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What the 2025 and 2026 cycles show about CPET 2027 — application from late February, exam in May — how the SAMS application works, the answer-key objection window, previous papers and a study plan.
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How SAMS P.G. admission works after CPET — ten choices, three Phase-I rounds, Freeze/Float/Slide and the new Alter option, the waiting-list round, Phase-II, the CLC and refunds, with 2026 dates.
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Who can apply for Odisha P.G. seats — 45% or CGPA 5.0 (50% for 15 courses), 24 UG credits — plus SC, ST, SEBC, PwD and ex-servicemen shares, NCC/NSS/sports weightage and the tie-break, with a checker.
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Where the 32,571 Odisha P.G. seats are — 21 universities and 114 colleges, regular and self-financing — the ₹500 application fee, and the new Gyanodaya scheme that makes regular P.G. seats fee-free.
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Official first-round closing marks from SAMS for 14 subjects at Utkal University by category, 2025 and 2026, with Ravenshaw, Berhampur and Sambalpur, what a CPET cut-off means and a checker.
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How the Odisha CPET paper is built — one offline OMR paper per subject, 100 questions, +1 and −0.25, 100 minutes in 2026 (80 in 2025), 50 subjects, the CBCS 2019 syllabus and the answer keys.
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Tracking the state-wide Odisha PG admission cycle now at its second-phase merit list, with the conducting body, the counselling calendar and the disputed exam pattern each attributed to a named source
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