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    NEET 2024 Qualifying Marks: Check Qualifying Marks Percentile

    NEET 2024 Qualifying Marks: Check Qualifying Marks Percentile

    Manisha TiwariUpdated on 13 Feb 2025, 06:34 PM IST

    The National Testing Agency (NTA) releases the NEET qualifying marks with the declaration of the NEET UG result. The NEET UG 2024 qualifying marks refer to the minimum scores that candidates must achieve to be eligible for the counselling process. The NEET qualifying marks 2024 for General category were 720-162 and that for SC/ST/OBC category were 161-127. Check the article below to know about NEET 2024 qualifying marks in detail.

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    NEET 2024 Qualifying Marks: Check Qualifying Marks Percentile
    NEET 2024 Qualifying Marks

    The NEET qualifying marks are determined based on several factors which include the number of aspirants appearing for the medical entrance exam, difficulty level and others. The NEET qualifying marks 2024 are released with the declaration of the NEET UG result. Candidates securing marks above or equal to NEET UG qualifying marks are eligible to appear for the NEET counselling process. Through the NEET exam, admission is granted to the medical, dental and allied health sciences courses in the country. Read the article on NEET 2024 qualifying marks to get information on the category wise qualifying marks for NEET 2024.

    What are the NEET 2024 qualifying marks?

    The NEET qualifying marks 2024 refer to the minimum marks required for a candidate to be eligible for the admission process. These are fixed percentile based marks set by the NTA.

    Features of NEET qualifying marks

    • Play a role in eligibility criteria: Candidates must score at least the NEET qualifying marks to participate in the NEET exam counselling process.

    • Differences for categories: The qualifying marks vary for different categories such as for general category NEET 2024 qualifying marks are 50th percentile and that of SC/ST/OBC category the qualifying marks are 40th percentile.

    • Not college specific: NEET qualifying marks do not determine admission to a specific medical college in India, they only indicate the eligibility.

    • Released by NTA: The NEET qualifying marks are set by the NTA whereas colleges set their own cutoff marks for admission.

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    NEET 2024 qualifying marks: NEET cutoff

    The NEET cutoff is the minimum score required for candidates to qualify for the medical admission process. The cutoff score of NEET 2024 varies for different categories and changes every year. The NEET 2024 cutoff is released along with the result. NEET 2024 cutoff along with previous year’s cutoff marks can be checked from the table below.

    NEET cutoff marks

    Category

    NEET cutoff percentile

    NEET 2024 qualifying marks

    NEET 2023 qualifying marks

    NEET 2022 qualifying marks

    General

    50th percentile

    720-162

    720-137

    715-117

    SC/ST/OBC

    40th percentile

    161-127

    136-107

    116-93

    Unreserved- PH

    45th percentile

    161-144

    136-121

    116-93

    SC/OBC- PH

    40th percentile

    143-127

    120-107

    104-93

    ST- PH

    40th percentile

    142-127

    120-107

    104-93

    Category-wise qualifying marks for NEET 2024

    The NTA announces the NEET 2024 results along with the category wise qualifying marks. The NEET qualifying marks vary depending on the category. The NEET 2024 qualifying marks category wise can be checked from the points mentioned below.

    • NEET 2024 qualifying marks for General category: Candidates belonging to general category were required to score between 720 and 162 which corresponded to the 50th percentile in the NEET 2024 exam.

    • NEET qualifying marks 2024 for SC category: For the students of SC category, the qualifying marks were between 161 and 127.

    • Qualifying marks in NEET 2024 for ST category: The qualifying marks in NEET 2024 for ST category were between 161 to 127 corresponding to 40th qualifying percentile.

    • NEET 2024 qualifying marks for OBC category: The qualifying marks for OBC category ranged between 161 to 127.

    • NEET qualifying marks 2024 for General: PwD category: The candidates of this category need to score between 161-144.

    • NEET 2024 qualifying marks for SC/ OBC- PH category: Candidates of this category were required to score between 143 and 127 to qualify for the medical entrance exam.

    • NEET qualifying marks for ST-PH category: Candidates belonging to ST-PwD category had to score between 142 and 127 to qualify for the NEET 2024 examination.

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