The Normalization Procedure – NTA Score from the Home Page of JEE Main website furnishes all the details (https://jeemain.nic.in/webinfo/Public/Home.aspx).
Percentile Score is the score based on the relative performance of candidates who have appeared for the exam. To calculate a percentile score, the marks secured are converted into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each session of examinees. JEE Main 2020 January exam will be held on multiple days and sessions with the difficulty level of the exam varying from day to day and from session to session. Thus, to ensure the equity in assessing the performance of all the test-takers, the exam conducting authority introduced the percentile system based on the normalization process. NTA uses the given below formula to calculate the percentile score of a candidate. The formula to calculate the score is:
NOTE: Percentile score is not the same as the percentage of marks secured.
NTA’s normalization process for the preparation of JEE Main merit/rank list will comprise of the following steps:
Step-1: JEE Main is conducted in two shifts over four days.
Step-2: Once the examination is over, the results for each session will be prepared using raw scores and percentile scores for each subject.
Step-3: The third and last step would be the compilation of NTA score and preparation of JEE Main merit list. Remember, the Final Ranking/ Merit would be prepared only after resolving ties (if any).
To compile JEE Main 2020 result, the four NTA scores (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and overall score) of the first attempt and the second attempt will be merged for the compilation of results and preparation of overall Merit List/Ranking. Candidates who appear in both the attempts; their best of the two NTA scores will be considered further for the preparation of Merit List /Ranking.