How will JEE Main 2024 scores be calculated?

Normalization procedure based on percentile score is used to calculate the JEE Main scores. The ranking is given based on the percentile score. This procedure will consider the difficulty level of all the papers conducted in different shifts and then give a rank. Read the complete step-by-step guide at jagranjosh.com.

When will the JEE Main 2024 Session 2 scores be released?

The official date for releasing JEE Main 2024 Session 2 scores hasn't been confirmed yet. However, results are usually declared a few weeks after the exams are conducted.

JEE Main 2024 Normalization Process: How To Calculate Marks

How to Calculate JEE Main 2024 Scores using Normalization: The Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 2024, or JEE Main 2024 Session 2, is planned to be conducted from April 4, 2024, to April 15, 2024. The days and shifts have been allocated for Paper 1 and Paper 2. April 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9, 2024, shifts 1 and 2 are assigned for B.E./B. Tech paper, and the last day (April 15, 2024) is for B. Arch/B. Planning. The JEE Main admit cards are already out, which applicants can download from the official website of the National Testing Agency (NTA). For more details, refer to the table below:

Exam Name	Joint Entrance Exam Main (JEE Main) 2024 Session 2
Exam Conducting Body	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Official Website	jeemain.nta.ac.in
Contact/Helpline Number	011-40759000
Contact/Helpline Email	jeemain@nta.ac.in
Session 2 Exam Dates	April 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 12, 2024
JEE Main 2024 Session 2 City Intimation Slip Release Date	March 27, 2024
JEE Main 2024 Admit Card Release Date	April 1, 2024

Post-examination, the main concern that applicants see as a source of stress is knowing their JEE Main score and percentile. NTA ranks the applicants on the basis of their percentile, which is directly related to the JEE section-wise marks. Behind these two terms, there is a long calculation process that students must understand and know. This article will help you clear up any doubts related to the JEE Main 2024 percentile calculation. Check the details below for more clarity.

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Important Terms For Calculating JEE Main 2024 Percentile Score

The information provided here regarding the JEE Main 2024 score calculation will use certain terms that you must understand before going further. Check out the terms below:

Term	Description
Percentile Score	A score that indicates the percentage of test-takers who scored lower than you on the exam. (e.g., a 90th percentile score means you scored higher than 90% of the test-takers).
Normalization Process	A technique used by the NTA to account for any variations in difficulty level between different exam sessions. This ensures a fair comparison of scores across sessions.
Highest Raw Score and Percentile Score	The highest raw scores from each session will be adjusted to equal a 100 percentile score for that session. This means that the highest scores achieved by candidates will be standardised to represent a perfect score of 100 for their specific session
Lowest Raw Score and Percentile Score	When the lowest scores in an exam are all different, the percentile score for these scores varies. This means the percentile depends on how many people took the test in each session.
Total Number of Candidates	The total number of students who appeared for the JEE Main exam in your session.

How to Calculate JEE Main 2024 Scores?

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has published the procedure to be adopted for the compilation of NTA scores for multi-session papers (Normalization procedure based on PERCENTILE SCORE). The step-by-step guide to calculating the NTA score for multi-session papers like JEE Mains 2024 is provided below. Scroll down and understand the process.

Why Normalization Procedure Based on Percentile Score is Used for JEE Main?

For multi-session exams like JEE Mains, the team of NTA experts sets different papers with varied difficulty. Thus, students who get the paper with less difficulty are expected to do well. On the other hand, the scenario is different for students who got the difficult paper set. Thus, to maintain the balance, NTA uses the normalization process that combines the scores from all the shifts and then gives out the ranks. Below is an example taken directly from NTA’s site that will explain the complete normalization process in JEE Main 2024.

Example: Suppose a test was held in 4 sessions of examinees as per details given below:- (Allocation of Days and shifts were done randomly)

(a) Distribution of candidates were as follows:

Session-1: Day-1 Shift-1

Session-2: Day-1 Shift-2

Session-3: Day-2 Shift-1

Session-4: Day-2 Shift-2

Session	Day/Shift	No of Candidates			Marks
Session	Day/Shift	Absent	Appeared	Total	Highest	Lowest
Session-1	Day-1 Shift-1	3974	28012	31986	335	-39
Session-2	Day-1 Shift-2	6189	32541	38730	346	-38
Session-3	Day-2 Shift-1	6036	41326	47362	331	-49
Session-4	Day-2 Shift-2	9074	40603	49677	332	-44
Total(Session-1 to Session-4)		25273	142482	167755	346	-49

In this method of scoring the HIGHEST RAW SCORE in each paper (irrespective of the raw scores) will be the 100 Percentile indicating that 100% of candidates have scores equal to or lesserthan the highest scorer/topper for that session.

