Hey,

With 481 marks in NEET 2025, AIQ of approximately 75,000 and an OBC category candidate from the state of Tamil Nadu can definitely expect to secure a seat for BDS in government dental colleges — including during this year’s All India Quota (AIQ) counselling. According to previous years’ NEET counselling patterns, the closing ranks for OBC category students from government dental colleges of India falls somewhere between 70,000 and 85,000 for the last round in AIQ.

This indicates that your score and rank are at a competitive, but accomplishable level. You may find seats in states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh – which do not have high state reservation quotas, where the BDS cutoffs are a little lower compared to MBBS.

But the admission in Round 1 could be on a higher side and your best shot may be in second or mop-up rounds depending upon vacant seats and Category-wise cut-off. It is better that you take part in the AIQ counselling as well as in the Tamil Nadu state counselling, in order to have maximum choices. Also, a government or semi-government dental college under your state quota might give you a better opportunity to get in.

Hope it helps!!!

Hey,

With 481 marks in NEET 2025, AIQ of approximately 75,000 and an OBC category candidate from the state of Tamil Nadu can definitely expect to secure a seat for BDS in government dental colleges — including during this year’s All India Quota (AIQ) counselling. According to previous years’ NEET counselling patterns, the closing ranks for OBC category students from government dental colleges of India falls somewhere between 70,000 and 85,000 for the last round in AIQ.

This indicates that your score and rank are at a competitive, but accomplishable level. You may find seats in states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh – which do not have high state reservation quotas, where the BDS cutoffs are a little lower compared to MBBS.

But the admission in Round 1 could be on a higher side and your best shot may be in second or mop-up rounds depending upon vacant seats and Category-wise cut-off. It is better that you take part in the AIQ counselling as well as in the Tamil Nadu state counselling, in order to have maximum choices. Also, a government or semi-government dental college under your state quota might give you a better opportunity to get in.

Hope it helps!!!