NEET 2018 UG results out: Cut-off reduces from last year The medical entrance exam was held on May 6 in 2255 exam centres. news NEET UG 2018 The results for the 2018 National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) Undergraduate examination have been announced, bringing an end to the laborious wait of over 13 lakh medical aspirants. According to the official exam schedule, the results were to be out on June 5, but have been released a day earlier than expected. The cut-off for the admissions into MBBS and BDS courses in medical colleges is lower than last yearâ€™s. For unreserved category students, the cut-off is 119, and the qualifying scores range from 119 to 691 (out of total of 720.) For SC, ST and OBC candidates, the cut-off is 96, and ranges up to 118. For candidates with disabilities in the general category, the cut-off is 107-118. For candidates with disabilities in the SC, ST and OBC categories, the cut-off is 96-106. In 2017, the cut-off â€“ or the qualifying score as per the qualification percentile â€“ was 131 out of 720 for the unreserved category candidates. For the OBC and SC/ST category, the cut-off was 107. For candidates with disabilities, the cut-off was 118. NEET is conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to grant students admission to medical and dental programmes across the country in conjunction with colleges approved by the Medical Council of India (MCI) and Dental Council of India respectively. Institutions such as AIIMS and JIPMER, which were established through an Act of Parliament do not fall under NEET. Across the country in Government Medical Colleges, a 15% quota has been allocated as â€˜All India Quotaâ€™ meaning that students from any part of the country can apply for the same. Fifteen per cent of the All India Quota has been reserved for SC candidates, and 7.5% of the quota is reserved for candidates applying under the ST category. Twenty seven per cent of All India Quota is reserved OBC candidates. The remaining seats fall under the General Category. The exam was held on May 6 in over 130 cities at 2255 exam centres. The results which were released at noon can be accessed at https://cbseneet.nic.in and http://cbseresults.nic.in/ using the candidatesâ€™ registered IDs.<doc-sep>Central Board of Secondary Examination CBSE MBBS AIIMS entrance test I started studying two years ago, and set small targets. The question paper is not difficult, but the syllabus is vast. Manasvi Pandharkame, Student Medical Council of India Maulana Azad Medical College KEM Medical College Only one student makes it to top 10 from the state, none from the city in top 50; of the 1,77,353 candidates who appeared from Maharashtra, only 70,184 qualify; cut-off down to 119 out of 720.The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) witnessed a marked fall in the cut-off this year compared to last year. The) announced the results on Monday afternoon.The cut-off this year decreased from 131to 119, out of a total of 720. The decrease has been attributed to the complexity of the question paper this year.Also, there was only one person in the top 10 ranking this year from Maharashtra, and none from the city in the top 50. More than 7 lakh NEET aspirants qualified for the counselling round, of which 4 lakh are women. Of the 1,77,353 candidates who appeared from Maharashtra, only 70,184 qualified.More than 12 lakh students appeared for the examination – the country’s premier entrance exam for government and private medical colleges forand BDS courses (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) – on May 6.Of the 12,69,922 students who appeared pan-India, more than 50 per cent were women aspirants and one was a transgender (eight transgender students had appeared last year). The exam was held in more than 130 cities, with over 2,000 centres, and aspirants had the option of appearing in 11languages.Manasvi Pandharkame, 19, a Borivali resident, scored 636 out of 720, with an all-India rank of 318. “I was aiming for 650, but I am glad that I will get the college of my choice with this score,” said Pandharkame, who aspires to be an oncologist. She hopes to secure admission in KEM Medical College; she has also appeared for theand is awaiting the results.Being one of the few people from the city to score above 600, she stressed the importance of time management.“I started studying two years ago, and set small targets. The question paper is not difficult, but the syllabus is vast,” she told Mirror. She was happy at the decrease in the cut-off and said it was bound to happen given the difficulty of the paper, as compared to last year.Kalpana Kumari from Bihar came out on top in the country, scoring 691out of 720.In a statement, CBSE said the result has been declared “on the basis of the qualifying criteria prescribed by theand Dental Council of India; it is also based on information submitted by students in their online application forms”.Krishna Agrawal, 18, a Nanded resident, said he was sure he would score a single-digit rank. He secured an all-India Rank of 7, and has the highest score in Maharashtra, with 685 out of 720.“I was always confident given my performance in national exams, and have been preparing for two years, so I was confident,” Krishna told Mirror.He said he aimed to secure admission either in, or AIIMS, Delhi.“My preparation involved six or seven hours of study, and concentrating on my doubts and weak points. I would always clear my doubts with my teachers. After the paper, I was very sure, because it went so well,” Agrawal, who wishes to pursue radiology, said.<doc-sep>NEW DELHI: The results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for MBBS admissions for 2018 announced on Monday showed even lower cut-offs than last year. The cut-off for the unreserved category is down from 131 out of 720 marks last year to 119 this year, while the one for the reserved categories has dropped by a similar margin from 107 to 96. Over 7 lakh students from the 13 lakh plus who appeared for the exam have qualified to join medical college.A lower eligibility cut-off for NEET would mean that students with even lower percentage of marks will be eligible to get admission for MBBS. In case you thought just being eligible would not allow those with poor scores to get admission, here’s what happened last year. Over 4,300 students who scored 180 or less in NEET actually got admission to MBBS. The overwhelming majority of them in private colleges, where high fees make it difficult for those with meagre means to join even if they have the marks.A score of 180 out of 720 is the minimum mark a student would get if they got 40% of the answers right, even if they got all the rest wrong, with the negative marking scheme in place in NEET. Of course, 40% is the pass percentage in most exams. In terms of percentage, 180 out of 720 is a mere 25%. But going by the percentile