Highest Raw Score and Percentile Score: All the highest raw scores will have normalized Percentile Scoreof 100 for their respective session.

Session	Total Candidates Appeared	Highest Raw Score	Candidates who scored EQUAL OR LESS THAN Highest Raw Score	Percentile Score	Remarks
Session-1	28012	335	28012	100.0000000 [(28012/28012)*100]	i.e. all the highest raw scores would be normalized to 100 Percentile Score for their respective session.
Session-2	32541	346	32541	100.0000000 [(32541/32541)*100]
Session-3	41326	331	41326	100.0000000 [(41326/41326)*100]
Session-4	40603	332	40603	100.0000000 [(40603/40603)*100]

Lowest Raw Score and Percentile Score: The Percentile Score of all the lowest raw scores will depend on the total number of candidates who have taken the examination for their respective session.

Session	Total Candidates Appeared	Lowest Raw Score	Candidates who scored EQUAL OR LESS THAN Lowest Raw Score	Percentile Score	Remarks
Session-1	28012	-39	1	0.0035699 [(1/28012)*100]	i.e. Percentile Score of all the lowest raw scores are different i.e. Percentile Score depend on the total number of candidates who have taken the examination for their respective session.
Session-2	32541	-38	1	0.0030730 [(1/32541)*100]
Session-3	41326	-49	1	0.0024198 [(1/41326)*100]
Session-4	40603	-44	1	0.0024629 [(1/40603)*100]

The following is a further explanation of the interpretation of the raw scores and Percentile Score in Session-3 (Day-2 and Shift-1) with 41326 candidates who have taken the examination.

Candidate	Percentile Score	No of Candidates	Raw Score	Remark
A	100	1	331	Indicates that amongst those appeared, 100% have scored either EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN the candidate A (331 raw score). It also indicates that no candidate has scored more than the candidate A (331 raw score).
	[(41326/41326)*100]
B	90.1224411	77	121	Indicates that amongst those appeared, 90.1224411% have scored either EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN the candidate B (121 raw score). It also indicates that remaining candidates have scored more than candidate B (121 raw score).
	[(37244/41326)*100]
C	50.4549194	381	41	Indicates that amongst those appeared, 50.4549194% have scored either EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN the candidate C (41 raw score). It also indicates that remaining those appeared have scored more than candidate C (41 raw score).
	[(20851/41326)*100]
D	31.704012	789	25	Indicates that amongst those appeared, 31.7040120% have scored either EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN the candidate D (25 raw score) It also indicates that remaining candidates have scored more than candidate D (25 raw score).
	[(13102/41326)*100]
E	1.1034216	100	-15	Indicates that amongst those appeared, 1.1034216% have scored either EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN the candidate E(-15 raw score) It also indicates that remaining candidates have scored more than candidate E (-15 raw score).
	[(456/41326)*100]

Method of Resolving Ties:

The overall merit/ranking shall be based on the Percentile scores of the Total Raw Scores. In case of two or more candidates obtaining equal Percentile Scores in the Test, the inter-se merit of such candidates shall be determined in order of preference as follows:

(a) Candidates obtaining higher Percentile Score in Mathematics in the Test.

(b) Candidates obtaining higher Percentile Score in Physics in the Test.

(c) Candidates obtaining higher Percentile Score in Chemistry in the Test.

(d) Candidates older in age to be preferred.

Step-By-Step Procedure For Normalization And Preparation of Merit / Rank List

Step-1: Distribution of Examinees in two days and in two shifts per day

Candidates would be distributed into four sessions randomly so that each session has approximately equal number of candidates. These four sessions would be as follows:

Session-1: Day-1 Shift-1

Session-2: Day-1 Shift-2

Session-3: Day-2 Shift-1

Session-4: Day-2 Shift-2

In the event of more number of days or more number of shifts, the candidates will be divided accordingly.

