CMC Vellore has 84 seats allotted for sponsored Candidates of its associated churches. If you belong to this Category, you will need nothing less than 525 even with ST reservation because admissions are based on merit cum preference. But if you belong to Open Category and have ST reservation, then you will need nothing less than 600 even with ST reservation because only 3 seats are allotted for SC/ST reservation under Open Merit Category.