 80 marks, those who sat the JEE Main January 2025 Toughest Paper might have also placed in the 87–89 percentile range. However, since the scores are normalised, it is improbable that 80 marks will put you in the 87+ percentile. Additional options to consider are the 'Easiest Shift of JEE Main January 2025' and 'Toughest Shift of JEE Main January 2025'. 
• If candidates from the OBC, SC, and ST categories achieve 80 on the JEE Main 2025 exam, they can be qualified for JEE Advanced 2025. SC and ST students had cutoff percentiles of 60.09 and 46.69 percentiles, respectively, whereas OBC students who received scores in the 79+ percentile qualified for JEE Advanced in 2024. You may also view the "Expected Safe Percentile in JEE Main 2025 Session 1" and the "Expected Safe Score in JEE Mains January 2025".
• Except for NIT Mizoram, NIT Manipur, and NIT Sikkim, admission to the majority of NITs with a score of 80 is in doubt. Students can, however, determine whether the states of Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, MP, Odisha, Haryana, Punjab, Jharkhand, and Delhi accept admission to B.Tech programs based on their JEE Main results. Getting 80 marks can increase your chances of getting accepted into a prestigious private B.Tech college.
• Students are encouraged to take the state-level B.Tech entrance exams in their states, as this is only the first session of JEE Main. For example, Kerala engineering candidates can study for admission to prestigious universities like Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Pampady, Kottayam, Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur, Govt. College of Engineering, Kannur, College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, etc., and take the KEAM exam in addition to JEE Main.

Note: The above prediction is done based on the past years’ cut off trends and marks vs percentiles analysis. This information can be taken as a basic reference by students as the actual marks vs percentile/ cutoff might differ. 

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