This will ensure that there is no bias in the distribution of candidates who shall take the examination. Further, with a large population of examinees spread over the entire country the possibility of such bias becomes remote.

Step-2: Preparation of Results for each Session:

The examination results for each session would be prepared in the form of

Raw Scores
Percentiles Scores separately for each of the three subjects (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry) and the Total.

The following 4 Percentiles would be calculated for each candidate in the Session:

Let T, M1, P1, C1 be the raw scores in Total, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry of a candidate and T1P, M1P, P1P, C1P be the Percentile Scores of Total, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry of that candidate.

Step-3: Compilation of NTA score and Preparation of Overall Merit/Rank List:

The Percentile scores for the Total Raw Score for all the four sessions (Session-1: Day-1 Shift-1, Session- 2: Day-1 Shift-2, Session-3: Day-2 Shift-1 and Session-4: Day-2 Shift-2) as calculated in Step-2 above would be merged and shall be called the NTA scores which will then be used for compilation of result and preparation of overall Merit List / Ranking.

The Percentile of all four sessions will be calculated separately for the Total raw score and the raw scores in three subjects (Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry) as follows:

Merge the Percentile Scores calculated above of all four sessions for the Total Percentile, Mathematics Percentile, Physics Percentile and Chemistry Percentile for preparation of NTA scores and overall Merit/ Ranking.

There are some candidates with equal Total Percentile scores (i.e. tie). To resolve tie, the candidates have been arranged in following order:

Ø Higher Percentile score in Mathematics

Ø Higher Percentile score in Physics

Ø Higher Percentile score in Chemistry

Ø Candidates older in age.

The above sequence would be adopted till the tie is resolved. The Final Ranking/ Merit would be prepared after resolving ties.

