MBBS, BDS Admissions in Tamil Nadu: Cut-off likely to increase by 20 to 40 marks

Chennai: With the toppers of NEET 2023 scoring more than the toppers of NEET 2022, the cut-off for MBBS/BDS admissions in Tamil Nadu is likely to increase by nearly 20 marks for the open category and up to 40 marks for some reserved categories this year.

According to the MBBS/BDS rank list released by the Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Sunday, altogether twenty-nine students from Tamil Nadu have scored more than 700 out of 720 marks in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2023 examination. This number was five back in the year 2022 and it was nine back in 2021.

Apart from this, there were 379 students who had scored more than 650 compared to 199 students in 2022. This year, around 6,449 students from the State have scored 500 or more marks in the NEET 2023 examination.

Referring to this, Subramanian congratulated the toppers and said that this is one of the best performances by the students from Tamil Nadu. In case of Tamil Nadu, J Prabanjan has grabbed the All India Rank 1 with a perfect score of 720. He tops the state list as well and the second scorer in the State list is Surya Siddharth with a score of 715 marks. Varun S, comes next as he has also scored 715 marks in the NEET examination.

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As per the latest media report by the Times of India, the improvement in the NEET score is sharper in the rank list for the 7.5% quota for students belonging to the Government schools. In case of government schools, Kiruthika C K from Government Girls HSS in Salem has topped with 569 marks. Back in 2022, the topper from the government schools had scored 518 marks.

Pachiappan S from Dharmapuri comes second with 565 marks followed by Murugan E from the Government Adi Dravida Welfare School in Moulvakkam with 560 marks. Last year 250 students had scored more than 300 marks in the examination. However, this year 1,170 students have scored more than 300 in the exam.

With the toppers scoring a lot more than last year, it is likely that the MBBS/BDS cut-off score in Tamil Nadu will increase by around 20 marks for the open category and up to 40 marks in some reserved categories. Due to this, admissions are likely to be tougher and more competitive.

Commenting on this, a counsellor told TOI, "The cut-off for the open category is likely to be above 600 for government medical colleges, which is at least 20 marks more than the 2022 cut-off. In the BC category, it is likely to increase by up to 25 marks."

Health Minister Subramanian mentioned that the performance of Tamil Nadu students has improved at the national level too and it indicates that more students from the State will secure admission to the central universities. "We have at least four students among the all-India top 10 list," he said.

According to the student counsellors, this will be the best opportunity for students to explore opportunities in central institutes such as AIIMS-Delhi, JIPMER or Armed Forces Medical Colleges. If they do not wish to move out of the State, they should choose the seats under the All-India Quota.

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