JEE Main 2025 : Tie-Breaker Rules Changed, No Age or Application Criteria

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The National Testing Agency (NTA) has introduced new tie-breaking guidelines for JEE Main 2025. According to the revised rules, age criteria and application numbers will no longer be used to resolve ties between candidates. If all other criteria fail to break the tie, candidates will now be awarded the same rank.

JEE Main 2025: Key Dates

Application Process Started: October 28, 2024
Last Date to Register: November 22, 2024
Exam Dates: January 22 to January 31, 2025
Admit Card Availability: 3 days before the exam start date
Languages Offered: 13 (English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu)

Tie-Breaking Rules for JEE Main 2025

In case candidates score the same Total NTA score, the following criteria will be used in sequence to assign ranks:

Higher NTA score in Mathematics: The candidate with a better score in Mathematics will be ranked higher.
Higher NTA score in Physics: If the tie persists, the Physics score will be considered next.
Higher NTA score in Chemistry: The candidate with a better Chemistry score will receive the higher rank.
Lower ratio of incorrect to correct answers (all subjects): If the tie remains, candidates with fewer incorrect responses will be ranked higher.
Lower ratio of incorrect to correct answers (Mathematics): If needed, Mathematics-specific incorrect-to-correct ratios will be evaluated.
Lower ratio of incorrect to correct answers (Physics): This ratio will be checked if ties continue.
Lower ratio of incorrect to correct answers (Chemistry): As a final subject-based factor, Chemistry will be analyzed.
Same Rank: If the tie persists after applying all these rules, candidates will be awarded the same rank.

Tie-Breaking Rules in JEE Main 2024 vs. JEE Main 2025

In JEE Main 2024, personal data like age and application number played a role in the tie-breaking process. If two candidates had identical scores and all other criteria failed to resolve the tie:

Older candidates were given preference.
Application numbers in ascending order were used as the final deciding factor.

These criteria added a personal aspect to the ranking system, which has now been removed.

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