NID Tie-Breaker Policy 2024

NID Tie-Breaker Policy for B.Des Admissions: The National Institute of Design (NID) administers the NID DAT for selecting students for its esteemed B.Des and M.Des programs. When there's a tie in exam scores, NID has a specific policy to break the tie and decide the final merit list. The test consists of two stages: NID DAT Prelims and NID DAT Mains. After the Prelims, a merit list is made using the tie-breaker criteria, and candidates are chosen for the Mains. The NID DAT final merit list considers scores from all rounds of admission, following the NID 2024 tie-breaking policy. In 2019, NID used a four-statement policy to resolve tie ranks for BDes applicants. By 2020, this was expanded to six criteria for BDes admissions, and in 2022, some adjustments were made to the NID DAT Prelims tie-breaker for MDes. It Is worth noting that the General Design Program for Development (GDPD) course was discontinued from the academic year 2020-21, turning all GDPD seats into BDes seats. Read this article till the end to understand the NID tie-breaker policy for B.Des admissions.

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Tie-Breaker Policy for NID DAT (Prelims) 2024

If students score similar marks in the prelims exam, then the NID DAT 2024 tie-breaking policy is used to decide the merit rank. 

Check below the tie-breaking policy for NID DAT 2024 (Prelims):

For BDes Admission 2024

• A higher rank will be offered to the candidate who has acquired higher marks in Part II of DAT Prelims.
• If the tie does not break by the first statement, a better rank will be provided to the applicant who has scored more marks in Part I of DAT Prelims.
• If still the tie continues, both candidates will be awarded the same rank.

For MDes Admission 2024

• A higher rank will be awarded to the candidate who has secured higher marks in Part II/ Part III of DAT Prelims. 
• If the tie does not break by the above policy, a better rank will be provided to the Applicant who has obtained more marks in Part I of DAT Prelims.  
• If still, the tie continues, the conducting body will offer the same rank to the candidates.

Course-Wise Tie-Breaker Policy for NID DAT (Mains) 2024

Enlisted below are the pointers that are followed in case of any tie in rank/score of candidates at NID DAT (Mains) 2024. The rank in the final merit list will be offered as per the norms mentioned here.

For BDes Admission 2024

NID has made certain changes in the generation of the final merit list for NID admissions 2024 for BDes programmes. Described below is the updated tie-breaking policy for NID DAT 2024 (Mains):

• A better rank will be offered to the candidate who has acquired better marks in the DAT Mains exam. 
• If the aforementioned pointer does not break the tie, a higher rank must be assigned to the aspirant who has bagged higher marks in stage I of DAT. 
• If the tie persists, a better rank will be provided to the candidate who has obtained better marks in Stage I of DAT Part B.  
• If the tie continues, a higher rank will be offered to the aspirant who has secured higher marks in Stage I of DAT Part A.
• If the tie remains, a higher rank will be provided to the candidate who has secured higher marks in the question of the DAT Mains that holds maximum marks.

Tie-Breaker for MDes Admission 2024

Given below are the pointers that will be considered by NID in case of a tie in rank/score at NID DAT (Mains) 2024 for MDes admission.

• A candidate acquiring higher marks in NID DAT 2024 (Mains) is offered a higher rank.
• If the tie still prevails, the higher rank is to be given to the applicant who has obtained higher marks in the studio test of DAT 2024 Mains.
• If this does not break the tie, a better rank is provided to the aspirant who has achieved higher marks in DAT Prelims. 
• If the tie does not resolve, the higher rank is awarded to the candidate who has secured better marks in Part II/III (subjective) DAT Prelims. 
• If the tie remains, then the aspirant with better marks in the maximum weightage question of NID DAT Mains gets a higher rank. 
• If this still prevails, the same rank will be given to the candidates.  

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NID Merit List Important Dates 2024

The table given below gives all the important dates for the merit list of NID 2024.

NID Merit List 2024

Two separate merit lists will be formulated for NID 2024 (Prelims) and NID 2024 (Mains). The merit list of NID 2024 will be prepared according to the categories. Different merit lists are released for the candidates belonging to Open, OBC-NCL, GEN-EWS, SC, ST and PwD categories. Similarly, a separate merit list is curated for Overseas candidates. 

NID follows a set reservation and seat-intake scheme that determines the admission of an aspirant through the merit list. Also, while preparing the merit list of NID 2024 the tie-breaker policy issued by the National Institute of Design is kept as the major consideration point. 

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