Anna University has the impeccable record of conducting the test without any question or answers keys being leaked.
If the date of birth were also to match lots would be used (In 2005–06 when the TN Government discarded TNPCEE marks this happened).
In the year 2005, an attempt was made by the erstwhile Tamil Nadu government to revoke TNPCEE pattern of engineering admissions.
Tamil Nadu government, based on the reservation policies, defended that the admission be made solely on the 12’Th standard marks.
Initially, all the self-financing and government aided colleges in Tamil Nadu were to admit students considering the cut-off with the TNPCEE marks.
Then, by a ruling called the Inaamdar Commission, around 180 self-financing colleges decided to break away from the TNPCEE clique and formed the TNSF (Tamil Nadu Self Financing) Consortium.
Seats that have been taken and discarded will not be available to other deserving students but will be wasted for a year and then offered to diploma holders who are eligible for lateral entry.
The candidates are divided into time-slots according to their state rank and are required to report at the counselling venue at their allotted slot.
As the number of students above you keeps decreasing, if there is a sure chance of your getting your preferred college and branch, that particular choice becomes green indicating that your seat there is assured.