Many factors influence Karnataka PGCET cutoff, including the number of applicants, availability of seats, difficulty of the entrance exam, and previous years' cutoff trends. Category 1 (SC/ST) status significantly improves the chances, possibly pushing you to better colleges than general candidates with similar scores, potentially securing seats in colleges like KLE Society College of Pharmacy , MS Ramaiah University, VIPS , DSU, or RR College of Pharmacy .