	NTA SCORE AND OVERALL MERIT /RANK LIST
ROLL NO	RAW SCORE				PERCENTILE SCORE				DATE OF BIRTH
	TOTAL	MATH	PHY	CHE	TOTAL	MATH	PHY	CHE
C20150694	331	120	110	101	100	100	100	99.9201471	7041995
D20479616	332	120	101	111	100	100	99.9778342	99.9926114	25081994
A20020720	335	115	115	105	100	99.9964301	99.9750107	99.9571612	22011995
B20123935	346	115	116	115	100	99.9692695	99.9938539	99.9938539	21081994
C20087997	321	115	95	111	99.9975802	99.9903209	99.9080482	99.9975802	4101993
C20121991	321	106	110	105	99.9975802	99.9007888	100	99.966123	22051995
D20040337	330	120	110	100	99.9975371	100	100	99.8916336	23091994
B20012622	345	115	110	120	99.996927	99.9692695	99.9600504	100	24061994
A20411664	332	111	115	106	99.9964301	99.9500214	99.9750107	99.9750107	23081994
D20568599	320	120	100	100	99.9950743	100	99.9704455	99.8916336	19061995
D20007708	320	105	110	105	99.9950743	99.9285767	100	99.9630569	4111993
B20621750	336	115	110	111	99.9938539	99.9692695	99.9600504	99.9815617	6111994
A20018569	330	115	110	105	99.9928602	99.9964301	99.8714836	99.9571612	3091994
A20339879	330	110	120	100	99.9928602	99.9143224	100	99.8679138	10011994
A20027230	330	110	110	110	99.9928602	99.9143224	99.8714836	99.9964301	17071994
C20058572	316	111	90	115	99.9927406	99.966123	99.787059	100	22061995
C20076289	316	105	100	111	99.9927406	99.876591	99.9685428	99.9975802	11121994
B20298730	331	115	110	106	99.9907809	99.9692695	99.9600504	99.9416121	11121993
D20563271	311	110	90	111	99.9901485	99.9827599	99.8867079	99.9926114	31031995
D20265618	311	105	106	100	99.9901485	99.9285767	99.9926114	99.8916336	1091997
C20060310	315	110	95	110	99.9879011	99.9491845	99.9080482	99.9927406	5111994
C20008597	315	110	95	110	99.9879011	99.9491845	99.9080482	99.9927406	29121994
C20241896	315	110	95	110	99.9879011	99.9491845	99.9080482	99.9927406	11011995
D20074767	310	103	102	105	99.9852228	99.9088737	99.9827599	99.9630569	14091993
B20197060	328	120	106	102	99.9846348	100	99.9047356	99.8248364	24111993
B20035799	328	115	97	116	99.9846348	99.9692695	99.5697735	99.996927	2121994
D20840372	308	106	101	101	99.9827599	99.9556683	99.9778342	99.9162623	15061995
C20388248	307	94	110	103	99.9709626	99.4991047	100	99.9419252	23111993
D20563852	304	103	96	105	99.9704455	99.9088737	99.9532054	99.9630569	4061995
B20175737	321	115	106	100	99.9692695	99.9692695	99.9047356	99.7203528	28101994
B20272584	321	115	105	101	99.9692695	99.9692695	99.8463477	99.7941059	26081994
D20467385	303	103	110	90	99.9679827	99.9088737	100	99.5024998	20071994
D20398094	302	106	96	100	99.9630569	99.9556683	99.9532054	99.8916336	22081995
D20428934	299	77	106	116	99.960594	98.9237248	99.9926114	100	14101993
C20672438	303	99	110	94	99.9588637	99.7047863	100	99.7096259	21081994
B20030697	320	115	105	100	99.9539043	99.9692695	99.8463477	99.7203528	4031994
B20656224	320	115	105	100	99.9539043	99.9692695	99.8463477	99.7203528	11071994
B20410215	320	115	105	100	99.9539043	99.9692695	99.8463477	99.7203528	10061995
D20032939	287	106	95	86	99.9310396	99.9556683	99.9433539	99.2611383	28041994
D20690279	287	106	91	90	99.9310396	99.9556683	99.9064109	99.5024998	19071995
A20074407	314	101	102	111	99.928602	99.3788376	99.4859346	100	13041995
A20751862	310	110	110	90	99.9071826	99.9143224	99.8714836	99.4181065	22031994
A20685124	310	110	110	90	99.9071826	99.9143224	99.8714836	99.4181065	23021996
B20236444	312	120	103	89	99.8770781	100	99.7695215	98.7892198	16031994
C20430859	284	102	90	92	99.8741712	99.8112568	99.787059	99.6346126	11101994
C20518247	284	102	76	106	99.8741712	99.8112568	99.0611237	99.9733824	5081994
B20128586	311	120	91	100	99.8740051	100	99.2102271	99.7203528	6021995
C20045510	282	96	88	98	99.8620723	99.6249335	99.7338237	99.8572327	31071994
B20001667	305	120	91	94	99.803325	100	99.2102271	99.2225193	4011995
B20042147	304	120	87	97	99.7848868	100	98.8445346	99.5544083	27091994
D20840699	260	95	80	85	99.7758786	99.8029702	99.6281063	99.1798636	2021995
D20084751	260	95	80	85	99.7758786	99.8029702	99.6281063	99.1798636	22021995
B20051256	301	106	120	75	99.7480102	99.5667005	100	96.2754679	11011995
B20481968	299	120	90	89	99.7111336	100	99.1088166	98.7892198	2091994
B20091701	299	90	120	89	99.7111336	97.6491196	100	98.7892198	19081994
A20397755	295	120	90	85	99.6608596	100	98.24004	98.9147508	1111994
B20549576	294	120	78	96	99.6281614	100	97.8365754	99.4407056	30101993
B20098269	288	120	83	85	99.5113856	100	98.4235272	98.2452906	21081994
B20914176	258	120	59	79	98.5648874	100	94.5945115	97.2066009	30121994
C20361875	171	54	57	60	96.2832115	93.3480134	96.5203504	95.0878382	14081994
C20860609	171	54	57	60	96.2832115	93.3480134	96.5203504	95.0878382	14081994
C20861476	60	35	20	5	67.0014035	81.8056429	73.0460243	27.9122102	17081994
C20512680	60	35	20	5	67.0014035	81.8056429	73.0460243	27.9122102	17081994
C20069270	60	28	8	24	67.0014035	72.7653293	44.3256062	68.2766297	10101994
C20355550	60	28	8	24	67.0014035	72.7653293	44.3256062	68.2766297	10101994
B20071356	71	29	17	25	62.112412	55.9110046	61.5899942	62.0202206	21041994
B21253378	71	29	17	25	62.112412	55.9110046	61.5899942	62.0202206	21041994
D21237483	55	20	15	20	57.4859001	64.2415585	46.8167377	56.5573972	11041995
D21077463	55	20	15	20	57.4859001	64.2415585	46.8167377	56.5573972	11041995
D20348188	55	5	35	15	57.4859001	29.7441076	85.5404773	44.9326404	1061994
D20777569	55	5	35	15	57.4859001	29.7441076	85.5404773	44.9326404	1061994
A20471411	50	25	15	10	49.7144081	63.5834642	43.5277738	38.7119806	30111994
A20922992	50	25	15	10	49.7144081	63.5834642	43.5277738	38.7119806	30111994
A21004667	50	25	5	20	49.7144081	63.5834642	20.6197344	61.1595031	16031995
A21141123	50	25	5	20	49.7144081	63.5834642	20.6197344	61.1595031	16031995
B21180340	52	25	15	12	46.452168	49.4207308	57.7425402	33.7359024	23121994
B20472057	52	25	15	12	46.452168	49.4207308	57.7425402	33.7359024	23121994
A20180792	-39	-5	-10	-24	0.0035699	3.8876196	1.75996	0.0249893	12051995
B20236060	-38	0	-25	-13	0.003073	4.6679573	0.0245844	0.4148613	8081995
D21277410	-44	-13	-13	-18	0.0024629	1.3890599	0.5295175	0.0837377	17071995
C21082034	-49	-13	-17	-19	0.0024198	0.5323525	0.3750665	0.1742245	19091994

