MHT-CET marks vs percentile

Your MHT-CET scorecard shows a percentile, not a raw score — and CAP cutoffs are published in percentile. This page explains how the two relate, gives an indicative conversion table, and links you straight to college matches for your percentile.

The table below is an indicative reference built from historical MHT-CET trends. The CET Cell does not publish an official marks-to-percentile chart, and the mapping shifts each year with the number of candidates and session difficulty. Treat it as a ballpark, not a guarantee.

Indicative marks vs percentile (PCM / PCB, out of 200)

Raw marksApprox. percentileWhat it typically opens up
180 – 20099.90 – 100Top state ranks; CSE at COEP/VJTI/SPIT range
160 – 17999.50 – 99.89Premier government colleges, most branches
140 – 15998.50 – 99.49Top private colleges in Pune/Mumbai
120 – 13996.50 – 98.49Good CSE/IT chances in tier-2 private colleges
100 – 11993.00 – 96.49Core branches in reputed colleges
80 – 9986.00 – 92.99Wide choice in tier-2/3 colleges
60 – 7972.00 – 85.99Regional colleges, core branches
40 – 5950.00 – 71.99Later CAP rounds and institute-level seats
20 – 3922.00 – 49.99Limited options; consider all districts
Below 20Below 22Explore diploma-to-degree and other routes

The "what it opens up" column describes open-category trends. Reserved categories generally reach the same colleges at lower percentiles.

How the percentile is worked out

Normalisation across sessions
MHT-CET runs over many shifts with different papers. Scores are normalised so that a harder session isn't penalised, and percentiles are computed on those normalised scores.
The formula, roughly
Percentile ≈ (candidates scoring at or below you ÷ total candidates in your session) × 100. So it measures your position, not your marks.
Percentile drives CAP
Merit lists, seat allotment and published cutoffs all use percentile and CET merit number — raw marks never appear in the CAP cutoff tables.
Small marks, big percentile gaps
Around the 90–120 mark band thousands of students are bunched together, so a few extra marks can move your percentile by more than a point.

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