Medical merit cut-off to rise by 7 to 43 marks

AHMEDABAD: The merit list declared on Wednesday revealed that admission to medical courses will get tougher as cut-off marks will likely rise by 7-43 marks from last year.


Admission to medical and dental courses are given on the basis of the marks in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). Officials of the Admission Committee for Professional Under Graduate Medical Courses (ACPUGMEC) said that cutoffs in management quotas are also likely rise by 31-50 marks.

Officials comparing the merit list last year with this year’s said that if the same trend continues, the admissions in BJ Medical College will stop at general rank of 163 and the NEET score would be 565. This was 557 marks last year. This would mean that the admission in BJ Medical college would end at eight marks higher than that last year.

Similarly, admissions in government colleges would end this year at 490 NEET score against 474 marks in 2017.

The officials said that last year the last student was admitted in Parul Institute of Medical Science and Research and the admission ended at 350 marks. However, if the same trend continues it is likely to end at 393 marks, 43 marks higher than in last year.

What is more surprising was that there was also an increase of 50 marks in management quota seats. The management admission ended at

Gujarat

Adani Institute of Medical science,

Bhuj

. The admission ended at Adani at 292 marks and this year it may end at 342 marks, which was 50 marks higher.

Saloni Patel who ranked 138 says, “There was certainty about things and hence students got adequate time to prepare for the NEET examinations. Last year there was uncertainty and hence students could not focus. But this year we got adequate time. I am sure I will get admission in BJ Medical College.”

Shivang Dave, who ranked 1,957 says, “I will get admission in medical. I had worked hard for NEET examination. Gujarat students who are afraid of NEET will be able to put up a good show in the next couple of years.”


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