AP ICET Qualifying Marks 2025: Know Minimum Passing Marks for Counselling

AP ICET Qualifying Marks 2025: Know Minimum Passing Marks for Counselling

Team Careers360Updated on 20 May 2025, 05:43 PM IST

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.

AP ICET Passing Marks for Rank Eligibility

AP ICET Qualifying Marks 2025: Know Minimum Passing Marks for Counselling
AP ICET Passing Marks 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 for Different Ranks

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

AP ICET Passing Marks for the Previous year

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: What is the qualifying marks for AP ICET 2025?
A:

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. 

Q: Which college is better for MBA in AP?
A:

Top MBA colleges in Andhra Pradesh are listed below.

  • Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Visakhapatnam
  • Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering)
  • GITAM School of Business, Visakhapatnam
  • Sun International Institute of Tourism and Management, Visakhapatnam
Q: What is a good AP ICET score?
A:

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.

Q: Is 5000 rank good in AP ICET?
A:

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.

Q: What are the minimum qualifying marks for AP ICET?
A:

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.

Q: Who is eligible for the AP ICET exam?
A:

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.

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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 .

With your AP ICET rank of 5861, you fall within the 3001 to 10000 rank range, which generally aligns with Tier D level colleges for free seat admissions in Andhra Pradesh. Based on previous cutoffs and trends, here are ten MBA colleges where you have a good chance of getting a free seat during the July counselling:

Andhra University College of Arts and Commerce Visakhapatnam
Sri Krishnadevaraya University Anantapur
JNTU School of Management Studies Self Finance Kakinada
Nimra College of Engineering and Technology Jupudi
SVU College of Commerce Sri Venkateswara University
JNTU College of Engineering Self Finance Vizianagaram
SD College of Information Technology Tanuku
Aditya Degree College for Women Rajahmundry
RVR and JC College of Engineering Guntur
Rajiv Gandhi Degree and PG College Rajahmundry

Hello aspirant,

Here is the list of some colleges to expect with your rank,

  1. Dr. Lankapalli Bullaya College
  2. Aditya Institute of Technology and Management, Tekkali
  3. Shri Venkateshwara College of Engineering
  4. Andhra Loyola College
  5. St. Ann's College of Engineering and Technology, Prakasham
  6. SVR Engineering College
  7. Avanthi Institute of Engineering and Technology

For better prediction, use careers360 college predictor,

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/ap-icet-rank-wise-college-list

I hope this helps you.

Regards