₹2L fee at registration makes medical candidates cautious
Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com
Chennai:03.07.2018
Directorate General of Health Services may not return many seats to deemed university this academic year, officials say. With just one day to go for students to join colleges they were allotted in universities, many college administrators say students with average scores have made smart choices by locking their seats in deemed varsities in the first round.
Students with NEET scores as low as 200, who may not stand a chance to get MBBS seats through state counselling, have joined deemed universities. The cut off at SRM Medical College and Hospital and Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Hospital stood at 224 and 283 respectively as on Monday.
“This may not happen in the second round. Factors such as stringent rules framed by the DGHS and tough competition reversed the trend this year,” said A Sundaram, dean of SRM Medical College and Hospital.
Last year, up to 90% of seats in some universities were returned because many students blocked the seats and didn’t join later. This year, medical aspirants opting for admissions to deemed universities were asked to pay ₹2 lakh towards tuition fee while registering for the online counselling. The amount will be returned if they do not join in round 1, but students will have to forfeit the tuition fee if they don’t join colleges they are allotted after the second round of counselling.
This year, admissions to government medical schools in Tamil Nadu are expected to be tougher as cut-off is expected to be at least 50 marks more in NEET compared to last year’s. Although eighty-one students scored above 550 in NEET in both 2017 and 2018, there were 1,279 students who got above 400 marks compared to 1,466 students last year and 4,791 students above 300 marks compared to 2,569 last year.
On Monday, students who scored between 270 and 300 marks are still waiting eagerly to see if they can get a a seat through state counselling and if they fail, they have to enrol for counselling with DGHS and lock seats in deemed universities. “And everyone who enrols in round 2 will be serious because if they don’t take the seat they are allotted, they will be fined ₹2 lakh,” said Meenakshi Medical College Hospital and Research Institute dean M Dhanapal.
CONCERNED ABOUT FUTURE
Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com
Chennai:03.07.2018
Directorate General of Health Services may not return many seats to deemed university this academic year, officials say. With just one day to go for students to join colleges they were allotted in universities, many college administrators say students with average scores have made smart choices by locking their seats in deemed varsities in the first round.
Students with NEET scores as low as 200, who may not stand a chance to get MBBS seats through state counselling, have joined deemed universities. The cut off at SRM Medical College and Hospital and Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Hospital stood at 224 and 283 respectively as on Monday.
“This may not happen in the second round. Factors such as stringent rules framed by the DGHS and tough competition reversed the trend this year,” said A Sundaram, dean of SRM Medical College and Hospital.
Last year, up to 90% of seats in some universities were returned because many students blocked the seats and didn’t join later. This year, medical aspirants opting for admissions to deemed universities were asked to pay ₹2 lakh towards tuition fee while registering for the online counselling. The amount will be returned if they do not join in round 1, but students will have to forfeit the tuition fee if they don’t join colleges they are allotted after the second round of counselling.
This year, admissions to government medical schools in Tamil Nadu are expected to be tougher as cut-off is expected to be at least 50 marks more in NEET compared to last year’s. Although eighty-one students scored above 550 in NEET in both 2017 and 2018, there were 1,279 students who got above 400 marks compared to 1,466 students last year and 4,791 students above 300 marks compared to 2,569 last year.
On Monday, students who scored between 270 and 300 marks are still waiting eagerly to see if they can get a a seat through state counselling and if they fail, they have to enrol for counselling with DGHS and lock seats in deemed universities. “And everyone who enrols in round 2 will be serious because if they don’t take the seat they are allotted, they will be fined ₹2 lakh,” said Meenakshi Medical College Hospital and Research Institute dean M Dhanapal.
CONCERNED ABOUT FUTURE
No comments:
Post a Comment