Do it in three passes. Pass one — geography: pick the districts your family can genuinely support (day-scholar commute or hostel budget). Watch the boundary trap: the Chennai metro's ~88 colleges sit under Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, and Thiruvallur, with only ~5 under "Chennai" district — so filter by region, not by one district name. Pass two — branch and cutoff: within those districts, list every college offering your target branches, and compare their multi-year closing cutoffs against your own mark, keeping safe, target, and reach options. Pass three — ground truth: for the serious contenders, check seats-filled versus intake, visit if possible, and ask about hostels and transport. This turns a vague "somewhere near home" into a ranked, evidence-based list. All the district, branch, cutoff, and seats-filled data is in one place on the free TNEAhelp College-Finder.
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