Students in celebration mood after the JEE (Mains) results were declared. Telegraph picture

The hopes and aspirations of thousands of students are locked in the JEE (Main) rankings this week.

Those who cracked the IIT-JEE (Advanced) are equally excited about the rank list as the ones keen on admission in 28 National Institute of Technology (NIT) and other centrally funded engineering institutions.

The Central Seat Allocation Board would generate the rank of students on Monday based on 60 per cent weightage to JEE (Main) marks and 40 per cent weightage to the Class XII board marks to allow admission in various NITs and other centrally funded institutions.

Students with good scores in JEE (Main) and successful in IIT-JEE (Advanced) are also waiting for the first round of IIT counselling to start from July 2-3, based on which they would be allocated institutes and courses.

Alok Ranjan, who secured a rank of 852 (general category) in IIT-JEE (Advanced) last week, is keeping his fingers crossed. The JEE (Advanced) rank ensures Alok easy admission in many IITs but the JEE (Main) outcome might offer him a better trade of engineering.

Alok said: “My JEE (Advanced) rank can easily help me get admission in IIT-Guwahati and the new IITs, but my priority is to study in IIT-Delhi or IIT-Bombay.”

Alok, who has secured 255 marks in JEE (Main) examination and 94 per cent in Class XII examination (CBSE board), said: “Based on the feedback from my teachers and seniors and calculation of JEE (Main) and Class XII results, I hope that my rank in JEE (Main) would be less than 1,500, which can better my chances of admission in the top four NITs in Suratkal, Trichy, Calicut or Warangal in a trade of my choice such as computer science over civil or electrical.

Teachers too feel that students should decide where to take admission, based on the ranks of both Main and Advanced. Anand Kumar of Super 30 said: “If a student gets a good rank and has chances of getting good trades such as computer science, electrical, electronics and mechanical in top NITs, he should take admission in these institutes rather than studying in less popular courses in the new IITs.”

Hanzala Shafi, a student of Anand Kumar’s Super 30, has got a rank of 732 (OBC category) in this year’s IIT (Advanced). Hanzala said: “Though I am waiting for JEE (Main) rank, my first preference is studying in IITs than in NITs.”