Hello!

With a score of 500 marks in NEET 2025. That’s a strong score, especially when combined with your SC category rank of 1300. You’ve also mentioned that your state domicile is Punjab, but since you're asking about All India Quota (AIQ), the state doesn’t matter for this counselling.Let’s focus on AIIMS Rishikesh. It is one of the newer AIIMS institutions, but still highly competitive. In previous years, the closing SC rank for AIIMS Rishikesh under All India Quota has been between 1000 to 1500, depending on category and availability. So with a SC rank of 1300, you are right on the edge. You might get it in the second round or mop-up round if seats remain or if other candidates withdraw.

Make sure to fill AIIMS Rishikesh as a top choice in your MCC counselling ,also consider including AIIMS Bathinda, AIIMS Gorakhpur, AIIMS Raebareli, etc., as they sometimes have slightly lower cut-offs.

Wishing you all the best for your counselling journey, and thank you for asking!