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Will the standard of new pattern IITJEE be tougher or more or less same?
How can I prepare for jee main?

The Joint Admission Board (JAB) has accepted the percentile based formula for conducting the JEE in 2013.

The IIT-JEE aspirants will be required to appear in a screening test first. Those who will qualify will be given an opportunity to sit in the Advanced JEE.


Two Exams – JEE Mains followed by JEE Advance
Time gap between these two exams will be two to three weeks.
JEE Main which is equivalent to AIEEE and will be conduced by CBSE, JAB and JIC will also support in this.
JEE Advance which is equivalent to IIT JEE will be conducted by IITs (JAB and JIC); with the same composition as at present
Only top 1,50,000 students including all categories from JEE Main will be able to appear in JEE Advance
Students who come in top 20 percentile in their board can only give the exams.


Admissions to IITs will be based only on category wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE ADVANCED

Admission in other deemed universities who take admission on the basis of AIEEE will be based on JEE Main exam. Min %age criteria will be fixed for these too.

Hi Guest,

The new pattern for the IIT JEE entrance exam is as follows:

The applicants need to appear for the screening test in the beginning.

So the exam will be two exam, the Mains Exam and then the JEE Advance exam

The time gap between the two exams will be 2 to 3 weeks.

For all the remaining details you can go through the official notification in detail.

Thank you,

All the best.

Originally Posted by anibanerjee

Will the standard of new pattern IITJEE be tougher or more or less same?
How can I prepare for jee main?

There will be a common Entrance Exam for Engineering.This Entrance Exam will be known as JEE(Joint Engineering Entrance) Exam.

This Exam will be taken in two phases:-

>>JEE Mains.
>>JEE Advanced.

After getting pass in JEE Mains you will be able to get Admission in NIT'S as well as in other Engineering colleges based on this Rank.

NOTE:-If you will get the Rank under 1,50,000 then you will be Eligible to appear in JEE Advanced Exams.
This Exam will taken for taking admission in IIT'S Campuses.

Exam Syllabus:-

>>Physics.
>>Chemistry.
>>Mathematics.

All questions will be from 10+2 level.
There will be total of 180 questions.
All questions will be objective type with 4 options.

Eligibility for appearing in this Exam:-

>>You must be passed out in 10+2 with Physics,Chemistry & Mathematics.
>>If you have get passed in the year 2012 then your minimum marks in 10+2 should be 60%.
>>If you are going to appear in year 2013 then your marks will be taken on the best of 20 percentile in these three subjects.

The official website of this Exam is http://jeemain.nic.in

Originally Posted by anibanerjee

Will the standard of new pattern IITJEE be tougher or more or less same?
How can I prepare for jee main?

The Joint Admission Board (JAB) has accepted the percentile based formula for conducting the JEE in 2013.

The IIT-JEE aspirants will be required to appear in a screening test first. Those who will qualify will be given an opportunity to sit in the Advanced JEE.

New Patterns Highlights!

Two Exams – JEE Mains followed by JEE Advance
Time gap between these two exams will be two to three weeks.
JEE Main which is equivalent to AIEEE and will be conduced by CBSE, JAB and JIC will also support in this.
JEE Advance which is equivalent to IIT JEE will be conducted by IITs (JAB and JIC); with the same composition as at present
Only top 1,50,000 students including all categories from JEE Main will be able to appear in JEE Advance
Students who come in top 20 percentile in their board can only give the exams.
Reference Books for JEE Advance 2013
Admissions to IITs will be based only on category wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE ADVANCED

Admission in other deemed universities who take admission on the basis of AIEEE will be based on JEE Main exam. Min %age criteria will be fixed for these too.

Final Decision is pending. Still few IIT Faculties are questioning the requirement of changing to new pattern.

This section suggested that the JEE exam pattern should remain same with 2 changed.

1. Eligibility for appearing in IIT JEE exam to be changed from current 60% marks to percentile rank. JAB has to release the cut-off rank after declaration of boards result.

2. Counselling and allotment should be held jointly with NITs and IIITs

Click here to read Detailed Explanation and Updated Information on New IIT + AIEEE pattern