How to Use the MHT-CET College Predictor (with Examples)

Our free MHT-CET College Predictor shows which engineering colleges and branches in Maharashtra closed near a given percentile in CAP Round I, using the State CET Cell's official cut-off lists for 2024, 2025 and 2026. It is useful long before results: a mock-test percentile is enough to see what a score would mean.

Step by step

1. Percentile: enter your MHT-CET (PCM) percentile. Before the exam, use your latest mock-test percentile.
2. Category and gender: choose your category (Open, OBC, SEBC, EWS, SC, ST, VJ/DT, NT) and gender. Some seats are reserved for women, so this changes the list.
3. Home university: this depends on where you passed Class 12. For Nashik district it is Savitribai Phule Pune University, which is already selected.
4. Colleges in: start with "Nashik district", then widen to the Nashik region, Pune, Mumbai or all of Maharashtra.
5. Branch: all branches, or a group such as Computer/IT/AI, Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical or Civil.
6. TFWS: tick this if the family income is up to ₹8 lakh, to include tuition fee waiver seats.

How to read the three labels

• Good chance: your percentile is clearly above the highest cut-off of the last three years.
• Possible: at or near the 2026 cut-off, but not clear of every year.
• Reach: 1 to 3 points below the 2026 cut-off. Seats like these sometimes open up in later rounds.

We tested the rule on the 2024 and 2025 lists against the real 2026 cut-offs: "Good chance" held for about 9 in 10 colleges with cut-offs above 90, and fewer at lower percentiles, where cut-offs move more. Rows marked "Cut-off moves a lot" are the hardest to predict.

Example 1: a mock percentile of 92

A Class 12 student from Nashik, Open category, home university SPPU, enters 92 with "Nashik district" and "All branches". The list shows which Nashik colleges and branches are a good chance, possible or a reach at that level. Changing the branch to "Computer, IT, AI & Data Science" shows how much tighter those seats are. The useful question is not "which college?" but "how many percentile points would move me into the next group?"

Example 2: the same score, a wider area

The same 92 with "Pune region" or "All Maharashtra" usually shows a longer list, including colleges with hostels. This is how families decide early whether to stay in Nashik or look further, before the option form is due.

Using it during preparation

Run the predictor after each mock test with the new percentile. Seeing the list grow is a better motivator than a raw score, and it turns a vague goal into a specific one: "four more percentile points puts these three colleges in the Good chance group." MHT-CET percentile explained shows how marks turn into percentile.

What it is not

Cut-offs change every year with the number of students and seats, so the predictor is a guide for planning and for the option form, not a promise of a seat. It covers Maharashtra State seats in CAP Round I (PwD, Defence, Orphan and Minority seats are not included). For the official process, see how admission works after MHT-CET and the CET Cell's own lists.

At DV40

Our MHT-CET (CET) coaching at the Panchavati centre includes online mock tests with a percentile-style report, and free CAP guidance for our students after the exam. Book a free counselling session to go through the list with us.