100 Marks in MHT CET Percentile 2026: Expected Rank and Colleges

With 120 marks in MHT-CET (General category), you are unlikely to get top colleges/branches (like CSE/IT in COEP, VJTI) but can aim for mid-tier private/university-affiliated colleges in less competitive branches.

The round-wise cutoff ranks for MHT CET counselling can be checked on the MHT CET portal at mahacet.org. The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell is the organizing body of MHT CET counselling. The cutoff for each round for all the participating institutes and branch/specializations are made available on the MHT CET portal. Candidates can also check MHT CET cutoff for all participating colleges on the Shiksha page.

For the General HS category, the cutoff ranged from 4.33 to 20.54 percentile for M.Tech course specialisations. Therefore, students need to attain at least 4.33 percentile for admissions at COEP Pune. MHT CET M.Tech percentiles are required for admission to M.Tech courses at COEP, Pune.

Students should note that the above mentioned percentile is only valid for the General HS category in the last round. Other rounds and categories will have different minimum qualifying percentiles. To know more, students can click here. 

With 97.5 percentile in MHT-CET, you have a strong chance to get admission in reputed colleges like PICT Pune, VIT Pune, SPIT Mumbai, or Thakur College of Engineering for branches such as IT, ECE, or Electrical. COEP and VJTI may be difficult for CSE. Government colleges like WCE Sangli, SGGS Nanded, and GCOE Amravati are also good options. You can get preferred branches in private colleges and core branches in government ones. Your chances further improve if you belong to a reserved category or have home university advantage within Maharashtra.

Rank around 50k, some colleges are :

1. Government College of Engineering, Amravati

2. Government College of Engineering, Jalgaon

3. Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of Technology, Badnera

4. K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering and IT (less competitive branches)

5. Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pune (non-core branches)

6. MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune (non-CSE branches)

Many private self-financing colleges throughout Maharashtra

No, it is generally not possible to get the admission to B.Tech programme with 36% through MH-CET. 

The minimum qualification marks for General Category are usually 45% and reseved categories, it is 40%.Though having only 36% cannot make the admission for the most of the colleges.

There are some colleges consider 12th grade marks as part of admission criteria with minimum percentage of typically ranging from 50% to 65%.