JEE 2018 Report Highlights

So finally JEE has released its report for the exam conducted last year. In this post I have tried to give a summary of this report which will help the aspirants to understand the examination and be realistic in their aspirations.

Like all these years, it again summarizes the fact that JEE is very different from the normal school board examinations in terms of testing pattern, syllabus, depth of application of key concepts and the marks distribution.

To understand these points, first look at the data regarding the minimum marks needed to land up in the Rank List of JEE Advanced

The JEE Advanced 2018 was of total 360 Marks and to get into the rank list you just need 25% marks and that too for an unreserved category student. The barrier is further reduced for the reserved categories. You might be wondering that this must not be a difficult task. Let’s explore

So  to be able to feature in top 17597 students out of approx 12- 13 Lakh students you need to solve approx 1 out of 4 questions correctly J.

Let’s now look at the Ranks vs Marks Data for JEE Advanced 2018

AIR-1           337 Marks (93.67%)
AIR 101       272 Marks (75.55%)
AIR 501       233 Marks (64.72%)
AIR 1001     213 Marks (59.17%)
AIR 2501     184 Marks (51.11%)
AIR 5001     158 Marks (43.89%)
AIR 10001   130 Marks (36.11%)
AIR 15001   113 Marks (31.39%)
AIR 24101    90 Marks (25%)

For OBC- NCL
AIR 1          319 Marks
AIR 101      213 Marks
AIR 1001    152 Marks
AIR 2001    129 Marks
AIR 5001      95 Marks
AIR 6901      81 Marks

For SC category
AIR 1           278 Marks
AIR 101       148 Marks
AIR 501       104 Marks
AIR 1001       83 Marks
AIR 3001       45 Marks

For ST Category
AIR 1            266 Marks
AIR 101        124 Marks
AIR 501          68 Marks
AIR 901          46 Marks

Now lets explore the raw marks scored by the candidates in the JEE Advanced 2018

So you can clearly see that there are many candidates whose scored less than ZERO marks and do remember Advanced is given by the candidates who have first passed the filter of JEE MAIN.
 Now look at the data of qualified and admitted (i.e. those who gor into IITs) students

Lets look at the same data for individual subjects. First see the performance in Physics

Next have a look at the data for Chemistry

Its quite interesting to note that the mode (maximum number of students scoring that particular mark) is ZERO. I have seen students last years clearing the overall cutoff but failing to clear the Chemistry cutoff and the graph explains this clearly.

Last is the Mathematics

So candidates scores the most in Physics in JEE Advanced 2018.

Now lets compare the marks obtained by candidates in JEE MAINs and JEE Advanced

So you can see the difference in the marks in Chemistry in JEE Mains and Advanced, Chemistry is the easiest to score in Mains but most difficult in Advanced.

So all those who are preparing or thinking to prepare for JEE Advanced should be mentally ready for the fact that when they will give practice tests for JEE Advanced scores would be very different from what you are used to see in your school exams.

Good Luck!!!

JEE 2013 : Some facts

 Not many would be as confident to crack the entrance exam for admissions to the coveted Indian Institute of Technology without the help of a coaching institute. According to an IIT-Delhi report, however, 52% candidates who qualified JEE (Advanced) 2013 took to self-study mode of preparation while 48% opted for coaching. With 61.4% candidates, Guwahati zone shows highest percentage of candidates who prepared on their own and qualified. Only 38.6% candidates here went to coaching classes.

Zone-wise distribution of qualified candidates' shows that in Kanpur, 54.8% study on their own and 45.2% went to coaching classes. In Roorkee zone, 55.1% candidates were self-tutored, while 44.9% went to coaching institutes. In the Bombay zone, 52.6% candidates got through on the strength of self-study and 47.4% visited coaching institutes. In Delhi zone, however, the percentage of students taking coaching classes was 52.9% while 47.1% resorted to self-study. The Madras zone saw lowest percentage (39.4) of candidates taking to self-study, while 60.6% candidates relied on coaching centres.

Though JEE officials said the data cannot be compared with previous year (due to change in the format), they assured that percentage of students attending coaching classes has gone down. In two previous years, most students who qualified JEE did join coaching centres,'' said a JEE chairman.

On the urban-rural segregation, the report states that 8% of total JEE qualified candidates come from villages and 16% belongs to towns. The remaining 75% are those living in cities. "Students in rural parts do not have enough resources to meet their ends but this doesn't mean that they are incapable,'' said another JEE official.

Occupation-wise, children of government employees (29.8%) topped the list of JEE qualified candidates. Candidates who belong to business families account for 17.4% of the total candidates while 10% candidates were children of those in private sector. Teaching and research contributes to 5.5% while 7.6% candidates come from agricultural background. 2.9%, 4.6% and 7.8% successful JEE candidates had parents from medical, engineering and public sector, respectively.

The report also proved that higher educational qualification of parents need not necessarily assure high results produced by children. Based on father's education, the report shows that 42.7% candidates who qualified are kids of graduate fathers. Only 27.9% candidates who cracked JEE came from families where the father is a postgraduate. While 13.3% were children of matriculate fathers, 2.6% candidates had illiterate fathers.
Source: TOI

My Viewpoint: Its easy to make it into headlines but the fact is majority of students while filling form tick self study just due to some unknown fear. Such studies are good for story telling fact is that its very hard to find an JEE entrant without coaching. Can't comment on whole nation but can bet that there is hardly a single guy in my city to do such in last 4-5 years (may be one or two taking advantage of Reservation as cut off are too low for them).