The controversial NEET PG normalization process for this year's exam has been clarified by NBEMS. According to the NBE, the candidates' raw score will not be "reported or disclosed" or used for qualifying or ranking criteria.
In spite of many requests from doctor associations and candidates, the NBEMS said that it would conduct the NEET PG exam 2025 in 2 shifts.
The absence of transparency in the exam was the basis for opposing the decision. Candidates additionally expressed concern that different difficulty levels across shifts may affect their rankings and admission chances, given that several candidates scored in the same NEET PG percentile in the previous year's exam.
NEET PG 2024: Normalisation Method
Raw scores and percentages will be used to generate the NEET PG exam results for each shift. Regardless of the actual raw score or percentage, the top score in each paper will be assigned a 100 percentile under this grading system. This means that every other applicant in that shift received a score that was either the same as or lower than this top scorer. The percentile score obtained from the raw score will be used to calculate the final merit list and rankings for NEET PG. The older applicant will receive a higher rank if the percentiles are tied. In order to avoid ties between candidates and minimize clustering effects, percentile scores will be computed to seven decimal places.
For instance, if the highest score in shift 1 is 80%, it will be normalized to the 100th percentile for that shift. If the highest score in Shift 2 is 82%, it will be normalized to the 100th percentile for that shift.
This method clearly differentiates between candidates from various shifts by guaranteeing that each best score earns a percentile 100 inside its particular shift.
Through the link provided here, candidates can also view the guidelines for the AIIMS normalization process.
NBEMS to HC about State Merit List
In December of last year, the NBEMS informed the Rajasthan High Court on the normalization criteria used to create state merit lists, using a "scientific method."
"An exercise was undertaken and on the basis of the percentage suggested by the State of Rajasthan, their raw marks (not percentile) were reckoned and incentivised marks were calculated and then again, shift-wise percentile was calculated on the basis of All India data and merit list after merging the result of Ist shift and IInd shift, the candidates of Rajasthan were picked and merit list was sent to the State Government," said the NBEMS.
