After securing a seat in the JoSAA round 5 counselling, you will have four options: Freeze, Float, Slide, Reject or wait for round 6 to secure a seat. Check the complete details related to what to do after JoSAA Round 6 in the article.
What to do after JoSAA round 5?
After the fifth round of JoSAA counselling is successfully overconducted, and if you've been allotted a seat, you will have to download the JoSAA 2025 provisional seat allotment letter and make the seat acceptance payment. You'll then proceed to report at the closest reporting centre to complete the document verification and to choose whether to freeze, slide, or float your seat. In case you are not allotted a seat in the fifth round, you don't need to reapply for the JoSAA sixth round. Have a look at the steps to be undertaken after JoSAA Round 5 in the following sections.
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What to do After JoSAA Round 5?
After the JoSAA 2025 Round 5 seat allotment result is declared, you will be provided with three options-
- Freeze - Choose this option if you are happy with the seat which has been allotted and decide to withdraw from participating in any further JoSAA counselling rounds in 2025
- Float - Go with this option if you are content with your current seat but would like to be considered for other colleges or universities in the further round of the JoSAA seat allocation
- Slide - Select this option if you are content with the allotted seat but are also open to being considered in a better-preferred course at the same institute. You have to be careful during selecting the option as it is a crucial aspect of the entire JoSAA 2025 counselling process.
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Acceptance of Seat
In case you are content with the current seat, institute, and programme which has been allocated to you, then you should freeze and accept the seat. By virtue of this step, you are officially out of the further JoSAA counselling process 2025 and will be provided admission across the college which you have been allotted after paying the requisite seat allotment fees and getting the documents verified. Download the provisional JoSAA 2025 seat allotment letter for further use.
Uploading of Documents
Upload the scanned copies of the required documents according to the guidelines laid down by the JoSAA 2025 portal after accepting the seats.You will be needed to provide all the documents as original hard copies when you report at the college for the document verification procedure.
Seat Acceptance Fee Payment
The further step to undertake after accepting or freezing the allocated seat is to pay the JoSAA 2025 seat acceptance fees using an e-challan or SBI Net Banking. You will only have to pay the JoSAA 2025 seat acceptance fees, which will be subtracted from the JoSAA admission fee as every institute has a different admission fee.
Document Verification & Reporting
After completing the document uploading procedure, you must report at the JoSAA reporting centre 2025 according to the specified date without failure along with the original documents. It is advised to keep all the required documents ready before reporting.
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JoSAA 2025 Seat Acceptance Fee
Mentioned below in the table are the details of the JoSAA 2025 seat acceptance fees which candidates have to pay-
Category of the JoSAA candidate | JoSAA 2025 Seat Acceptance Fee |
|---|---|
General | Rs. 35,000 |
Reserved | Rs. 17,500 |
Dual Reporting for Document Verification
- If you choose the float option during accepting a seat at an IIT in one round and an NIT/IIIT/GFTI in the further round, you will be asked to make a visit to the institute again for the document verification.
- You should come back to the institute for the document verification in case you are offered a seat in an IIEST, NIT, IIIT (Triple-I-T), or Other-GFTI in one round and an IIT in the next round.
- You will not be accepted for the reserved seats in case you do not show up again for the document verification. Also, you will not be allowed to participate in any additional round of seat allocation.
If you have not selected freeze or float as your option, then you can choose the slide option to upgrade your course. By virtue of doing, so you will have to report and undertake both online and offline reporting and wait for a course upgrade in the further round of allotment.
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FAQs
The cutoff for the JEE Advanced 2025 exam depends on the category of the candidate and the institute, but the minimum qualifying marks in JEE Advanced 2025 are 35% for the general category, 31.5% for the OBC-NCL/EWS category, and 17.5% for the SC/ST/PwD candidates.
Yes. JoSAA manages the admissions process for providing admissions across the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), and the Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs).
The JEE Main exam rank required for securing admission into an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) depends upon the institute, course, and the category of the candidate. The higher the JEE Main rank, the greater the chance of securing admission into the IITs.
If one does not lock their choices, the last saved choices will be locked automatically upon reaching the deadline for the JoSAA choice filling. The automatically locked choice list will be considered for allocating a seat during the JoSAA counselling process.
In case, a new seat is not allotted to a candidate in the CSAB-Special round, then the JoSAA 2025 seat will be retained with the candidates.
In the JoSAA choice filling process 2025, candidates are allowed to enter and arrange their choices of institutes and colleges according to their wish to be admitted to. Candidates are suggested to fill as many choices as possible in order of their preference to increase their chances of seat allotment in JoSAA 2025.
The partial JoSAA admission fee 2025 is set at INR 20,000 for the SC/ST category students and Rs 40,000 for the General, OBC, and EWS category students.
JoSAA is in charge of releasing the seat matrix for the participating colleges on its official website i.e., josaa.nic.in. This JoSSA matrix displays the available seats for each B. Tech course across the NITs, GFTIs, IIITs and IITs. Admission into these institutes is determined by the JEE Main 2025 entrance exam scores.
Candidates must satisfy at least one of the following two criteria: Must have qualified and secured at least 75% aggregate marks in the Class XII (or equivalent) Board examination and the aggregate marks for the SC, ST and PwD candidates should be at least 65%.
A score of 70 marks in the JEE Advanced 2025 exam generally corresponds to an All India Rank (AIR) between 18,000 and 19,000.
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