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With the declaration of NEET UG final stray round allotment 2025, the cut off data shows a sharp drop for management quota seats in deemed universities. Candidates have been allotted seats at much higher ranks during NEET counselling 2025. In the NEET stray round result 2025, open category closing rank reached 918,801 in private medical colleges this year as compared to 560,021 closing rank last year.
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.
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The sudden shift in MBBS management quota cut off has been caused due to addition of new seats, low qualifying cut off marks, change in counselling process and merging of NRI-lapsed seats in management quota. In Tamil Nadu NEET counselling 2025, students with a closing rank of 26,378 are being admitted under the management quota for MBBS course this year, compared to 6907 rank last year. Check this article to know more about MBBS management quota cut off drop in All India and State counselling in detail here.
As per the MCC stray round seat allotment data for NEET UG, deemed universities allotted MBBS seats to students with low NEET scores and higher ranks. The data indicates medical aspirants with ranks in multiple lakhs secure MBBS admission in private medical colleges. Candidates can check the MBBS cut off drop under management quota seats in the table given below.
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College name | Closing rank (stray round) | Allotted category | Year |
J R Medical College and Hospital, Chennai | 918801 | Open | 2025 |
Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Science, Puducherry | 560021 | Open | 2024 |
In 2025, the Tamil Nadu MBBS cut off for the management quota seats has dropped, compared to previous year cut off trends. The Tamil Nadu stray round allotment result, released on November 17, 2025, has shown a sharp cut off drop for MBBS management quota seats in the state as compared to last year. In the table, we have provided the last rank required to get into private universities with low NEET scores.
College name | Closing rank (stray round) | NEET scores 2025 | Year |
Dhanalaksmi Srinivasan Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Perambalur | 26348 | 154 | 2025 |
26359 | |||
26378 |
College name | Closing rank (stray round) | NEET scores 2024 | Year |
Kanyakumari Medical Mission Research Center, Kanyakumari | 6907 | 387 | 2024 |
The significant drop in the MBBS management quota cut off in private institutions during NEET 2025 admissions was influenced by several factors. With NEET cut off 2025 drop, candidates with low scores can have a chance to secure seats in top private colleges.
Addition of new seats: The addition of fresh seats in the last phase of NEET counselling 2025 has paved a way for students with higher ranks to secure seats in private colleges during the stray round. Last year, the closing ranks were significantly different due to the low number of seats available.
Changes in counseling process: The changes in NEET counselling process 2025 made MBBS admission more accessible to students with higher ranks in new colleges. The low qualifying marks 2025 also lead more students to be considered for NEET admissions.
Merging of NRI-lapsed seats in management quota: The shifting of NRI-lapsed seats to the management quota increased the availability of MBBS seats in private colleges and students with low NEET scores managed to secure their admission during NEET counselling rounds.
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please refer to this article -
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You can find the mock test link here
Government Medical Colleges in states like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra
You still have enough time. For NEET 2026 (drop year, 3 months left), focus on:
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Daily chapterwise MCQs + PYQs and weekly full mocks with proper analysis
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NEET
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
If a candidate qualifies for NEET PG only after the revision or reduction of the qualifying cut-off, registration for counselling is allowed only if the counselling authority opens a fresh registration or re-registration window for newly qualified candidates. If the system currently shows “you have not registered” and does not
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