MAH MBA CET 2024 Counselling Process (Started) - CAP Dates (Out), Merit List, Seat Allotment, Cutoff

MAH MBA CET 2024 Counselling Process (Registration Open)

MAH MBA CET 2024 CAP registration started on July 12, 2024, on the official website at mba2024.mahacet.org.in/cetmba24/mba24. Candidates can register and upload the required documents for MAH MBA CET CAP until July 22, 2024. The document verification process started on July 13 and will continue till July 23, 2024. The provisional merit list will be displayed on July 25, 2024. Final Merit lists of Maharashtra State/All India candidates will be out on July 30, 2024. The direct link for MAH MBA CET 2024 CAP registration is below:

MAH MBA CET 2024 counselling process, officially known as the Centralized Admission Process (CAP), includes several steps, such as registration, filling out the application form, verifying documents, choice filling, seat allotment, and confirmation of admission. The seat matrix is announced at the beginning of each counselling round, and candidates must list their preferences in the CAP Option Form. Then, the seat allotment is made based on the merit and preference of candidates, and a provisional allotment is released for the particular round. Candidates can exercise their choices under which they can retain the seat or choose to participate in further rounds of MAH CET counselling 2024. If you appeared for the MAH MBA CET 2024, find the details about the MAH MBA CET counselling 2024 on this page.

What is MAH MBA CET CAP?

MAH MBA CET CAP is the state-level counselling process conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra, for admission to the first year of MBA/MMS colleges in Maharashtra. Candidates applying for Maharashtra State or All India Candidature or any other have to apply for the MAH MBA CET 2024 CAP for admissions in Maharashtra, except for admission in the Institution Quota (Management Quota) seats, which are offered via direct admissions. All of the top management institutions in Maharashtra are bound to offer admissions under the MAH MBA CET 2024 CAP as per the norms set by the Maharashtra Government.

• Under this process, candidates who clear the MAH MBA CET exam must register online for CAP at the State CET website.

• Candidates must fill out the CAP form mentioning their academic details, MAH CET score, and preferred courses/colleges.

• CAP cut-offs and merit lists are released in two rounds.

• The State CET allots seats to candidates at their preferred colleges based on cut-offs fixed by the admission authorities. 

• Those who are allotted seats are then required to visit the college and complete the admission process within the stipulated time.

• Candidates who confirm their admission in the first round are not considered for the second round of admission.

MAH MBA CET CAP 2024

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MAH MBA CET Counselling 2024 Dates

Check the complete dates related to the MAH MBA CET 2024 counselling process below:

MAH MBA CET 2024 Counselling Dates for Maharashtra State/All India/NRI/OCI/PIO/CIWGC/FN Candidates

MAH MBA CET 2024 Counselling Dates for Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh Migrant Candidates

Step-by-Step MAH MBA CET 2024 Counselling Process

The counselling process for MAH MBA/ MMS CET 2024 involves multiple stages and rounds. Candidates must go through each stage to proceed to the next. Check the details of the MAH MBA CET Counselling 2024 given below.

1. Online Registration

• Candidates must register for the MAH MBA/ MMS CET CAP through the official website and create a login ID and password.

• Using the credentials, candidates must log in and fill out the CAP Application Form, upload a scanned copy of the required supporting documents, and pay the application fee.

• Candidates must upload scanned copies of their original documents as per the requirements specified in the application form.

• Finally, after submitting the application form, candidates should print it out for future reference.

2. Document Verification

• The confirmation of the application form and document verification is conducted online by the E-Scrutiny Center.
• If a candidate's application and documents are in order, the verification status and a receipt-cum-acknowledgement will be available in the candidate's login on the website.
• If an error is found, the candidate will be informed of the details. After rectifying the error through their login, candidates must re-submit their application.

3. Display of Provisional Merit List & Submission of Grievances

• Once the application confirmation and document verification are complete, a provisional merit list will be released on the official website based on different categories.

