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Where Our Cutoff and Rank Data Comes From

Every figure on this site is derived from documents published by official counselling authorities. This page lists each source, what we take from it, and how we handle the cases where a published figure does not exist.

Primary sources

AuthorityWhat we useApplies to
Tamil Nadu Directorate of Technical Education (TNEA) Round-wise allotment lists, branch-wise closing marks, vacancy statements, seat matrix All 382 engineering college cutoff pages
TN Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education MBBS/BDS rank list, round-wise allotment, government and self-financing seat matrix, 7.5% school quota list TN MBBS cutoff, rank analysis and government college pages
Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), Government of India All India Quota round-wise closing ranks, deemed university allotment AIQ cutoff and deemed university pages
National Testing Agency (NTA) NEET UG qualifying cutoff, score distribution, category-wise percentile Marks vs rank and score-to-rank tables

How we handle each figure

Published closing marks

Where the counselling authority has published a closing mark or closing rank for a college, branch and community, we reproduce that figure as published. These are labelled by year on every page — a 2025 closing mark is never presented as a 2026 cutoff.

Analysis of our own

Some figures on this site are our analysis rather than published data: the count of candidates holding each mark band, 2026-equivalent marks derived from a changed paper pattern, and chance bands such as "Sure", "Good" and "Try your luck" in the college finder. Every page that carries one of these says so at the point it appears. They are estimates and should be read as guidance, not as official figures.

What we do not publish

We do not publish predicted or expected cutoffs presented as if they were official. Where a 2026 figure has not yet been released, the page says the figure is not yet published and shows the most recent official year instead.

Update schedule

During counselling season pages are updated as each round's data is released — typically within 24 to 48 hours of the authority publishing it. Every page carries a visible "last updated" date at the top. Out of season, pages are reviewed before the next counselling cycle opens.

Corrections

If you find a figure on this site that does not match the official document, tell us and we will correct it. Send the page URL and the source document to {{EMAIL}} or WhatsApp 9655121000. We publish corrections rather than quietly editing.

Using our data

Journalists, teachers and counsellors are welcome to reproduce figures and charts from this site with attribution to mycollegepath.in and a link to the page used. If you need a specific cut of the data — by district, by branch, by community, or by mark band — write to us and we will prepare it.

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