JEE Main 2022: Normalisation Score, Re-Checking, Mark vs Rank vs Percentile, Counselling Date

JEE Main 2022 or the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) is an undergraduate entrance test for B.Tech admissions in 31 NITs, 25 IIITs and 19 GFTIs. JEE Main is also an eligibility test for admission to IITs through JEE Advanced. JEE Main Paper 1 is conducted for admission to B.E./B.Tech programs and Paper 2 is held for admission to B.Arch & B.Planning courses separately as JEE Main Paper 2A (B.Arch) and JEE Main Paper 2B (B.Planning). NTA JEE Main 2022 is scheduled to be conducted twice this year in June and July. Unlike last year with 4 attempts, JEE Main 2022 aspirants get only 2 chances to score well in the exam.

JEE Main 2022 Highlights

Exam Name	Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main
Conducted By	JEE Apex Board (JAB)
Mode of Conduction	Computed Based Test (Pen and paper-based for Drawing section in B.Arch)
Duration	3 hours (3.5 hours for both –B.Arch and B. Planning)
Exam Frequency	Twice a year (June and July sessions)
Total Registrants for Previous session	1,048,012
Official Website	jeemain.nta.nic.in
Papers	3 – B.E/B.Tech, B. Arch and B. Planning
Total Marks	B.E/B.Tech –300; B.Arch –400; B. Planning- 400
Total Questions Asked	B.E/B.Tech – 90; B.Arch – 82; B. Planning- 105
Total Questions to be Answered	B.E/B.Tech – 75; B.Arch – 77; B. Planning- 100
Marking Scheme	4 for each correct response; -1 for each incorrect response; Unattempted questions are not marked
Medium of paper	13 languages- English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu
Helpline	0120-6895200

JEE Main 2022 Revaluation/Re-Checking

Candidates willing to apply for the JEE Main revaluation must note that the National Testing Agency (NTA) does not allow re-evaluation or re-checking of the JEE Main Result 2022.

JEE Main Result 2022 Normalisation Score

This year the JEE Mains 2022 exam is held in two sessions, session 1 and session 2. The JEE Mains 2022 session 1 was held in two shifts, shift 1 (morning) and shift 2 (evening), from 23 June to 29 June 2022 across various JEE exam centres in India. In the JEE Main 2022 session 1, some shifts might have had tougher question papers than other shifts. This might affect the JEE Main results for students who appeared for the JEE Main exam across shifts. With the varying difficulty of JEE Main questions, it is essential to normalise the JEE Main score so that no student is at a disadvantage. The JEE Main 2022 normalisation procedure ensures that all students have a fair score for the JEE Main result 2022. In this JEE Main normalisation process 2022, NTA uses a formula to calculate the percentile score in total for each subject. 

The JEE Main 2022 Percentile Scores are calculated up to 7 decimal places to avoid ties. The JEE Mains results Percentile score of a Candidate is calculated as follows: 100 X Number of candidates who appeared in the session with a raw score equal to or less than the students divided by the total number of the students who appeared in the session.

Visit the official website of the NTA to check and download the detailed information about JEE Main 2022 Normalisation Score.

JEE Main 2022 Result: How Percentile Score is Calculated?

For JEE aspirants, it is important to understand the difference between percentage and percentile and that they will need to score a particular percentile to crack JEE Main 2022. We have provided here the formula to calculate percentile.

The formula to calculate JEE main percentile score is – 100 divided by the total number of candidates who took the JEE Main exam in a certain session with a raw score less than or equal to the candidate who received the highest raw score divided by the total number of candidates who took the exam in that particular session.

JEE Main Merit List 2022 – JEE Main Rank List 2022

Along with the JEE Main result 2022, the JEE Main rank list 2022 will be released as well by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on their official website. The JEE Main percentile score will be used as the major criterion to prepare the JEE Main rank list 2022. Students who wish to access the JEE Main Merit List 2022 must log in to the JEE Main official website. The JEE Main merit list 2022 will have the names of the students in descending order according to the marks obtained. Students who scored the highest marks in the JEE Main 2022 exam will have their names on the top of the list while the students who score the lowest marks will have their names on the bottom of the list. JEE Main 2022 merit list date will be announced on the official website of JEE Main. You can save this page to get all the latest information regarding the JEE Main Merit List 2022.

JEE Main 2022 Subject Combinations Required

The pre-requisite to writing the JEE Main 2022 exam is to successfully pass the classes 11 and 12 exams with a subject combination of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Students who wish the write the JEE Main 2022 exam must write the JEE Main papers for all three subjects—Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Find below the mandatory subjects for each of the courses under the JEE Main.

1. B.Tech/B.E: It is mandatory for students to take Physics and Maths along with one of the subjects including Chemistry, Biology, or Biotechnology.
2. B.Arch: The mandatory subjects are Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
3. B.Planning: The mandatory subject is Mathematics.

JEE Main 2022 Tie-Breaking Criteria

As per the new JEE Main 2022 tie-breaking criteria, age and application numbers in ascending order will also be considered along with other factors. For the academic year 2020-2021, the age factor was not considered in the tie-breaking criteria. To avoid a tie-between two applicants in the JEE Main exam, NTA calculates the scores of each student up to seven decimal points. However, if the score remains the same despite calculating it up to 7 decimal points, NTA uses the following tie-breaking criteria:

1. Score in Mathematics, followed by scores in Physics and then Chemistry.
2. Students with the least ratio of a number of attempted incorrect answers, followed by the least ratio of a number of attempted incorrect answers in Mathematics, and then Physics and Chemistry. 
3. Age 
4. Application number

JEE Main 2022: Marks vs Rank vs Percentile

JEE Main Score out of 300	JEE Main Rank	JEE Main Percentile
286- 292	19-12	99.99826992- 99.99890732
280-284	42-23	99.99617561 – 99.99790569
268- 279	106-64	99.99034797 – 99.99417236
250- 267	524-108	99.95228621- 99.99016586
231-249	1385-546	99.87388626-99.95028296
215-230	2798-1421	99.74522293-99.87060821
200-214	4667-2863	99.57503767- 99.73930423
189-199	6664- 4830	99.39319714- 99.56019541
175-188	10746-7152	99.02150308 – 99.3487614
160-174	16163-11018	98.52824811-98.99673561
149-159	21145-16495	98.07460288-98.49801724
132-148	32826-22238	97.0109678-97.97507774
120-131	43174-33636	96.0687115-96.93721175
110-119	54293-44115	95.05625037-95.983027
102-109	65758-55269	94.01228357-94.96737888
95-101	76260-66999	93.05600452 -93.89928202
89-94	87219-78111	92.05811248 -92.88745828
79-88	109329-90144	90.0448455 -91.79177119
62-87	169542-92303	84.56203931-91.59517945
41-61	326517-173239	70.26839007-84.22540213
1-40	1025009-334080	6.66590786-69.5797271

JEE Main 2022 Topper List with Marks

Once the JEE Mains 2022 Results are declared by the NTA, the authorities will release the JEE Main 2022 state-wise topper list along with a cumulative list of toppers for both the sessions conducted in June and July 2022. 

JEE Main Counselling 2022 Date and Time

JEE Main 2022 Counselling will begin after the results of both session 1 and session 2 is declared on the official website of the exam. The NTA has not yet announced the JEE Main Counselling Date & Time 2022. It’s expected that the JEE Main 2022 Counselling Schedule will be released by the end of July 2022. Candidates are advised to keep checking the official website – jeemain.nta.nic.in. 

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