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Deepshikha Student Expert 25th Feb, 2020
Hey,
NEET or National Eligibility cum Entrance Test is the entrance examination that need to be aced in order to study Medical in India.
Every year the cutoff changes depending upon the difficulty level of the question paper,the number of candidates appearing in the examination,the categories of the candidates etcetra.
There are two types of cutoffs:Qualifying cutoff and Admission cutoff.
Qualifying cutoff is the minimum percentile or score that you need to have in order to apply for admission. The qualifying percentile for General candidates is 50 percentile(the equivalent scores would be declared along with NEET result 2020).
Now,for admission to government medical colleges,there are two types of seats-15 percent All India Quota seats and 85 percent qouta seats.
The admission to medical colleges depend on factors like state quota,reservation etcetera.
To get admission under All India Quota,you should aim for 600+ marks in NEET exams and for state qouta you should aim to score above 550 to get admission in government medical colleges.
The minimum eligibility criteria includes the candidates to pass 12th from a recognized board with Physics,Chemistry and Biology as mandatory subjects. The minimum age should be 17 years.
For detailed information about the eligibility criteria follow the link given below:
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-eligibility-criteria
Hope this helps.
Good luck.
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