CHENNAI: Medical aspirants from the 2014-15 Class 12 batch in the state could well be remembered as the 'unluckiest'. The lower cutoffs for admission to government medical colleges this year are expected to give medical aspirants from previous class 12 batches an edge in the race for the 2,200-odd seats this year.
Cutoff marks for MBBS seats in most categories rose over the three years from 2012 to 2014 with last year recording the highest in all categories. While the cutoff for the open category MBBS seat was 199, that for SCs and STs was 194.50 and 187.50 (see table). In the two years before that, cut-offs in the open category were 198.50 (2012) and 198.25 (2013) Similarly, cut-offs in the SC categoriy were 192 (2012) and 192.25 (2013).
However this year, the scenario changed. "The number of centums (students with 100/100) in 2015 were significantly low compared to last year,"said Doctors Association for Social Equality, general secretary Dr G R Ravindranath. In 2014, 2,710 Class 12 students scored centum in physics in state board examinations, while just 124 got centum this year. Last year, 1,693 got full marks in chemistry and 652 got centum in biology. This year, the numbers are 1,049 and 387. Physics, chemistry and biology marks are considered for MBBS admission.
"The fact that additional seats have been added this year will also have an impact on this year's cutoff," Ravindranath added.
Experts had predicted this year's cutoffs would be low due to tougher questions and stricter assessment. "But this has helped last year's aspirants make a clean sweep," said a parent of a student from the current batch who has moved the Madras high court saying the admission pitch will be skewed if students from last year's batch were allowed to participate in the admission process this time.
A senior Directorate of Medical education official, however, dismissed fears of students from the current batch. "The current year's cutoff is being worked out and we think there will only be a 0.5 difference," he said.
Cutoff marks for MBBS seats in most categories rose over the three years from 2012 to 2014 with last year recording the highest in all categories. While the cutoff for the open category MBBS seat was 199, that for SCs and STs was 194.50 and 187.50 (see table). In the two years before that, cut-offs in the open category were 198.50 (2012) and 198.25 (2013) Similarly, cut-offs in the SC categoriy were 192 (2012) and 192.25 (2013).
However this year, the scenario changed. "The number of centums (students with 100/100) in 2015 were significantly low compared to last year,"said Doctors Association for Social Equality, general secretary Dr G R Ravindranath. In 2014, 2,710 Class 12 students scored centum in physics in state board examinations, while just 124 got centum this year. Last year, 1,693 got full marks in chemistry and 652 got centum in biology. This year, the numbers are 1,049 and 387. Physics, chemistry and biology marks are considered for MBBS admission.
"The fact that additional seats have been added this year will also have an impact on this year's cutoff," Ravindranath added.
Experts had predicted this year's cutoffs would be low due to tougher questions and stricter assessment. "But this has helped last year's aspirants make a clean sweep," said a parent of a student from the current batch who has moved the Madras high court saying the admission pitch will be skewed if students from last year's batch were allowed to participate in the admission process this time.
A senior Directorate of Medical education official, however, dismissed fears of students from the current batch. "The current year's cutoff is being worked out and we think there will only be a 0.5 difference," he said.
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