MHT-CET College Predictor

Every year the State Common Entrance Test Cell publishes the closing cutoff of every engineering college and branch in Maharashtra, separately for each CAP round, category and seat type. Collegemitra organises that public data — tagged by academic year — and compares it with the profile you enter above. Nothing is guessed: every match is anchored to an actual published cutoff from a previous admission cycle.

Your result list is divided into three honest tiers. Dream colleges closed slightly above your percentile last year — reachable if this year's cutoffs dip or in later CAP rounds. Target colleges closed right around your score — these should form the core of your option form. Safe colleges closed comfortably below your percentile, so you are very likely to be allotted one if you list them. A balanced CAP option form contains all three tiers, in that order.

Preferences then re-rank the list. Choosing a city keeps colleges in or near that district on top; choosing a branch filters to programmes you would actually study; the budget slider hides colleges whose annual tuition exceeds what your family has planned; and the hostel switch keeps only colleges that offer residential accommodation — important if you will relocate from another district.

Suppose Sneha from Nashik scores 94.2 percentile (OBC), wants Computer or IT, can spend up to ₹1.5 lakh a year, and needs a hostel. Here is how her list typically shapes up:

• Dream: well-known Pune and Mumbai colleges whose OBC Computer cutoff closed near 95–96 percentile last year — possible in CAP Round 2 or 3 when seats shuffle.
• Target: reputed tier-2 colleges in Pune, Nashik and Aurangabad where OBC Computer closed between 92 and 94 — her realistic zone.
• Safe: solid regional colleges with closing cutoffs in the 85–90 band for her category, ensuring she is never left without a seat.

Notice what the predictor does not do: it does not promise her a Dream college, and it does not hide unglamorous Safe options. That honesty is what makes an option form survive all CAP rounds.

Your percentile is the percentage of candidates who scored at or below you in your exam session — it is a position, not a percentage of marks. Your rank is derived from it across the full candidate pool. And your category and seat type decide which cutoff list you compete on: the same college can have a dozen different closing numbers for one branch. This is why two friends with the identical percentile can receive completely different college lists.

If you only know your raw marks, convert them first with our percentile calculator, or check the marks vs percentile table. To understand what happens after you get your list, read the CAP rounds guide.