Karnataka PGCET Round 1 vs Round 2
How far seats actually loosened between allotment rounds — and how often waiting gained nothing at all.
In short
Across 66 General Merit seats that appear in both Karnataka PGCET rounds, 82% closed at a looser rank in Round 2, and 5 seats were gone after Round 1 — matched seat-by-seat from the official round publications.
66
seats in both rounds
82%
loosened in round 2
5
gone after round 1
Every candidate holding a Round 1 allotment faces the same choice: accept it, or hold out for something better in Round 2. Advice on this is usually anecdotal. It does not have to be — both rounds are published, and matching a seat across them shows exactly what happened.
Across 66 General Merit seats that appear in both rounds, 82% closed at a looser rank in Round 2, meaning a candidate further down the list got in. That is the case for waiting.
The case against is the third number. 5 seats appear in Round 1 and not in Round 2 at all — nothing was allotted there in the later round. For anyone holding one of those, waiting gained nothing, because the seat was already gone.
Which of the two applies to you depends entirely on the branch and college you are holding, which is what the table below is for. This is 2025 data describing what happened that year — it is evidence, not a forecast, and KEA’s own rules on what each post-allotment choice does are on the counselling page.
Movement by branch
| Branch | In both | Loosened | Median move | Gone after R1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science & Engineering | 40 | 83% | +2,222 | 2 |
| Structural Engineering | 17 | 71% | +1,563 | 3 |
| VLSI Design & Embedded Systems | 9 | 100% | +1,945 | 0 |
A positive median move means the typical seat in that branch closed at a higher (looser) rank in Round 2. “Gone after R1” counts seats with a Round 1 closing rank and no Round 2 allotment. General Merit only; seats are matched on college, course, branch and year. How we verify data.
Figures last checked against the official publication on .