How to check your JEE Main result | A complete guide

This year the National Testing Agency (NTA) has decided to conduct JEE Main exams in two sessions, one in June and one in July. The JEE Main result for both of these sessions will be declared separately on NTA’s official website. Candidates can download their scorecards from the website. Apart from their scorecards, candidates can also check their overall NTA JEE Main result by providing their application number and date of birth. Given below are details pertaining to JEE Main examination results time and date, the difference between percentile score and percentage score, and more.

JEE Main result – Date and time

Tentatively, the NTA should publish the results, separately for each session, within three weeks of the JEE Main examinations. The date and time for JEE Main result 2022 have not been disclosed yet. However, a tentative JEE Main result date timetable has been provided for candidates to refer to.

JEE Main events	Dates (tentative)
JEE Main examinations	Session 1 – Second to the third week of June Session 2 – Second to the third week of July
Releasing JEE Main provisional answer key	For the first session – First week of July For the second session- First week of August
Challenge period for answer key	Second week of July (first session) Second week of August (second session)
Releasing JEE Main final answer key	Second week of July (first session) Second week of August (second session)
Releasing JEE Main result	Session 1 – Second week of July Session 2 – Second week of August

How to check your JEE Main result?

As pointed out earlier, candidates will be able to check their JEE Main results online on the official website of NTA. A link to the JEE Main portal can be found on the JEE Main website at the time of the result declaration. Candidates will need to enter their information to access their NTA JEE Main result.

Follow this step-by-step guide to check your JEE Main result for 2022 –

• Visit the official NTA website for JEE Main examinations (jeemain.nta.nic.in)
• Click on the “JEE Main Result” link on the home page.
• Once the page loads completely, fill in your JEE Main application number, date of birth, and security pin.
• Click on ‘Submit‘ and the NTA JEE Main result will appear on your screen.
• On top of the screen, you will find the ‘Download/Print‘ option. Click on it to download and print the JEE Main Result for future use.

Note: Candidates must keep printouts of their scorecards and JEE Main results safely. These are important documents for the counseling and admission procedure for colleges. Also, make sure that you keep checking the official website for any JEE Mains results updates.

Details on NTA JEE Main result scorecard

The JEE Main scorecard holds essential information for counseling and admission procedures. The scorecard has personal information of the candidate and academic qualifications as well as detailed JEE Main ranks and scores.

Here is a breakdown of all the information that your JEE Main scorecard holds –

• Subject-wise (Physics, Chemistry, and Math) scores in JEE Main examination (for example, JEE Main paper 2 results)
• Aggregate scores in three subjects (Physics, Chemistry, and Math) in the JEE Main examination
• Your full name
• Your roll number/application number
• Date of birth
• Father’s and Mother’s name
• JEE Main state code
• Nationality and category

How is the JEE Main result calculated?

The NTA will use normalization to release the JEE Main result. Since the examination is conducted across different days and sessions, there are chances that some candidates get easier papers than others. To prevent this from happening, NTA adopts the process of normalization to ensure that no candidate is at a disadvantage due to different papers/sessions. Candidates are ranked on the basis of percentile scores based on a predetermined formula.

How to calculate your JEE Main percentile?

The normalized JEE Main scores show the percentage of examinees whose marks are equal to or lower than the highest-scoring candidate in that session.

The following is the formula for calculating your percentile which also determines All India Ranks –

100 x (no. of candidates who took the exam in that session with a raw score equal to or lower than the candidate)

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(the total number of examinees who appeared in the session)

Likewise, candidates can also use the same formula for different subject papers.

JEE Main result percentage score vs. percentile score

The biggest confusion among candidates is that they are unable to distinguish between the JEE Main percentile score and the percentage score. The two are not the same and indicate very different aspects of the examination. First, the JEE Main percentage score is the outcome of absolute marking, whereas the percentile score is related to the relative marking outcome. Percentile also helps in listing the AIR rankings

Formula for calculating your JEE Main percentage –

100 x (marks scored by a candidate)

_____________________________

(total marks)

Formula for calculating your JEE Main percentile –

100 x (number of candidates with total marks less than the total marks scored by the candidate)

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(total no. of candidates taking the exam in that session)

JEE Main final result

If a candidate has taken the JEE Main examination in both sessions, then the highest scores achieved in both sessions will be used to calculate JEE Main final result and the All India Rank. The final result will include information regarding the candidate’s All India Rank as well as the cut-off score that one needs to have to be able to sit for the JEE Advanced examination. The following information about your scores will be included in the final IIT JEE Mains result –

• Total score in the June session
• Total score in the July session
• The best score out of the two sessions
• JEE Main All India Rank
• Candidate’s category (if applicable)
• JEE Advanced cut-off marks

What’s next?

Once the final JEE Main result is out, those who qualify for the examination will be eligible to register for the counseling procedure conducted by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). Through counseling, candidates are admitted to institutes, that include the IITs, NITs, and GFTIs. Only those who register will be eligible to take part in the counseling session. The JEE Main counseling can take up to seven sessions, that consist of mock seat allotment, locking choices, final allotment, and payment of seat fee.

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FAQs

Q1. How is the JEE Main rank list calculated?
Answer – The JEE Main rank list is based on the percentile score obtained by a candidate. The percentile score is the number of candidates with a score equal to or lower than the candidate in that session, divided by the total number of examinees who appeared in the session.

Q2. When will the JEE Main 4th attempt result come out?
Answer – In 2022, candidates will only have two attempts to sit for the JEE Main examination. The two sessions will be conducted in June and July, respectively. Hence, there will be no JEE Main session 4 result.

Q3. Can the final result of the JEE Mains be challenged?
Answer – No, the JEE Main NIC result published by the National Testing Agency is final and cannot be challenged.