arnab, what you state is not correct. In NITs, where State Rank matters what is indicated in the Status is your standing amongst the candidates of same eligibility. You are from UP so the status indicates that how many candidates from UP are above you. In institutues like IIIT where there is no State quota, the AIR in only material.
Simple, yYou can get an idea of this from your status in IIIT and top class NIT. In IIIT it will be in thousand whereas in NIT Trichy or Surathakal it will be only in 300 or 400.
Hope it is clear. Yes online counselling is good only for top rankers i.e. upto 15000 or so. They will get some idea. For others, things will not be clear at all.
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