{
  "name": "NEET General-Category Closing-Rank Trends, 2019-2025",
  "releaseVersion": "1.0.0",
  "publishedDate": "2026-07-22",
  "lastReviewedDate": "2026-08-13",
  "status": "exploratory-aggregate",
  "isAccuracyBacktest": false,
  "rowLevelOfficialSourceUrlsPublished": false,
  "temporalCoverage": {
    "startYear": 2019,
    "endYear": 2025
  },
  "observationCount": 13198,
  "files": [
    {
      "path": "/data/neet_cutoff_trends_2019_2025.json",
      "format": "application/json"
    },
    {
      "path": "/data/neet_cutoff_trends_2019_2025.csv",
      "format": "text/csv"
    }
  ],
  "population": "Available General-category NEET college-year closing-rank observations in the Admission Guardian cutoff database.",
  "method": [
    "Group available observations by counselling year.",
    "Calculate the 5th, 50th and 95th percentile closing ranks for each year.",
    "Publish each annual observation count beside the percentile values."
  ],
  "variables": {
    "year": "Counselling year.",
    "topTierClosingRank": "5th percentile General-category closing rank in the available annual sample.",
    "midTierClosingRank": "50th percentile General-category closing rank in the available annual sample.",
    "lowerTierClosingRank": "95th percentile General-category closing rank in the available annual sample.",
    "totalCollegesAnalyzed": "Annual college-year observation count used in the aggregate."
  },
  "limitations": [
    "Annual coverage varies and the release is not a fixed-cohort study.",
    "The release does not establish causation or an individual admission probability.",
    "The underlying legacy rows do not yet publish row-level official source URLs.",
    "The release is not a predictor accuracy or admission-outcome backtest."
  ],
  "licenseUrl": "https://admissionguardian.com/terms",
  "correctionUrl": "https://admissionguardian.com/contact"
}