Minimum Marks Required in NEET for MBBS in Government College

As these marks are the deciding factor that will decide where you will get admission, in a government medical college or in a private medical college.

Most of the medical aspirants like you wish to study in Government medical colleges as they are cheaper than private medical colleges.

But in government medical colleges, there is a very tough competition as the seats are limited in these colleges. Private medical colleges, on the other hand, charge huge amounts of fees, upto several lakhs per year!

Wherever you go, the first and foremost thing needed is clearing the NEET exam. So, let us find out what are the minimum marks or minimum rank required in NEET for MBBS in Government colleges in 2021.

In India, approximately 80,000 seats are available in medical colleges out of which 42,568 seats are from 280 government colleges and the rest are from private medical colleges and deemed universities.

Students who wish to take admission in government medical colleges have to face strenuous competition ahead.

All the government medical colleges available in India, divide the total number of seats into two quotas:

• All India Quota (AIQ)
• State Quota

So, 15% of government college seats are reserved for all India quota, while the rest 85% of the seats are reserved for state students.

These 85% of state quota MBBS seats in government colleges are further divided among students as per their categories. There are total 4 categories of students:

• The general and unreserved category (GEN/UR) also referred to as the open category.
• Unreserved - physically handicapped (UR-PH)
• SC/ST/OBC
• SC/ST/OBC - physically handicapped

The minimum marks required in NEET for MBBS in government medical colleges for each category varies and they are given in the table below:

Do you want to calculate your NEET percentile? There are a few methods in which NEET calculates your percentile. As far as the score is concerned you can directly check for the minimum and maximum marks or the highest rank.

For this calculation, you need to know the score of the topper of the same year and your NEET score

NEET percentile = Your NEET marks/ topper’s NEET marks*100 Suppose you have secured 550 marks and the topper’s marks are 710 then the percentile is calculated as follows:

NEET percentile = 550/710 *100
= 77.4644 %

For the general, that is, open/ unreserved category of students, the cut-off percentile is 50 which means that you need to score approximately 360 or above in order to get admission to MBBS in a government college.

Whereas, on the other hand, for SC/ST/OBC students the cut-off percentile is 40, which means that they need to score at least 288 or above to be able to get admission to MBBS in a government college.

This calculation is based on the number of candidates appearing for NEET in the same year. You need to know this if you want to calculate your percentile based on rank. The percentile in NEET is used to determine students’ rankings.

NEET percentile= [ ( Total number of candidates appeared for NEET – NEET rank ) / Total number of candidates] * 100

For example, suppose if you have got a rank of 24000 and the total number of candidates who appeared in NEET for the same year was 13,66,945, then your NEET percentile is:

For e.g. NEET percentile based on total no. of candidates appeared = ( ( 13,66,940 – 24000 ) / 13,66,940 ) * 100 = 98.2%

Hence, this proves that an open category student should hold a rank above 6,83,473 to be eligible for admission in government college for MBBS.

Whereas, on the other hand, an OBC/ ST/ SC student should secure a rank above 8,20,167 to be eligible for admission into a government college for MBBS.

It also depends on the number of students applying for the college apart from the cut-off rank, the ones with the best rank will be selected.

Do you wish to know MBBS cut off marks for central universities in India such as BHU (Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi), AMU (Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh) and JIPMER?

Then, here it is, for your reference:

Now, have a look at the below given MBBS cut off marks for the year 2020 for AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences).

Thus, for qualifying in NEET, you must score a minimum of 50 percentile for open category and 40 percentile for SC/ST/OBC category.

And if you want admission in a good Private Medical college you must score at least 350 marks in NEET UG.

Please note: All the data given above for NEET marks and rankings may not be accurate and may vary from actual data, all the details provided here are based on previous year’s NEET results, marks, cut-offs and rankings.

Medicine is a noble profession in which one has to be fully dedicated and sacrifice his/ her life to serve humanity. The most challenging thing when you select this profession is securing a seat in a government medical college or you must be ready to pay the huge amount of fees of private medical colleges.

Hope, here we have helped you a little in this noble cause of yours!!