What is NTA Score in JEE Main Results 2024? Steps to Calculate

What is NTA Score? NTA Score stands for National Testing Agency Score in the JEE Main results 2024. It is a standardized score that is used to evaluate the performance of candidates in various entrance examinations conducted by NTA.

The NTA Score is determined by a candidate's performance in the entrance examinations like JEE Main 2024. Factors such as the difficulty of the exam, the number of candidates taking it, and the distribution of marks among those candidates are all taken into account when calculating the NTA Score.

What is NTA Score?

NTA score is a positional rank or percentile score of a candidate who appeared for the JEE Main exam. The score calculation is based on the performance of candidates who have appeared for the exam.

The process goes like this: the raw marks obtained from the session-wise test are normalized. The marks obtained are transferred into a 100-to-0 scale for each session. Then, the candidate's position on the scale is calculated by a simple percentile.

The normalized score is then calculated against the multi-session scores to get an NTA score.

For Example, Let us say that 100 candidates, including you, appeared for the JEE Main exam. On the day of the JEE Main result 2024, your percentile score is 99. This means that 98 candidates scored below you.

Also Check: JEE Main Marks vs Percentile vs Rank 2024

Is NTA Score and Percentile the Same?

NTA score signifies the percentage of marks scored by the applicants who appeared for the exam. In contrast, the JEE main percentile score indicates the percentage of candidates scoring equal to or below the target given percentile, which is determined after the normalization process with the marks scored by the candidates.

Next, compiling the raw marks, the NTA utilizes the percentile equivalence for the normalization process (formula) across subjects - Physics, Chemistry, and Maths (PCM) as well as total.

Here are three terms to keep in mind:

• Raw Score or Raw Marks: The raw score/ mark is your score. Your raw score may vary a lot, but depending on the range your raw score falls under, you will get a particular NTA score and Percentile. Generally, the maximum raw score you can get is set to 300.
• NTA Score: The NTA score is the percentile score or position of the students who have shown up for the JEE exam. The NTA score is determined after applying the normalization process to your raw marks against multiple sessions.
  Estimates are derived from many understudies who showed up for the JEE Main assessment. More importantly, do not mistake NTA scores for crude scores!
• Percentile: The percentile score denotes the percentage of candidates that have scored equal to or below (same or lower score) the percentile in the exam. This score is based on the relative performance of candidates who have appeared for the exam.
  The percentile score is calculated by converting the total marks secured by the candidate into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each examinee session.

Also Check: What is a Good Percentile in JEE Main 2024?

How to Calculate the NTA Score?

The percentile scores of the candidates are based on the examination performance. The raw marks scored by the candidates are converted into a scale range (100-0) per session of examinees.

The Percentile Score (JEE Main Percentile score) will be the "Normalised Score" (instead of the candidate's raw marks), which will be used to prepare the merit list.

It indicates the percentage marks of candidates scoring is EQUAL TO OR LESS (same or lower raw scores) than that of a particular session in that examination.

The percentile scores can be calculated to 7 decimal places to avoid the bunching effect and reduce ties among participants with similar scores. The formula for Percentile Score is as follows:

The total number of candidates who appeared in the "Session."

Note: The percentage of the total shall NOT be an aggregate or average of the percentage of the individual subject. The percentile Score is not similar to the Percentage of Marks achieved.

Also, Check: What is a Good Score in JEE Main 2024?

NTA Score Required to Qualify for IIT

One of the most frequent questions asked is, 'How do you estimate the score to qualify for JEE Advanced?' The answer to this is simple; you can learn about the score by calculating the JEE Advanced cut-offs for the current year.

The table below showcases the JEE Advanced 2024 cut-offs.

If we were to calculate the JEE Advanced 2024 cut-off numbers, these numbers in the table would prove to be good estimates. However, again, treat them as estimates only. As per experts, they say a candidate who scores 90 percentile will have qualified for the exam.

Also, Check: How to Calculate JEE Main 2024 Rank From Percentile?

JEE Main Rank Calculation Example

Two candidates, A & B, appeared for the JEE Main 2023 in June and July. 'A' scored 95th percentile and 65th Percentile in June and July, respectively. 'B,' on the other hand, got 80th and 98th Percentile in the respective months.

Looking at the bigger picture, B has the highest percentage (98th), which overtakes A's highest percentage (95th). Therefore, B will rank higher than A.

It works because the highest percentile of the two tests is considered. So, if B had not written the second test but A still did, then A would have ranked higher.

Here are a few key points to remember about JEE's Main percentiles:

• Percentiles and percentages are different from each other.
• Percentile, even during your day of work, matters.
• Percentile calculation takes into consideration your current age.
• JEE Main rundown set-ups are based on percentile scores, not on crude marks by others.

Read More: How to Calculate JEE Main 2024 Percentile?

How to Calculate NTA Rank from Score?

From a candidate's perspective, it would make sense to look at the toppers and their percentile scores and judge how they rank against them. Likewise, they think figuring out their percentile may help them understand how they rank.

Given below is the percentile calculator JEE. It can also be used as a JEE Mains percentile predictor. We can use the following formula to obtain your JEE Main 2023 rank from your Percentile Score.

Where,

• N is the total number of students who have appeared for the exam;
• P is the percentage of students below or equal to your marks;
• (100 - P) is the percentage of students above your marks;
• ([100 - P]/100) * N+1 is the number of students above your marks.

The rank obtained here is estimated to be the All-India Rank (AIR). The actual rank, however, will vary. The factors also include the normalization of the results, for which we do not know the process.

Also Check: JEE Main 2024 Normalisation Process: How Scores are Calculated?

NTA JEE Main 2023 Rank vs Score Table 

Ranks are allotted based on the percentile achieved by the candidate. Refer to the table below to know the ranking.

Also Check: JEE Main 2024 Number of Attempts: Which Score Will Be Considered? [Explained]