Cutoff for Engineering courses likely to rise this year
Cutoff for Engineering courses likely to rise this year
The Maharashtra State Technical Common Entrance Test (MHT-CET) has seen a significant increase in the number of students scoring 100 percentiles in the physics, chemistry, and biology (PCB) and physics, chemistry, and maths (PCM) groups
20 June 2024
The Maharashtra State Technical Common Entrance Test (MHT-CET) has seen a significant increase in the number of students scoring 100 percentiles in the physics, chemistry, and biology (PCB) and physics, chemistry, and maths (PCM) groups, resulting in a potential increase in cut-offs for engineering, pharmacy, and other professional courses in the state.
This could lead to increased competition for admission and a decrease in engineering vacancies. 28 students had a 100 percentile last year. The results were released on June 16 by the State Common Entrance Test Cell (CET Cell) this year. The CET Cell reported that 18 open-category students secured first rank in the MHT-CET this year, with 37 students scoring 100 percentiles. This growth is significant in both PCM and PCB subject groups, leading to an increase in admission cut-offs for engineering, pharmacy, and agriculture courses.
The number of students who scored higher percentiles such as 90 to 99.99, 80 to 89.99, 70 to 79.99, and 60 to 69.99 has also increased. The exam saw 6,75,377 students, 2,95,577 PCB, and 3,79,800 PCM groups. The high inflation of marks this year compared to last year has resulted in a high cut-off for upper-ranking students.
Siddharth Meshram, a faculty member at a renowned college, reported a significant increase in student numbers this year, leading to increased competition for admission in certain subjects. However, some engineering college principals believe this increase won’t significantly impact the admission cut-off due to the increased capacity of courses like computer science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cyber security.
Students and parents have raised concerns about MHT-CET chaos, similar to the chaos in NEET results, after the online declaration of results, citing a difference in answer key and percentile.
