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The AP ICET passing marks will be different for basic rank eligibility and the AP ICET cutoff merit list. The AP ICET passing marks will vary from college to college depending on factors like exam difficulty for individual shifts, number of applicants, seats made available by participating colleges, and normalisation of the raw scores. AP ICET answer key 2025 is out on May 10 , 2025 and applicants are calculating the AP ICET marks 2025 based on that. Furthermore, AP ICET 2025 qualifying marks for OC are at least 50 out of 200. There are no minimum marks required as the AP ICET qualifying marks for SC/ST/OBC candidates. AP ICET passing marks are the prescribed criteria for shortlisting candidates for the selection process to various MBA/PGDM programs by different colleges. AP ICET 2025 result has been announced in online mode on May 20, 2025.
Candidates need to score a set minimum mark to become eligible for getting an AP ICET free seat rank and the further admission process through AP ICET. The AP ICET passing marks criteria for eligibility include a score of at least 50, i.e., 25% of the total marks (200). However, the criterion applies to the candidates from the general category only, and there are not any AP ICET passing marks for OBC or any other reserved categories.
AP ICET passing marks will correspond to the AP ICET rank 2025. These will be based on the final AP ICET 2025 marks obtained after normalization. The expected AP ICET qualifying marks 2025 for different AP ICET ranks are given in the table below.
AP ICET Marks 2025 | AP ICET Free seat rank (Expected) |
200-171 | 1 to 30 |
171-161 | 31 to 70 |
160-151 | 71 to 100 |
150-141 | 101 to 200 |
140-131 | 201 to 350 |
130-121 | 350 to 500 |
120-111 | 501 to 1000 |
110-101 | 1001 to 1500 |
100-91 | 1501 to 3000 |
90-81 | 3001 to 10000 |
80-71 | 10001 to 25000 |
70-61 | 25001 to 40000 |
60-51 | 40001 to 60000 |
50-41 | 60001 and above |
The previous year's passing marks for AP ICET are an important metric for understanding which colleges to aim for as per the estimated AP ICET score after the AP ICET answer key and response sheet are released. The AP ICET qualifying marks for the previous year for colleges accepting AP ICET scores are mentioned in the table below.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The qualifying marks for the AP ICET 2025 exam for the General category are expected to be around 50 out of 200, which is 25% of the total marks. No qualifying marks are specified for SC and ST category candidates.
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A good AP ICET 2025 score can considered to be between 160 to 200. A candidate with this score (after normalization) can expect an AP ICET rank of below 100. It is a good enough score to seek admission into the best of the AP ICET accepting colleges.
An AP ICET rank of around 5000 would be secured if a candidate scores around 80 to 85 after the normalization is done. As per the standards it cannot be regarded as a very good AP ICET rank considering the difficulty level is mostly easy to moderate. Still, a few colleges do accept candidates with these ranks.
As per the prescribed criteria, candidates need to score a minimum of at least 25% of the total marks i.e. to qualify for counselling a candidate must obtain at least 50 marks out of 200. It only upholds for the General category candidates and is not applicable for reserved category candidates.
The eligibility criteria for the AP ICET exams require a candidate to have a Bachelor’s degree in any stream with 50% aggregate marks or equivalent CGPA. For reserved category candidates it is 45%. Final-year students are also eligible to apply given they satisfy the criteria at the time of admission process.
On Question asked by student community
Hi dear candidate,
Generally, the students below 10,000 rank get full fee reimbursement under Andhra Pradesh scholarship scheme but your category also plays a major role here as the reserved categories like SC, ST or OBC have slightly more chances than general category. Since your rank is 4301, you should most likely get full fee reimbursement.
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If you haven't take any action like reporting or submitting documents in second counselling college you can continue your 1st counseling seat in AP ICET.
Since you don't want the second round seat report to first college to claim your seat.
Good luck..
Hi,
With a general rank of 13,964 and a local rank of 1,529 in bc-d category in au region, your chances of getting a seat in main campus universities like krishna university, acharya nagarjuna university, or adikavi nannaya university depend on the course demand. in 2nd counseling, seats sometimes open up in less-demanded specializations (like certain mba/mca branches), but popular courses may close earlier. i’d recommend filling as many preferred options as possible and also considering affiliated colleges to maximize your chance.
counseling info: https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/ap-icet-2025
Thanks for asking and good luck in the next round.
Hello,
If your degree college Transfer Certificate (TC) has a clerical mistake in the caste category that the principal manually corrected, with the correction properly signed and stamped, it is usually deemed acceptable for the APICET counselling process, as long as there is no discrepancy between the caste listed on your official caste certificate and what appears on the TC.
Nonetheless, as counseling authorities frequently favor documents that are pristine and devoid of errors, it is highly advised that you have an affidavit detailing the clerical mistake and the rectification done, in addition to your original caste certificate provided by a qualified authority.
Moreover, if feasible, ask your degree college to provide a new corrected TC to prevent any avoidable issues during document verification. Acting in this manner will guarantee a seamless counselling process and reduce the likelihood of document denial.
Hope this helps. All the best!
Dear candidate ,
The AP ICET 2025 counselling is scheduled to begin in the first week of July 2025 .
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