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Thursday, Jun 29, 2006

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MBBS cut off marks drop by 12 points

Ramya Kannan

"If Theni college gets approval, further drop in marks is expected"

ANXIOUS MOMENTS: Parents and students looking up the MBBS results' list in Chennai on Wednesday. — Photo: K. Pichumani

CHENNAI: With the Directorate of Medical Education releasing the MBBS rank list several hours after scheduled time on Wednesday, it is clear that the cut off marks have dropped this year by at least 12 points for admissions to government medical colleges.

While the marks difference compared to last year among the top ranks has fallen by 5-8 marks, the gap widens the rank list and is as high as 12 marks.

For instance, the score this year for the 91st rank is 295.48, which is 2.94 marks lower than last year's 298.42 for the same rank.

Between ranks 91 and 500, the marks difference in comparison to last year is between 2.94 and 7.47.

The 1026th rank, approximately the limit up to which medical seats will be available for the BC category, with a cut off of 282.83, shows a whopping drop of 12 marks compared to the cut off of 2005.

Last year, only students who scored 294.75 marks could gain admission under the BC category, Jeyaprakash Gandhi, consultant and analyst, said. With the SC and ST categories, a similar difference (10-12 points) would be reflected, he said. However, with the OC category, the mark difference was likely to be in the range of 7.5 to 8, well within the difference predicted by the DME.

This is the position for the 1,545 medical seats available with the Government. If the Medical Council of India grants approval for Theni Government Medical College this year, as is being hoped by the authorities, the increase in the number of seats (100) will once again lead to a further drop in the cut off marks.

However, Mr.Gandhi said there is likely to be a good number of students (with 280 -285 marks) who did not anticipate the fall in cut off marks and thereby missed applying for medical seats. Studying the rank list, he said most students who did well in the higher secondary exam did not do well in the entrance test.

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