The percentile score specifies the percentage of candidates who have scored equal to below (raw scores) a particular percentile in JEE Main. Thus, the topper of each session of JEE Main will get the same percentile i.e. 100.
Percentile scores are determined by comparing an applicant’s performance to all other applicants who took the exam. It is neither a percentage score nor a raw score.
Why are IIT-JEE Main results announced as percentiles instead of marks?
IIT-JEE Main score not only determines the IIT-JEE qualifying cut-off for IIT-JEE Advanced but also plays a vital role in the IIT-JEE Main ranks, which is crucial for admission to NITs and various leading government engineering colleges.
As the IIT-JEE exam is conducted in two sessions, there may be a difference in difficulty level; therefore, normalisation is accepted in order to overcome this barrier. The NTA IIT-JEE formula calculates a comparative score rather than the actual marks.
- NTA calculates a percentile score for chemistry, math, and physics based on the student’s marks.
- Each section’s top score will be given a 100 percentile.
- The IIT-JEE Main Merit List is also prepared using this percentile score.
- Percentile scores are calculated to seven decimal places to avoid ties.
IIT-JEE Main’s final percentile is calculated only after normalisation, which is not the actual mark of the candidates.
IIT-JEE Main score not only determines the IIT-JEE qualifying cut-off for IIT-JEE Advanced but also plays a vital role in IIT-JEE Main ranks; which is crucial for admission to NITs and various leading government engineering colleges.
