Published 11:31 IST, January 18th 2020

JEE Mains result 2020: What is NTA score & How to calculate your JEE rank from it?

JEE Main result 2020 has come out. Here's everything about NTA score and how to calculate rank from the percentile provided. Read on to know more about it.

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JEE Main 2020 has come out. Students can check ir result on jeemain.nta.nic.in. Students should te that NTA has released only NTA score or percentile rank at this point.

final JEE Main 2020 rank will be anunced only after completion of JEE Main 2020 April examination. Here's what an NTA score is and how to calculate rank from percentile provided.

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What is NTA score?

In simple words, NTA score is percentile scores or positional rank of students who have appeared for JEE examination. NTA score is calculated by rmalising marks obtained by students in session against multi-session papers. calculation is done based on relative performance of all students who have appeared for JEE examination.

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marks obtained by students are converted into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each session. Once marks are converted, n student’s relative position on scale is calculated by a simple percentile basis. In simple terms, if a total of 100 students have appeared for JEE examination and your percentile of NTA score is 86, n it means that 87 students have scored less than your score.

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How to calculate JEE Main Rank from percentile or NTA score?

process is tough, and it is very difficult to calculate one's JEE Main Rank at this moment. However, students can tentatively calculate ir estimated rank by looking at toppers percentile scores. rank of percentile variation might give students an understanding of ir ranks.

JEE Main 2020 April examination has t been conducted yet hence students can only guess ir ranks. JEE Main Rank 2020 will only be calculated after combining January and April’s result. Percentile or NTA score of 8 decimal places will only be considered.

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If re is a tie, n or criteria’s like percentile of NTA score in Mamatics, Physics and student's will be taken into account in order to break tie for providing student with ir JEE Main Rank. It is difficult to estimate one’s JEE Main Rank at this moment because exact break up of all subjects is t kwn yet. Students should take te that 100 percentiles don’t equal to 100 per cent marks.

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What will be JEE Main 2020 qualifying marks?

Calculating JEE Main Rank is t possible right w. If you want to kw wher you would qualify JEE Main 2020 exam, all your queries are answered here. te that JEE cut off would be calculated on percentile. table provided below will make you understand concept better.

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Tentative . of Candidates 2019 cut off for category

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1,09,500 89.7548849
OBC-NCL 60,300 74.3166557
SC 33,333 54.0128155
ST 16,000 44.3345172
PwD 2,000 0.11371730

te that numbers put up on table are only for reference. number and percentile will change. IIT Delhi, which is conducting JEE Main examination 2020 has also t revealed number of students who would be qualifying examination. candidates yet have a chance to improve ir percentile score in JEE Main April 2020 examination.

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11:31 IST, January 18th 2020