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New Delhi, June 5: NTA has released the result as well as the qualifying cutoff for NEET 2019. With 1410755 students appearing for the exam and 797042 students qualifying in it, the indications that come from an analysis of the result and qualifying marks are that the admission cutoffs may go higher than last year. Take a look at the comparison of the statistics from last year.
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With around 66,771 MBBS seats and 27,148 BDS seats, the competition is high. This year the supernumerary seats for EWS category is expected to ease some of the competition with the increase in seats and such. It may be noted that the exact seat matrix has not been released by the authorities.
However, the qualifying cutoff marks have gone higher for each category this year. So what does this translate into for students? A higher cutoff for admissions in spite of the increase in seats for EWS category.
A look at the NEET cutoff for 2019 and 2018
Category | Minimum Qualifying Percentile | Marks Range 2019 | Marks Range 2018 | |
Others | 50th Percentile | 701-134 | 691-119 | |
Unreserved - Physically Handicapped (UR - PH) | 45th Percentile | 133-120 | 118-107 | |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 40th Percentile | 133-107 | 118-96 | |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 40th Percentile | 133-107 | 118-96 | |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 40th Percentile | 133-107 | 118-96 | |
SC-PH | 40th Percentile | 133-107 | 106-96 | |
ST-PH | 40th Percentile | 133-107 | 106-96 | |
OBC-PH | 40th Percentile | 133-107 | 106-96 |
Comparison of Candidates in 2019 and 2018
Gender | 2019 | 2018 |
Male | 351278 | 3,12,399 |
Female | 445761 | 4,02,162 |
Transgender | 3 | 1 |
Total qualified | 797042 | 7,14,562 |
Total Appeared | 1410755 | 12,69,922 |
NEET 2019 was conducted on May 5 and May 20 in offline mode. The results were declared on June 5, 2019 and counselling is expected to start tentatively in the third week of June 2019.
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