MAHCET CAP 2016: Dont over estimate; know the Merit formula & check where you stand

Centralized Admission Process (CAP) 2016 for admission to MBA/MMS 2016-18 batch at JBIMS, SIMSREE, N L Dalmiya, PUMBA and 400 B-schools has already begun on May 25 and will be over on June 3, 2016. There are still 3 days to apply as a new candidate for those who have not registered to seek admission in top B-schools on the basis of their scores in MAHCET/CAT/MAT/CMAT/ATMA/ XAT.

JBIMS has again joined CAP 2016 after a gap of one year and has announced that it would accept admission only through CAP 2016. The announcement has ushered the MBA/MMS 2016-18 aspirants in the domain of anxiety which B school they could get with their scores out of 400 B schools in Maharashtra.

A candidate with a 99 percentile would definitely expect to find himself in the best placed merit position as he has scored the highest percentile in MAH CET 2016. But it may not necessarily happen. Your position in merit may move upwards or downwards due to the merit formation formula of DTE Maharashtra and your All India exam scores.

MBAUniverse.com brings before you the opportunity to find your own merit position with parameters as adopted by DTE Maharashtra

Merit preparation of MAHCET 2016 For Maharashtra State(MS) and Outside Maharashtra State(OMS) candidates seeking admission against All India Seats, apart from MAHCET 2016 score, DTE Maharashtra will consider CAT 2015; CMAT 2016; MAT 2016; XAT 2016; ATMA; GMAT. The merit list will be prepared on the basis of the highest percentile score obtained by the candidate in any of the above tests.

DTE admission notification states that the scores obtained in the exam will be converted to the percentile score upto 2 decimal points without rounding off. If a candidate has appeared in more than one examination, the best percentile scored by him shall be taken into account for preparation of merit list.

Formation of merit in case of equal marks and percentile Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) Maharashtra proposes to prepare relative merit list on the basis of following criteria for CAP round in MAHCET 2016
More weightage will be given for the higher percentage of marks scored in class 12 or its equivalent examination.
Preference will be given to the candidates who have scored more marks in class 10.
Preference on the basis of age will be given to a candidate who is elder.

Separate merit lists for MS & OMS Separate merit list will be prepared for admission against the Maharashtra state seats (Home University, Statelevel and Persons with Disability); All India Level Seats (State level) and J&K migrant(Statelevel)candidates.

Seat Allotment Seats will be allotted to candidates as per their merit and as per the options filled in the option formand thenumber ofseatsavailableat that point of timein the stagesofCAP Round.

Allcandidateseligibleforaparticularstageofallotmentwillbeconsidered forallotment fora seatinthatstageeveniftheyhavebeenallotted/notallottedaseatinthepreviousstage.

Upward shift in merit possible Candidates appear in multiple examinations. For example the candidates who have scored 99+ percentile in MAHCET 2016 and whose admission at any of IIMs, FMS Delhi, IIFT, MDI, IMT, IMI, XLRI has already got the final shape, they may not prefer the B school in Maharashtra and as such, more spaces may fall vacant. Therefore, during the allotment at any stage, the candidate may get upward shift in the allotmentwith reference to the optionsfilled in the option form according to availability ofseatsatthatpointoftime.

How to know about the seat allotment Allotment of seats to the candidates is proposed to be displayed on DTE Maharashtra website on June 4, 2016. It would be only provisional allotment. No personal communicationin the form of allotment letter in this regard will be issued to the concernedcandidates.

Theauthorized documentfortheallotmentwillbetheinstitutewiseallotmentlist. Besides, allotmentagainst thefirstavailableoptionintheorderofoptionsfilledintheonlineoptionformshall be considered as final.

Avoid candidature cancellation The candidates, having secured allotment are required to confirm the admission by reporting at theinstitutementionedinallotmentalongwiththeoriginalcertificatesneededforadmissiononor beforethe lastdatespecifiedforthesame.Nopersonalcommunicationinthisregardwillbe issued. If the candidate doesnt report at the institute and doesnt take admission in the allotted institute as per the provisions of respective CAP round, its liable that his admission may get cancelled.

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