CBSE · NURSERY TO CLASS XII · DELHI NCR
How studying at a school in Delhi opens the 85% Delhi region seats for engineering and medicine — and what it takes.
About 85% of seats at Delhi's state engineering universities (DTU, NSUT, IIIT-Delhi, IGDTUW, admitted through JAC Delhi) and of the state-quota seats at Delhi's government medical colleges are kept for Delhi candidates. For engineering, a Delhi candidate is one who passes the qualifying exam (Class XII) from a school in the NCT of Delhi; for the Delhi medical colleges, Class XI and Class XII must both be passed from a school in Delhi. The parents' address is not the test. Mayo International School is a CBSE school in Patparganj, East Delhi, with school buses from Indirapuram, Vaishali, Vasundhara and Kaushambi.
Updated · Mayo International School, Patparganj, East Delhi
Admission is on the JEE Main rank, through the Joint Admission Counselling (JAC) Delhi. About 85% of seats are for the Delhi region and about 15% for candidates from outside Delhi, so a Delhi candidate competes for a much larger pool of seats.
A Delhi region candidate is one who has passed the qualifying examination (Class XII) from a recognised school located in the NCT of Delhi. Where the family lives does not decide it.
Delhi's government medical colleges under Delhi University and GGSIPU keep 85% of their state-quota seats for Delhi candidates; the other 15% go to the All India Quota.
To count as a Delhi candidate for these seats, a student must have passed both Class XI and Class XII from a recognised school in Delhi. That is why the choice of school for Class XI matters.
A student who lives in Indirapuram, Vaishali, Vasundhara or Kaushambi and studies Classes XI and XII at Mayo studies at a school in Delhi, with a school bus from home.
| Indirapuram | 28 stops · Route 1, Route 2, Route 4 |
|---|---|
| Vaishali | 6 stops · Route 2, Route 2 (Junior) |
| Vasundhara | 7 stops · Route 2 |
| Kaushambi | 5 stops · Route 2 (Junior), Route 4 |
Mayo does not offer or support dummy admission. The Delhi quota rewards studying in Delhi — every Mayo student attends school full time, with JEE and NEET preparation inside the school day.
CBSE requires 75% attendance to sit the board exams and has acted against schools running dummy admissions. A board exam put at risk puts the Delhi quota at risk with it.
Preparation with Physics Wallah and VMC happens inside the school timetable, not in a coaching centre after school.
34 Mayo students qualified JEE and 21 qualified NEET in 2026.
Class XI admission for 2027-28 is open until 15 December 2026 (40 seats this round).
The exact rules are set each year by JAC Delhi (for DTU, NSUT, IIIT-Delhi and IGDTUW) and by Delhi University and GGSIPU (for the Delhi medical colleges). Always read the current year's information brochure before deciding.
Pass Class XII from a recognised school in the NCT of Delhi; JAC Delhi then counts you as a Delhi region candidate for about 85% of seats, admitted on your JEE Main rank. Check the current JAC Delhi brochure.
For JAC Delhi, eligibility depends on passing Class XII from a school in Delhi, not on where the family lives. For the Delhi medical colleges, both Class XI and XII must be passed from a school in Delhi.
Not for JAC Delhi engineering or the Delhi medical-college quota, which go by where the student passed school. Rules are revised each year, so read the current brochure.
Passing Class XI and Class XII from a recognised school in Delhi, along with qualifying NEET.
Mayo does not offer or recommend dummy admission. CBSE requires 75% attendance for the board exams, and a board exam put at risk puts the Delhi quota at risk too.
Yes: Indirapuram (28 stops), Vaishali (6 stops), Vasundhara (7 stops), Kaushambi (5 stops).
Rules change each year: check the official notice for your year. Mayo's own figures come from the school's records.
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