Section-wise minimum admissible score (SMAS) or section-wise cut-off marks
- For each section, “20% of the average of the best 100 scores in that section” will be considered as the section-wise minimum admissible score (SMAS).
- SMAS for different sections can have different numerical values.
- SMAS for the two sessions, for any particular section, can obviously be of different numerical values.
- SMAS for OBC students would be 90% of the respective SMAS for General category students.
- SMAS for SC/ST/ PwD students would be 50% of the respective SMAS for general category students.
- A candidate is required to score equal to or above the SMAS in at least three subject sections to qualify for percentile calculation.
Subject cut-off/ SMAS For shirt-1
| Category | Shift- 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Biology | Chemistry | Mathematics | Physics |
| General/ EWS | 9.2947368 | 8.198 | 6.358 | 5.534 |
| OBC-NCL | 8.36526315 | 7.3782 | 5.7222 | 4.9806 |
| SC/ST/PwD/JK | 4.64736842 | 4.099 | 3.179 | 2.767 |
For shift- 2
| Category | Shift- 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Biology | Chemistry | Mathematics | Physics |
| General/ EWS | 8.054 | 8.504 | 6.824 | 6.10105263 |
| OBC-NCL | 7.2486 | 7.6536 | 6.1416 | 5.49094736 |
| SC/ST/PwD/JK | 4.027 | 4.252 | 3.142 | 3.05052631 |
Overall cut-off or minimum Admissible Percentile (MAP)
In addition to SMAS, a candidate is required to score equal to or above a total minimum admissible percentile (MAP) to get a merit rank.
- MAP for NEST 2025 is 95 percentile for general category candidates.
- MAP fr NEST 2025 is 90 percentile for OBC candidates.
- MAP for NEST 2025 is 75 percentile for SC/ST/PwD.
A candidate scoring less than the MAP would not be allotted any merit rank and would not be deemed eligible for admission, even if the candidate secures SMAS in all sections.