NEET UG Cut Off 2024: Expected Cut Off and Qualifying Percentile

The NEET 2024 exam is finally done. When I gave my NEET exam in 2021, I rushed to see the cut offs as soon as I was done tallying my marks. I can understand the mix of anxiety and excitement that 2024 aspirants are going through right now. Given that the paper was of moderate difficulty level, with most of the questions taken directly from the NCERT, the ranks are expected to inflate.

Will this affect the cutoff and qualifying scores? Will it be difficult to get admission in MBBS courses? Let’s find out.

NEET UG Cut Off 2024

NEET cutoff is that score, which is set to help you get admission in a medical college. It is the last admission score to a medical seat. If you score lower than the cut-off you will not get a seat even after appearing for the counselling. Knowing the cutoffs is essential for students to assess their chances of getting a seat. 

While the official NEET 2024 cutoff will be announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) along with NEET 2024 Result in June, here is an analysis of the expected cut-offs with category-wise breakdowns based on previous years’ trends and expert predictions.

Total Number of Medical Seats

According to the current NMC data, the number of seats available for the numerous medical courses in India are as given below.

There are a total of 612 medical colleges and 315 dental colleges in India. These offer the following number of seats.

• MBBS seats – 55880 government seats, 51,000 private seats. Total of around 1 lakh seats.
• BDS seats – 26,949 seats
• AYUSH seats –  52,720 seats
• BVSc & AH – Around 600 seats

Number of seats in AIIMS in NEET UG-  1,899

Number of seats in JIPMER in NEET UG – 249  

What affects the NEET UG Cut Off 2024

NEET UG cut off score keeps changing every year. There are some factors that affect the cutoff. These include the total number of applicants, difficulty level of the exam and the total number of available seats. The cutoff this year is expected to rise as the number of applicants is very high, the exam was of easy to moderate difficulty and the number of seats is very similar to last year.

Expected NEET Cut Off 2024

Check the category-wise expected cut off with percentile below:

The following short forms are used in the table:

• PH – Physically Handicapped
• SC- Scheduled Caste
• ST – Scheduled Tribe
• OBC – Other Backward Classes

NEET UG Cut Off Previous Years’ Trends

The previous year cutoffs give a good idea of what can be expected by the students. We have listed down the cutoffs from the year 2020 to give you a good idea. You can go through them.

NEET Category-Wise Cut Off 2023

NEET Category-Wise Cut Off 2022

NEET Category-Wise Cut Off 2021

NEET Category-Wise Cut Off 2020

NEET UG 2024 Important Updates

NEET 2024 Result Date

NTA will be declaring the NEET 2024 result on June 14, 2024. NTA also announces the qualifying marks/passing marks along with the result. The counselling process starts immediately after the announcement of results.

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What is the difference between Qualifying Score and Cut Off?

Check the NEET Answer Key here

NEET Ug 2024 Tie Breaking Criteria

There has been a change in the usual tie breaking method for NEET. Up until last year, if two aspirants scored the same number of marks, their ranks were decided based on the following points.

• The student scoring higher in biology would be ranked higher.
• If biology scores are the same then the student scoring  higher in chemistry was ranked higher.
• If the tie still remained, then the student having lesser number of negative markings was preferred.
• If both had similar negative markings then the older candidate was marked higher.

This would settle all debates on ranking and made for a complex yet just ranking system.

This year, the NTA has simplified this process.

The tie breaking criterias for NEET 2024 is as follows:

• The student scoring higher in biology would be ranked higher.
• If biology scores are the same then the student scoring  higher in chemistry then physics was ranked higher.
• If tie still exists, then a computer automated random draw will be done for the ranking of the candidates. The NTA promises no human intervention in this process.

NEET counselling dates:

 The MCC registration and choice filling for the first round will commence on 1 July.

Round 1 seat allotment will take place around 15 July.

The Round 2 counselling is expected to take place on 25 July

Lastly, the mop up round counselling will occur by 5th August