Candidates scoring 150 marks in JEE Main 2026 is considered to have a percentile around 98 to 99, depending on the shift and session of examination.

• Candidates with 150 marks in JEE Main cannot get a Top Tier institute, such as NIT Trichy in the CSE branch, based on the Other State Quota, but can expect admission in other branches, such as Civil, Chemical or Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.

• Some mid and low-tier NITs that accept 150 marks in JEE Main for the general category of Other State quota in the CSE branch are NIT Srinagar, NIT Nagaland, NIT Manipur, and NIT Srinagar.
• A reserved category candidate with 150 marks in JEE Main will likely get CSE, ESE in the middle-tier NITs.
• According to previous-year trends, mid-tier NITs or low-tier NITs accept candidates in the CSE, ECE and other programmes with a 150 mark in JEE Main.

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150 marks in JEE Main: Expected Percentile

The expected percentile for 150 marks in JEE Main is tabulated below:

A Reddit user asked what percentile would be for 150 marks in JEE Main. In response, it was said that in the January shift, cutoffs are mostly lower as it depends on the difficulty level of examination, the number of candidates appearing and intense competition among all shifts. So candidates can expect up to 97- 99 percentile.

Source: Reddit

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Expected NITs with 150 Marks in JEE Main

The following table is prepared based on the colleges a candidate can expect after scoring 150 marks in JEE Main. You can check the details described below.

Other State Quota

A candidate scoring 150 marks in JEE Main can expect the following colleges to get admission based on the availability of the branch:

Home State Quota

A candidate scoring 150 marks in JEE Main (HS Quota) can expect the following colleges to get admission based on the availability of the branch:

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Expected IIITs with 150 Marks in JEE Main

A candidate scoring 150 marks in JEE Main can expect the following colleges to get admission based on the availability of the branch:

Other Colleges Accepting 150 Marks in JEE Main

Apart from NITs and IIITs, candidates can apply to other colleges that accept 150 marks in JEE Main, for admission to CSE domain, as tabulated below:

The above list of colleges is prepared from a YouTube video by “Vedantu JEE Made Ejee”. Harsh Sir, in his video, has given a detailed description of colleges based on various mark ranges. For more details, you can watch the video mentioned below:

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Factors Affecting JEE Main Cutoff Marks

Various factors affect JEE Main Cutoff Marks as listed below:

• Difficulty Level in the Examination- The difficulty level in the examination can affect the JEE Main percentile. Thus, it is not guaranteed that a 150 mark in JEE Main will correspond to 98-99 percentile because if the shift is easy, it might push the 99th percentile to 160+ marks.
• Multiple Rounds- The JEE Main cutoff can vary across various rounds. High-scoring candidates get admission in the earlier rounds. In some cases, candidates with lower cutoffs may also be admitted because candidates sometimes opt out of the admission process in search of other institutions.
• Spot Rounds- To fill the vacant seat, sometimes NITs, IITs release the cutoff, which is usually lower than the round 1 cutoffs.
• High Competition- The intense competition among candidates increases the JEE Main cutoff, which varies from year to year.

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