With 185 marks in NEET 2025 you're eligible for counselling but have very low chance for government dental colleges. You may get a seat in private dental colleges, especially in management or stray rounds. Explore private options based on your category and state.

Hello Aspirant,

With an AIR (All India Rank) of 1,60,000 in NEET and in the OC (Open Category) there is a very slim chance of getting an MBBS seat in a government medical college, especially in General Category seats through All India Quota (AIQ), but here are some options:

1. MBBS

Honestly speaking according to your rank that is 72,925 it is very difficult for you to get  government colleges because government colleges cutt off usually goes to 30000 and last round of counselling usually ends at 50000-60000 for EWS. You can only apply for private colleges.

Hey!

If you scored 275 marks in NEET 2025 , you're above the minimum qualifying cutoff (around 144 marks for general category), which means you're eligible for general category for BDS counseling. At this score it might be not possible to get a government college , however you may still

Hello aspirant,

The cutoff of government dental colleges is high around 400-500. And cutoff of private colleges is also higher than your score. You might have chance in private colleges with low cut off.

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Best of luck for your future

Hello Aspirant,

Scoring 275 in NEET is approximately the 81.5–82 percentile, likely putting you around 500,000–515,000 All India Rank .

With this rank, government BDS seats (including state quota and AIQ) will almost certainly be out of reach -- cut-offs for those typically require 400+ marks.

But you can get

HI!

After completing BDS, students can pursue various surgical specializations at the postgraduate level through MDS or other recognized programs. Here are the top surgery focused options:

1) MDS in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

2) MDS in Periodontology ( Minor surgery )

3) Fellowships / Diplomas in Surgical Dentistry

You

Hello,

For Private BDS colleges, state counselling is taking part in state designated counselling procedures, which is frequently run by the state - level organisation such as the Directorate of Medical Education or a comparable organisation. You must sign up on the state's counselling portals, specify your choices, including which

Hello Sir,

Thanks for reaching out

With the mentioned NEET score and rank under OC category getting a government BDS seat in Telengana is quite unlikely sir as the cutoff for OC is usually higher.

However ,admission is possible in private dental colleges under the management quota fees may range

Hey, you need to score at least 550–570 marks roughly securing the best of 150,000 in the top most of the country. As well as it will include on to the stances that it will get into the top tier of the colleges like

MAIDS Delhi closed around rank 5,500