WBJEE Merit List 2024 Dates, PDF, Tie Breaking Rule, GMR, Marks vs Rank, Rules for Determining Rank

How You Can Check Merit List ?

Candidates can use the steps mentioned below to check/ view Merit List: 

• Visit the official website of WBJEE i.e. wbjeeb.nic.in
• Click on the link ‘WBJEE 2024 Merit List’
• Enter your roll number and date of birth
• Click on the ‘Submit’ tab.
• The merit List will be displayed

Want to Know How is the Merit List Prepared?

The merit list includes the names of the candidates shortlisted for counselling and further admission process, marks obtained in Paper I (Mathematics), Marks obtained in Paper II (Physics & Chemistry), total marks secured, and category-wise overall rank. 

The officials prepare the merit list as per the below-mentioned criteria-

• The board considers the marks secured and subject taken by a candidate in exam.
• Separate merit list is released for each category.
• In case of similar WBJEE ranks, tie-breaker is conducted for candidates.
• 10% seats are reserved for JEE Main qualified candidates.

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General Merit List & Pharmacy Merit List

Two separate merit lists based on the papers (subjects) and the marks obtained thereof are prepared for counselling. The Merit Lists are General Merit List (GMR) and Pharmacy Merit List (PMR).WBJEE 2024 Merit List Compilation  is as following:

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Check Rank vs Marks

For the ease of test-takers, we have formalised a basic Rank vs Marks chart analysing past years’ trends to tell what score a candidate needs to get for obtaining a rank in a particular range.

Read about Marks Vs Rank

Top 5 Colleges and their Ranks

Usually, students are sceptical about what ranks they need to get to get their names in WBJEE merit lists. For their convenience, we have chalked out the ranks required to get into top 5 premier colleges under WBJEE for 3 of the most popular courses.

The list above reflects two government colleges and 3 private colleges. All of them offer great placement opportunities. However, cumulative fees for the government colleges may range from Rs. 25,000- Rs. 30,000; whereas for private institutions it can range from Rs. 5,00,000- Rs. 6,00,000.

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WBJEE Merit List 2024: Rules for Determining Rank

If one analyzes the WBJEE Rank List of previous years, one can easily identify a trend in the ranks achieved and colleges granted. There are basically four rules followed in the rank system. Let’s check it out:

1. More Marks mean Less Crowd

Whenever a student scores high, the competition will be less for them. The reason behind this is that there are very few students who are able to score in the upper bracket. Thus, rank does not vary much with marks.

2. Less Marks mean More Crowd 

If a student scores less (for example 40, 50, or 60), there will be a huge competition and crowd as there will be numerous students who would have secured the same marks and fall under the same bracket. In such cases, even a difference of 1 mark can cause a shift of 500-600 rank.

3. Negative Marking can cause a Drop-in Rank

There are two students who have obtained the same marks, but there is a difference in rank. Why? This is primarily because one of them might have marked a higher number of wrong answers. For example, there are two students A & B. Both of them get a score of 50. However, A marked higher number of negative questions, say 5; and B marked 0 negative questions. In this case, A will get a rank of approximately 8000 whereas B will get a rank of 7500. Thus, there’s a high demand of accuracy while attempting paper.

4. Subject Priority

If two students score the same, their rank is decided on the subject priority. Subject Priority means the number of questions attempted from Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry. This is how priority charts flow down. Take for example, two students, X & Y, both get a score of 80 marks. X attempted 50 questions from Mathematics (highest) whereas Y attempted 40 questions from Physics (highest). Since X attempted more number of questions from Priority I subject, they will get a higher rank than Y.

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What is the Tie-Breaking Rule?

The Tie Breaking Rules  are given below:

Tie-breaking Rule for General Merit Rank

• Less negative marks in Math, Physics and Chemistry took together.
• More positive marks in Maths and Physics took together
• More positive marks in Math and Chemistry took together
• Less negative marks in Maths and Physics took together
• Less negative marks in Math and Chemistry took together
• More positive marks in Math for only the 2 marks questions
• More positive marks in Physics for only the 2 marks questions
• More positive marks in Chemistry for only the 2 marks questions
• Less negative marks in Math for only the 2 marks questions
• Less negative marks in Physics for only the 2 marks questions

Tie-breaking Rule for Pharmacy Merit Rank

• Less negative marks in Physics and Chemistry.
• More positive marks in Chemistry
• Less negative marks in Chemistry
• More positive marks in Chemistry for only the 2 marks questions
• Less negative marks in Chemistry for only the 2 marks questions
• More positive marks in Physics for only the 2 marks questions
• Less negative marks in Physics for only the 2 marks questions

Check Seat Allotment

Final Tie-breaking rule for GMR and PMR

After application of the tie-breaking rules as applicable, if there are still ties, the same will be broken by the date of birth (DOB) of the candidates, with the older candidate having preference over the younger one.

After the declaration of merit list, counselling rounds are conducted based on the ranks secured by candidates in the exam. Candidates who qualify the exam are eligible to participate in WBJEE counselling 2024.

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