Hello,

With 355 marks and a BCD category in Andhra Pradesh, you have a good chance of securing a BDS seat in a private college or potentially a government college in the second phase of counseling, depending on the state's specific cutoffs and competition. Your score is within the range for private colleges (around 300+ marks) and may be sufficient for some government colleges, especially with the BCD category reservation.

I hope it will clear your query!!

The general cut off for bds course in NEET 2025 will be 400-500 marks. Verification with 2024 cut off with colleges and categories will help get an idea of the college one can get with respect to their rank. Also, AI tools like college predictor can help accurately predict a range of colleges that you can get in phase 2.

below is the link to careers360 BDS course cut off and colleges, and the college predictor.

BDS Cutoff for NEET 2025 (Out): BDS Cut off marks for SC, ST, OBC, General

NEET College Predictor 2025, Predict MBBS/BDS Colleges