AP ICET 2024 Normalization Process: How to Calculate AP ICET Score

AP ICET 2024 Normalization Process 2024 is done to ensure that each student is evaluated fairly irrespective of the difficulty level of papers in different shifts. The AP ICET exam is expected to be conducted in a total of 2 shifts on a single day sometime on May 6 & 7, 2024. Each candidate was allowed to appear for a single session only. Even though both sessions were conducted based on the same AP ICET exam pattern and have questions from the same syllabus, there may be a difference between the difficulty levels of the question paper of each session.

To ensure that this discrepancy does not compromise the fairness of the AP ICET 2024 result, a normalization process is used. The AP ICET 2024 results will be made available in June 2024. The conducting body of the AP ICET 2024 exam will release the AP ICET normalization process in the instruction booklet. Candidates who appeared for the exam can take note of the AP ICET normalization process given in this article to have an idea of how the AP ICET results are calculated.

Also Read: What is a Good Score in AP ICET 2024?

About AP ICET 2024

The Andhra Pradesh Integrated Common Admission Test (AP ICET) 2024 is set to be conducted in May 2024. Andhra University conducts AP ICET 2024 on behalf of the APSCHE (Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education) for admission to Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Computer Application (MCA) courses in Andhra Pradesh.

AP ICET Results 2024: Why Opt for Normalization of Scores?

The AP ICET 2024 exam is conducted in two sessions. However, it must be noted that both sessions are based on the same syllabus, and the same pattern for candidates having the same eligibility criteria. A candidate cannot appear in two sessions. He/she will be eligible to appear only in one session. Candidates must be aware of the fact that the AP ICET question paper will be different for each session. Hence, there is a possibility that the difficulty level of questions varies in both sessions of AP ICET 2024. Nevertheless, the conducting authority has assured that it will frame questions for both sessions that are of the same standard and similar difficulty level. Furthermore, the conducting authority will also adopt a normalization process to eliminate any such variations in the difficulty level of various sessions.

AP ICET Normalization 2024: Highlights

The most significant highlights of the AP ICET Normalization Process 2024 have been tabulated below:

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Importance of Normalization in AP ICET 2024

Normalization is a very important process in the calculation of the results of the AP ICET exam. Normalization ensures that students who have appeared for a paper with easier difficulty do not get an advantage over those who have attempted a comparatively more difficult question paper.

Different sets of question papers are prepared for each session of the AP ICET exam and even though SVU tries to maintain the same level of difficulty across all of the question papers, there are chances that some students have to face a more difficult question paper than the others. Here, the normalization process is applied to ensure that the final results are fair so that no student gets a benefit or disadvantage because of this discrepancy.

After normalization, the marks of candidates who have attempted an easier question paper may be decreased and the marks of those who have appeared for a tougher question paper may be given a slight increase. Thus, the performance of each student is measured accurately and the scores can give the correct comparison of the performance of each candidate.

Normalization is a very common process in exams and it is also used for the same purpose by many other popular entrance examinations such as the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), Common Admission Test (CAT), Joint Entrance Exam (JEE), etc.

The normalization process of various entrance exams in India is given below.

AP ICET Normalization Process 2024

Normalization aims to offer a fair chance to the candidates who had to solve a question paper that was more difficult compared to the ones who got an easier paper. The idea is to rationalize rank the candidates based on the global performance. The formula given below is used for calculating the normalized marks of a candidate in the AP ICET exam.

The normalization process of the AP ICET exam involves the calculation of the following parameters.

• SMS = Average Score of the Candidate's Session + Standard Deviation of the Candidate's Session

• GMS = Average Score of All Sessions + Standard Deviation of All Sessions

• Top AverageSession = Average Marks of the Top 0.1% of candidates of a session

• Top AverageGlobal = Average Marks of the top 0.1% candidates across both sessions

It is also important to note that for candidates for whom there is no qualifying cutoff in the AP ICET exam (i.e. SC / ST category candidates) if the final marks after normalization go below zero, they are awarded zero marks in the exam. Normalization is a very important step in the calculation of AP ICET Results. Candidates are ranked based on their normalized scores only. If a tie exists between more than one student, then AP ICET-2024 normalization marks will be considered for resolving the tie.

Through normalization, the exam conducting body ensures that each candidate gets a fair chance at proving their potential. After normalization, MBA colleges in Andhra Pradesh and MCA colleges in Andhra Pradesh that accept AP ICET scores for admission can get an accurate idea of the performance of the candidates and conduct the admission process accordingly.

Also Read:AP ICET MBA Exam 2024

AP ICET Normalization 2024: Important Points

• If any General Category candidate attempts to avail of the benefit of relaxation of minimum qualifying marks in AP ICET 2024 to obtain a specific rank, or claims to belong to SC/ST category, the conducting body has the authority to cancel the rank in case the claim is found to be invalid at any point of time.

• The rank obtained in the AP ICET 2024 examination is the primary criterion on which the selection of candidates and allotment to colleges depends. 

AP ICET Normalization 2024: Qualifying Criteria

The conducting authority will assign ranks to the following students in the order of the merit on the basis of marks obtained in the AP ICET exam:

• General Category candidates securing 25% qualifying marks in AP ICET (50 out of 200), and

• Candidates belonging to the SC/ST category to whom qualifying marks have not been prescribed

• AP ICET scorecard will be valid for one year only.

Only the candidates who clear the AP ICET cutoff are considered eligible to take part in the counselling process. Apart from this, every college specifies its own cutoffs for admission. AP ICET colleges are divided into four categories -- A, B, C and D -- as per the cutoff ranks from high to low.

Also Read: AP ICET Marks vs Rank 2024

AP ICET Results 2024- Tie-breaking criteria

• During the preparation of the AP ICET 2024 merit list, if it is observed that more than one student scores the same marks, the tie will be resolved by the following method:

• By considering the marks scored in Section-A

• If the tie is not resolved, marks obtained by a student in Section-B will be taken into consideration.

• If the tie still continues, the age of the candidate will be considered, giving the older candidate priority.

AP ICET Rank vs Marks

Candidates interested in admission to various colleges can also check the approximate AP ICET rank cut-offs for admission to various colleges offering MBA and MCA in Andhra Pradesh.

Also Read: AP ICET Merit List 2024

AP ICET 2024 Normalization of Marks: Demonstration with Sample Data

Demonstration of Normalized marks in Session 1

Demonstration of Normalized marks in Session 2

Demonstration of Normalized marks in Session 3

Example of Normalized marks in Session 4

AP ICET Normalization 2024: Colleges Accepting AP ICET Scores

The colleges in Andhra Pradesh accepting AP ICET scores along with the marks accepted by them have been tabulated below:

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