system of NEET, 180 in 2017 meant the student was within the 64th percentile, well above the 50th percentile cut-off for the unreserved category.Last year, 11,114 students who scored 270 or less out of 720 got admission into medical colleges, once again mostly in private colleges. If a student got half the answers right, he could not have got less than 270. Before NEET, the minimum eligibility criteria for MBBS admission was 50% through various entrance exams though the quality of some of the exams conducted by colleges themselves was dubious. By the percentile system, last year, a student scoring 270 was within the 80th percentile.A person who scored 119 in this year’s NEET could at best have got 33% of the answers right. Under the NEET scheme, there are 180 questions — 45 each in physics and chemistry and 90 in biology — and every correct answer gets four marks while a wrong one gets one negative mark. Thus, a person who got 60 of the answers right would get 240 positive marks and even if he or she got all the 120 other answers wrong, the least they would score would be 120 out of 720. By a similar logic, someone who scored 96 could at best have got 55 of the 180 answers right.Incidentally, because there are no cut-offs specified for individual subjects within NEET, there were several cases last year of people who qualified and got admission into medical colleges with scores of zero or even negative marks in chemistry or physics. With the cut-offs dropping further this year in terms of percentage marks (though remaining the same in percentile terms), chances are we will see a repeat or worse this year.<doc-sep>The overall NEET 2018 cutoff may be down from 131 in 2017 to 119 this year, but that doesn’t mean a seat of your choice is guaranteed. With an increase of 1.3 lakh qualifiers across the country this year (12,766 in Tamil Nadu), lower cut-off and reduction of seats in the state quota, the competition has become tougher. The cut-off for reserved categories too has come down to 96 this year compared to last year’s 107.The fact that the physics and chemistry sections were tougher compared to last year could have led to the lowering of the overall cut-off, said Sourav Mondal , centre head, Coimbatore FIITJEE.Students in the state, however, seem to have fared better with an increase in the pass percentage by 0.72%. In Tamil Nadu, the number of registrations as well as qualifiers went up this year — 45,336 candidates qualified against 32, 570 last year.“From the feedback we received, a lot of students have performed well and especially those in reserved categories have secured good marks. The cut-off for Tamil Nadu medical admissions, however, is only expected to rise,” said educationist Jayaprakash Gandhi With more number of candidates qualifying, benefits that might have accrued due to fall in qualifying mark (cut-off) across all categories might be negated, said experts.“This fall has not necessarily brought cheer to students this year because of a spurt in the number of NEET-qualified candidates by more than 1.03 lakh students,” said N Balamurugan , a medical education consultant with Click&Pro. Pointing out that the CBSE was yet to release the marks across different mark range in the state, he said that an average of about a dozen students would be competing for an MBBS seat across the country.An estimated 61,390 MBBS seats are available in the 476 medical colleges and deemed universities in the state, Balamurugan said, adding that “medical seat-student ratio is 1:11.6 which is quite tough.” The total number of seats in the 22 government medical colleges is 2,900. From this, 15% will go to the all-India pool and the rest is for state students, said G Selvaraj , secretary, Tamil Nadu Medical Selection Committee In terms of the number of qualifiers, Tamil Nadu stands sixth among states after Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Karnataka. The number of students who wrote the paper in Tamil this year was 24,720. However, following the test complaints of errors in the Tamil version of the paper were raised by a section of candidates.<doc-sep>
NEET 2018 cut-off decreased: What does this move mean for students? Though the overall cut-off rate has come down and a large number of students have qualified, the competition is expected to go up. news NEET 2018 The NEET results this year revealed that the cut-off to qualify for a medical seat has been decreased from 131 in 2017 to 119 this year for students belonging to the unreserved category. It also decreased from 107 to 96 for students belonging to the OBC, SC and ST categories. A spike in the overall number of students who have cleared the exam means that the competition for these seats has also intensified. A lower cut-off rate may also indicate that students who have scored a lesser percentage of marks are also eligible for a medical seat. The test consists of 180 questions, out of which there are 45 questions each in physics and chemistry, and 90 questions in biology. Correct answers are awarded four marks and incorrect ones invite a negative mark. As a result, a person who scored 119 this year would have got 33% of the questions right. Speaking to TNM, Swaminathan K, the founder and CEO of Aspire Edu-Ventures, said that the competition is only set to increase, as students have scored more marks this year when compared to the last. â€śLast year, someone who got the 98th or the 99th percentile were students who had marks in the range of 550 to 590. But this year, the same 98th or 99th percentile have scored above 600. The number of students who have scored more marks has considerably increased. So, the competition is tough. Every 0.5% percentile or 0.10% is going to make the difference between a good government college versus a private college,â€ť he said. He adds that the competition has increased as students had more time to prepare for this year's exam, as compared to last year. Though the overall cut-off rate has come down, with such a large number of students who have qualified, the competition is expected to go up. â€śFrom the feedback we received, a lot of students have performed well and especially those in reserved categories have secured good marks. The cut-off for Tamil Nadu medical admissions, however, is only expected to rise,â€ť educationist Jayaprakash Gandhi told the Times of India. In 2017, over 4,300 students who scored 180 or less were able to get admission into a medical college, though they mostly got admitted to private college. This meant that the fees were still considerably high. This year, although more students are eligible to get a seat, the number of students who will actually secure an MBBS seat is yet to be determined. A little over 13 lakh students had appeared for the exam was held on May 6, of which 7,14,563 students have cleared. Read: NEET 2018 UG results out: Cut-off reduces from last year