gate score

GATE Score
The GATE score, awarded in the range of 0 to 1000 reflects the candidates academic ability and will be based on his/her performance in GATE 2011 and the performances of all candidates who appeared in GATE in the last four years 2008-2011. Candidates with the same GATE score from different GATE papers and/or years can be considered to have the same performance level.

GATE Score
where,	m : marks obtained by the candidate.  a:  average of marks of all candidates who appeared in the paper        mentioned on this scorecard in GATE 2011  s:  standard deviation of marks of all candidates who appeared in the paper       mentioned on this scorecard in GATE 2011  ag: average (global) of marks of all candidates who appeared across all papers         and years 2008-2011  sg: standard deviation (global) of marks of all candidates who appeared across         all papers and years 2008- 2011 The maximum score can be 1000.
GATE Percentile Score The percentile score of a candidate indicates the percentage of candidates who appeared in the same paper  and scored less marks than him/her. It is calculated as follows: If N is the total number of candidates appearing in a paper, then the percentile score P is given as, P = (number of candidates who have scored less marks than the candidate / N) x 100

A typical qualitative interpretation of the GATE SCORE, for example, can be as follows:
Ability Level GATE Score Range
Outstanding 800 to 1000
Excellent 675 to 800
Very good 550 to 675
Good 425 to 550
Above average 300 to 425
Average 100 to 300
Below average Below 100