If you got 43 percentile in CET exam, then it means your rank is around 53000 to 59000. With this rank, you may not get top engineering colleges or popular branches like Computer Science or IT in big cities like Pune or Mumbai. But still, you can get admission in private engineering colleges or in less competitive branches like Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, etc.

Some colleges that may offer you admission at this percentile are colleges in Nagpur, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Palghar, and Amravati. For example, colleges like KDK Nagpur, MIT Aurangabad, DY Patil Kolhapur, Priyadarshini JL College Nagpur, and Sharad Institute Kolhapur have given admission at this level in past years. Mostly, you will get Mechanical, Civil or Electrical branches. In some small colleges, you may also get Computer Science or IT if there are empty seats in later rounds.

But placements and teaching quality may not be very high in these colleges, so it's better to check the college reviews, placement record, and facilities before taking admission.

If you belong to OBC category, your chances improve slightly, and you may get better colleges compared to open category students with same percentile.

You should wait for CAP Round 2, 3 or even spot round, because some students leave their seats and you may get better options.

Website for checking college options and counselling:
https://fe2024.mahacet.org

Thanks for reaching out. Scoring 43 percentile in MHT CET might me low , so getting into top engineering colleges may be difficult, especially in core branches like CS or IT. However, don’t worry you still have options in private or semi-private colleges.Based on recent years, with 43 percentile, you can not make it to the CAP rounds for top government colleges, but some colleges you can still look at include:

• Jayawantrao Sawant College of Engineering, Pune
• Trinity College of Engineering, Pune
• Sanjeevan Engineering College, Kolhapur

Also, you can explore branches other than CS/IT, like Civil, Mechanical, or Electronics, where cutoffs are usually lower. You may also try for admission through the institute-level quota or management quota in private colleges. Keep checking the CAP Round seat allotments—sometimes there are seats vacant in the later rounds.
Wishing you good luck,

College of Engineering, Trivandrum

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