So your PCM score is 255/300, which is excellent around 85%, and in KCET, you scored 74/180. Now, KCET ranks are calculated using a 50:50 weightage of your PCM marks in boards and KCET score.

Here’s how it roughly works:

Your PCM board percentage: 255/300 = 85%

KCET score: 74/180 = ~41.11%

These two are combined for the final ranking. Based on past trends, students with a similar profile usually fall somewhere around the 30,000 to 45,000 rank range in KCET. Of course, this also depends on the difficulty of the paper, number of applicants, and overall competition in that year.

With this rank range, you have chances in good colleges in Karnataka, especially in branches like Civil, EEE, ECE, or even CSE in lesser-known but reputed colleges.

You can check the previous year cutoffs , seat allotment etc here;

https://www.careers360.com/exams/kcet

Thank you!