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    Is NTA Score and Percentile Same? Score vs Percentile

    Is NTA Score and Percentile Same? Score vs Percentile

    Jalla VenkateshUpdated on 17 Feb 2026, 01:01 PM IST

    Is NTA Score and Percentile Same: Yes, the NTA score and percentile are the same. JEE Main aspirants and education experts use these two different terms for the same score or percentile. The authority releases the JEE Main candidates' scores in the form of a percentile which is also called the NTA score. The JEE Main 2026 exam pattern is for a total of 300 marks. As there are a huge number of JEE Main candidates and the competition is very high, the authority releases the JEE Main students' results in the form of a score out of 100 which is percentile. This percentile will be 7 decimal. The percentile score gives the accurate performance and merit of the JEE Main aspirant who appeared for the exam. The NTA score or percentile is obtained by using a normalisation formula. Candidates raw score, number of students attempted exam in the shift will be used while calculating the Percentile score. The JEE Main 2026 result has been published on February 16, 2026.
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    This Story also Contains

    1. What is Percentile?
    2. What is the NTA Score?
    3. JEE Main 2026 Score vs Rank
    4. JEE Main 2026 Marks vs Percentile
    5. Why Are NTA Scores and Percentiles Important?
    Is NTA Score and Percentile Same? Score vs Percentile
    Is NTA Score and Percentile Same? Score vs Percentile

    What is Percentile?

    Percentile on the other hand is a statistical term used to denote how a candidate has performed in the charts of other candidates. It is a proportion of candidates who have received a lower score or have received an equal score to a specific score. The percentile does not show the actual marks that a candidate has attained but indicates the ranking of a candidate to the rest.

    The formula for calculating percentile is

    Percentile = Number of candidates with a score less than or equal to the candidate’s score/ Total number of candidates x 100.

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    What is the NTA Score?

    The NTA score is a mathematical mark of the performance of the candidate during the JEE Main exam. It is computed in respect to the raw marks of the student in the examination. The NTA score cannot be equated with raw marks that have been achieved since it is normalized to the extent that it gives fairness to the evaluation process. The NTA score determines the performance of the candidates in the various sessions of the JEE Main exam since the level of difficulty of the test might be different in each session.

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    JEE Main 2026 Score vs Rank

    Candidates can check the expected JEE Main score vs rank 2026 in the table below.

    JEE Main 2026 ScoreJEE Main 2026 Rank

    100-99.999

    1 - 15

    99.99890732 - 99.99617561

    16 - 56

    99.99417236 - 99.99153171

    86 - 125

    99.99034797 - 99.97687156

    142 - 341

    99.97413985 - 99.95228621

    381 - 704

    99.95028296 - 99.91549924

    733 - 1246

    99.91395128 - 99.87060821

    1269 - 1909

    99.86150253 - 99.78191884

    2043 - 3217

    99.77499852 - 99.69159044

    3319 - 4549

    99.68494329 - 99.57503767

    4647 - 6269

    99.56019541 - 99.40858575

    6488 - 8724

    99.39319714 - 99.17311273

    8951 - 12197

    99.1567225 - 98.87981861

    12439 - 16524

    98.85149993 - 98.52824811

    16942 - 21710

    98.49801724 -98.09290531

    22156 - 28132

    98.07460288 - 97.54301298

    28402 - 36243

    97.4927496 - 96.87838902

    36985 - 46047

    96.80927687 - 96.0687115

    47066 - 57991

    95.983027 - 95.05625037

    59254 - 72925

    94.96737888 - 93.8020333

    74236 - 91426

    93.67910655 - 92.21882783

    93240 - 114780

    92.05811248 - 90.27631202

    117151 - 143434

    90.0448455 - 87.51810893

    1468491 - 184121

    87.33654157 - 83.89085926

    186799- 237626

    83.5119717 - 78.35114254

    243215 - 319343

    77.81927947 - 69.5797271

    327188 - 448730

    68.80219265 - 56.09102043

    460200 - 647703

    54.01037138 - 36.58463962

    678394 935442

    35.2885364 - 18.16647924

    954561 - 1207129

    17.14582299 -5.71472799

    1222184 - 1390805

    JEE Main 2026 Marks vs Percentile

    Candidates can check the expected JEE Main Marks vs Percentile in the table below.

    JEE Main MarksJEE Main Percentile

    300-291

    100-99.999

    292-280

    99.99890732 - 99.99617561

    279-271

    99.99417236 - 99.99153171

    268-259

    99.99034797 - 99.97687156

    258-250

    99.97413985 - 99.95228621

    249-240

    99.95028296 - 99.91549924

    239-230

    99.91395128 - 99.87060821

    229-220

    99.86150253 - 99.78191884

    219-210

    99.77499852 - 99.69159044

    209- 200

    99.68494329 - 99.57503767

    199-190

    99.56019541 - 99.40858575

    189- 180

    99.39319714 - 99.17311273

    179-170

    99.1567225 - 98.87981861

    169-160

    98.85149993 - 98.52824811

    159-150

    98.49801724 -98.09290531

    149-140

    98.07460288 - 97.54301298

    139-130

    97.4927496 - 96.87838902

    129-120

    96.80927687 - 96.0687115

    119-110

    95.983027 - 95.05625037

    109-100

    94.96737888 - 93.8020333

    99-90

    93.67910655 - 92.21882783

    89-80

    92.05811248 - 90.27631202

    79-70

    90.0448455 - 87.51810893

    69-60

    87.33654157 - 83.89085926

    59-50

    83.5119717 - 78.35114254

    49-40

    77.81927947 - 69.5797271

    39-30

    68.80219265 - 56.09102043

    29-20

    54.01037138 - 36.58463962

    19-10

    35.2885364 - 18.16647924

    9-0

    17.14582299 -5.71472799

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    Why Are NTA Scores and Percentiles Important?

    The NTA score and the percentile have a major role in the JEE Main examination but they are used to serve different purposes. NTA score, which is an absolute performance of a candidate in the exam, is used to assess the performance of a candidate in the exam and the percentile is used to determine the position of the candidate among other candidates.

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    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: Is NTA score marks or percentiles?
    A:

    For normalization between sections, NTA will be done using the percentile equivalence. Percentile Scores: Percentile scores are the scores that are determined by the relative performance of all those that appear in the examination. The marks that are obtained are basically converted to a scale between 100 and 0 between two sessions of the examinees.

    Q: How to convert NTA JEE Main marks into percentile?
    A:

    NTA Percentile = 100 × The number of candidates in the session with a raw score that does not exceed that of yours. 

    In that session, the number of candidates was total. NTA Percentile= On that session, the number of candidates was total. 100X The number of candidates in the session who scored at least as lowly on a raw score as yourself.

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    Parala Maharaja College is govt affiliated. As per rules ZZ category which means outside Odisha cannot apply for seats under the official counselling. I wold advise to go to the college and ask for better guidance. The cutoffs for 2025 are not up o the OJEE site but 2024 also

    Decent chances actually. However, you havent given the category as well as home state.

    If we look at the general category, you have chances in newer IIITs and NITs as well . but again this differs for branch too.

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