IIT CUT-OFF

The Indian Institutes of Technology will reveal cut-off marks used to select students in this year’s entrance exam, allowing candidates for the first time to independently verify whether their scores merit a seat.On August 1, the IITs will display online the cut-off marks used in their Joint Entrance Examination 2008 to pick the top performers in the test, exam organisers have said.The IITs will also disclose, on the same day, details of opening and closing ranks for students belonging to each category — general, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, physically handicapped.For an entire month — from August 1 to August 31 — students can see their scores online. On August 1, the question papers from this year’s exam, and the key to the papers, will also be displayed online, allowing students who remember their answers an opportunity to match their scores with their performance.Both the subject cut-offs — in physics, chemistry and mathematics — and the aggregate cut-off used to screen students who have cleared all subject cut-offs, will be displayed on the JEE website — http://jee.iitr.ernet.in .