A simple three-layer choice list
- Dream choices: colleges you prefer even if historically competitive.
- Realistic choices: colleges near your AIR and category movement.
- Backup choices: acceptable colleges with safer historical margins.
Common mistakes
- Sorting only by last year’s Round 1 cutoff
- Putting a less-preferred college above a more-preferred one out of fear
- Ignoring fees and seat type
- Entering too few choices
- Missing locking, payment or reporting deadlines
Start with a rank-based shortlist.
RankMint can filter the large dataset before you arrange preference.
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