CBSE announces NEET 2018 Results; 7,14,562 candidates qualify for counselling

NEW DELHI, June 4: The CBSE has announced the NEET 2018 Results at 12.15 PM today for around 13 lakh candidates who took the all India level exam on May 6. The results have been announced a day in advance to the CBSE’s earlier result schedule of June 5.

A total of 7,14,562 candidates have qualified for the next stage of admission process where counselling will be held for allocation of seats for both 15 % All India Quota and state level counselling.

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test is a single-window entrance examination for admission to approximately 90,000 undergraduate medical and dental seats across the country except for those offered by AIIMS and JIPMER. Starting this year, CBSE has mandated that the admission to AYUSH courses will also be on the basis of NEET. As per the data shared by CBSE, a total of 13.26 lakh candidates had registered for NEET 2018. Out of these, 12,69,922 candidates appeared for the exam.

The CBSE had earlier released the NEET 2018 official answer key, OMR response sheets, and test booklets on May 25, 2018.

Lower cut-off owing to higher difficulty level of exam

The cut-off percentile for the Result for Unreserved category is 119 marks out of the total 720 marks. The cutoff for other categories - OBC, ST and SC is 96 marks. Cutoff for Unreserved Persons with Disability is 107. As expected by experts, the cut-off this year has come down owing to the higher difficulty level of the exam.

Last year, the cut-off for general category candidate was 131 marks. The cutoff was 107 for the OBC/SC/ST, and 118 for the Unreserved Persons with Disability. 

What does the NEET 2018 result contain?

The NEET result has been announced in the form of a score card which contains candidates’ roll number, application number, personal details, marks obtained in the individual subjects of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, total marks secured, percentile score, NEET All India rank, qualifying status in NEET, NEET All India Rank for 15% AIQ seats, and NEET Cutoff Score.

NEET 2018 – In Numbers

As per the figures released by CBSE on May 4, 2018, the statistics of NEET 2018 are provided below -

What after NEET Result?

After the result announcement, candidates who have qualified for counselling will be able to participate in both All India Counselling, State Level Counselling as well as counselling for Deemed and Central Universities depending on their eligibility criteria. The NEET counselling is expected to begin by second week of June and the admission process will conclude by the last week of August.