UG medical cutoff likely to be higher

Ahmedabad: The admission committee for professional undergraduate medical educational courses on Tuesday said that 21,076 of the 21,769 students who registered have made it to the provisional merit list for admission to medical, dental, ayurveda and homeopathy undergraduate courses. Aarav Patel, who has secured the all-India rank of 106 with a score of 705 in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate 2023, topped the merit list. The final cutoff marks are likely to be 5 to 10 marks higher than last year. According to sources, 1,500 more students made the merit list this year compared to last year. Sources said last year, a student with 705 marks in NEET-UG topped the merit list but had an all-India rank of 31. While Aarav Patel has the same marks, he ranked 106th this year. tnn