One thing that many JEE aspirants find difficult is the process of
normalisation. It is difficult to understand, because of its technicality. PaGaLGuY
spoke to an expert to decode this process.
Kapil Gupta, Faculty, Bansal Classes- Kota
As per the notifications from the JEE office, board exams are given a 40%
weightage while calculating the ranks during admissions in NITs or Centrally
Funded Technical Institutions under JEE Mains. It is a statistical process
which looks complicated in understanding. But it is the key to secure a seat in
a good college.
Normalisation is calculated with the number of candidates in the group
with aggregate marks less than the candidate divided by total number of
candidates, and multiplied by 100. Here, students from CBSE board are at a
loss, and state board, and ICSE board have an advantage.
If CBSE board students score below 90%, then after normalisation there
percentile will further decrease. On the other for state board students, their
percentile will improve. The only reason for this difference is the fact
students from CBSE board are more as compared to those from state board or ICSE
board.
For example, a student from CBSE board with 90% might end up with a
percentile of 82, whereas a student from Rajasthan board with 76% can come in
the range of 92 percentile.
To sum up, even if a student from CBSE board is scoring good in Mains,
he/she might not get in the top NITs, due to normalisation. This is why we ask
our students to score above 90% in their board exam, to take full advantage of
this process.
However, JEE Main scores are equally important. It is of 360 marks in total and
the cut-off for Advance in 2013 was 113, but to secure a seat in the top NITs,
aspirants should score 200 in Main. When our students are thorough with their
class 12 syllabus, scoring above 200 in Mains doesn’t feel like a difficult
target to achieve.
PaGaLGuY wishes all aspirants good luck for JEE Mains 2016.
Students can ask their doubts regarding the JEE exam 2016 in the Comments section below. We will get the experts to answer.