SHEAT Group of Institutions News & Updates 2026: Notifications, Notice, Result

As an SC category student, scoring 170 marks in JEE Advanced puts you across as a strong contender for B.Tech branches in the top-tier IITs. As per the official JEE reports of 2023, 2024, and 2025, 170 marks has been consistently yielding a highly competitive SC category rank, significantly above the 101 benchmark. Combining the last three years’ reports, we can predict that the SC rank for 170 marks will lie anywhere between 180 and 320, considering the current paper difficulty and normalization trends. With this score, you can bag some core engineering branches, like Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, and even CSE at some newer IITs, like IIT Guwahati or IIT Roorkee. Let’s explore more!

HSTES Polytechnic Round 1 Choice Filling Postponed: The Haryana Polytechnic Round 1 choice filling process has been postponed for 26 days. Initially, it was scheduled to start today, on May 21, 2026. As per the schedule, the HSTES Polytechnic round 1 choice filling process will begin on June 16, 2026, at 10 AM. Also, the authority has extended the last date of round 1 HSTES Polytechnic registration. Candidates who have yet to participate in the registration process, however, want to participate in the HSTES Polytechnic round 1 counselling process, should complete the process on or before June 10, 2026. Post that, the authority will release the HSTES Round 1 merit list on June 15, 2026, for all the successfully registered candidates on the official website.

A score above 200 as an SC category student is exceptional. You get to explore options in top IITs like IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi with competitive branches like CSE. With a score of 200, you can easily secure a rank between 1 and 100. Usually, the closing rank for CSE in top IITs is around 30 to 60 for SC students, which is highly achievable with this score. The cutoff and closing rank fluctuate every year depending on certain factors like the difficulty level of the paper and the number of students. 

Appeared in the JEE Advanced 2026 exam and expecting to score 200 marks? Congratulations! You have already landed yourself in the safe zone then. Ideally, 200 marks implies a very good performance and likely places you in the 2,000-3,000 rank range, making you perfectly eligible for some of the most rewarding engineering branches in the top IITs. 

Minimum Marks in JEE Advanced to Get IIT for SC/ ST: The aggregate minimum marks in JEE Advanced for admission to IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) vary as per the category of the candidates. Candidates are required to score the JEE Advanced minimum qualifying marks to be eligible for JoSSA counselling 2026 through which seats are allocated to the top IITs in India.

The minimum marks in JEE Advanced to get IIT for SC/ST category for the academic year 2026-27 will be made available once IIT Madras releases the JEE Advanced cutoff 2026 after the announcement of the JEE Advanced result 2026. Based on that, seats will be allotted to candidates who make it to the JEE Advanced 2026 rank list. Candidates can check this article to know about the JEE Advanced opening and closing ranks and the previous year’s cutoff trends to assess their chances of admission to IITs.