The cutoff is defined as the minimum rank required by the candidates for admission to the undergraduate programme or to qualify for the next round of the admission. RMK Engineering College, Thiruvallur cutoff is released as opening home state rank and closing home state rank and candidates have to secure above the opening rank and below the closing rank in order to qualify for TNEA counselling. Factores like number of applicants, number of seats, difficulty level of the qualifying exam, etc also affect the cutoff.