Approximately 940 Open Category (OC) candidates scoring 601 and up will be in the calculation for MBBS admission, while there will be more than 560 marks for approximately 1,430 backward community (BC) candidates. The majority of Backward Community candidates who number around 750 with scores above 526 will also be in the zone for consideration. For SC, the cutoff will be 453 and for ST it is 348.
This year’s list has several outstanding features. There is a nearly 20% drop in the total number of applications from eligible candidates, from 57,004 last year to 37,983 this year. And at least 313 seats, including 227 at government-run universities, will be for public school students.
“The 7.5% seats intended for public school students will be allocated after advising people with disabilities, candidates for sports quotas and children of former military personnel,” said the minister, adding: “Many students from schools public have achieved high marks in NEET. ”
The face-to-face counseling, delayed nearly four months this year, will take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium starting Wednesday, Vijayabaskar said. The counseling will be conducted in strict compliance with all pandemic protocols, Vijayabaskar said, adding that parents and students should wear masks and maintain social distancing at all times. This year, a total of 57,215 students from Tamil Nadu passed the test. Of the 24,712 applications received for government quotas, the selection committee of the Directorate of Medical Education has accepted 23,707 forms. For the management fee, the applications of 14,276 students were approved, out of 14,511. This is more than 19,000 applications less than last year.
The selection committee confirmed that Srijan R from Tiruppur-based Indian Public School in Erode topped the list with 710 marks in NEET 2020, followed by Mohanaprabha Ravichandran from Namakkal-based Alpine Public School. He had obtained 705 points. G Swetha from Chennai from Velammal Vidyalaya, Ayanambakkam, who scored 701 points, came third.
Among public school students, Jeevithkumar N from the Government Model Upper Secondary School in Silvarpatti in Theni District topped the list with 664 points, followed by Anbarasan S from Kallakurichi from the Government Boys Upper Secondary Schools. He has obtained 646 points. Dhivaydharshini S from Chennai from Arumbakkam Government Upper Secondary School scored 620 points. At least 14 government students have earned more than 500 points. The cutoff for public school students is estimated to be around 180 points.
The state has 26 government medical schools with 3,650 places, of which 3,031 are state quotas. Among the 15 self-funded colleges affiliated with the TN Dr MGR State Medical University, 1,147 of the 2,100 seats will be under the state quota, according to the provisional list published by the selection committee.
Tamil Nadu will add 875 MBBS places to its medical colleges, including universities considered this year. Admission to the considered universities and all Indian quota positions are handled by the general directorate of health services. Of the additional positions, two of the government Kanyakumari Medical College and ESIC College in KK Nagar have 50 and 25 additional positions respectively. Two self-funded Indira Medical College and Hospitals in Tiruvallur and the allowed Panimalar Medical College Hospital and Research Institute will add 150 seats each. With this, the state will have 52 medical schools with 8,000 places.
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