Another windfall of grace marks

This year saw a windfall in grace marks for students. While 14 grace marks were awarded in the II Pre-University (PU) exams, those who wrote the Common Entrance Test (CET) also got eight grace marks.

A break-up given in this year’s CET showed that the maximum grace marks were given in biology (three), followed by physics and mathematics (two each), and one mark in chemistry.

However, this is lower than what was awarded during the previous years, Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) officials claimed. While 18 grace marks were awarded in CET – 2013, with biology and physics seeing marks as high as seven and six respectively, CET – 2014 saw 16 grace marks being given to students (nine in chemistry).

Spot ranks Meanwhile, for thousands of students still hinging their hopes on photocopying, re-totalling and re-evaluation of II PU results, June 14 will become a crucial day as the results of the same will be announced. For those who will see a change in marks (among others), spot ranks (G55) will be assigned automatically by the KEA software, without disturbing the rank numbers of other candidates.

19,275 eligible for admission to Medical/Dental 1) Priya Narwal, Army Public School, K. Kamaraj Road, Bengaluru 2) Manasa. L, VVS Sardar Patel PU College, Basaveshwaranagar, Bengaluru 3) Pallavi. T, Deeksha CFL PU College, Talghattapura, Bengaluru
	85,407 eligible for ISMH 1) Manasa. L, VVS Sardar Patel PU College, Basaveshwaranagar, Bengaluru 2) Pallavi. T, Deeksha CFL PU College, Talghattapura, Bengaluru 3) Priya Narwal, Army Public School, K. Kamaraj Road, Bengaluru
1.12 lakh eligible for Engineering 1) Swagat S. Yadawad, Guru Junior College, Hyderabad 2) Kommuru Alekhya Reddy, Sunrise International Residential School, Anekal 3) M. Karthik, VVS Sardar Patel PU College, Basaveshwaranagar, Bengaluru
	1,394 eligible for Architecture 1) Sharan. G.S, Deeksha CFL PU College, Talghattapura, Bengaluru 2) Aparna Warrier M, National Public School, Koramangala, Bengaluru 3) Vandana T Shekar, Kumaran’s Composite PU College, Padmanabhanagar, Bengaluru
82,161 eligible for BSc (Agriculture) 1) Raviteja Reddy C.D., Vision PU College, Kalyan Nagar, Bengaluru 2) Pallavi. T, Deeksha CFL PU College, Talghattapura, Bengaluru 3) Amit Phabba, Sharanabasaveshwar Residential Composite PU College, Kalaburagi
	85,577 eligible for BSc (Veterinary Science) 1) Priya Narwal, Army Public School, K. Kamaraj Road, Bengaluru 2) Manasa. L, VVS Sardar Patel PU College, Basaveshwaranagar, Bengaluru 3) Pallavi. T, Deeksha CFL PU College, Talghattapura, Bengaluru
1.16 lakh eligible for B.Pharma and Pharma.D 1) Kommuru Alekhya Reddy, Sunrise International Residential School, Anekal 2) Swagat S. Yadawad, Guru Junior College, Hyderabad 3) Priya Narwal, Army Public School, K. Kamaraj Road, Bengaluru

Grace marks awarded

Subject	CET-2013	CET-2014	CET-2015
Physics	6	4	2
Chemistry	3	9	1
Mathematics	2	3	2
Biology	7		3
Total	18	16	8

Spot ranks awarded:

CET-2013: 5,401

CET-2014: 6,499