MHT CET 2023 Score Calculation, Normalization, Percentile Score

MHT CET 2023 Result is going to be declared tentatively on or before September 2023. MHT CET score is valid for admission to Maharashtra State's Engineering and Pharmacy courses offered by different government and private colleges. The candidates can check their MHT CET 2023 Results online at mhtcet2023.mahacet.org.

MHT CET Scorecard 2023 will consist of data such as the aggregate score, sectional score and qualification status of the candidates who appear for the MHT CET entrance exam. It is important for candidates to understand how these scores will be calculated so that they can have an estimation of their performance. Refer to the article provided below to understand how MHT CET score calculation will take place. Click here to check MHT CET 2023 Cut off

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Table of Contents

Elements of MHT CET 2023 Score Calculation
How to Calculate MHT CET Percentile Score?
2.1 Example of MHT CET Score Calculation
Step-wise Process of Normalization and Percentile Score Preparation
3.1 Step 1: Distribution of students among two days and two shifts per day
3.2 Step 2: Result preparation for every session
3.3 Step 3: Total CET score compilation

Score Calculation

Elements of MHT CET 2023 Score Calculation

MHT CET is conducted in multiple shifts. The students are provided different sets of questions in each shift and it is possible that the difficulty level of these question papers administered in different shifts may not be exactly the same, despite all efforts to maintain equivalence between them. In order to resolve such a situation, the Normalization Method would be used to ensure that candidates are neither benefitted or hindered because of the degree of complexity of the exam.

The normalization process is an accepted practice of contrasting candidate scores across multi-shift papers, and is like the process adopted in other major educational admission tests in India.
Percentile scores are scores that are based on the relative results of all those appearing for the exam. Basically, for every session, the marks obtained are transformed into a scale that ranges from 100 to 0.
The percentile score shows the percentage of candidates who scored EQUAL TO OR BELOW (same or lower raw scores) the specific percentile in the test.
Therefore, every session's top (highest score) will obtain the same 100 percentile that is desirable. The marks obtained between the highest and lowest scores are also translated into percentiles which are correct.
The percentile score for the exam will be the Normalized Score (rather than the candidate's raw marks).
Up to 7 decimal places will be calculated for the percentile scores to avoid the bunching effect and to decrease ties.

Calculating Percentile Score

How to Calculate MHT CET Percentile Score?

A candidate's Percentile Score is calculated as follows:

100 * (Number of candidates who were in the session with a raw score equal to or less than the score of the candidate) ÷ Total number of candidates who were in the session

Note: The Total Percentile shall NOT be an aggregate or average of the individual subject's Percentile. The percentile score is not the same as the percentage obtained from the marks.

Example of MHT CET Score Calculation

Suppose the MHT CET (PCM) was conducted in 4 sessions (days and shifts allocated at random) according to the details given below, we will see how the score calculation will happen.

Distribution of Candidates

Session 1: Day-1 Shift-1
Session 2: Day-1 Shift-2
Session 3: Day-2 Shift-1
Session 4: Day-2 Shift-2

Session	Day/ Shift	Number of candidates			Marks
Session	Day/ Shift	Absent	Appeared	Total	Highest	Lowest
1	Day-1 Shift-1	2516	28065	30581	191	1
2	Day-1 Shift-2	2312	27974	30286	194	3
3	Day-2 Shift-1	2278	27783	30061	195	4
4	Day-2 Shift-2	2048	27378	29426	193	3
Total		9154	111200	120354	195	1

In this scoring technique, the HIGHEST RAW SCORE would be the 100 Percentile in each paper (regardless of the raw scores) indicating that 100 percent of the candidates have scores equal to or less than the highest scorer / topper for that session.

Highest Raw Score and Percentile Score: In their respective session, all of the highest raw scores would have the normalized Percentile Score of 100.