• If a candidate finds any discrepancies in their data displayed in the provisional merit list, they can submit their grievance through their login.

• Candidates who submit a grievance will be allowed to make corrections in their application form and submit supporting documents to justify their request for correction.

• The status of the candidate's grievance (whether accepted or rejected) will be updated on their profile along with an updated receipt-cum-acknowledgement.

4. Display of Final Merit List

• The category-wise final merit list will be released after considering all of the grievances raised by the candidates.

• The MAH MBA CET merit list 2024 will be displayed on the official website.

• This merit list will be used for seat allocation in all further rounds of CAP. The steps following these will be repeated for each round.

5. Display of Seat Matrix

• Category-wise seats for the particular CAP round will be released by the official body.

• The Seat Matrix will contain the vacant seats for each course in each participating MAH MBA/ MMS CET 2024 CAP college.

6. Online Submission and Confirmation of Option Form (Choice Filling)

• Candidates must fill out the option form, in which they must provide their choice of colleges in order of preference.

• They can select a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 300 choices in the Options Form.

• Candidates can make changes to the MAH MBA CET 2024 CAP Option Form any number of times before the specified submission deadline.

• Finally, when a candidate is fully satisfied with their chosen options, he can proceed to the confirmation of the Option Form.

• If a candidate does not manually confirm the option form, it will automatically be confirmed on the deadline.

7. Provisional Seat Allotment

• The preference entered by the candidate in the Option Form and the availability of seats will determine the MAH MBA CET 2024 seat allotment based on merit.

• Candidates will then have the option to accept the seat and/or withdraw their candidature from further CAP rounds or accept the seat and participate in further rounds of MAH MBA CET 2024 counselling.

• Candidates who have been allotted the seat as per their first preference will not be allowed to participate in any further rounds of counselling, and the allotted seat will be automatically frozen. The only option available for such candidates is to move to the next step in the process.

8. Reporting to the Admission Reporting Centre (ARC)

• Candidates who have been allotted a seat in the provisional allotment must report to the ARC to accept their allotted seat.

• Those candidates who wish to apply for a better seat in the next round of CAP must report to the ARC after the allotment.

9. Reporting to the Allotted Institute

• To finalize their admission through CAP, candidates must report to the allotted institute.

• The institute will verify the candidate's documents and upload their admission status to the online system.

• Candidates will also be required to submit the fee and get a receipt for it from the institute.

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MAH MBA CET 2024 CAP Eligibility Criteria

To participate in the MAH MBA CET 2024 CAP, candidates must make it a point that they fulfil the requisite eligibility criteria of the counselling process of MAH CET. For each category of candidates, the conducting body specifies separate eligibility criteria. The MAH MBA CET CAP admission will be done for:

• Maharashtra State Candidature

• All India Candidature

• Jammu & Kashmir Migrant Candidature

• NRI/OCI/PIO Foreign National, Children of Indian workers in the Gulf countries

MAH MBA CET 2024 Category-Wise Eligibility Criteria

The table below lists the category-wise eligibility criteria for MAH MBA CET CAP 2024. Let’s take a look.

MAH MBA CET 2024 CAP Registration Process

To participate in the MAH MBA CET 2024 Counselling Process or CAP, candidates are required to register on the official website. A separate application form has to be filled out for CAP, and candidates must pay the requisite fee before the deadline specified by the official body. Candidates can register for MAH MBA CET Counselling Process 2024 in two ways that are listed below:

• Candidates who have appeared for MAH MBA CET can log in directly through their registration details.

• Candidates who did not appear for MAH MBA CET but CAT, XAT, or ATMA are also eligible to register for the counselling process.

The steps to register for MAH MBA CET 2024 CAP are given below.

