00:00
Choose the correct counselling route
Explain that KCET, COMEDK and JoSAA use different ranks, categories and cutoff systems and must not be mixed.
Video walkthrough
How to use the AdmiScan Engineering audit
A complete demonstration of counselling selection, rank/category inputs, college and branch choices, risk labels and list balancing.
Best for: Students using KCET, COMEDK or JoSAA rank and cutoff data to review an engineering choice list.
Before you begin
- Choose the correct counselling route: KCET, COMEDK or JoSAA.
- Keep the correct rank type, category, quota and other eligibility details ready.
- Prepare your college and branch choices in genuine preference order.
- Include acceptable realistic and backup options, not only high-demand choices.
Step-by-step walkthrough chapters
Follow the chapters in order, or open a contextual help link from an audit to jump directly to the relevant section.
00:45
Enter rank, category and quota
Show why the correct rank type, category, quota and eligibility details are essential for matching cutoffs.
01:45
Build the college and branch list
Add choices in preference order and explain the college-versus-branch trade-off.
02:45
Run the audit
Explain Safe, Realistic, Ambitious and No Data labels as historical cutoff comparisons, not guarantees.
03:45
Read list-balance risks
Show missing backups, ambition-heavy lists, low branch diversity and category/quota warnings.
04:45
Use recommended options carefully
Demonstrate adding a suggested option and rerunning the selected-choice audit before final choice locking.
05:45
Final counselling checks
Remind viewers to verify official counselling rules, current-year cutoffs, fees and submission deadlines.
Read the result in this order
- 1Category, quota and rank-type correctness
- 2Critical choice-list risks
- 3Safe and realistic backup coverage
- 4College and branch trade-offs
- 5Round-wise cutoff evidence
- 6Fee and data-coverage warnings
- 7Recommended next counselling action
Common mistakes to avoid
- Mixing ranks, categories or cutoff systems from different counselling routes.
- Entering only college names without the exact branch or programme choice.
- Treating historical cutoff comparisons as a current-year allotment guarantee.
- Keeping too few realistic backups or placing unacceptable choices only to fill space.
What you should be able to do next
After following the guide, you should be able to read cutoff-risk labels correctly, identify missing backups and strengthen the order before counselling submission.
Related AdmiScan resources
AdmiScan provides an evidence-based planning aid. Universities, counselling authorities and official programme pages remain the final authority for current eligibility, fees, deadlines and allotment.