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Utkarsh Pant from Navi Mumbai, who already made it to the news with his All India Rank (AIR) 45 in JEE Advanced, is also among the 13 candidates who have scored 100 percentile in PCM group of MHT CET results declared on Thursday evening.
Student of FIITJEE coaching, Utkarsh who takes inspiration from his father — a qualified engineer himself — told The Indian Express that he “obviously like computers. But the interest began with mathematics and physics.”
Talking about his MHT-CET result, Utkarsh said, “When I appeared for CET, there was no clarity on whether I will qualify for IIT seat. I gave my 100 per cent in order to get admission to a good engineering college, if not IIT. I am glad knowing the score, but my path is different now.”
Utkarsh expressed that lockdown did not allow him to meet friends but “it helped save a lot of time spent on the commute to educational institutions.”
When not studying, watching videos on YouTube and making paper planes helped de-stress while studying as he believes quality is more important than the quantity of time spent studying.
This year, in the PCM group, a total 13 students have scored 100 percentile and 14 candidates have earned the perfect score in the PCB group. A total of 605944 (282070 in PCM and 323874 in PCB group) candidates registered for the MHT CET exam, which was much higher than last year’s number of registrations (517132). Out of 605944, 467379 (231264 in PCM and 236115 in PCB group) candidates appeared for the exams this year.
