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Every student who aspires to complete an MBBS degree in India has to secure a good rank at the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET). This is what will get you an admission in a medical college of your choice. But if the number of seats increase in a particular college then the minimum rank for admission in that college should increase. Right? But in the case of Tamil Nadu’s deemed medical colleges, the change in the cut-off rank is way higher when the number of seats remain the same than when the seats increase.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has activated the NEET UG 2026 application form link on the official website. Students can register themselves at neet.nta.nic.in.
In 2021, 15,44,275 candidates appeared for NEET, and out of those 8,70,075 candidates qualified for the exam. Students who qualify are ranked as per their score and it helps in the admission process. The score and rank of the lowest ranked students enrolled in a particular college, becomes the cut-off score and the cut-off rank of that medical college.
Careers360, has studied the cut-off rank for general category for three years of deemed medical colleges of states across India. The deemed medical colleges of Karnataka showed that the change in number of seats did affect the cut-off rank marginally. Let's see if the deemed medical colleges of Tamil Nadu show the same trend.
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The cut-off rank taken in this article is the lowest rank from Round 1 or Round 2 of NEET counselling for all three years.
The NEET cut-off rank has been showing an increasing trend for below-mentioned deemed colleges of Tamil Nadu. Colleges that have the same number of medical seats for the last three years. Although the number of seats remains the same, the cut-off rank for these institutes has increased, with an average of 136 per cent. SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre in Chennai, had the highest change in NEET cut-off rank from 2019 to 2021. The change was more than 200 per cent, even when there was no change in the number of seats.
TN Deemed Colleges: Same Number Of Seats
Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospitals, Salem increased its MBBS seats in 2020 by 50 and it remained the same in 2021. As for the NEET cut-off rank, the change from 2019 to 2020 was around 22 per cent increase, but from 2020 to 2021 the increase in the cut-off rank was more than 110 per cent.
Number of seats increased
At the below mentioned institutes seats increased by 100 in 2020 and remained the same in 2021. The change in the three years span showed no relation between the number of seats and the cut-off rank of any institute. Rather the change was higher when there was no change in the number of seats.
Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Kelambakkam has the highest cut-off rank in 2021 among all the institutes, while it is the only deemed university which has been ranked in the National Institutional Ranking Framework by the ministry of education.
TN Deemed Colleges: Highest Number Of Seats Increased
So unlike the deemed colleges of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu’s medical colleges showed no relation in the number of seats and the NEET cut-off rank.
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The
NEET cut off 2025
for PwD (handicapped) candidates in Telangana was set at 40th percentile with 126 - 113 marks. Admission to government colleges in Telangana require higher marks as many as over 500 marks in NEET.
For more information, check the given below link.
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-cutoff-telangana
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