pune five girls and two boys from the city were among the 28 students from across the state who have scored a perfect 100 percentile in this years maharashtra common entrance test mhcet the results of which were declared on mondaythe state cet cell declared a list of 28 students from maharashtra who secured 100 percentile in the examination that was conducted in two groups physics chemistry and mathematics pcm and physics chemistry and biology pcbthe test was conducted for admissions to more than 15 professional courses including engineering pharmacy agriculture and hotel management most of the students who scored 100 percentile wished to pursue information technology it or computer science cs at top engineering colleges in the statethe examination was conducted at 197 centres out of which 181 were in maharashtra and 16 out of the state in the examination 28 candidates from pcm and pcb groups scored 100 percentilemhcet 2023 examination had three papers paper one on mathematics paper 2 on physics and chemistry combined and paper 3 on biology candidates who applied for engineering courses pcm group had to write papers 1 and 2 those applying for pharmacy courses from pcb group had to appear for papers 2 and 3most of the students from the 100 percentile club in pune however appeared for the statelevel exam as a backup and had other plans for instance krishna kabra one of the students who scored 100 percentile said he had two preferable options over the mhceti am aiming for a berth either at oxford university for engineering or at indian institute of technology my application to oxford university has been accepted and i am now waiting for the jee advanced test to make a final call said kabra who prepared for the examinations at bakliwal tutorials he said his preference was computer scienceanother student from bakliwal tutorials who scored 100 percentile in mhcet said i am waiting for the jee advanced results and cet was only a backup plan for me my first choice is computer science at one of the leading iitsthis year admissions to various programmes will move to the mobile phone too with the cet cell developing a mobile app registrations for centralised admission process cap will start on june 15 once all data on new colleges and affiliated institutes flows in the admission process is likely to close by julyend