Session	Total number of candidates who appeared	Highest Raw Score	Candidates who scored EQUAL OR LESS THAN the Highest Raw Score	Percentile Score	Remarks
1	28065	191	28065	100.0000000 [(28065/28065)*100]	All of the highest raw scores will get normalized to the 100 Percentile Score for their corresponding session.
2	27974	194	27974	100.0000000 [(27974/27974)*100]
3	27783	195	27783	100.0000000 [(27783/27783)*100]
4	27378	193	27378	100.0000000 [(27378/27378)*100]

Lowest Raw Score and Percentile Score: The percentile Score of all the lowest raw scores will be based on the total number of candidates who took the exam for their respective session.

Session	Total number of candidates who appeared	Lowest Raw Score	Candidates who scored EQUAL OR LESS THAN the Lowest Raw Score	Percentile Score	Remarks
1	28065	1	1	(1/28065) [(1/28065)*100]	The Percentile Score of all the lowest raw scores are varying. The Percentile Score will be based on the number of students who took the exam in their respective session.
2	27974	3	1	(1/27974) [(1/27974)*100]
3	27783	4	1	(1/27783) [(1/27783)*100]
4	27378	3	1	(1/27378) [(1/27378)*100]

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Normalization Steps

Step-wise Process of Normalization and Percentile Score Preparation

Step 1: Distribution of students among two days and two shifts per day.

Candidates would be randomly distributed into four sessions so that each session would have about the same number of candidates. Those four sessions will be:

Session 1: Day-1 Shift-1
Session 2: Day-1 Shift-2
Session 3: Day-2 Shift-1
Session 4: Day-2 Shift-2

The candidates will be split accordingly in case more number of days or more number of shifts have to be incorporated. It will ensure there is no disparity in the allocation of applicants that will be taking the exam. Furthermore, the probability of such bias becomes remote with a large population of examinees spread all over the country.

Step 2: Result preparation for every session

The examination results of every session will be made in the form of:

Raw Scores
Percentiles Scores separately for each - Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry subjects, and the total.

The above 4 Percentiles will be calculated for every candidate in the Session.

Let T1,M1, P1, C1 be the raw scores in Total, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry of a candidate and let T1P, M1P, P1P, C1P be the Percentile Scores of Total, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry of that candidate.

Total Percentile (T1P) = 100 x Number of candidates who were in the session with a raw score equal to or less than the T1 score ÷ Total number of candidates who were in the session
Mathematics Percentile (M1P) = 100 x Number of candidates who were in the session with a raw score equal to or less than the M1 score in Mathematics ÷ Total number of candidates who were in the session
Physics Percentile (P1P) = 100 x Number of candidates who were in the session with a raw score equal to or less than the P1 score in Physics ÷ Total number of candidates who were in the session
Chemistry Percentile (C1P) = 100 x Number of candidates who were in the session with a raw score equal to or less than the C1 score in Chemistry ÷ Total number of candidates who were in the session

Step 3: Total CET score compilation

For all the four sessions (Session 1: Day-1 Shift-1, Session 2: Day-1 Shift-2, Session 3: Day-2 Shift-1, Session 4: Day-2 Shift-2), the Percentile scores for the Total Raw Score which is calculated through Step 2 will be combined. This will be known as the CET score that will then be utilized for result compilation.

The Percentile for all the four sessions can be separately calculated for the Total raw score and the raw scores in Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics as shown below -

Percentile for Session 1 (Day-1 Shift-1)

Roll Number	Physics		Chemistry		Mathematics		PCM Total
Roll Number	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile
D1S1 - 01	47	99.9786211	46	100	98	99.9750579	191	100
D1S1 - 02	48	100	43	99.9287369	100	100	191	100
D1S1 - 03	46	99.9608053	46	100	98	99.9750579	190	99.9928737
D1S1 - 04	45	99.9287369	46	100	96	99.8610369	187	99.9893105
D1S1 - 05	45	99.9287369	45	99.9857474	96	99.8610369	186	99.9857474
D1S1 - 06	48	100	41	99.8325316	96	99.8610369	185	99.9821842
D1S1 - 07	48	100	37	99.3336896	100	100	185	99.9821842
D1S1 - 08	43	99.7078211	45	99.9857474	96	99.8610369	184	99.9750579
↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
D1S1 - 28064	1	0.0997684	0	0.4240157	0	0.0356316	1	0.0285053
D1S1 - 28065	1	0.0997684	0	0.4240157	0	0.0356316	1	0.0285053

