Do admission cutoffs always become easier in later rounds?

No. In each AdmiScan dataset, many comparable combinations closed at a higher rank later, but some tightened and some did not move. Historical round movement is evidence, not a guarantee.

Can KCET, COMEDK, JoSAA and Kerala NEET rank movements be compared directly?

No. The raw rank scales and seat-pool rules differ across counselling systems. This index presents each dataset separately and does not treat the rank numbers as directly comparable.

How does AdmiScan avoid mixing incompatible seat pools?

Each underlying analysis compares only exact combinations that preserve the dimensions published by that counselling system, such as college or institute, program, category, quota, gender pool, seat group and rank-list type where applicable.

AdmiScan research · India counselling data

Admission cutoff movement by round in India

AdmiScan has analysed 1,15,038 published cutoff rows across KCET, COMEDK, JoSAA and Kerala NEET, producing 29,117 exact multi-round comparisons. The consistent lesson is not that later rounds are automatically easier. It is that meaningful movement does happen often enough that students should understand the round context before dropping ambitious choices too early.

Important: the raw rank numbers below are not cross-comparable. KCET, COMEDK, JoSAA and Kerala NEET use different ranking systems and seat-pool rules. Each dataset must be interpreted within its own counselling system.

What the four datasets show

KCET 2025

84.3% higher later

53,573

published rows

16,268

matched combinations

13,709

higher later

19,932.5

median movement

Exact comparable college-course-category combinations observed across multiple KCET rounds.

Rank context: KCET closing-rank comparisons. Lower-later: 137 · unchanged: 2,422.

View the full KCET 2025 analysis

COMEDK 2025

80.7% higher later

2,109

published rows

673

matched combinations

543

higher later

18,747

median movement

Comparisons preserve college, branch, category, quota and gender-pool semantics.

Rank context: COMEDK closing-rank comparisons. Lower-later: 111 · unchanged: 19.

View the full COMEDK 2025 analysis

JoSAA 2026

71.2% higher later

57,031

published rows

11,398

matched combinations

8,113

higher later

254

median movement

Comparisons preserve institute, academic program, quota, category, gender pool, institute type and rank-list type.

Rank context: JoSAA rank-list-specific comparisons. Lower-later: 20 · unchanged: 3,265.

View the full JoSAA 2026 analysis

Kerala NEET 2025

75.6% higher later

2,325

published rows

778

matched combinations

588

higher later

1,100

median movement

Comparisons preserve college, program, seat group, category and Kerala State Medical Rank.

Rank context: Kerala State Medical Rank. Lower-later: 11 · unchanged: 179.

View the full Kerala NEET 2025 analysis

Why cutoff movement matters for choice filling

An early-round closing rank is a snapshot, not a final statement of where every seat will close. Vacancies, upgrades, withdrawals and seat-pool-specific dynamics can change later rounds.

The safer use of historical movement is to keep a balanced list: retain ambitious options where the downside is low, add realistic choices with evidence around your rank, and protect yourself with safer choices. Do not treat historical movement as a prediction.

Methodology

Each underlying AdmiScan analysis compares the first and last observed round for exact combinations that preserve the counselling system's published dimensions. Those dimensions differ by system, so this index does not aggregate the raw rank movements into one universal score.

Across the four datasets, AdmiScan analysed 1,15,038 rows and 29,117 multi-round matched combinations. Follow the individual research pages for the precise comparison key, source coverage, round coverage and examples for each counselling system.

Turn the research into a choice-list decision

Use AdmiScan's counselling audit to test whether your actual list has enough ambitious, realistic and safer options for the counselling system you are entering.

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