• Step 1: Go to the official website of MAH MBA CET 2024.
• Step 2: Click on 'New User' and register by entering your name, email ID, date of birth, and phone number.
• Step 3: A unique ID (application ID) will be generated and sent to you by email.
• Step 4: Use this unique ID to log in to the website and validate the registration.
• Step 5: Log in to the portal to complete the MAH MBA CET CAP form 2024.
• Step 6: Upload the required documents to complete the online CAP form.
• Step 7: Pay the required CAP registration fee.
• Step 9: Download and print out the filled CAP application form.

MAH MBA CET 2024 CAP Application Fee

The application fee for MAH MBA CET 2024 differs according to the candidate's category. The following table shows this.

MAH MBA CET 2024 CAP Application Fee Payment

The application fee payment for MAH MBA/ MMS CET CAP must be completed by the candidate online only before submitting their application form. The fee payment is mandatory before the final submission of the application form can be made.

MAH MBA CET 2024 CAP Application Form Correction

The State Common Entrance Test Cell allows editing the CAP registration form. Following are the details that candidates can change in CAP form:

• Change of gender

• MAH CET score (change in merit number due to an increase in marks will not be allowed)

• Change in Qualification

• Change in caste category: The candidates will be allowed to change caste/sub-caste/the backward class category, but changing from General to Reserved Category is not permitted. However, a reserved category candidate will be allowed to change his/her category from Reserved to General upon his failure to submit the requisite documents

• Change in Type of Candidature

• Change in Home University

• Removal of Reserved category status like Minority, Disability, Defence, etc. because of failure of submission of supporting documents

• Removal of Tuition Fee Waiver Seats (TFWS) in case of failure of submission of supporting documents

Documents Required for MAH MBA CET 2024 Counselling

Aspirants must have certain documents required for MAH MBA CET counselling process ready for submission during the verification process. Candidates must note that they must produce the original certificates/documents and their photocopies. Here is a list of documents required for MAH CET CAP:

• 10th and 12th class mark sheet
• Bachelor’s degree mark sheet
• Maharashtra domicile certificate
• MAH CET rank card
• MAH CET 2024 scorecard
• Income certificate (if relevant)
• Valid photo ID proof
• Indian citizenship document
• School leaving certificate
• Caste certificate (if applicable)

Click on the link below to get the detailed list of  documents required for MAH MBA CET 2024 counselling process:

Exercising Options in MAH MBA CET Counselling 2024

After the provisional allotment of seats has been completed in the MAH MBA CET 2024 counselling process, candidates will be required to respond to the allotment through their login portal. Candidates will have the following options when responding to their provisional allotment in MAH MBA CET 2024.

Top MAH MBA CET 2024 Participating Institutes and Cutoff

The names of the MAH MBA CET participating colleges 2024 and the cutoff percentile specified by them have been tabulated below:

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MAH MBA CET Counselling 2024 - Seats Reservation

Under Maharashtra state-level seats, there will be two categories– Home University and other than home university. Applicants who have cleared the MAH MBA CET Exam 2024 will be assigned a merit number based on their MAH MBA CET Score 2024. Allotment of seats under CAP for various institutes and the seats that will be available through CAP are as follows:

MAH MBA CET Normalization Process 2024

The examination conducting body uses the MAH MBA CET normalization process to compare candidate scores across multi-shift papers. This process is comparable to those used in other Indian MBA entrance exams. The MAH MBA CET is divided into numerous sessions over three days with two sessions each day. While preparing the merit list, the examination authority does not simply compile the candidates' scores based on the sum of their correct and incorrect answers. Instead, they use score normalization to ensure all candidates are graded on the same scale.

This is necessary because one session of a multi-session exam can be slightly easier or harder than another. The MAH CET score normalization process ensures that no candidate is in a favorable or unfavorable position when the MAH MBA CET result and merit list are prepared. In MAH CET MBA/MMS, the percentile score, calculated up to seven decimal places, is used as the Normalized Score instead of the raw scores of the candidates. The formula for percentile score calculation is: