The State CET Cell has officially released the MHT-CET 2026 schedule. For students in Nashik who are currently in Class 11 or 12 Science, this date announcement should change how you spend the next few months — immediately.

Not next week. Now.

What the MHT-CET 2026 Schedule Means for Your Preparation

MHT-CET PCM is the gateway to Maharashtra engineering admissions — COEP, VIT, VJTI, and every decent state government engineering college. MHT-CET PCB covers pharmacy and health sciences. In both cases, your percentile determines which college you walk into, and percentile is decided by how prepared you are before the exam day.

The mistake most Class 11 students make is treating MHT-CET as a Class 12 problem. It is not. The syllabus covers both 11th and 12th. Starting serious preparation only after your HSC board prelims — which is what many students do — leaves you with roughly 8 weeks for both the board exam and MHT-CET. That is not enough time.

The MHT-CET Syllabus: What You Actually Need to Know

MHT-CET covers Class 11 and 12 Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM) or Biology (PCB) at roughly 20% Class 11 and 80% Class 12 weightage. The exam has 150 multiple-choice questions. There is no negative marking.

No negative marking changes your strategy. You attempt every single question. A student who attempts 150 questions — even guessing the last 20 — has a mathematical advantage over one who skips uncertain questions. In MHT-CET, leaving questions blank is the single biggest avoidable mistake.

Subject-Wise Priority for Nashik Students

Based on the exam pattern from the past four years, here is where most Nashik students gain and lose marks:

Mathematics: The highest-marks subject in PCM. Problems from Integration, Differential Equations, Matrices, Probability, and Vectors appear consistently. Speed matters — a student who can solve 50 Maths problems in 90 minutes has a major edge over one who needs 120 minutes for the same set.

Physics: Theoretical concepts combined with short numericals. Electrostatics, Magnetic Effects, Dual Nature of Radiation, and Semiconductors are heavily tested. Class 11 Mechanics questions are predictable and should be full marks.

Chemistry: Organic Chemistry carries the most weight. Students who learn organic reactions thoroughly — addition, substitution, elimination — find this section manageable. Inorganic is mostly memory; Physical Chemistry needs numericals practice.

How MHT-CET Coaching in Nashik Helps

The difference between a 95 percentile and a 70 percentile in MHT-CET is usually not intelligence. It is structured practice.

At Joshi's Classes, our MHT-CET coaching in Nashik runs alongside the 11th and 12th Science curriculum. Students are not preparing for MHT-CET separately — they prepare for boards and MHT-CET together, which is the only efficient way. Our faculty set practice papers modelled on the actual MHT-CET pattern from 2022 onwards.

Three branches in Nashik — Nashik Road, Gangapur Road (Ashok Stambh), Indira Nagar — mean you do not have to travel across the city for quality coaching.

What You Should Do Today

Mark the exam date in your calendar. Calculate how many weeks you have. Divide that into a preparation calendar: two weeks per chapter in Maths, one week per chapter in Physics and Chemistry. Start the chapters you are weakest at first — the comfortable ones can wait.

If you are in Class 11 and have not joined a structured coaching program, now is the right time. Not after results. Not after the summer holidays. Now.

Contact any Joshi's Classes branch in Nashik to know current MHT-CET batch timings.