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Sriya Bose Student Expert 13th May, 2019
Hello Vidit!
Admission into a medical college requires that the candidate has a score equal to or more than the given below cut-offs.

1.) Qualifying cut-off: Minimum scores required to qualify NEET UG. This is set by the exam conducting body. So this year it will be released by the NTA along with the results ( in first week of June, as mentioned in the official prospectus).

2.) Admission cut-off: Minimum scores required to take admission into a particular college. These are decided by the college authorities and vary from college to college.

Usually private institutions have lower admission cut-off than government colleges. But as per the verdict given by Supreme Court in 2016, only NEET qualified students can take admission into medical schools. So private institutions need to set their cut-off either equal to or more than the qaulifying cut-off.

230 is quite low but if it is above the qualifying cut-off, then you might get a chance to take admission into a private medical college.

(Cut-offs vary for students of different categories.)

Below are the cut-offs for 2018. You can check them out for reference.

  • UR-PH: 118-107 (45 percentile)
  • SC: 118-96 (40 percentile)
  • ST: 118-96 (40 percentile)
  • OBC: 118-96 (40 percentile)
  • SC-PH: 106-96 (40 percentile)
  • ST-PH: 106-96 (40 percentile)
  • OBC-PH: 106-96 (40 percentile)
  • OTHERS: 691-119 (50 percentile)

UR-Unreserved
PH-Physically handicapped
SC-Scheduled caste
ST-Scheduled tribe
OBC-Other backward classes


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