Percentile for Session 2 (Day-1 Shift-2)

Roll Number	Physics		Chemistry		Mathematics		PCM Total
Roll Number	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile
D1S2 - 01	46	99.8820333	50	100	98	99.9034818	194	100
D1S2 - 02	46	99.8820333	49	99.9964253	98	99.9034818	193	99.9964253
D1S2 - 03	47	99.9356545	48	99.9892758	98	99.9034818	193	99.9964253
D1S2 - 04	48	99.9749768	47	99.971402	98	99.9034818	193	99.9964253
D1S2 - 05	49	100	44	99.7855151	100	100	193	99.9964253
D1S2 - 06	46	99.8820333	41	99.9892758	98	99.9034818	192	99.9821263
D1S2 - 07	49	100	47	99.971402	96	99.7068707	192	99.9821263
D1S2 - 08	47	99.9356545	47	99.971402	98	99.9034818	192	99.9821263
↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
D1S2 - 27973	0	0.1072424	1	0.3789233	2	0.0500465	3	0.0393222
D1S1 - D1S2 - 27974	0	0.1072424	1	0.3789233	2	0.0500465	3	0.0393222

Percentile for Session 3 (Day-2 Shift-1)

Roll Number	Physics		Chemistry		Mathematics		PCM Total
Roll Number	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile
D2S1 - 01	49	99.9928014	48	99.9856027	98	99.9748047	195	100
D2S1 - 02	48	99.9820034	48	99.9856027	98	99.9748047	194	99.9964007
D2S1 - 03	50	100	46	99.8992189	98	99.9748047	194	99.9964007
D2S1 - 04	48	99.9820034	46	99.8992189	100	100	194	99.9964007
D2S1 - 05	50	100	44	99.6220711	100	100	194	99.9964007
D2S1 - 06	48	99.9820034	47	99.9568081	98	99.9748047	193	99.9820034
D2S1 - 07	48	99.9820034	47	99.9568081	98	99.9748047	193	99.9820034
D2S1 - 08	47	99.9460102	46	99.8992189	100	100	193	99.9820034
↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
D2S1 - 27782	1	0.0827844	1	0.345535	2	0.0323939	4	0.0251953
D2S1 - 27783	1	0.0827844	1	0.345535	2	0.0323939	4	0.0251953

Percentile for Session 4 (Day-2 Shift-2)

Roll Number	Physics		Chemistry		Mathematics		PCM Total
Roll Number	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile
D2S2 - 01	49	100	44	99.9013807	100	100	193	100
D2S2 - 02	47	99.974432	46	99.9963474	98	99.9488641	191	99.9963474
D2S2 - 03	48	99.9890423	45	99.9707795	98	99.9488641	191	99.9963474
D2S2 - 04	43	99.620133	46	99.9963474	100	100	189	99.9890423
D2S2 - 05	45	99.8721601	44	99.9013807	100	100	189	99.9890423
D2S2 - 06	48	99.9890423	43	99.8283293	98	99.9488641	189	99.9890423
D2S2 - 07	49	100	43	99.72971	98	99.9488641	189	99.9890423
D2S2 - 08	45	99.8721601	47	100	96	99.8064139	188	99.974432
↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
D2S2 - 27377	1	0.1022719	0	0.3031631	2	0.0401782	3	0.025568
D2S2 - 27378	1	0.1022719	0	0.3031631	2	0.0401782	3	0.025568

Combine the Percentile Scores of all four sessions for the Total Percentile, Mathematics Percentile, Physics Percentile and Chemistry Percentile found above to prepare CET scores.

