Engineering aspirants in the country are in a dilemma. Since the National Testing Agency (NTA) is conducting the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) again in April, students are wondering whether they should reappear for the test. There is no clarity on the issue. Students are not clear whether appearing for both sessions would be counted as one extra attempt and how many attempts there are for JEE Main.
There are three attempts for JEE Main. In the official brochure, NTA has invited applications from students who have cleared Class 12 in 2018, 2019 and are appearing in 2020. This also automatically puts an age limit but as per the official notice, there is no upper age limit to appear for the exam.
There is also an upper cap on the number of applications submitted by candidates. Only one application form, per candidate is accepted. In the case of multiple applications, NTA can reject all.
However, since the exam conducting body had made it mandatory to conduct the annual exam twice in a year, the rule about the number of attempts remains the same as at the time of CBSE. An exam attempted in one academic year will be considered as a single attempt. While JEE Main 2019, 2018 and 2020 will be considered three different attempts, JEE Main January and April session will be considered a single attempt.
The rank will be prepared after conducting the April exam and only the best of two marks will be considered.
