Compare Evaluation

GATE, like CAT and unlike GRE, GMAT or Board examinations, is a zero sum game. You need to beat someone else to rise up the ranks. You should always remember the fact that you are adjudged relatively, not absolutely. Hence, your rank obviously depends on how you performed relative to your competitors. It does not really matter whether you got 89 marks out of 150, or 148 marks out of 150. What matters the most is how many people you have beaten and how many people have beaten you.

The following list gives us an indication of the degree of competition that was there in GATE 2004.

As we can see, only 137 applicants out of every 1000 applicants in computer science stream were qualified, and only 4 out of 1000 applicants were admitted in premier institutions like IITs and IISc.

Paper Code	Paper Title	Overall
		Regd	App	QTot	App%	Qual%
AG	Agricultural Engineering	672	649	158	96.58	24.35
AR	Architecture & Planning	1387	1311	305	94.52	23.26
CE	Civil Engineering	10165	9340	2370	91.88	25.37
CH	Engineering	6874	6447	1542	93.79	23.92
CS	Computer Science & Engg	40708	37797	5181	92.85	13.71
CY	Chemistry	3174	2936	791	92.5	26.94
EC	Electronics & Comm. Engg	34082	31567	4732	92.62	14.99
EE	Engineering	19858	18548	3442	93.4	18.56
GG	Geology & Geophysics	400	374	87	93.5	23.26
IN	Instrumentation Engineering	5067	4765	663	94.04	13.91
MA	Mathematics	1497	1342	293	89.65	21.83
ME	Mechanical Engineering	28056	26241	4625	93.53	17.63
MN	Mining Engineering	337	318	95	94.36	29.87
MT	Metallurgical Engineering	1300	1185	339	91.15	28.67
PH	Physics	2548	2358	598	92.54	25.36
PI	Production & Ind.Engg	2682	2489	454	92.8	18.24
PY	Pharmaceutical Sciences	6847	6475	1765	94.57	27.26
TF	Textile Engg & Fibre Science	586	554	137	94.54	24.73
XE	Engineering Sciences	1208	1087	267	89.98	24.56
XL	Life Sciences	3849	3571	1033	92.78	28.93
	Total	171297	159354	28877	93.03	18.12

Regd : Number of candidates registered
App : Number of candidates finally appeared in the GATE.
App% : Percentage of applicants actually taking up the exam.
Qual% : Percentage of people who qualified among the candidates who appeared