The JEE (main) merit list — the final rankings for admission to National Institutes of Technology (NIT) and other technical institutes like Delhi Technological University — has left students puzzled. Even students who are ranked high in the JEE (advance) — the entrance test for IITs — are ranked lower than 700 in the JEE (main) list despite scoring more than 300 out of 360 .
Kartikeya Gupta, the all-India fourth rank holder in JEE (advance) and Delhi topper, scored 323 in JEE (main). But he has been ranked 738 in the JEE (main) merit list issued by CBSE on Tuesday. In fact, two students with the same JEE (main) score but a difference of eight marks in their Class XII boards results have been placed 1,900 ranks apart.
Students say the normalization formula for marks is "skewed" and may hurt their career prospects. Also, they claim, the 60:40 weightage to the entrance score and board exam marks is not being calculated properly, leading to errors in the result. For example, Ruchir Thaman of DPS R K Puram and his friend scored 247 in the JEE (main). While Ruchir scored 461 (92.2%) out of 500 in the Class XII Boards, his friend scored eight marks more than him. "But the merit list ranked me at 5,814 and my friend at 3,962. How can a difference of just eight marks in the boards lead to a difference of 1,900 ranks? Had the entrance score alone been considered, both of us would have been ranked within 2,000 in the merit list," said Ruchir, who may not be able to get a computer science seat in any of the NITs.
Fears about the normalization process distorting rankings have come true, given the numerous errors. Rohit Bhardwaj from Rajasthan Board passed Class XII with 82.62% and scored 192 in JEE (main) while his friend Deepak Choudhary got 82.15% in the boards and 188 in JEE (main). "But I am ranked way below him as there is an error in percentile calculation," said Rohit.
In another case, a student who scored 95% in Class XII and 210 in the JEE is ranked much higher than another student who scored 92% in the boards but 260 in the JEE. A 15 marks' advantage in the boards has outweighed the other's 50-mark advantage in the JEE. However, originally, it was decided to assign weightage to the JEE and board exam scores in a 60:40 ratio. But after the JEE (main) results were announced, the JEE Interface Group came up with the novel normalization formula that has put many candidates at a disadvantage.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/JEE-ranks-stump-students/articleshow/20920389.cms
Kartikeya Gupta, the all-India fourth rank holder in JEE (advance) and Delhi topper, scored 323 in JEE (main). But he has been ranked 738 in the JEE (main) merit list issued by CBSE on Tuesday. In fact, two students with the same JEE (main) score but a difference of eight marks in their Class XII boards results have been placed 1,900 ranks apart.
Students say the normalization formula for marks is "skewed" and may hurt their career prospects. Also, they claim, the 60:40 weightage to the entrance score and board exam marks is not being calculated properly, leading to errors in the result. For example, Ruchir Thaman of DPS R K Puram and his friend scored 247 in the JEE (main). While Ruchir scored 461 (92.2%) out of 500 in the Class XII Boards, his friend scored eight marks more than him. "But the merit list ranked me at 5,814 and my friend at 3,962. How can a difference of just eight marks in the boards lead to a difference of 1,900 ranks? Had the entrance score alone been considered, both of us would have been ranked within 2,000 in the merit list," said Ruchir, who may not be able to get a computer science seat in any of the NITs.
Fears about the normalization process distorting rankings have come true, given the numerous errors. Rohit Bhardwaj from Rajasthan Board passed Class XII with 82.62% and scored 192 in JEE (main) while his friend Deepak Choudhary got 82.15% in the boards and 188 in JEE (main). "But I am ranked way below him as there is an error in percentile calculation," said Rohit.
In another case, a student who scored 95% in Class XII and 210 in the JEE is ranked much higher than another student who scored 92% in the boards but 260 in the JEE. A 15 marks' advantage in the boards has outweighed the other's 50-mark advantage in the JEE. However, originally, it was decided to assign weightage to the JEE and board exam scores in a 60:40 ratio. But after the JEE (main) results were announced, the JEE Interface Group came up with the novel normalization formula that has put many candidates at a disadvantage.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/JEE-ranks-stump-students/articleshow/20920389.cms
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