What to do before Counselling?

With the results of IIT-JEE 2009 declared, the time for counseling and allotment of different Courses and Streams in the IIT's has arrived. It is very necessary that you know what is the present scenario and the different courses you stand a chance to get in the various IIT's if you have secured a decent All India Rank.
This post will help you know which are the various options available to you according to your All India Rank. Those who have not attempted JEE can also benefit by knowing what AIR they must secure to get into their preferred stream or Branch.

Step I
Go to the JEE website here and see a list of the various courses offered according to your AIR and your category (Open/Reserved)
The name of the courses is written in a Code.
B stands for IIT Bombay
D stands for IIT Delhi
E stands for IIT Bhubaneshwar
G stands for IIT Kharagpur
H stands for IIT Hyderabad
J stands for IIT Japiur
K stands for IIT Kanpur
M stands for IIT Madras
N stands for IIT Gandhinagar
P stands for IIT Patna
R stands for IIT Roorkee
S stands for ISM-Dhanbad
V stands for IT-BHU
U stands for IIT Punjab
W stands for IIT Guwahati.

The meaning of the number given beside the alphabet is made clear in the next step.
Step II

Download the JEE-09 brochure
The Brochure contains a complete list of the various courses offered by the IIT's. The number in the above list beside the alphabet stands for the course offered. To know the course offered for a particular number say 43, count the 43rd Course that appears on the brochure. Thus something like U10 stands for Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Punjab.

Step III
See the closing rank of all the courses and select those for which your AIR is better than the previous year's Closing Rank. Write down the name of the courses on a piece of Paper after comparing the code with the Brochure.

Thus after finishing, you will have a list of all the Courses you stand a good chance of getting in all the IIT's , IT-BHU and ISM Dhanbad.
This list is also helpful for those who are going to attempt JEE in the future and want to know what rank they must get for a particular stream in a particular IIT eg: Electrical Engg in IIT Bombay.