MHT CET 2026: Students Ask for Early Answer Key as Results Likely in May-June
The MHT CET 2026 session 1 exam has concluded and candidates are now gearing up for the second attempt of MHT CET 2026 in May. Those who appeared in session 1 are now curious about the MHT CET 1st attempt result date 2026 along with the timelines for answer key and response sheets.
MHT CET 2026 Result Date Update for Session 1
The State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra, conducted the MHT CET 2026 PCM exam for session 1 from April 11 to 20, while the PCB exam was conducted from April 21 to 26. This is the first time the Maharashtra CET is being conducted twice in a year. Recently, the CET Cell has also announced the MHT CET session 2 exam date. Candidates now want to check their performance before appearing for the session 2 exam.
As per reports, the MHT CET result for session 1 is expected by the end of May, while the session 2 results are expected by the end of June. Instead of an early result, students are demanding an earlier release of answer keys and response sheets to at least know their scores.
Several students are already writing emails to the CET Cell on this matter. At the start of the session, it was explicitly said that the MHT CET exam will be conducted in two sessions, similar to the national-level JEE Mains. In JEE Mains, there is a considerable gap between the two sessions, which makes it possible to release the answer key hold the objection period, and finally publish the results. However, this is not the case in MHT CET 2026, which makes it unlikely that the results will be announced before session 2.
Commonly asked questions
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.
The CET Cell has announced the MHT CET result 2025 for both PCM and PCB groups. Candidates can download their scorecard online from the MHT CET official website. MHT CET 2025 result for PCM was announced on June 16 while the PCB group result announced on June 17. MHT CET Result 2025 has been announced on the website mahacet.org and mahacet.in.
MHT CET counselling 2025 is over. The schedule of MHT CET counselling registration was announced on the official website and the same can be checked on Shiksha. The MHT CET counselling registration started on June 28 and the last date to register for the counselling was July 11. The last date for documents verification was July 12, 2025.
Despite this, the officials are working towards benefiting the aspirants and possibly releasing the results before the 40-day cycle, which has been observed in the past years. Still, there is no official update yet on releasing answer keys before that.
For now, students continue to wait and hope that the CET Cell will consider their request and provide some clarity before the second attempt exams begin.
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