Compilation and display of Result for multi session Papers of JEE(Main) for examinations conducted twice (First and Second attempt) before admissions to the next academic session.

(a) Compilation of Result for First attempt :

Since, first attempt will be conducted in multi-sessions, NTA scores will be calculated corresponding to the raw marks obtained by a candidate in each session as per above procedure. The calculated NTA scores for all the sessions will be merged for declaration of result. The result shall comprise the four NTA scores for each of the three subjects (Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry) and the total for the first attempt.

(b) Compilation of Result for Second attempt:

Similarly, second attempt will be conducted in multi-sessions, NTA scores will be calculated corresponding to the raw marks obtained by a candidate in each session as per above procedure. The calculated NTA scores for all the sessions will be merged for declaration of result. The result shall comprise the four NTA scores for each of the three subjects (Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry) and the total for the second attempt.

(c) Compilation of Result and Preparation of Merit List / Ranking:

The four NTA scores for each of the candidates for the first attempt as well as for the second attempt will be merged for compilation of result and preparation of overall Merit List / Ranking. Those appeared in both the attempts; their best of the two NTA scores will be considered further for preparation of Merit List /Rankingas explained in the following example:

EXAMPLE

Roll No		First Attempt – NTA Score	Second Attempt-NTA Score	Final NTA Score for compilation of result (best of the two in Total)
C20045511	Total	99.8620723	99.8740051	99.8740051
	Mathematics	99.6249335	100.0000000	100.0000000
	Physics	99.7338237	99.2102271	99.2102271
	Chemistry	99.8572327	99.7203528	99.7203528
C20045512	Total	Did not Appear	99.8620723	99.8620723
	Mathematics		99.6249335	99.6249335
	Physics		99.7338237	99.7338237
	Chemistry		99.8572327	99.8572327
C20045513	Total	99.8740051	Did not Appear	99.8740051
	Mathematics	100.0000000		100.0000000
	Physics	99.2102271		99.2102271
	Chemistry	99.7203528		99.7203528
C20045514	Total	99.8740051	99.8620723	99.8740051
	Mathematics	100.0000000	99.6249335	100.0000000
	Physics	99.2102271	99.7338237	99.2102271
	Chemistry	99.7203528	99.8572327	99.7203528

The information provided above for the JEE Main percentile calculation is taken directly from the NTA’s official website, which was provided as a notice in PDF. For those who want to check out the official PDF and download it, click on the link below:

National Testing Agency (NTA) Procedure to be adopted for compilation of NTA scores for multi session Papers (Normalization procedure based on PERCENTILE SCORE): DOWNLOAD PDF

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