Competition For Medical Seats Likely To Get Tougher As 1.3L Qualify NEET

The competition for admission to medical colleges will be tougher this year because a greater number of students qualified for the National Eligibility Cumulative Entrance Test (NEET), the results of which were announced late Tuesday night, but there has been no significant change in the number of medical seats available since last year.

In Maharashtra, 131,008 students qualified for the national entrance exam, a significant increase over the 79,974 students who qualified last year. After Uttar Pradesh, which has the most qualified students (139,961), Maharashtra is the state with the second greatest number of qualified students.

However, the large number of NEET qualifiers is unlikely to have a significant impact on the number of medical seats available this year. Last year, Maharashtra had a total of 10,345 MBBS and dentistry seats available, including both government and private colleges.

In the meantime, the NMC has published an updated notification regarding the adjustment in lower-age criteria. The lower age criterion in the graduate medical education regulations 2023 gazette was that candidates should have completed the age of 17 years on or before January 31 of the year that the candidate appears for the NEET- UG test.