Hello,

Even below the 85% Kota in West Bengal, score of 161 on the NEET puts you in a lower percentile, which normally falls short of the cutoff for MBBS/BDS seats in government colleges. The minimal score for west bengal's government MBBS seats has been far above 480 to 500 for the general category and over 420 reserved categories like SC, ST, and OBC in recent years.

Possible Options:

Private Medical Colleges

With poor NEET results, several private colleges in India may provide MBBS seats via the management/NRI quota.

BDS

Your score could be accepted by a few private dental college under the management quota, but even in these cases, there are few seats available and costs are expensive.

Allied Health sciences:

You can also explore courses like B.Sc. Nursing, BPT, BMLT etc.

• Just keep up with counselling rounds and cutoffs.

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