Roll Number	Physics		Chemistry		Mathematics		PCM Total
Roll Number	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile
D1S1 - 01	47	99.9786211	46	100	98	99.9750579	191	100
D1S1 - 02	48	100	43	99.9287369	100	100	191	100
D1S2 - 01	46	99.8820333	50	100	98	99.9034818	194	100
D2S1 - 01	49	99.9928014	48	99.9856027	98	99.9748047	195	100
D2S2 - 01	49	100	44	99.9013807	100	100	193	100
D1S2 - 02	46	99.8820333	49	99.9964253	98	99.9034818	193	99.9964253
D1S2 - 03	47	99.9356545	48	99.9892758	98	99.9034818	193	99.9964253
D1S2 - 04	48	99.9749768	47	99.971402	98	99.9034818	193	99.9964253
D1S2 - 05	49	100	44	99.7855151	100	100	193	99.9964253
D2S1 - 02	48	99.9820034	48	99.9856027	98	99.9748047	194	99.9964007
D2S1 - 03	50	100	46	99.8992189	98	99.9748047	194	99.9964007
D2S1 - 04	48	99.9820034	46	99.8992189	100	100	194	99.9964007
D2S1 - 05	50	100	44	99.6220711	100	100	194	99.9964007
D2S2 - 02	47	99.974432	46	99.9963474	98	99.9488641	191	99.9963474
D2S2 - 03	48	99.9890423	45	99.9707795	98	99.9488641	191	99.9963474
D1S1 - 03	46	99.9608053	46	100	98	99.9750579	190	99.9928737
D1S1 - 04	45	99.9287369	46	100	96	99.8610369	187	99.9893105
D2S2 - 04	43	99.620133	46	99.9963474	100	100	189	99.9890423
D2S2 - 05	45	99.8721601	44	99.9013807	100	100	189	99.9890423
D2S2 - 06	48	99.9890423	43	99.8283293	98	99.9488641	189	99.9890423
D2S2 - 07	49	100	42	99.72971	98	99.9488641	189	99.9890423
D1S1 - 05	45	99.9287369	45	99.9857474	96	99.8610369	186	99.9857474
D1S1 - 06	48	100	41	99.8325316	96	99.8610369	185	99.9821842
D1S1 - 07	48	100	37	99.3336896	100	100	185	99.9821842
D1S2 - 06	46	99.8820333	48	99.9892758	98	99.9034818	192	99.9821263
D1S2 - 07	49	100	47	99.971402	96	99.7068707	192	99.9821263
D1S2 - 08	47	99.9356545	47	99.971402	98	99.9034818	192	99.9821263
D2S1 - 06	48	99.9820034	47	99.9568081	98	99.9748047	193	99.9820034
D2S1 - 07	48	99.9820034	47	99.9568081	98	99.9748047	193	99.9820034
D2S1 - 08	47	99.9460102	46	99.8992189	100	100	193	99.9820034
D1S1 - 08	43	99.7078211	45	99.9857474	96	99.8610369	184	99.9750579
D2S2 - 08	45	99.8721601	47	100	96	99.8064139	188	99.974432
D1S2 - 27973	0	0.1072424	1	0.3789233	2	0.0500465	3	0.0393222
D1S2 - 27974	0	0.1072424	1	0.3789233	2	0.0500465	3	0.0393222
D1S1 - 28064	1	0.0997684	0	0.4240157	0	0.0356316	1	0.0285053
D1S1 - 28065	1	0.0997684	0	0.4240157	0	0.0356316	1	0.0285053
D2S2 - 27377	1	0.1022719	0	0.3031631	2	0.0401782	3	0.025568
D2S2 - 27378	1	0.1022719	0	0.3031631	2	0.0401782	3	0.025568
D2S1 - 27782	1	0.0827844	1	0.345535	2	0.0323939	4	0.0251953
D2S1 - 27783	1	0.0827844	1	0.345535	2	0.0323939	4	0.0251953

In the same manner, the scores for PCB can also be calculated.

Note: The roll numbers mentioned in the tables are for the purpose of representation alone.

*The article might have information for the previous academic years, which will be updated soon subject to the notification issued by the University/College.