Statistically it would be very bad, but statistics dont work in GATE rank.
From what I have seen the marks are almost the same for a given rank every year in GATE. It went unusually high in GATE 2012- because 14 marks were given free for all.
For your question, 40-45% mark is a very dangerous area- you should not be here. In next 2 weeks try jumping at least 10-15 marks. 45 marks might be around 1500 rank and every 1 mark can make hundreds of rank difference here. So, 1 questions going wrong here can take to rank 3000 even. This is the place where most "average" GATE takers are there who do not make that extra jump to go higher. One good thing is from 40-45% mark it is easy to get more marks and make a jump. Just check which subjects you are going wrong. Also, M.E. test and GATE are miles apart- you can get 15-20 marks more or even less. So, this comparison is useless and my suggestion is just based on same mark in GATE. For GATE, you can solve any of the previous GATE papers from 2010 and see how much you score. This is an approximate statistic:
Mark |
Rank Range |
Grade |
General Category Expected College |
70-90 |
1-20 |
S |
IISc, top IITs |
60+ |
21-200 |
A |
IISc, top IITs |
55+ |
201-300 |
B |
top IITs in later lists |
50+ |
301-1000 |
B |
new IITs, top NITs, MS in IITs, IIITs |
45+ |
1001-2000 |
C |
IIITs, other top colleges |
40+ |
2001-5000 |
C |
Other colleges |
The top two rows almost get the same colleges but there is a huge mark difference. I expect all those repeating to be reaching right at top so that whatever happens in GATE you get what you want.